TUESDAY 11th OCTOBER, 2022
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Harbour Bridge back in operation Members of the team who worked to restore the Demerara Harbour Bridge celebrate as the retractor span of the bridge was successfully closed, getting the bridge back in operation (Adrian Narine photos) By Tamica Garnett THE Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) reopened to vehicles weighing up to 12 tonnes at 21:00hrs on Monday night after the successful completion of repairs.
There were claps and cheers and an air of celebration by the repair team as the retractor span of the bridge was successfully closed just before 19:00hrs, some 64 hours since the repairs began, and way below the 72 - 96 hours that
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was initially estimated for the repairs to be completed. The bridge suffered severe damage when fuel tanker, MV Tradewind Passion, collided into it on Saturday. The reopening of the bridge was announced by Public Works
Minister, Juan Edghill, during a press briefing held on the bridge on Monday night, moments after the successful closing of the retractor span. Minister Edghill explained that a pivotal part in the bridge returning to operation was the
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delivery of a necessary pontoon. “Sufficient work is done to ensure that we can get up to 12 tonnes moving. The [DHB] General Manager has just advised me that with the tidying up and the cleaning up of getting all of the equipment and
welding torches and everything off [the bridge] we will open to vehicular traffic at 9 o’ clock tonight (Monday night) and we will be able to carry up to 12 tonnes,” the minister announced. SEE FULL STORY ON PAGE 3
‘We are in this together!’ - Guyanese unite for country’s territorial integrity
THOUSANDS of Guyanese flooded the social media platforms with patriotic messages defending Guyana’s territorial integrity on the days after October 3, which marked the 123rd Anniversary of the Arbitral Award that settled the land boundary between British Guiana, now Guyana, and Venezuela. Brandishing the slogan “All of it belongs to all of us”, Guyanese social media users across the Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp platforms showed solidarity by spreading the #OneGuyana image showing a topographically-correct image of the country first released by President, Dr. Irfaan Ali. A few charges were extracted from the comment sections of social media accounts of senior government officials. “We are together in this… for our beautiful Guyana,” wrote Rahul Abdool Kadir. “Guyanese people must protect and take care
of what is theirs. One Guyana. One Love,” commented Bibi Haniff. “Not one rice grain unless they’re buying it,” quipped Simone Mackintosh. SEE FULL STORY ON PAGE 9