Shabna Rahman

-made three prior attempts A woman and her grandson, both of Bath Settlement, West Berbice, are now homeless after her son reportedly burnt her house down yesterday.

`We cannot do great things but we can do small things with great love’ During a recent visit to provide social relief to less fortunate persons Pandit Suresh Sugrim, president of the New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir Humanitarian Mission (NJASMHM) felt he had `discovered Haiti in Guyana.’

Quick action by the joint services yesterday including the employ of an army helicopter saw the rescue of kidnapped Novar, Mahaicony rice farmer and his worker before the $12 million ransom was paid and the arrest of three of the abductors.

Seventeen-year-old Margaret Eastman of the Number 29 Primary School who placed among the top 10 in Region Five at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination has her heart set on becoming a doctor.

Fifty-year-old Lachman ‘Indar’ Balkarran left his Quakers Hall, Mahaicony home on August 23 to attend a wedding at De Hoop, Mahaica but suffered severe blows to his head which resulted in his death a few days later.

Bush Lot girl triumphed without electricity This year’s top student for Region Five at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams, 16-year-old Chitranjan Jaikissoon of Bush Lot Secondary School is “elated and excited” with his success.

-collect $1.5M in attackIn a chilling attack, six masked bandits, armed with guns and a cutlass, took hostages on Sunday as they made their getaway after robbing a Corenytne family of over $1.5M in cash, jewellery and other articles.

A 27-year-old labourer of Hand-en-Veldt, Mahaica was stabbed to death yesterday by inmates of the Georgetown Prison, one day after he was placed on remand for a larceny charge when he appeared at the Mahaica Magistrate’s Court.

Twelve-year-old Ravi Dave Sain was all smiles as he headed to the Air Services Limited aircraft two Saturdays ago at the Ogle Airstrip, excited that his wish to travel in a plane was finally becoming a reality.

– struggling aunt takes them in Kerry Edwards, 13 and her 16-year-old cousin, Samantha Charles whose necks were slashed during an attack at Ithaca, West Bank Berbice on May 8 this year in which Kerry’s mother, Gertrude Edwards, 31, was killed are both on the road to recovery.

-charges dropped Charges against the man who was accused of stabbing a waitress at a Chinese Restaurant at Canefield, East Canje were dropped yesterday after the virtual complainant said she did not wish to give evidence against him.

– but concerns raised over placementsNovar Primary School at Mahaicony has topped Region Five at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) with 14 students gaining over 500 and four being among the top 100 in the country.

Government has placed emphasis on recovery of the sugar industry even as it prepares to deal with a loss of $9 billion in revenue from October 1 and the new board has already started to make positive changes, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud said.

A high-profile prisoner, outraged that he was not granted bail, hurled a book at Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Persid Edmond as he was leaving the ‘further remand centre’ in New Amsterdam at around 11:40 am yesterday.

Farmers of Number 30 Village and other areas were enthused to learn about an Integrated Farming System (IFS) technique that can help to improve their livelihood, reduce cost and at the same time produce biogas.

‘Angel’ Deanna ‘took the simplest thing and made it into something special’ Relatives of the three persons who perished in the May 27 boat mishap in the Abary Creek are still finding it hard to cope especially since they witnessed it.

Sumintra ‘Lalita’ Ramkellawan and four family members narrowly escaped death early Friday morning when her estranged husband made good on a promise to set her Miss Phoebe, Port Mourant, Corentyne house on fire, in an attempt to kill her.

Years of abuse at the hands of her partner, which heightened after the popular “Radica” chutney songs hit the local airwaves have forced a 33-year-old Blairmont, West Bank Berbice woman into hiding.

A mentally-challenged East Bank Berbice man who was tortured and abused by relatives when he could not perform household chores properly because of his condition, has found a new home.

-had been accused of threatening woman A 48-year-old West Berbice man, described as a drug addict was shot dead at around 11 am yesterday after he ran at police officers with a cutlass when they tried to arrest him for threatening a woman.