Top Cop gets court order to block rape charge -challenges DPP’s advice
Police Commissioner Henry Greene’s lawyers yesterday secured a High Court order temporarily barring the Guyana Police Force from instituting a rape charge against him, after almost two months of investigations. “I anticipated he would try any means available to stop the inevitable but we are prepared to wait on the court’s decision,” Nigel Hughes, the [...]
Pirates in 15-vessel rampage near Pomeroon – batter and lock fishermen into tiny cabin
Pirates launched a vicious attack on 15 fishing boats off the coast of the Pomeroon, beating fishermen with cutlasses and destroying boats before escaping with millions in engines, seines, gasoline, fish and fish glue. Stabroek News was told that in one case more than 19 fishermen were locked in the small cabin of a boat [...]
Muslim scholar charged with sexual abuse of three boys
Nezaam Ali, the Muslim scholar at the centre of the Turkeyen Masjid child abuse scandal, was yesterday charged with three counts of sexual activity with a child by abusing a position of trust, while police continued to investigate four other reports. Ali known as ‘Muffi,’ 30, of Lot 268 Section C 5 South, Turkeyen, appeared [...]
Magistrate settles with accident victim, accuses cops of vendetta
After settling out of court with the man he injured when he slammed into a parked car late Sunday night, Magistrate Haymant Ramdhani has accused police of wickedness for continuing to pursue the matter. “The parties have settled the matter, so that is the end of that. There is some wickedness on the part of [...]
No charges, no justice for victims of Masjid child abuse, says mother
The mother of four of the boys at centre of the sexual molestation scandal at the Turkeyen Masjid says that her sons are being denied justice because of the failure by police to charge the suspect. “I need justice. I need him to be charged and put before the court. I want the religious community [...]
Boy, 11, shot dead during hunting trip
A South Ruimveldt Secondary School student was shot dead late Friday night when a hunting trip at Adventure, Soesdyke/Linden Highway went horribly wrong and up to press time last night, his father was one of two men in police custody. Dead is 11-year-old Justin Nobrega of Lot 69 Adelaide Street, Charlestown, Georgetown who sustained a [...]
Kissoon sacked over performance
-APNU condemns decision The University of Guyana (UG) Council’s dismissal of lecturer Freddie Kissoon was based on his job performance, Dean of the Social Sciences faculty O’Neil Greaves said yesterday. Kissoon, who has been teaching at the university for the past 26 years, received his termination letter on Monday afternoon but it did not include [...]
UG Council fires Freddie Kissoon
The University of Guyana (UG) Council has fired lecturer and political activist Freddie Kissoon, who is weighing legal options since he believes that there was political interference and that he is being targeted. Kissoon, who had been attached to the Faculty of Social Sciences for the past 26 years, received a confirmation letter around 5:30 [...]
Singh braves road to recovery after disfiguring acid attack
Almost four years after being doused with acid by an unknown assailant, attorney and politician Gaumattie Singh puts up a brave face for the world while trying to regain normalcy in her life. Singh has had nine reconstructive surgeries on her face and three surgeries on her damaged left eye so far, in a bid [...]
Goumattie Singh, husband robbed after return from T&T
Attorney and politician Goumattie Singh was yesterday robbed of over $1M in foreign currency outside her home, shortly after returning to the country from Trinidad, where she underwent reconstructive surgery. Singh, 56, who was doused in the face with acid by an unknown attacker more than three years ago, was not physically harmed in the [...]
Jamaica to aid Top Cop probe -Hughes
Nigel Hughes, attorney for the woman who has accused Police Commissioner Henry Greene of sexually assaulting her, yesterday said that he has received information that Jamaica will be assisting local police with the investigation. Hughes, during a brief telephone interview with Stabroek News, said that intelligence gathering suggests that investigators will be brought in from [...]
Pork knocker knifed to death in Mazaruni fight
A pork knocker was early yesterday morning stabbed to death at Blue Mountain, Mazaruni River, in Region Seven, during a drunken row—the second such incident in the interior in the past week. Confirmed dead is Jermaine McKenzie called “Royo,” 25,
Bandits kill miner, snatch gold in North West attack
Bandits early yesterday morning attacked a group of miners on the Five Star Backdam trail, in the North West District, shooting one dead and injuring two more before escaping with an undisclosed amount of raw gold. Cleveland Smithet, 37, of Kuru Kururu was shot dead while his brother Trevor Smithet, 40, also of Kuru Kururu,
Police seek phone records to solve NA taxi driver’s murder
Police have moved to the court to get phone records from Digicel to help them find the person who killed New Amsterdam taxi driver Trevor Kissoon more than a year ago. Digicel’s refusal to hand over telephone records to police and the negligence by investigators in following up on important eyewitness information, according to the [...]
Babita Sarjou disappearance…DNA samples taken following discovery of skeletal remains
Champa Seenarine is living every mother’s worst nightmare. More than a year ago, her daughter Babita Sarjou vanished without a trace and though she has her suspicions, gathering enough evidence and getting the police to pay an interest has been extremely difficult. A sombre Seonarine said that the last update from the police was in [...]