The unfortunate death of a troubled and derelict woman makes the whole nation a nation of murderers, robbery and corruption!

ASJ, you need to be more rational and people will take you seriously.

Base, if this was a one time incident, I would have gave in, and say nothing of same...but it happens days after days and it seems like those who are supposed keep this type of incidents in check,  have no clue.

Will monitor this for two weeks and see how far it goes.

This is what makes it a nation of robbery, Murderers and crime.

C’tyne man brutally murdered

- Stepson in custody Quick action by ranks in Berbice, led to the capture of a 20-year-old murder suspect – who it is believed brutally killed his stepfather 

Carpenter shot dead during attempted robbery

  By Romila Boodram Police are investigating the death of a 24-year-old carpenter who was allegedly shot during an attempted robbery in Second Field, Kaneville, 

Abduction of airport-bound couple… Police constable under close arrest

A police rank from a highway base was under close arrest yesterday as investigations continued into the abduction of a Timehri-bound couple and a taxi driver two Saturdays ago. 

Handyman charged with murder of Plaisance woman

A handyman was remanded to prison yesterday for the murder of a 57-year-old woman who was found dead in her bed at Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, last Friday night. John Hetsberger, 18, of Duke Street, Kingston, 

Teens beat, rob granny, 81, before torching home

- Both nabbed; one under parents’ bed By Rabindra Rooplall An octogenarian was beaten, robbed and had her home set alight after two teenagers invaded her Lot, 6, Nimrod Street, Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara property.

Farmer accused of attempted murder remanded

A farmer facing an Attempt Murder charge told a city Magistrate on Tuesday that he stabbed his acquaintance who attacked him after he failed to repay a $1000 debt. 

Fireman gets 36 months for fracturing man’s skull

A fireman was on Tuesday jailed for 36 months for fracturing a man’s skull during a row at his apartment June, last. Stephen Wellington,

Bai Shan Lin’s “kickbacks” seem to have silenced Govt. – MP Harmon

  “The government is silent about this immoral and abusive act and there can only be one logical conclusion for that—they are benefitting financially in exchange for allowing the rape to continue.

Bandits captured after high-speed chase

Carefully coordinated action by an East Coast Demerara businessman and the police yesterday, led to the capture of two armed bandits who had earlier robbed an establishment at Strathspey.

Three held for gunning down of GWI employee

Police have detained three suspects as they seek to ascertain the identity of the gunman who killed 29-year-old Guyana Water Inc. employee Marvin Cumbermack on Monday night. 

And this is just what is in the press. Guyana is a failed state under the PPP. Crime is at its highest levels and the PPP has a demonstrated record of embracing criminals ask Anil.

Now HorseMan_Redux, we all understand Guyana has its share of crime due to criminal activities, personal conflict and family and domestic violence.  No one would dispute the country could do with less, but that's life.

To put into context, please follow the link below and there you will see Guyana is not one of the leading murder nations in fact, within the region, TT, Bahamas, St Kitts, Jamaica are all ahead of Guyana with regards to murder rates.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...tional_homicide_rate

As soon as the PPP is caught out, they want to put things into context. That is their justification for the high crime rate. At the same time they are keen to shout out loud the record of the last political party to have been in government almost a quarter of a century ago. But let's put that into context: the total amount of crime in all the decades of PNC rule is still far less than in any single year of PPP rule over the last ten years, if not more.

Dispute the facts in the stats published by the UN.

The UN published statistics submitted by individual governments. And we all know what we think about statistics submitted by the PPP. They are the most hilarious pork pies ever served.

So, we must discard the UN report in favor of the honorable Mr. T.  Hmm, you in the wrang jab bai.  You may have consumed too much pork pies.  Gwan suh.

The UN has produced all sorts of reports that were later shown to be pure fabrication. Was it not the UN where the world was informed that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction? And the list goes on.

So, produce your report, Mr. T.

Once the PPP turned a blind eye to the cocaine export trade, it was expected that the crime rate would sky rocket. When the drug barons open a bar or a hotel to launder their ill gotten gains, you'll see Rummouthar cutting the ribbons and celebrating. Meanwhile, innocent people are being murdered in the street while trying to make an honest living.

