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 [...]
‘Not afraid’
A lit molotov cocktail was thrown at the Campbellville home of politician Philomena Sahoye-Shury early yesterday morning, in the second attack on the longtime PPP activist for the year. A fearless Sahoye-Shury, who is called ‘Fireball’ because of her temperament, yesterday condemned the attack and after describing the perpetrators as cowards, challenged them to confront [...]
Mystery fire in John St leaves seven homeless
Seven persons are now homeless after a fire of unknown origin destroyed their Lot 24 John Street, Werk-en-Rust home yesterday and an occupant had to be treated at the hospital for burns. Based on the information gathered, most of the occupants were in the house when smoke was spotted coming from a back room. According [...]
National veterans home opens doors
The National Veterans Rest Home was yesterday officially declared open and outgoing President Bharrat Jagdeo, whose government provided some $45M to assist with its construction, committed further funding to ensure the facility’s upkeep. More than 20 retired servicemen and women who have fallen on hard times will be housed in the Lamaha Springs
Mentally disabled woman helpless as health, home deteriorate
Life has always been hard for ‘Betty‘ (only name given), who is mentally disabled. Now believed to be about 70, the woman, who is a mother of at least six, is suspected to be suffering from diabetes, and cannot walk, speak or see well. Along with her poor mental and physical health, she and three [...]
Police probing reported attack on PPP/C meeting
The police force has announced an investigation into a report that PPP/C supporters were attacked and kerosene thrown on one of them after a party meeting at Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara on Wednesday. Three of the PPP/C supporters yesterday recounted the attack—which was denied by villagers—and the ruling party called on the police, the [...]
National Veterans Home to open soon
After at least 15 years of planning and various obstacles including funding and a proper location, the National Veterans Home, is finally complete and will soon open its doors to impoverished veterans. It was a $40 million donation by President Bharrat Jagdeo which ensured the completion of the building which is located in Essequibo Street, [...]
US$30M cinema complex coming soon
Trinidadian company MovieTowne will start construction of a multi-cinema complex and shopping mall at Turkeyen, on the East Coast of Demerara within the next four months, laying what is hoped to be the groundwork for the revitalisation of the cinema industry in Guyana. The two-year project, which could see an investment of close to TT$180M [...]
Windsor Forest murder accused found dead in prison cell
A murder accused who was discovered lying motionless in his cell at the Camp Street prison early yesterday morning, hours after complaining of feeling unwell was later pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Ayube Hamid, 44, of Winsdor Forest, West Coast Demerara had been charged with the November 2009 killing of his [...]
GEA workers arrested over stolen markers
Three Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) workers, who entered the agency’s Quamina Street, Georgetown headquarters just before cameras were disabled and fuel markers were stolen last Saturday, have been arrested. The three workers, who are attached to another location, were arrested on Monday after investigators reviewed surveillance camera footage that showed them acting suspiciously. Stabroek News [...]
Police force starved of resources, says ex top cop Felix
Former police commissioner Winston Felix said yesterday that during his tenure the government deliberately withheld the resources needed to enhance the Guyana Police Force. “It was the question of the provision of resources and I can say clearly that at that time I felt that I was deliberately starved of resources…. It was a perception [...]
Nagamootoo ‘jumped ship’ over top spot
Outgoing President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said Moses Nagamootoo “jumped ship” after losing his bid to lead the PPP/C to the polls and he told supporters that the former ruling party member did not deserve their respect. Nagamootoo later dismissed Jagdeo’s criticisms, while adding that instead of attacking him, Jagdeo and his government ought to concentrate [...]
Annandale woman dies after hit by speeding car
A 20-year-old woman died last evening hours after she was struck down by a speeding motor car on the Annandale Public Road, on the East Coast of Demerara. Shafana Imran of Lot 91 Annandale West, was struck as she made her way to make a purchase at the market. The driver is in police
Joint Services Scheme shooting…Father convinced police constable killed by person he knew
Not a day passes that Nadira and Nandkissoon do not think about their son, Constable Vickram Singh who was gunned down under “questionable circumstances” while manning the entrance to the joint services scheme on July 2, 2010. More than a year after the incident, his parents are still haunted by the fact that the identity [...]
Mystery fire guts Subryanville house, losses pegged at $35M
Fire of unknown origin yesterday morning gutted a two-storey home leaving in its wake an estimated $35 million in losses and a 68-year-old re-migrant and his tenant homeless. It was a neighbour who first spotted flames coming from a back window of the upper flat of the Lot 260 Fifth Avenue, Subryanville property around 07:40 [...]