–Red Thread The detention by police of two mothers who lost children under tragic circumstances has been criticized by the group Red Thread but the lawmen are adamant that they have their work to do.
A Georgetown Hospital mortuary assistant was dismissed from duty on Friday after allegedly pelting his toolbox at a funeral parlour tout on Tuesday following an altercation over a body that was taken to the mortuary.
-identified as ‘Beenie’ A Guyanese youth was shot dead in front of a Creole restaurant in Cayenne, French Guiana on Saturday in an apparent revenge killing.
Only three of the eight young children who lost their mothers in four separate violent incidents in the last two months are receiving counselling and relatives of the others are appealing for help.
Years of physical abuse and threats yesterday ended tragically for a 34-year-old woman when she was stabbed to death by her former reputed husband, minutes after she left her home for work.
The Direct or of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended that no charges be laid against the woman at the centre of a bogus nursing school scam which left dozens of people scrambling to retrieve their monies.
Suspect wanted to do another ‘washdown’ A 25-year-old miner was shot dead in his camp at White Water Backdam, Konawaruk, Region Eight on Monday, allegedly by an employee who had become enraged after an argument over the operation of a pump; the suspect has not yet been apprehended.
The National Accreditation Council (NAC) which would have been expected to detect bogus training schools did not meet at all last year, according to two former members.
Every teaching institution must first go through an accreditation process with the Ministry of Education to ensure all the applicable standards are met.
Glarey Bowling was a fighter. For nearly three years, she clung to hope and life after escaping a fire that claimed the lives of her mother and two young children.
Cops seeking local suspect A local suspect has been identified by the Guyana police in connection with the Cdn$40 million drug bust that was made in Ontario, Canada earlier this month, according to acting Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene who said investigators are looking for the man.
– relatives believe murder was planned A 25-year-old woman died after she was stabbed several times early yesterday morning when four men invaded her West Ruimveldt home.
A new four-storey shopping complex located at the corner of Regent and Wellington streets was officially declared open on Thursday, just in time for the Christmas season.
The Police have launched a probe into the alleged negligence and misconduct of ranks at the East La Penitence Police Station in responding to the fatal beating of Ardell Haynes by unknown persons early Tuesday morning.
– left to die in police station compound A 42-year-old electrician was battered to death by unknown persons between Monday night and early yesterday morning and so far police have been unable to determine the circumstances that led to the incident.
No evidence to charge -DPP Three months after a cache of high-powered weapons and ammunition were found in a Regent Street house, the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has told the police that there is no evidence to charge any of the three women initially arrested.
-computer missing A 48-year-old Alexander Village resident was yesterday morning discovered dead in his bed with stab wounds to the upper body and a wound to the back of the head.
– boyfriend held for questioning The semi-nude and partially decomposed body of a woman was discovered yesterday morning in a trench on Thomas Lands, outside the Malteenos Sports Club Ground.
After his father refused to give him $200 to buy drugs, an enraged addict yesterday picked up a cutlass, chopped him about the body and sliced open the top of his head in a chilling crime that rocked Waiakabra, on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway.
– says spurned boyfriend had vowed revenge With a bullet lodged close to her spinal cord, Sophia Pitman’s relatives said she will have to seek treatment overseas.
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