Two shot in Grove robbery
Two men were beaten and shot by five gunmen last night during a robbery at Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara. Hancel Alleyne and Horace Cupidore, who is in his 40s, were rushed to the East Bank Demerara Regional Hospital
Strathspey man stabbed to death after bar row
An argument at the Diven’s Hangout Bar in Strathspey, East Coast Demerara resulted in a fight which left one man dead and several others with minor injuries just after midnight yesterday. Suresh Navin Bhola, called `Rebel’, 37, of Lot 93 Strathspey was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) shortly before 1 [...]
‘American’ had no criminal record
Helton Lazarus, the man who died in the Stabroek Market grenade explosion, did not have a criminal record and was not known to police, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud has said. Persons familiar with Lazarus are meanwhile disputing claims made by police that he was a courier of illegal arms and substances. On January 5, Lazarus [...]
Vendors restored again outside Demico House
Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn again gave 31 relocated vendors permission to operate outside Demico House and explained that police had ordered them to vacate on Wednesday because of a certain security concern. Benn, during a brief interview yesterday, explained that he understood from “police that there is an issue in being able [...]
Market stalls demolition continues
As Ministry of Public Works and City Hall workers continued their demolition at the Stabroek Market square yesterday, owners of permanent business structures watched on silently dreading when it would be their turn to see years of hard work torn to pieces. Over the last four days, hundreds of vendors, both itinerant and those with [...]
Vendors protest as demolition drive expands
Vendors from the Stabroek Market area whose stalls were dismantled following the explosion on Wednesday morning staged protests at various government ministries and City Hall yesterday. More than 60 vendors started their march outside the Stabroek Market and at 10 am they were gathered outside the Ministry of Labour,
Patentia man recounts harrowing police chase in which daughter was shot
A minibus ride for a Patentia man and his four children turned into a nightmare on Sunday, as they found themselves caught on the wrong end of a high-speed police chase. Akila Nials, 9, of Patentia, West Bank Demerara (WBD) was in high spirits on Monday but became restless and fretful
Dora trail body ID’ed as missing taxi-driver
The man who was discovered along the Dora trail, Linden/ Soesdyke Highway, was yesterday morning identified as taxi-driver Leyton Garraway and police are now searching for several men who were seen leaving the area shortly before his body was found. Garraway, 48, of Lot 203 Old Road, Parika, East Bank Essequibo, was last seen alive [...]
Constable killed in Coldingen hit-and-run
Just before midnight on Saturday a mechanic who was reportedly speeding along the Coldingen Access Road fatally struck a female special constable. He fled the scene twice and hot-wired his car in the second escape but he was later apprehended by police. Marva McNabb, 42, of Lot 111 Third Street, Non Pariel, East Coast Demerara [...]
Armed robberies dip by 20%
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) records show that armed robberies have decreased by 19.6% since last year and credit is being given to increased anti-crime patrols and intelligence gathering. Crime Chief Seelall Persaud, quoting from Criminal Investigation Department (CID) statistics, told Stabroek News on Thursday that there were 703 robberies up to December 14, 2010—171 [...]
Christmas Dance Mix: narcotics and lewdness don’t fit the blend
A review If you’re looking for some Christmas music with a bouncy Caribbean flavour then Prince Ally’s new album ‘Christmas Dance Mix’ may not be the thing for you. But perhaps if your sense of humour can accommodate it and if you don’t mind your children singing about lighting up the ganja this Christmas, then [...]
Boyfriend freed of 2004 murder of schoolgirl
Justice William Ramlal yesterday again raised concerns about the poor quality of police investigation evident in some of the cases before him, after he upheld a no-case submission, owing to weak evidence led by the prosecution in the Paul Bagot murder trial. After the submission, made by lead defence counsel Hukumchand last week, was upheld [...]
Bandits attack East Bank company again by river
For the second time this year masked bandits attacked guards at the Engineering Construction Incorporated (ECI) and escaped in a boat via the Demerara River with millions in equipment and cash. The ECI compound stretches from the Friendship, East Bank Demerara public road to the Demerara River and is secured by two unarmed guards on [...]
(VIDEO) Commissioner of Police Henry Greene speaking about the Kara Kara Creek camp
Commissioner of Police Henry Greene spoke to reporters earlier today about the Kara Kara Creek camp where men wanted for last July’s Ministry of Health fire and a series of attacks in the city in November, 2009 were hiding out. Investigators, he said, are pursuing the US link suspected to have been financing the group. [...]
Loud war urged against domestic violence
Shouts from hundreds of Guyanese at the Bourda Ground last evening broke the silence and announced the beginning of another national fight against domestic violence. It is time to stop writing, to stop looking on silently and to start a loud war against the violence which has claimed the lives of so many victims in [...]