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The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha says it is impossible to overstate the “utter despicability and inhumanity of the cold blooded murder” of five children and six adults at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara which occurred on January 26 this year.

A 36-year-old father of two was stabbed to death on Saturday night during an altercation outside a wedding party in Canal Number 2, West Demerara.

Former President, Mrs Janet Jagan says that the police and army have to be more alert to crimes.

“We asked for security and they gave us street lights,” were the words of a grief-stricken relative of three of the victims in the Lusignan slaughter that left 11 people dead and communities along the East Coast skeptical of the security forces’ ability to protect them.

Parliament Office is currently working towards the printing of its own Hansard to be delivered within seven days after a member of parliament had made a presentation in the National Assembly, Speaker Ralph Ramkarran says.

Up to last evening, the police could provide no further information on the man who was chased down by gun-wielding men, grabbed and then taken away on Regent Street in what appeared to be a kidnapping, reminiscent of the phantom stratagems seen during the rampant crime spree of 2002 – 2003.

In the last seven weeks, Suriname has logged 15,000 foreigners living in the country illegally, including many Guyanese.

Assistant Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin of the Organisation of American States (OAS) is calling on all Guyanese to support law enforcement in their efforts to investigate the slaying of 11 persons in Lusignan, and capture and bring the perpetrators to justice as soon as possible Ramdin declared too that it would be even more tragic if the “situation were to deteriorate into further violence, at a time when Guyana is working to consolidate its democracy and build a peaceful community for all Guyanese,” according to an OAS press release from Washington, DC.

The Guyana Islamic Forum (GIF) has condemned the Lusignan massacre and has extended its love and sympathy to the relatives of the victims.

The Guyana Defence Force has issued an apology to the relatives of fallen soldier corporal Ivor Williams for the inferior coffin that it had initially provided for the deceased saying it was unintended.

In the wake of the Lusignan killings, the Ministry of Agriculture has provided Community Policing Groups (CPGs) with a parcel of land at the back of the community.

Guyana’s most prominent industrialist Yesu Persaud, the Chairman of Deme-rara Distillers Limited, will be granted an honorary doctorate by the University of Warwick in July.

The Dharmic Naujawaan, Central Youth Arm of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha, says that the brutal slaying of eleven fellow Guyanese in Lusignan in the wee hours of the morning “is unrighteous and unacceptable and those involved must be punished.”

Trading on the stock exchange will resume from today after a week-long suspension, according to a notice from the Guyana Association of Securities Companies and Intermediaries (GASCI).

A number of persons are to appear in court this week for disorderly behaviour during protest action at Lusignan, Mon Repos and Bath in Berbice over last week’s massacre at Lusignan.

A brother of Ramnaresh Sarwan has declined comment on local reports that Sarwan and other family members left the country hurriedly after an incident where suspicious looking men were spotted in his neighbourhood.

The residents of Farmers Field, Sophia will now benefit from a new bridge constructed by the Ministry of Housing and Water.

According to a press release from the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC), the Government of Guyana has secured funding support from the Global Environment Facility for sustainable land management.

Caricom member states must give firm support to the proposals for the establishment of a regional accreditation authority for tertiary education as the region moves to address issues on trade in education and services.

Another hydro-electricity company is hoping to provide power to Guyana within another six to eight years and have enough surplus generation for sale to countries in South America and the Caribbean.