Daily Archive: Monday, March 24, 2008

Articles published on Monday, March 24, 2008

No takers for $50M reward

In the heat of the bloody crimes that flared up here recently, police placed a $50M reward for information leading to the arrest of the country’s most wanted man, Rondell Rawlins, but more than six weeks later there has been no serious response to the offer.

Meeting of army, police chief

Regional crime response unit for discussion by ministers Enhanced use of technology in the fight against crime and the introduction of a regional response unit topped the list of outcomes from last week’s three-day meeting of the region’s security chiefs which concluded on Friday at the Grand Coastal Inn on the East Coast.

All set for Amerindian village replica

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs on Wednesday made its third visit to Moraikobai, Region Five to check on the progress for the tenth Caribbean Festival of Arts and found that everything is set for the building of a replica of an Amerindian village.

Fire scare at hospital

Quick action by staff at the Georgetown Public Hospital last evening averted what could have been a major fire after a patient of unsound mind set his mattress ablaze in the male observation ward of the institution.

Spring tide flood

NDC flayed, Benn lauded Amidst mud, residents of the East Coast Demerara (ECD) villages affected by the spring tides continued to clean up yesterday but in some areas were stymied by the lack of water and they bitterly criticized the NDC in the area for not clearing drains.

Fifteen years

April 9 will mark 15 years since the shocking, unsolved murder of Monica Reece and the dumping of her body on Main Street.

What the people say about

The govt’s crime response eight weeks after Lusignan Photos and interviews by Shabna Ullah This week we asked the man/woman in the street if they were happy with the government’s response to crime eight weeks after the Lusignan massacre.