Miner chopped over food request

A 24-year-old miner on Friday evening lost a piece of his left ear allegedly after he asked the cook at the mining camp where he is employed at Imbamaidai Backdam, Upper Mazaruni for some food.

Speaking from his bed in the Male Surgical Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), Kenny Matthews, of Chinowieng, told Stabroek News that on the day in question, at around 6 pm he