Pto be repaired within 3 weeks

NEWS9 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2020 | GUYANATIMESGY.COM Tiger Creek bridge to be repaired within 3 weeks New GCAA Board will be no rubber stamp - Edghill … will play critical role in aviation sector

The Public Works Ministry has crafted a three-week timeline for completion of emergency works on the Tiger Creek bridge in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni)

Region Eight Engineer Wendell St Pierre made this disclosure on Wednesday following an on-site assessment, the Department of Public Information has reported.

“Works…have already started. The contractor is Abeja Trotman, and materials are being mobilised,” the engineer is quoted as saying.

From his preliminary assessment, St Pierre said, the bridge appears to have collapsed because it had a damaged beam.

Commuters can use an alternative route to Mahdia while there are ongoing emergency works at Tiger Creek, he noted. That route spans an additional 28 ki-

The collapsed bridge

lometres, and extends from the Konawaruk Road into

Eagle Mountain Road, then

into Mahdia. This, St Pierre said, is a temporary inconvenience for commuters

while the bridge undergoes reconstruction.

On the issue of safety, the engineer advised that motorists should use the alternative route and take no chances crossing Tiger Creek during the emergency works. This is to avoid accidents and loss of property.

The DPI report stated that the Public Works Ministry is providing technical assistance on the project, while the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission is tasked with executing the repairs.

Meanwhile, the Guyana Police Force reported that at about 12:45h on Tuesday, the bridge - 75ft in length and 18ft in width, which runs in an east-to- west direction - collapsed with motor lorry GYY 2075. The driver, Police said, was alone in the vehicle and the lorry was empty. No one was injured.

The GCAA Board. Seated are Chairman of the Board Javed Shadick and Public Works Minister Juan Edghill. From left, Prema Roopnarine, Jerome Khan, GCAA Director General Egbert Field, Lt Colonel

Courtney Byrne, Ramesh Seebarran and Beulah Williams (GCAA photo)

The Government has mendations for the neces- itators. And, Honourable appointed a new sary actions. By no means Minister, you can rest asBoard of Directors for would I like you to be a board sured we will be working the Guyana Civil Aviation that is a rubber stamp. I with the industry, as we Authority. It has charged want you to be a board that have been doing, so that the members of this board is heavily and aggressively safety and security remains not to be rubber stamps, but involved. the number one item for us rather to use their diverse “That’s why you were as we move forward. technical expertise and ex- carefully chosen - people of “I’m a consummate properiences to expand and im- skill, competence, experi- fessional, and I have been prove Guyana’s aviation ca- ence. And we’re asking you moving in the direction of pabilities. to be nationalists and pa- ensuring that this authori-

In a ceremony held at triots. Be a set of eyes and ty and the aviation industry, the Guyana Civil Aviation minds that are looking out this economy, continues to Authority boardroom ear- for the good of Guyana and increase and build in a way lier today, the members ensuring that this sector is the authority can assist,” of the new board were in- properly managed and gov- Fields informed the board. stalled. In his remarks to erned,” Edghill said. Chairing the board is the new board, Public Works Meanwhile, Director Attorney-at-Law Javed Minister Juan Edghill made General of the GCAA, Shadick. Also on the board it clear that Government Lieutenant Colonel Egbert is well known lawyer does not want a board of rub- Field, reminded the board Jerome Khan and Ramesh ber stamps. Rather, he not- of his availability and noted Seebarran. Also on the ed the importance of them that they would get his full board is Prema Roopnarine, playing a key role in making support and expertise when Beulah Williams, CJIA CEO decisions at GCAA. called upon. In addition, he Ramesh Ghir and army

“You are a board that would depend on the board representative Lieutenant must be able to sit, discuss, to guide him in certain ar- Colonel Courtney Byrne. debate, ask the hard ques- eas. Public Works Ministry’s tions, do the due diligence, “The Civil Aviation Permanent Secretary get to the bottom of issues, Authority, we are regula- Vladim Persaud is an ex-ofthen you make your recom- tors, but we are also facil- ficio member of the board. (G3)

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Eccles murder-suicide

Bodies of couple burnt beyond recognition — Police

As the families of shortly after, she heard the north eastern side of the up- he could not tell if the couCindy Moses and her couple arguing and then per flat of the building. ple had had previous fights. husband Leeroy King screams coming from the Speaking with Guyana The couple had been togethcome to grips with their house and what appeared to Times, the dead woman’s er for the past two years. shocking deaths, Police on be loud explosion before see- brother, Anthony Moses, King, who had fathered Wednesday said the cou- ing smoke billowing from explained that the couple three children from a preple’s bodies were burnt be- the upper flat on the north had recently constructed vious relationship, had opyond recognition. eastern side of the building. the house, and were expect- erated a barber shop in

Police have since also Both the Police and Fire ed to take up full residency Diamond, EBD. Moses said they are treating the Service were summoned, therein this weekend. had operated a salon and fire as a murder-suicide. and the fire was extin- He added that he had a printery, also located in

Thirty-five-year-old guished. spoken with his sister Diamond, EBD. Cindy Moses and her hus- Ranks then entered the hours before the tragic in- Their bodies are at the band Leeroy King were home and observed the bod- cident. He described his sis- Lyken Funeral Parlour found dead at their Lot ies in a bedroom on the ter as very private and said awaiting the PME. 1139 Second Phase, Eccles, Dead: Cindy Moses Dead: Leeroy King East Bank Demerara (EBD) home, following a fire that was allegedly set by King. on Wednesday that investi gators are awaiting the re bours said the couple were arguing before smoke was 14-year-old still hospitalisedGPF Public Relations ports of post mortem exam- seen billowing from the house. Neighbours also al legedly heard what sound …driver still on the run ed like a gunshot being dis- The 14-year-old pedal cycharged. clist of Annandale, East Meanwhile, Andries- Coast Demerara (ECD) Junor said that when ranks who was struck down on arrived on the scene, they were unable to determine if there were gunshot wounds on either body as the bodies were badly burnt. However, he said that the Annandale Public Road, ECD on Saturday last remains hospitalised, while the driver remains on the run. until the results of the PM This was confirmed by the are revealed, investigators Guyana Police Force Public would not be able to deter- Relations Officer (PRO) mine if either one, or both of Royston Andries-Junor on the victims were shot. Wednesday. Andries-Junor ly sped away. taken to the hospital, where Reports are on Tuesday added that the teen is now Reports are that the teen doctors found that his skull evening at about 19:00h in a stable condition. was riding along the in- was fractured. He was imThe home that was set on fire King arrived at the Eccles Police said that at about ner lane of the road with a mediately admitted as a paOfficer (PRO) Royston Andries-Junor, when contacted, told this publication inations to determine the cause(s) of the deaths. His comments came as neighhouse and his wife was observed opening the gate for him. A neighbour said that, 23:45h on October 31, an unknown vehicle hit the teen from behind and immediatefriend when the accident occurred. The teen was picked up in an unconscious state and tient in the Intensive Care Unit. Police investigations are still ongoing.

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