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Hide your gold, your money, your other valuables....you are now entering the robbery zone.

25-Y-0 accused of robbing woman of raw gold, Venezuelan currency

October 28, 2015 5:47 am Category: Crime  A+ / A- 

[www.inewsguyana.com] –  Twenty – five- year old Reginald Williams made his first court appearance at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on October 27, charged with robbery under arms.


It is alleged that on October 12, 2015, while being armed with a gun, he robbed Mariah De Rosano of 70 grams of raw gold, valued $350,000 and $350,000 Venezuelan bolívar.


Williams pleaded not guilty to the offense. The Prosecution objected to bail due to the gravity and nature of the offense, the penalty attached and the fact that a gun was used during the course of the robbery.

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan remanded  Williams to prison and he will make his next court appearance on December 15 at the Kamarang Magistrate’s Court.

Well if they can rob the po-lice then who is katti batti???? Lets celebrate National Choke & Rob Day!!!!

28-Y-0 charged with robbing Police Officer at knife point

October 28, 2015 3:40 pm Category: latest news  A+ / A- 

[www.inewsguyana.com] – Euchand Frank of Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown accused of robbery under arms against an off-duty Police Officer, was placed before City Magistrate Dellon Bess to answer to the offense.

It is alleged that on October 24, 2015 at Hadfield Street, Georgetown, being armed with a knife, the 28 – year – old he robbed Police Corporal, Leward Collins of one Digicel Cellular Phone, valued $30,000 and $10,000 cash.

Frank pleaded not guilty, noting that even though he was at the said location on the day in question, he did not have a knife and he was not the one who robbed the virtual complainant.

The Prosecution objected to bail, informing the court that on the day in question, the accused confronted the victim, who was dressed in civilian clothing, held a knife to his throat and robbed him.

Frank, who is a Minibus Conductor, was eventually remanded to prison and is scheduled to make his next court appearance on November 24.

I wonder what is fueling these robbers obsession with cell phones? Should the Guyana government increase the time for such crime? But wait, these are college material boys...

I hope that them NYPD boys are allowed to carry their firearms in Guyana...

NYPD will escort slain cop’s body to Guyana

October 28, 2015 4:29 pm Category: latest news  A+ / A- 


Holder 3[NY Post] – In a touching tribute, the casket of slain NYPD Officer Randolph Holder will be carried off a plane in his native Guyana on Thursday by six members of the NYPD’s special ceremonial unit, sources told The Post.

Holder, 33 — whose father and grandfather were both cops in Guyana — is set to be laid to rest in his native country after a funeral at a Queens cathedral Wednesday afternoon.

Several dozen more NYPD officers will fly with the police pallbearers to Guyana to attend his burial in Georgetown, sources said. Holder’s body will be accompanied to Guyana by his family on the same plane out of Kennedy Airport on Thursday around noon, sources said.

The East Harlem cop was shot dead after a gun battle involving a drug turf war last week. Thousands of officers from around the country are expected to attend his 3 p.m. funeral at the Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York in Jamaica on Wednesday.

The funeral follows a day-long wake Tuesday that drew hundreds of police officers and everyone from Mayor de Blasio to top cop Bill Bratton, his predecessor Ray Kelly, Timothy Cardinal Dolan and the families of several other fallen hero cops.