Guyana violent crime up 16% – 80 murders in 7 months, 679 REPORTED armed robberies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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August 9, 2014 | By KNews | Filed Under News

Eighty people have been murdered within the first seven months of this year and there have been 679 reported armed

Ashmini Hariram

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robberies, but police say that “total serious crimes” have decreased during this period.
According to statistics released by the Guyana Police Force, 80 murders were recorded between January and the end of July 2014, in comparison to 73 murders for the same period in 2013, which is an increase of 10 percent.
Three were execution-type murders, 16 occurred during robberies, 21 were domestic-related, 17 were of the disorderly type and 23 are so far, undetermined.
At the end of July 2014, robbery under arms had increased by 16 percent, with police receiving 679 reports, compared with 585 for the same period in 2013.
Recent police reports have showed a disturbing rise in the use of firearms during robberies, and this remained the case with yesterday’s release.
“The police statistics indicate a 27 percent in the number of robberies involving the use of firearms; and a two percent decrease in armed robberies where instruments other than firearms were used by the perpetrators,” the Public Relations Department said.
But the Force also recorded an eight percent drop in serious crimes between January to July, 2014, as against the corresponding period in 2013.
Police received 2,134 reports of serious crimes between January 01 and July 31, 2014, compared with 2,317 for the same period in 2013.
Police also reported an increase in road fatalities during the past seven months, with 67 road deaths from 61 accidents, as against 61 fatalities from 58 accidents for the same period in 2013.
Pedestrians have been the main road users affected with 28 such persons having lost their lives at the end of July 2014.

In addition, eight motor cyclists, 14 pedal cyclists, six drivers and 11persons travelling in motor vehicles also lost their lives.
Speeding was the cause of 37 of the 61 fatal accidents recorded at the end of July 2014.
Traffic enforcement by the police resulted in 43,487 cases being made against errant motorists unto the end of July 2014. Of this total, 11,637 cases were for speeding.
To date, eight persons have lost their lives from seven accidents on the roads for the month of August 2014.

A vigorous approach to gun crimes is needed

The increasing incidents of gun crimes are cause for serious questions not least of which would be what is being done to arrest this dangerous situation where human lives are being snuffed out like a candle in the wind.  It is a truism that perception very often mirror reality, and the general view seems to be that citizens are at the mercy of marauding elements bent on disrupting their peace and security.  In such an environment characterized by an almost pervasive fear of crime, people are understandably very apprehensive for their personal safety.
Such a situation demands a coherent and comprehensive operational policy to respond to a menace that is likely to overwhelm the country’s law enforcement efforts against illegal guns and ammunition.  At present there seems to be no properly articulated strategy to address this phenomenon; if one does exist it is probably in the minds of the operatives.  However, the issue really should be whether the strategists are working within a framework which requires that lessons learned must be recorded so as to inform on the level of success or shortfall as the case might be.  The days of ad hoc approaches to crime have surely passed, but this does not seem to be the realization of our operational policy makers.
As an aside, another disturbing practice that is attracting attention is that of placing a large number of police ranks at public events at venues like the National Stadium.  At first glance it will be observed that a large number of ranks are on duty at these places leaving the public with a sense that somewhere there will be a shortage of ranks to mount an appropriate quick response to calls for assistance.  Regardless of the money which the Guyana Police Force will be paid for providing these security duties, the fact remains that an ordinarily undermanned police station would be hard pressed to provide adequate manpower to render the necessary assistance to a public under siege.  From claims made by ranks assigned to perform those extra security duties they do not receive any monies.  As convenient as that may sound one would hesitate to accuse the force’s administration of exploitation while individual pockets are lined.
It seems that the more sensible arrangement would be for the police to conduct a security assessment in a consultative capacity that is paid for by the organisers who can then contract private security firms which supply those services.  Those obviously will leave the police to provide adequate patrols in hotspot areas where crime is prevalent, particularly during those times.  However, it would be myopic to believe that regular crime prone areas should remain the sole focus of crime prevention efforts to the exclusion of potential hotspots which might be opportunistic in their manifestation.  The wanton shooting to death of 29 year old Marvin Cumbermack for his motor cycle says a lot about where we are heading as a nation. The brutal attack on octogenarian Dorrel Canterbury indicates exactly what any one of us is likely to be confronted by in the presumed safety of our homes.
The solution to gun crimes lies not in stricter legislation for firearm licensing control, because the problem we face is one which involves illegal firearms in the hands of people with no compunction about taking lives.  Moreover, gun control laws are focused on law abiding people who for the most part are not about to arm themselves without seeking to ensure that they are in compliance with the law.  The fact is that this is not simply a case of introducing a buy-back programme to rid the streets of illegal weapons like obtains in places like Australia, and the USA.  It therefore means that those criminally inclined in possession of illegal firearms will not be falling all over themselves in a rush to hand in what they might consider the tools of their nefarious trade.
The state must adopt a vigorous approach to dealing with gun crimes reflected by severe jail time.  The sentences given to the two youths in the South Ruimveldt arms matter is an indication of how these matters should be dealt.  Crying about the porous borders and the ease of illegal arms entry is not the answer.

