Black Immigrant Daily News

Water Authority works to impact traffic; plan for diversions Loop Cayman Islands

NewsAmericasNow.com

Black Immigrant Daily News

News

Ibis Gardens resident Jerome Moses surveys the eroding bank of the Caroni River at Jacobin Drive, Caroni on Friday. At left, the area where the bank once stood. Photo by Darren Bahaw

A significant portion of the Caroni riverbank collapsed overnight north of Ibis Gardens, a Housing Development Corporation site south of the river, sparking panic among residents.

Approximately 20 feet of the riverbank was washed away near a bend in the swollen river near Jacobin Drive.

An emergency crew from the Tunapuna/Piarco Regional Corporation’s disaster management crew took footage of the damaged area.

Disaster is feared if the rest of the berm collapses.

Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan said in a telephone interview that the ministry’s engineers are aware of the problem, but residents said they had not seen any staff from the ministry on Friday morning or Thursday night.

Residents who live close by said the bank began to erode about two months ago and they made numerous reports to Ministry of Works.

They fear with more rainfall predicted, the remaining berm will totally collapse and the main course of the river will flow through the development, causing havoc. The Met Office has forecast more rain.

Some residents have already began to remove their cars and put household items at higher levels.

They are pleading for immediate assistance to erect a temporary steel sheet barricade supported by concrete piles to prevent the berm from being further eroded.

Local government councillor Richard Rampersad and Chaguanas West MP Dinesh Rambally have both been in touch with residents as the Caroni River threatens to overspill in several other areas, such as New Street Extension, where the bank is a mere six inches from the road.

In an interview on Friday, Rampersad said the situation was a potential risk to life and limb, and called on the Works Ministry to take immediate steps to alleviate the fears of the residents of Caroni and Ibis Gardens.

NewsAmericasNow.com

Black Immigrant Daily News

door Ivan Cairo PARAMARIBO — Het Constitutioneel Hof (CHof) heeft tijdens een openbare zitting vrijdag de Kiesregeling niet-verbindend verklaard. Volgens

NewsAmericasNow.com

Black Immigrant Daily News

Detectives in Montego Bay, St James are probing the circumstances surrounding an incident that unfolded on Barnett Street in the parish on Wednesday, August 03.

Reports are that at about 10:30 pm, gunmen attacked the watchman at an establishment along the roadway. He was shot several times.

The gunmen were however challenged by a private security officer who was in the vicinity and saw what was happening. There was an exchange of gunfire and the gunmen fled.

One of the gunmen was later found lying along the roadway with gunshot wounds. A Beretta 9mm pistol fitted with a magazine containing three 9mm rounds was found beside him.

The gunman and the watchman were taken to the hospital, where the watchman was admitted for treatment and the gunman was pronounced dead.

The gunman’s identity has not yet been ascertained. The body was clad in a black shirt, brown shorts, and a pair of sandals. The word crocodile was tattooed on the right forearm. The investigation continues.

NewsAmericasNow.com