Sara Bharrat

Vendors from the Stabroek Market area whose stalls were dismantled following the explosion on Wednesday morning staged protests at various government ministries and City Hall yesterday.

A minibus ride for a Patentia man and his four children turned into a nightmare on Sunday, as they found themselves caught on the wrong end of a high-speed police chase.

The man who was discovered along the Dora trail, Linden/ Soesdyke Highway, was yesterday morning identified as taxi-driver Leyton Garraway and police are now searching for several men who were seen leaving the area shortly before his body was found.

Just before midnight on Saturday a mechanic who was reportedly speeding along the Coldingen Access Road fatally struck a female special constable.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) records show that armed robberies have decreased by 19.6% since last year and credit is being given to increased anti-crime patrols and intelligence gathering.

A review If you’re looking for some Christmas music with a bouncy Caribbean flavour then Prince Ally’s new album ‘Christmas Dance Mix’ may not be the thing for you.

Justice William Ramlal yesterday again raised concerns about the poor quality of police investigation evident in some of the cases before him, after he upheld a no-case submission, owing to weak evidence led by the prosecution in the Paul Bagot murder trial.

For the second time this year masked bandits attacked guards at the Engineering Construction Incorporated (ECI) and escaped in a boat via the Demerara River with millions in equipment and cash.

Commissioner of Police Henry Greene spoke to reporters earlier today about the Kara Kara Creek camp where men wanted for last July’s Ministry of Health fire and a series of attacks in the city in November, 2009 were hiding out.

Shouts from hundreds of Guyanese at the Bourda Ground last evening broke the silence and announced the beginning of another national fight against domestic violence.

In less than five minutes, two gunmen posing as customers, barged into the sales centre at Gafoors’ Land of Canaan Complex, assaulted employees; raided the safe and escaped with more than $6 million.

When a Diamond resident extended a  morning greeting to a neighbourhood woman the last thing he expected was to be attacked by her enraged, cutlass-wielding husband.

-over 1,000 seized during ‘explosive’ weekend Loud explosions filled the Deepavali weekend, causing unrest among citizens in regions three, four and six and prompting fresh questions about whether enough is being done to enforce the ban on firecrackers.

-murder warrant out for Mark Gobin On Saturday a man reportedly dealt a carpenter a beating following an argument and then took the injured man to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and left him.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud yesterday handed over more than $136M to the Region Two Farmers’ Group for paddy supplied under a deal recently inked with Venezuela.

With pain attacking her body in steady waves the thought foremost on her mind was the well-being of her unborn child.

After a hard day’s work  of cutting cane, Patentia   West Demerara resident Brigmohan Surujlall returned home to find his wife dead in their pit latrine on Thursday evening.

With bloodstains still on the walls, Cedric Blackman’s widow could not bear to spend the first night after his death in their house.

-others wounded, chased As Howes Street, Charlestown residents settled into their morning routines yesterday a man who reportedly `tripped out’ went on a chopping rampage which left two dead, two injured and many, who were chased by the cutlass wielding attacker, in shock.

-seen as boon to island-hopping REDjet, the Caribbean’s first low fare airline, was formally launched in Barbados over the weekend and promises to build “air bridges” throughout the region by offering consumers rock-bottom prices.