Sara Bharrat

As Hugh McPherson made his way from a Mahdia night club for his lodging in the area he was fatally stabbed in the back by an attacker, the latest in a series of deadly incidents in the area.

-mother, stepfather being questioned -text messages on morphine seen as clue -went missing since Sept 24Police last night said that the headless corpse found crammed into a suitcase at Madewini is that of 16-year-old Neesa Lalita Gopaul of Leonora and three persons are in custody in a tragedy laced with reports of morphine and abuse.

-20% above last year’s total With the third quarter of this year gone there have been 103 murders which is 20% (all figures rounded) more than the total number of killings recorded by police in 2009.

The relatives of a cancer patient who died last week are facing allegations that they continually abused her up until the last days of her life—a charge that they strongly deny.

– threatens to close operations General Manager of Mahai-cony Rice Limited (MRL) Taramatie Ghani, speaking for the first time about the millions the company owes farmers, has said that her company does not wish to enter into discussions with “anyone or the government” and will clear its debts and close operations if there is no other option.

Barama worker Jason Fraser’s death has been ruled an industrial accident and the company has received permission to resume its Buckhall operation after several occupational safety recommendations were made.

-13th woman to die by partner’s hands for the year During the last seven years of her life Dionne Stephens battled constant physical, verbal and psychological abuse.

Corruption and an increase in crime have greatly deteriorated the “excellent” quality of policing which was practised in his time (the mid 1950s to 1980s), former Senior Superintendent Rambaran says.

Several months after her reputed husband lashed her to the head a Cummings Lodge woman continued to live with him and early yesterday morning the man stabbed her from behind before setting their house ablaze.

but needs a lot more help Amidst its struggle to maintain and educate an overcrowded school the Lancaster Secondary yesterday welcomed a donation of six computers worth more than half a million dollars.

-victim’s wife made two attempts to lodge complaint with Leonora police Terrified residents looked on as a man viciously stabbed his employer to death on Tuesday afternoon at a street corner in De Groot Housing Scheme and then calmly walked away.

In 18 months Guyana may have its rice certified by the Fair Trade Organization (FTO), which should see farmers getting higher prices among other advantages, EU contracted International Fair Trade Expert Graham Young says.

-security organization says emergency calls system under discussion Police are yet to charge anyone in connection with the recent murders of two guards although multiple attackers were involved and President of the Guyana Association of Private Security Organizations (GAPSO), Gregory Gaskin says a high speed network to facilitate calls in emergencies has been discussed with the cops.

The stirring performance by the team from Cave Hill in the extraordinary regional T20 double-tie with Barbados at Kensington Oval that ran through Friday night and into the witching hour should not have come as a surprise.

-mattresses torched Fire-fighters were summoned to the Georgetown Prisons yesterday afternoon after several inmates set mattresses ablaze in the western section of the facility.

Dilip Lambert will face trial again for the murder of his wife at the next assizes after a hung jury returned to the courtroom of Justice Roxane George following several hours of deliberations yesterday, unable to reach a unanimous or near unanimous verdict.

-construction work, bad parking endangering pedestrians A 46-year-old man died late Saturday night after he was hit by a truck while walking along the Soesdyke Public Road, East Bank Demerara near a bridge which is currently under construction.

On Monday evening, 73-year-old Rudolph Moonsammy was battered to the head and chopped by a drunken employee.

…after 30 minutes of rain With the Hope Canal threatening their future and the drought-like El Nino just behind them, Dochfour residents are under inches of floodwater again and are blaming poor drainage maintenance.

-accused to testify against other in return for lighter sentence Murder accused Daywan Kawal yesterday became the first defendant to sign a plea bargaining agreement under which he will be eligible for a lighter sentence in return for testifying against a co-accused.