SLIPPAGE IN THE ECONOMY IS TROUBLING

October 29, 2015 | By KNews | Filed Under Editorial 

There is more bad news on the horizon for Guyana. Apart from the salary increase that created a fuss among the people, the country is faced with several other issues that need the immediate attention of the government. Guyana’s GDP has shrunk from 3.6 percent in June to 0.7 percent in September, a slippage of 2.9 percent.
Tourism is down by a whopping 28 percent, and manufacturing and sales have steadily declined during the past six months. The fact that Venezuela has officially ended its Petro-Caribe agreement with Guyana at present, does not mean higher prices for gasoline at the pumps for consumers and lower prices for rice farmers. But it could mean something if the government allows it to.
The outlook for gold and bauxite remains dismal. Guyana is like a ship on the high seas without a captain.
The country is in panic mode and no one seems to know how to nurse the economy back to good health. It is a do or die situation for a people who suffered immensely under the PPP and have voted for change. The real question remains, how the government can get the economic growth at a higher rate on a sustainable basis that translates into jobs and a higher standard of living for the lower working class.
However, a modestly high rate of economic growth is not in the near future, and it can only be achieved with increased production of sugar and bauxite, higher prices for rice and gold, and the expansion of cash crops farming and poultry rearing.
Without a sound sustainable and human development plan, the economy would not grow and jobs would not be created but crime will increase. It will take more than promises; press releases and public statements to rejuvenate the economy, create jobs for the youths and reduce crime. The fact that the government has appointed mostly elders to senior government positions means that it has gone for experience over youth. Of course the political opposition sought to posit the view that the government had abandoned the youths who make up more than 60 percent of the electorate and who are the future leaders of the country.
The government must be applauded for the outstanding work by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ease the fears of the people in light of fight of Venezuela’s threat to annex Essequibo.  The Ministry of Finance must also be applauded for its forensic auditing of various government departments which has exposed several corrupt practices that took place under the previous administration.
Likewise, commendations must be bestowed on the State Asset Recovery Unit which has identified a number of public assets allegedly stolen by the opposition. The CEO, Mr. Aubrey Retemyer and his team have done an excellent job. But it is not clear whether those involved in corrupt practices or found with stolen state assets will be prosecuted. So far, there is only one known case.
However, these achievements do not change the fact that comprehensive policy measures are required to prevent further slippage of the economy. Stabilizing the economy is necessary but not a sufficient condition for producing a higher GDP growth rate.
Economic growth that is accompanied by the creation of jobs requires increased output from existing productive structures or the building of new ones. Both processes require increased local or direct foreign investment.
They should not be funded by more government borrowing, given the current fiscal and economic situation of the country. The government has to promote Guyana as a safe country for overseas investors in North America, Europe and Asia, where most foreign investors are located.
The APNU+AFC coalition government is serious about the economy. The conditions may appear unfavourable, but a resilient people have always been able to find ways of making good out of the bad situation.

Lets hope that Mr. Dalloo is safe and sound. What wrong with this picture?

Hyde Park taxi driver missing
Sherland Adrian Dalloo, 33, a taxi driver of Hyde Park, East Bank Essequibo was hired by unknown persons from the Parika car park on Monday last and has been missing ever since.

His mother, Bhanmatty Dalloo told Stabroek News that her son left home around 7:30am as he would every day to ply his trade as a taxi driver.

She said that she called him around 12:30pm and he told her that he was in Georgetown. She again called around 2:30pm and he told her that he was still in Georgetown.  However, when the mother called a third time at 5:30pm she said that he did not answer his phone and ever since she has been trying to call him to no avail.

Persons have since searched Linden and Mahaica but no evidence of the man was found. Other taxi drivers said that nobody saw the persons who hired the Dalloo but there were reports that the car was seen in Linden.

Relatives are working with the cellphone company to which his phone was connected in an attempt to trace any call which may give leads.

The PPP drug runnings still going on???? Time for Rum Jaat to put a stop to this nonsense.

Haitian nationals arrested following police raid in Lethem

October 29, 2015 10:57 am Category: latest news  A+ / A- 

[www.inewsguyana.com] – Five persons, including three Haitian Nationals [one female and two males] were arrested following a police raid by ranks of the Lethem Police Station early Thursday morning (October 29).

According to a police release, the raid was conducted between 03:00 – 06:00 hrs on several houses at Tabatinga, Central Rupununi. During the search, a parcel containing 784 grams of cannabis was found in a yard and a stolen motorcycle was recovered.

They are presently in custody assisting the police in their investigations.