Seven homeless after Bushlot fire

SEVEN individuals are homeless following a devastating fire that engulfed two residences in Bushlot, West Coast Berbice, on Thursday night.

In an interview with the Guyana Chronicle, Bibi Isahack, a 17-year-old resident, said that the fire started in an unoccupied neighbouring house, whose owners had been on vacation for about four weeks, before spreading to their property.

Isahack related that neighbours threw objects at their window, alerting her brother, who then woke her and told her to leave the house.

As she made her way out, Isahack noticed flames through the kitchen window, leading her to believe their house was on fire.

She told the tenants residing in their house downstairs to get out of the house. However, they soon realised that their home was not on fire.

It is alleged that the fire

The aftermath of the fire truck arrived 45 minutes after being contacted by a neighbour with an inadequate water supply, but by then, the fire had already reached Isahack's back veranda.

“Them (the firefighters) stand up there and watch the fire. They had little bit water,” she said.

According to her, persons allegedly started to “literally beg” to have them use the trench water to out the fire.

“People start beg them, literally beg them to take water from the trench. So they say that they have to set up the pump so two body go in the trench and dig up the mud and so, and when them man done dig and so to find a way to put the pump, them (the firefighters) say them a get difficulty with the pump,” she alleged.

She said that because the fire truck allegedly had inadequate water, their house was entirely destroyed, along with the neighbouring house.

Isahack and her two brothers and grandmother lived upstairs of the house while they rented the downstairs to three others.

Persons willing to assist the family can contact them at 681-9017.

Five

RESIDENTS of Region

Five are expected to see improved health services, with funds totalling $45.8 million allocated for the rehabilitation of six health centres in the region.

According to the Department of Public Information (DPI), the facilities are: The Woodley Park Health Centre, which is expected to be rehabilitated using a sum of $3.1 million dollars; while the sum of $5.5, million dollars will be used for the rehabilitation of the Bush Lot Heath Centre. The Experiment Health Centre will be transformed to the tune of $13.8 million dollars.

Meanwhile, an additional $10 million will be spent to rehabilitate the Dundee Health Centre and $4.2 million for the Little Biaboo Health Centre, along the East Coast of Berbice.

Still in West Bank Berbice, the Ithaca Health Centre will also be rehabilitated at a sum of $8.9 million dollars. Currently, bids are open for these projects.

In addition, the govern- ment, through the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development allocated some $236.5 million for health sector development in Region Five. This, according to reports is a sign of its commitment to providing improved healthcare infrastructure and services.

Additionally, bids are open for the urgent maintenance of Green Heart Timber Revetment at Number Seven, West Coast Demerara to the tune of over $5 million.

Interested contractors are required to submit bids with a valid Compliance Certificate from the Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority, and a Compliance Certificate from the General Manager of the National Insurance Scheme.

Moreover, bids must be submitted and deposited at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board, Ministry of Finance, Main and Urquhart Streets, Georgetown, no later than Friday, June 2, 2023, at 09:00 hrs.

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