14 NEWS ECD among communities severely affected by flooding T TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020 | GUYANATIMESGY.COM
he Civil Defence Commission has deployed assessment teams to affected communities to accurately capture the impact of Monday’s heavy downpours on public and private infrastructure. Along the East Coast of Demerara, the hardest-hit villages were Mon Repos North (35 households), Good Hope (140 households), Annandale North (140 households),
Cleaning and sanitising hampers were distributed to affected households. The CDC is advising residents of riverine, low-lying and flood-prone areas to take all necessary precautions and to contact the National Emergency Monitoring System (NEMS) on 226-1114, 6231700 and 600-7500, should they be affected. Meanwhile, a special bulletin from the
A house along the East Coast of Demerara which was flooded on Monday
will be coupled with a moderate to strong La Niña throughout the 2020/2021 rainy season,” the bulletin noted. As a result, it added that there will be an increase in rain days (days with more than 1 mm of rainfall) and high-intensity rainfall events during
this season; these rainfall events are likely to be accompanied by high winds which may threaten the integrity of man-made structures. The increase in rain days and rainfall intensities is likely to result in an increase in flash flood potential as the season progresses. During this season, night-time temperatures are also expected to be
cooler than usual in Region Eight (Potaro-Sipiruni), but warmer than usual in the other regions. Daytime temperatures (in the absence of rainfall) are expected to be warm as usual in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) and southern Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), but warmer than usual in other regions (in the absence of rainfall).
Linden man further remanded for murders of ex-lover, new boyfriend
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and Goedverwagting (eight households). Meanwhile, in Region Five, the hardest-hit villages were De Edward (13 households), and Rosignol (75 households). Further assessments are set to commence at Bath Settlement.
Agriculture Ministry’s hydrometeorological service on Monday said that Guyana is now transitioning into the secondary or short rainy season which typically lasts from mid-November to January. It noted that an increase in
rainfall activity is expected over the coming weeks and into the next three months. “Seasonal climate models are indicating wetter than usual or above normal rainfall for this wet season. The rainy and or wet conditions usually experienced this time of year
orty-eight-year-old Maxwell Usher was on Monday further remanded to prison for the murders of his ex-lover, Imogene Gordon, 49, and her boyfriend, Royston John. He made his first appearance on March 24, 2020, before Magistrate Wanda Fortune at the Linden Magistrate’s Court after he was slapped with two counts of murder. It is alleged that Usher murdered the duo on March 17. When the matter came up for hearing on Monday, Magistrate Fortune was forced to adjourn the matter to November 16 as the prison was experiencing power outages which caused disruptions to the virtual hearing. The bodies of Gordon, of Lot 177 Prosville, Wismar, Linden, and John, of East Berbice-Corentyne, were discovered at about 21:00h
on March 17 at the woman’s Prosville home with multiple stab wounds after Police were summoned to the scene. John was reportedly discovered lying on his back at the door of the lower flat of the incomplete two-storey building while Gordon was discovered lying face down in the lower flat. Post-mortem examinations conducted on the bodies of the two have since given the cause of death as multiple incise wounds, which include cuts and stabs. Police who were summoned to the scene had discovered a knife some six feet away from Gordon’s body. The knife is suspected to be the murder weapon. A neighbour recalled hearing the woman screaming prior to the bodies being discovered while indicating that her cell phone calls went unanswered.
The neighbour then called the Wisroc Police Outpost and lodged a report. Usher was arrested a day after the incident in the vicinity of Prosville, where the incident occurred, and was transported to the Linden Hospital Complex, where he was treated for a gaping wound in the hand. Information revealed that just recently, Gordon had filed a police complaint against Usher, with whom she had once shared a common-law relationship. Reports are that the woman had complained that he threatened to chop off her hands and feet. He was arrested and charged in connection with these allegations on March 10 and later appeared at Linden Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Dylon Bess, where he pleaded guilty to the charge. He was placed on a six-month bond to keep the peace. (G1)