More News from the recent/death gun robbery:

Dredge owner gunned down in car, wife wounded

…motorbike bandits escape with cash, firearm

Two bandits on a CG motorcycle shot a dredge owner dead in his car and wounded his wife after

Shyrazadi Ragghu at the GPHC

cornering the couple at the Regent Street and Vlissengen Road junction at around 13:40 hrs yesterday.
Ashook Ragghu, 43, of Lot 77 Pike Street, Campbellville, was shot in the chest while struggling with the gunmen, who were trying to relieve him of a moneybag containing an undisclosed sum of cash.
The robbers then shot the businessman’s wife, Shyrazadi Ragghu, in the right thigh before fleeing with the bag of money and the slain man’s licensed handgun.
The victims were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where Mr. Ragghu was pronounced dead. His wife is being treated at the same institution.
A police official said that the investigators are questioning a number of suspects but gave no indication that the killers had been apprehended.
Kaieteur News understands that Mr. Ragghu has a gold mining operation at Arimu backdam, Cuyuni, and that the family recently moved from Berbice to Georgetown.
According to reports, Ragghu had picked up his wife from a city bank and the gunmen, who were apparently trailing the couple, made their move when the victims, heading south along Vlissengen Road, were forced to stop at the traffic light near the Botanical Gardens.
Kaieteur News understands that the gunmen rode up to the couple’s Toyota Carina, PGG 8291, and tried to relieve the businessman of his money. The dredge owner reportedly decided to fight back.
“I see the man in the car fight up when one of the men on the bike tried to grab his haversack out of his vehicle, then the bandits shoot up and they ride away,” one eyewitness related.

Onlookers at the vehicle in which the couple was shot.

Eyewitnesses recalled seeing Mrs. Ragghu screaming in the car with her husband slumped in the driver’s seat.
Kaieteur News understands that a passing taxi driver took the couple to the GPHC where doctors pronounced Ragghu dead.
The slain businessman’s relatives were too upset to say much to reporters who turned up at the family’s Pike Street home. However, the couple’s daughter, Arishma Ragghu, said that she had little faith in the police to find her father’s killers.
Police have expressed concern about the escalation of attacks by gunmen on bicycles and motorcycles.
Two Mondays ago, 29-year-old Guyana Water Inc. employee Marvin Cumbermack was shot dead by a man on a bicycle while riding his motorcycle through South Sophia.

Facebook “friend” lures accountant to South, brutalises him, hijacks car

An accountant employed at Humphrey’s Bakery remains hospitalised as a result of being beaten unconscious before his car was hijacked by a bandit in Caneview Avenue, South Ruimveldt, last Wednesday.

Victim: Christopher Ally

Christopher Ally, of James Street, Albouystown, has for a week now been nursing injuries to the head and about the body, but is said to be in a stable condition in the Male Surgical Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). The 28-year-old yesterday related the series of events that led to his misfortune. According to Ally, he was engaged in an online relationship with a girl who identified herself as “Princess Lisa” on the social media website Facebook. Ally said that “Lisa”, who never told him her full name, became very close to him during the past four months, as they frequently texted and called each other. Ally alleged that it was “Lisa” who coordinated the well-schemed hijacking of his vehicle, a Nissan Bluebird. According to the accountant, last Wednesday evening, he was invited by the girl “to her aunt’s home”, on Caneview Avenue, South Ruimveldt. Ally related that the girl “did not know how to give directions to the house”, and so decided to hand over her phone to her supposed neighbour to do so. The man said that he was directed to the “head of Caneview Avenue,” where he saw a man signaling him. Ally said that the individual entered his vehicle and identified himself as “Lisa’s neighbour” and provided the location of the girl’s house within the street. Arriving at “Lisa’s” home around 20:30 hours, the neighbour instructed Ally to park in the yard, as many “thief-men like to steal vehicle parts in the area.” Complying, Ally parked his vehicle in the yard and locked it before he exited to wait on “Lisa”. Ally said that the “neighbour” then walked to the back door of the house, and began knocking, while calling for “Lisa”. However, there was no answer. The accountant, who said he then became suspicious, decided to call the “neighbour” to his vehicle, to inquire from him, about the girl’s whereabouts. Ally said that the man replied, “I’m coming, hold on.” After a few minutes had elapsed, Ally alleged that “Lisa’s neighbour” approached him silently from behind, and dealt him blows to his head and face, which left him unconscious. He said when he regained consciousness about one hour after the attack, he was still in the yard, but his vehicle (PRR 959) was gone. The accountant said that he was left in a state of “shock and embarrassment, and did not know what to do.” He said that he started to knock on the door and call for “Lisa” but there was no answer. He added that he did not want to talk to any neighbours concerning the matter, as he was emotionally distressed and embarrassed. Ally, who said he was in serious pain, decided to sleep on the patio of the house until the next (Thursday) morning, when he decided to make his way to the Ruimveldt Police Station with a taxi. After making his report, the accountant said that he was taken to the hospital by police ranks. Ally insisted that he can recall the location of the house, and is keen on carrying out a thorough investigation with the help of law enforcement officers. He said that police officers informed him that his vehicle was found yesterday afternoon in Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara, with all four of its rims missing. Meanwhile, efforts to track the mysterious “Lisa” proved futile as the individual deleted the Facebook account and is no longer using the number that Ally was using to contact her.

