Sharda Bacchus

The driver of the vehicle that struck Deonarine Singh, the carpenter who succumbed last Saturday following an accident on Sheriff Street, is in police custody, Traffic Chief Linden Isles has confirmed.

Three months after School of the Nations Director Dr Brian O’Toole was shot in an attack at his home, the identity of the shooter remains unknown while new evidence, described as a “sickening” audio recording, was handed over to the police on Monday.

A 48-year-old carpenter succumbed at a city hospital on Saturday morning, hours after he was allegedly struck down by a so far unknown driver while running across Sheriff Street and his family is seeking justice.

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) yesterday launched its second annual Health Expo and is seeking to target a larger audience.

Months after he was shot and injured following an attack at his home, School of the Nations Director Dr Brian O’Toole is trying to remain hopeful that his attacker will be caught and brought to justice, while fearing that there has been a “cover-up” in the case.

A 57-year-old moneychanger was yesterday morning fatally shot and robbed of his licensed firearm and an undisclosed sum of cash by two men just after he had parked his motor car outside Ashmins Trading building on High Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown.

At the age of 37, Sipho Vankenic, who was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy (CP) shortly after birth, cannot walk or move on his own.

—parents question police account The parents of Teon Maxwell, the Bare Root man who was fatally shot by the police on Saturday, are calling for justice, since they believe his killing constitutes murder based on the autopsy results.

A 24-year-old Bare Root, East Coast Demerara man was fatally shot by the police in the compound of the Vigilance Police Station yesterday morning, when he reportedly attempted to escape in a Guyana Police Force vehicle after being taken into custody for threatening to kill his wife.

A Calcutta, Mahaicony family is now seeking justice after the death of a five-day-old baby, who succumbed on Wednesday after being rushed to the Mahaicony Hospital for the third time within a day.

A first-time teenage mother is now mourning the loss of twins, who were pronounced dead shortly after delivery on Thursday, and she is calling for an investigation of alleged negligence by officials at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corpora-tion (GPHC) after it was discovered that one of the babies did not succumb until more than a day after initially claimed.

Two cousins are currently nursing severe chop wounds about their bodies after they were allegedly attacked by a group of men on Thursday night at Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara.

A miner was shot and killed and three of his companions were taken into custody after police say they attempted to rob a diamond trader yesterday at Middle and Thomas Streets, Cummingsburg.

Around two dozen persons squatting on a plot of land at Lombard and Broad streets, Charlestown, lost their homes yesterday morning in a fire, suspected to be an act of arson.

An elderly woman is now dead after a fire, suspected to be electrical in origin, gutted her Nonpareil, East Coast Demerara house early yesterday morning.

A mother of five was last evening stabbed to death in North Sophia and the suspect has since been arrested by the police.

Vashtie Mahase, the 21-year-old mother of two who was brutally chopped by her partner on Sunday is grateful to be alive but remains fearful for her safety as her attacker remains on the run.

Born with lower limb deficiencies, 14-year-old Tamia Lewis’ hopes of becoming an aviation pilot were restored three years ago, when she received her first pair of prosthetic legs.

A Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara resident died on Wednesday at a city hospital, hours after he was reportedly beaten by a group of men near the Stabroek Market.

Dissatisfied with the pace of the police investigation into recent threats made to the student body of the School of the Nations on Facebook, parents are offering a $1 million reward for any information that may lead to the arrest of the perpetrator/s.