Zoisa Fraser

Attorney at law Nigel Hughes on Wednesday offered to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) his services free of charge to file and argue an appeal of the quashed Henry Greene rape charge advice at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

Human Services Minister Jennifer Webster yesterday declined to comment on embattled Police Commis-sioner Henry Greene’s conduct but stressed that persons holding public office should act in a proper manner—even as AFC MP Khemraj Ramjattan called for an appeal of the court’s decision to dismiss the advice to charge him with rape.

Victims of last December’s rubber bullets shooting by police say they are still waiting on justice, even as the official probe seems to be at a standstill while the officer who ordered ranks to fire on unarmed protestors was promoted.

Attorney at law Nigel Hughes is considering filing private criminal charges against embattled Police Commissioner Henry Greene who was accused of raping a mother of two but he said that this would depend on him gaining access to all statements and reports in relation to the case.

A morning fire of unknown origin yesterday flattened a building at the corner of Regent and Wellington streets, destroying six businesses and leaving millions of dollars in losses and several dozen persons jobless.

Five months after a Foulis, East Coast Demerara businessman was killed during an armed robbery his relatives are still struggling to cope with the loss and are peeved that the police are yet to apprehend the killer.

Fifteen years after a farmer was found dead in a shallow grave in the Strathavon, Cane Grove, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara backlands, relatives are still waiting on the police to make an arrest.

Eight years after he was found floating in a trench at Fyrish backdam, Corentyne, relatives of cattle rearer Fitzroy Cort are far from satisfied with police investigations into the matter as there are still more questions than answers.

Gunmen on Wednesday night shot and injured  a vendor on North Road after terrorising and robbing two others  of over half a million dollars in cash and jewellery,  renewing calls by business persons operating in the Bourda Market area for police protection particularly at nights.

By Zoisa Fraser In Barbados Officials at the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) are looking to implement a common regional primary assessment programme, which would be a modified and enhanced version of the Common Entrance exam.

For the police force to restore its good image and public trust, corrupt ranks need to be rooted out, President Donald Ramotar said yesterday, while also urging more quality investigations to reduce failed prosecutions.

Armed bandits early yesterday morning launched two separate attacks in Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara escaping with millions in cash and jewellery but swift work by police and the victims led to the arrest of eight persons at a house in the area and the discovery of an unlicensed gun.

The US$2 million Sacred Heart insurance scam case had to be adjourned yet again on Monday after the prosecution indicated that its witness was testifying in another case at that very moment.

Christine Persaud’s family is refusing to accept that she killed herself, saying that marks of violence found on her body after her death and her husband’s suicide days later told a different story.

When Nimrod Williams left his home at Paramakatoi in Region Eight last October to work in the gold fields of Mousie backdam, no one expected that he would be dead one month later.

Police Commissioner Henry Greene’s lawyers yesterday secured a High Court order temporarily barring the Guyana Police Force from instituting a rape charge against him, after almost two months of investigations.

Pirates launched a vicious attack on 15 fishing boats off the coast of the Pomeroon, beating fishermen with cutlasses and destroying boats before escaping with millions in engines, seines, gasoline, fish and fish glue.

Nezaam Ali, the Muslim scholar at the centre of the Turkeyen Masjid child abuse scandal, was yesterday charged with three counts of sexual activity with a child by abusing a position of trust, while police continued to investigate four other reports.

After settling out of court with the man he injured when he slammed into a parked car late Sunday night, Magistrate Haymant Ramdhani has accused police of wickedness for continuing to pursue the matter.

The mother of four of the boys at centre of the sexual molestation scandal at the Turkeyen Masjid says that her sons are being denied justice because of the failure by police to charge the suspect.