– police arrest Clarke’s friend – berated over bulletin for ‘Crack head’ One of the six men wanted in connection with last Wednesday’s attacks in the city, yesterday turned up at the Brickdam Police Station accompanied by a lawyer and the mother of another lashed out at the police for releasing photographs and other information without “stating the facts”.
The security forces were on heightened alert last night after a heavily-armed gang parading as policemen carried out a series of shock attacks that left one person dead and two policemen nursing gunshot wounds.
– detectives arrested In a case that has sparked outrage, a 15-year-old boy has been left physically scarred after enduring days of horrific treatment at the hands of police, who are accused of burning of his genitals.
– says win was God’s will In the weeks leading up to the Ms Renaissance pageant Excellence Dazzell had a sign of what was in store for her and again, remarkably, hours before the big moment, she visualized herself proudly wearing the crown.
Contestant number one, Excellence Dazzell outshone ten other women on Saturday night to walk away with the 2009 Ms Renais-sance title after good performances in each of the categories but many left with the view that first runner-up, Pamela Atwell was the clear winner based on her response to the final question.
-bullets fired, getaway car found in Stewartville Four bandits yesterday morning snatched $9.5 million from a Bartica businessman at Good Hope, East Bank Essequibo in a brazen mid-morning attack that saw them unleashing a barrage of gunfire in their bid to escape in a stolen car which was later found in Stewartville.
Grenada crime scene team in sweep Grenadian police yesterday boarded the deserted Island Princess which is moored at the cruise ship terminal in St.
-political directives cited A leadership training conference on the East Coast for Community Policing Groups (CPGs) heard a call yesterday for financial incentives to keep members interested but this was shot down by the divisional commander who noted that it was a voluntary process.
-gutted bodies mystery continues By Zoisa Fraser The owner of the missing Island Princess, Errol Prince yesterday dismissed a report in the Guyana Times that his vessel was held in Venezuela in July with drugs as misleading and damaging to his character and good name.
The bogus Inter-American Nursing School which was at the centre of a fraud scandal in January has reopened under a similar name, though its operations have not yet been approved by the National Accreditation Council of Guyana (NAC).
-fire chief warns Fire Chief Marlon Gentle yesterday announced that grassfires are on the rise, warning that the current dry weather conditions countrywide and the low level of water in canals could result in major catastrophes.
It has been three weeks since unknown gunmen unleashed a barrage of gunfire at a car travelling along Savage Street, injuring two of the occupants in the process and police force is no closer to making a breakthrough in the case.
Five bruised and shabbily dressed men yesterday appeared at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court charged with Wednesday’s high-drama kidnapping of a Mahaicony rice farmer and his employee and before being remanded, they alleged brutality at the hands of the police.
-maintains it was case of mistaken identity Wayne Smith, one of the survivors of the Savage Street ambush said that the gunmen’s intention on Sunday morning was to kill and stressed that neither he nor the other occupants of the car could have been the intended targets.
A regular work night turned deadly for a 70-year-old taxi driver when he was stabbed by his passengers and robbed of cash before being left to die in his car on a lonely street in Stewartville, West Bank Demerara.
-two others wounded in confrontation with police A Robb Street man who was shot three times by the police yesterday when he and others were caught stealing cycles from the Crescent Cycle Store, succumbed hours later while undergoing emergency surgery.
Petty thieves have been wreaking havoc in Kaneville over the last few months but in spite of increased vigilance among residents, one managed to break into a house in First Field yesterday and after terrorizing a woman and her daughter made off with cash and jewellery.
Masked pirates struck several miles from the mouth of the Pomeroon River in a brazen afternoon attack on Tuesday leaving those operating three fishing vessels counting their losses, but thankful to have escaped uninjured.
A man is currently being grilled as the police intensify their investigations into Thursday’s attempt on the life of Maria van Beek, while the government has beefed up security for the injured woman, her relatives and the employees of CLICO (Guyana).
Determined to be a queen with a difference, this year’s Miss Bartica Regatta is already planning ways in which she can give back to her community.
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