Author: TIMES INT'L

…7 cars reportedly stolen, houses burglarised At least seven motorcars were stolen while a few others were broken into and a few houses burglarised over the past few days in New Amsterdam, Berbice. Divisional Commander Assistant Commissioner Paul Langevine, DSM, said that he was unaware of several cars being stolen. More alarming, is the fact that teenagers are being used to carry out these criminal acts. One of the perpetrators has been identified as a student who attends a special needs school in New Amsterdam. There have been concerns over…

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Several months after 72-year-old Jerry Rambeer met his demise reportedly via a beating with a rolling pin, the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into his unnatural death is still before the courts. INews understands that the case is set to continue at the Wales Magistrate’s Court on March 7, 2019. The accused youth, Joseph Rameshwar, of Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara (WBD), is on trial for allegedly murdering the elderly man with a rolling pin between July 1 and 3, 2018. Testimony was scheduled to continue earlier this month, but the matter…

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A number of trade unionists took to the streets in Georgetown on Thursday, standing in solidarity with the workers who were arbitrarily dismissed by the Russian-controlled bauxite company. The union representatives are calling for the government to stand firm against the bauxite company which is refusing to reinstate the employees. President of the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GBGWU), Lincoln Lewis has said that this protest outside of RUSAL’s Headquarters in Queenstown, is only the beginning and similar actions will continue to ensure that the Russian owned company adheres…

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A 22-year-old woman is battling for her life at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after she was chopped several times about her body on Sunday when she informed her 35-year-old reputed husband that she wanted nothing more to do with him. Injured is Vashti Mahase of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD). Speaking with Guyana Times International on Monday, the injured woman’s mother, Zorina Mahase, said her daughter, Vashti Mahase, was involved in an abusive relationship with the assailant for about six months now. She related that her daughter…

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Region 10 Chairman Renis Morian, has issued a passionate call for persons at home or abroad to invest within the Region saying that the region is open for business especially in the agricultural sector. He said that the opportunities were significant and noted the importance of persons grabbing the opportunities immediately. He noted that while Region 10 has traditionally been, and continues to be, viewed as a mining community, there were opportunities within the agricultural sector to aid in food production and reduce the cost for food. “This is critically…

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Twenty-six-year-old Colin Allen was on Tuesday sentenced to 100 years imprisonment for the murder of Montrose, East Coast Demerara pensioner, Danrasie Ganesh. The sentence was handed down by Justice Navindra Singh after a 12-member jury found him guilty of the heinous crime. Allen, also called “Bonus”, formerly of Cemetery Road, Timehri, East Bank Demerara, was accused of murdering the 77-year-old woman on August 1, 2015, in her East Coast Demerara home. The State was represented by Tuanna Harding, Abigail Gibbs, and Teriq Mohamed who argued that the woman, also known…

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