TrakkerNews understands that a man called ‘Lil Mark’ was this evening shot and killed after occupants in a white car pulled up and opened fire.The shooting took place in Charlestown. He was rushed to the Georgetown Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. Other reports suggest that he may have been an associate to the late Jupiter gunned down a few weeks ago due to a large quantity of cocaine gone missing.

 

Despite publicly expressed views by knowledgeable engineers that it would be cheaper and safer to construct the Northern Relief Canal at Flagstaff to the Mahaica River, Government is continuing with the Hope/Doch Four Canal Project which is estimated at G$4 billion dollars of scarce taxpayer funds. The People’s National Congress/Reform is concerned that the heavy siltation in the East Demerara Water Conservancy is progressively limiting it’s storage capacity.

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Residents that faced with the constant flooding along the East coast of Demerara whenever there are heavy rainfalls can now be at relief with the installation of a new outfall channel at Hope/Dochfour the East Demerara Water Conservancy.
President Bharrat Jagdeo who witnessed the start of the project today said the initiative is not just a technical solution to a problem, but one which will significantly change the circumstances of people who have been affected, due to there being no alternative to releasing water into the Mahaica/Mahaicony/Abary areas.

The Nigerian Association of Guyana today presented three (3) gifts items to the mothers of the first three babies that were born today, October 1, 2010. This presentation was made by the Association’s president and other executive members as part of their planned activities in observance of their 50th Independence Anniversary Celebration.
The three mothers who received the gift items were Mahaidai Sankar, Natoya Williams and Natasha Watson. The first two mothers gave birth to boy babies and the last, a girl.