Dhanash Ramroop

  An Albion man was fatally stabbed yesterday by a recently-freed convict and his brother-in-law is hospitalised after they were attacked by the man who was accused of slashing a tyre on their car at Williamsburg, Corentyne.

Residents of Diamond, East Bank Demerara remain dissatisfied with the condition of several roads in the community that have been in a deplorable condition for a long time.

City Council workers went about the city on Thursday morning to pick up signs from businesses that were placed on road.

As Anita Baichan burned to death in a fire set by robbers who had invaded her Hope, West Coast Berbice home early Sunday morning, her son could only watch on helplessly.

A Hope, West Coast Berbice woman was burnt to death in her home yesterday in a fire set by two bandits who first robbed and brutalised the woman and her son.

Maida sea defence: Part of the sea defence work at Maida/Bush Lot, Corentyne being done by Toolsie Persaud Quarry Inc.

A dramatic early morning shootout yesterday in South Ruimveldt Park ended with two of four bandits dead, while the other two escaped; they had beaten and robbed a woman in her home and tried to break into another house two corners away.

Merriman Mall which had languished for years is undergoing major improvements by the Mayor and City Council with the help of the government.

Mall improvements: The section of the Merriman Mall between Shiv Chanderpaul Drive and Oronoque Street.

Scores of members of the Rastafarian community yesterday staged a demonstration outside of the Attorney General’s office to protest against the “unjust laws” against the possession of marijuana, which they want decriminalised.

Bus shed! One of the several bus sheds that are being installed around the city.

Courts Guyana Inc yesterday launched a new $65 million optical department at its Main Street store and Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin said the investment is a testament by the company to the economic opportunities in Guyana.

With November being National Epilepsy Awareness Month, University of Guyana (UG) Medical School student Christopher Martin France, who was diagnosed with epilepsy last year, is using his experience and knowledge about the illness to raise awareness and reduce the stigma that surrounds it in Guyana.

Two persons are now dead and another is hospitalised in critical condition after the car they were travelling in crashed into a truck at Coverden, on the East Bank highway yesterday morning.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) yesterday launched its new Education Savings Plan and Minister of Education Dr Rupert Roopnaraine urged other banks to follow suit, while saying education is the most instrumental sector in development.

A woman died and her husband sustained injuries after the Canter they were in ran off the Demerara Harbour Bridge yesterday morning.

Three suspected robbers have been captured after their getaway was derailed by persistent Mahaicony residents, who went as far as to set a field on fire to force one of the men out of hiding.

“It never used to pain every day and all day. But…when you feel the pain, you can’t move,” 11-year-old ovarian cancer survivor Shelly Debidin said, as she described the beginning of what would months later prove to be an ordeal.

As the time creeps closer to when Bartica is to be proclaimed a town, Regional Chairman Gordon Bradford has disclosed that an application has been made to extend the community’s borders to almost three times the current size as they want to be “as independent as possible.”