Prashad Nagar woman shot, husband surrenders to cops
A mother of four is in a serious condition at a city hospital after she was allegedly shot twice in the shoulder by her husband during an argument at their Prashad Nagar home early yesterday morning. Karen Kerr’s intestines were pierced and her lungs were grazed in the shooting at the Lot 309 Rohinital Street [...]
Mystery fire destroys T&HD storage bond
A fire of unknown origin early yesterday morning destroyed the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) storage bond at Urquhart Street, South Cummingsburg, while also severely damaging the neighbouring Mings Products and Services Ltd boat building facility. Quick work by officials of the Guyana Fire Service, however, ensured that Mings’ main building and the office of [...]
DPP to decide fate of arrested presidential guards
The fate of eight members of the Presidential Guard Ser-vice, who were arrested after a recent raid, will be decided by the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), which is currently studying the case file. Head of the Presidential Guard unit Rohan Singh told Stabroek News yesterday that it is awaiting the findings [...]
For one family, plane crash survivor is a hero
Kenneth Somerset became the hero to a family last Saturday, when he helped a little boy escape from the Caribbean Airlines plane that crash landed at the Cheddi International Airport, Timehri. Somerset, who was a passenger on the ill-fated plane, recounted to Stabroek News that the child’s grandmother jumped, then he and then the child. [...]
There was no vandalism during Sandport raid, says co-owner
Brazilian businessman Rodrigo de Paula says that he was clueless that presidential guards were among the group of men hired to “conduct a peaceful operation” to remove a conveyor to prevent the illegal use of the Guyana Sandport Inc. wharf. De Paula also produced documents to support that he was the one who rented the [...]
Presidential guards held after sabotage bid on sand business
A gang of about 30 men, including presidential guards, early yesterday morning stormed into Guyana Sandport Inc. at Coverden, East Bank Demerara, overpowering security guards and damaging a conveyer belt, in what is believed to be an attempt to shut the company down. Up to press time last evening, about 14 of the perpetrators, some [...]
Quarrelling brothers held, released, as mystery envelops pensioner murder
When two brothers were heard arguing about murdered pensioner Sukhdai Ramkilaum about a month ago, it seemed this was the break the police so badly needed to solve the brutal crime that occurred three months ago. However hopes were dashed when the men were released shortly after they were arrested. Since then, police said, there [...]
Miner tied to tree at Bartica, beaten to death
A miner was on Monday tied to a tree at 14 Miles, Bartica and beaten to death by three men, who were also armed with guns, after he was accused of having knowledge about a missing brush cutter. Earle Austin, 37, of Nabaclis, East Coast Deme-rara had no chance of survival as he sustained numerous [...]
Mahaica teen found dead with marks of violence
The body of Ravendra Persaud, 17, was yesterday morning found lying on the roadway at De Hoop Road, No. 10 Village, Mahaica Creek, near a wedding house where he had been a guest just hours earlier. There were marks of violence visible around the teen’s head and police said they were probing the circumstances of [...]
Man arrested after D’Urban St fire released on station bail
The man who was arrested in relation to the fire that gutted his D’Urban Street home and a business place on Saturday was released on station bail on Monday. As fire officials continue to probe the cause of the blaze, it has been revealed that there is an ongoing court matter involving the Lot 18 [...]
Butcher sentenced to 15 years for killing girlfriend
Butcher Shawn Sooklall, who pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend Tricia Welch in July 2006, was yesterday sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by Justice Roxane George. At the start of the court proceedings, Sooklall’s lawyer Mursaline Bacchus, noting that the law makes provision for compensation, announced that his client was offering $1.2 million, which would [...]
Body of Mon Repos man found in septic tank
The lifeless body of a physically-challenged Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara man was yesterday pulled from his septic tank, hours after he was discovered missing from his home where several pieces of furniture had been set afire. Abdul Azeez Haniff called ‘Panjax’, age 54, of Lot 23 Mon Repos Pasture is suspected to be the [...]
Slain Big Creek miner was heading home after six months away
Joyce Tang last saw her son six months ago when he left for the goldfields of the North West District. Plans to return home this week were cut short when he was brutally stabbed to death on Monday at Big Creek Landing, NWD. A distraught Tang told this newspaper yesterday that she was looking forward [...]
Waiakabra
Overlooking the Linden/Soesdyke Highway is an Amerindian settlement called Waiakabra. On the surface this community which comprises at least 30 households looks like a dream spot to live. However, some two decades after it was established, there is still no running water in homes and no electricity supply. The most serious problem affecting residents, however, [...]
NY-based Guyanese Bishop killed by bandit
A 77-year-old New York-based Guyanese was yesterday shot dead at his East La Penitence property after he was confronted by two gunmen who were after the gold chain he was wearing. Dead is Bishop Benjamin Nurse called Benjie of Brooklyn who succumbed to a single gunshot wound to the chest before he could get medical [...]