Struggling Bartica massacre survivors still endure pain and loss
Pain, loss, struggle and questions are what remain with those families whose lives were irreversibly altered when a heavily armed gang invaded Bartica two years ago. Will we ever get justice? Will we ever get help? These are the questions foremost on the minds of those who either lost someone or were injured during the [...]
Burning tyres incense Friendship residents
An East Bank Demerara businessman yesterday denied burning tyres causing heavy black smoke which made breathing difficult for residents and clouded a section of the Friendship Public Road forcing motorists to proceed with caution. Ramchan Netram owns a scrap-iron yard located opposite the Oxygen Limited at Friendship, East Bank Demerara. A pile of tyres and [...]
Woman’s foot almost severed by boyfriend
…says finally finished with him After Sandra Parks asked her live-in boyfriend to use the indoor toilet he became enraged, began beating her with a piece of wood and then almost severed her right foot with a cutlass. At 34, Parks is an independent woman who owns a house in Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Georgetown. She [...]
President urges men to define themselves
President Bharrat Jagdeo has called on men to be confident and to define themselves. Jagdeo, hours after his return from the Middle East yesterday, charged around two thousand men at the National Men’s Week closing rally to be confident and to redefine themselves. Men, according to Jagdeo, are harshly judged by women in this modern [...]
Men urged to accept roles as leaders
-as summit opens Guyanese men were yesterday urged to accept their roles in society, at a leadership summit that opened at the National Cultural Centre. Last evening’s feature address was delivered by Bahamian writer and motivational speaker Dr. Myles Munroe, who gave a humour packed speech covering various areas of leadership. Leadership, he said, is [...]
Alberttown man slain in hail of bullets
After sustaining about 7 gunshot wounds an Alberttown man was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital last night. Nicholas Hoyte, 29, a former resident of Fifth Street Alberttown, Georgetown who currently resides at Mc Doom, East Bank Demerara was sitting in his car when a white car drove by and a gunman [...]
Suspect in Safraz bar attack held
-security camera images enhanced A man, suspected to be one of three perpetrators who attacked and robbed Safraz’s Bar and Restaurant, murdering a waitress and leaving two persons injured, has been detained. Stabroek News learnt from a senior police source yesterday afternoon that late Saturday night ranks arrested the suspect. The source, when questioned about [...]
Waitress shot dead, three injured
…as gunmen attack Safraz’s Bar A waitress was shot dead last night as gunmen went on a five-minute rampage at Safraz’s Bar and Restaurant, injuring three other persons. Kulmattie Singh, 35, of Lot 224 Second Field, North East Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara sustained a gunshot wound to the head. She was pronounced dead on [...]
East Ruimveldt man shot in head
-woman being questioned An East Ruimveldt man was in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital, up to press time, after he was shot in the head last night. Bascal Johnson, called Pascal, was rushed to the medical institution by police shortly before 9 pm. A woman, with whom he reportedly shared a relationship, [...]
Burnt baby’s arm may have to be amputated
-mother’s anxiety grows Four-month-old Anjalie may have to have her right arm amputated. The child was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital last Tuesday by her 19-year-old mother, Zabeeda Mohamed. She had left her two-year-old to watch the baby that evening and returned from a shop errand just in time to grab Anjalie from a [...]
Years of marital abuse comes to the fore after woman’s house torched
Even as Good Hope is beginning to feel the Christmas spirit, Ramrattie Roopchand and her five children are homeless after a fire, allegedly started by the woman’s reputed husband, ravaged their house. Early Monday morning the woman’s Lot 111 Phase Two Good Hope, East Coast Demerara home was reportedly set ablaze by her drunken reputed [...]
Boutique roof ripped off in property row
–stock worth $1M damaged, Christmas sales in jeopardy Christmas shoppers no longer have access to Boyo’s Style and Fashion, located on Regent Street between Classic Styles and a property owned by National Hardware, after the store’s roof was dismantled by a group of men claiming to have “a notice”. Maharanie Gangaram, owner of the boutique, [...]
Black Watah channels moral upliftment through music
Benji Diamond and Gadkin, two talented Guyanese musicians, aim to live their dreams and use their music to rebuild the “moral breakdown” while providing listeners with a blast of culture. In a recent interview with The Scene, Marlon ‘Benji Diamond’ Sansculotte said that he and his partner have sung over twenty songs over the last [...]
Flimsy Bee Hive bridge rebuilt
-can now take 15 tons The flimsy $1.1M Bee Hive Bridge, which had outraged residents earlier this year, was rebuilt almost one month ago and can now bear up to 15 tons. The flimsy version of the bridge had been constructed last December in less than one day, residents had reported earlier this year. Its [...]
GRDB sees increased rice yields
-profit still an issue for farmers Increased rice yields have been recorded with almost half the current crop harvested up to mid-October, according to the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB). On October 16 the GRDB reported almost 46 percent of harvesting for the second crop has been completed and figures have shown an increase in [...]