Waitress shot dead in attempted robbery

- bandits on CG posed as customers

Bandits on a CG motorcycle shot a waitress dead at around 19.15 hrs yesterday in the Chinese Delicious

The body of Debbie Blackman on the floor of the restaurant

Restaurant at D’Urban Street, Wortmanville. Debbie Blackman, of Critchlow Street, Tucville, was reportedly shot while standing behind the counter, after serving the bandits, who had gone there under the pretext of purchasing food. Some reports suggest that the robbers killed the mother of five because she refused to cooperate with them. It is unclear whether the robbers took anything of value. A senior police official told Kaieteur News that police were preparing to review footage from surveillance cameras at the restaurant, since it is believed that the brazen act was recorded. Kaieteur News understands that the restaurant owners were behind the counter and out of sight when the shooting occurred. Blackman’s body remained in the restaurant for some two hours before being taken away by porters from the Lyken Funeral Parlour. The murder occurred just five days after two bandits, also on a CG motorcycle, shot dredge owner Ashook Ragghu dead and wounded his wife, Shyrazadi Ragghu, when their car stopped at the traffic light at the Vlissengen Road and Regent Street junction. The robbers escaped with a bag containing some $4M and the slain man’s licenced firearm. Travis McDougall, 24, of Lot 422 East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, was charged last Friday for Ragghu’s murder. His alleged accomplice is still to be charged. Yesterday’s murder came at a time when police have reported an escalation in gun-related crimes.

Clearly an PNC attempt to sway the mood of the masses and get Indians to stay away from the polls giving the PNC their hallow victory.

Yeah PNC using Bynoe, Joe Hamilton, Shawn hinds and the litany of other criminals at the PPP's disposal including the gang stealing from the treasury daily to influence Guyanese. Joker.....

Horseman, yuh mek mi laff, even mi lawya friend seh you joka, you and KishanB.

yuh lawya fren is your imaginary friend? hhehheheehe ........what a retard.

Shi know you good, surprised you cuss out the GoG so bad when yuh gat yuh lil operations down deh and dem don't bother yuh.  If was PNC days, you be paying baksish or running helta-skelta.

You still bouncing around with your wild imaginations and hallucinations running around in your head aren't you?

No wonder your family disown you. I would have if I were them also.

Hehe, you sound bitter.  I'm glad I'm not connected to be disowned by you.

That's your level of creativity and imagination? i sound bitter? I am not the one whose family downed me so I have no reason to be bitter, you on the other hand? hahahaha.

Just listen to the shyte you write here on a daily basis and one can only imagine your mental state.

How it wukking out since you kiss-up Granga nah?

Again very little substance, vivid imagination but nothing tangible.......

What you need to ask yourself is how it wukkin out since you were disowned by your family de fuss time and you is the only man i know who was disowned twice. Things have to be tough in your neck of the woods. In some ways I empathize with your difficult situation.

You mussie know something I don't.  But how tings wukking out since you kiss-up granja.

Things in my world are always wonderful, I am not bitter and my family has not disowned my twice. I don't have to live in a world of racist propaganda either and I have real friends not imaginary ones....

Well, you sound as though you have a problem, big one.  So something in your world is amiss, you seething with envy/anger for someone/something.

I am not the one on here daily spewing hate and bile. I am not the one whose family disowned them. I am also not the one with imaginary friends..............

Chinese restaurant murder…Cameras record gunman killing waitress

A young man wearing a black and red cap fires a gun through the bars of the counter where cashier/ waitress Debbie Blackman stands.
The first bullet, reportedly from a 9mm pistol, strikes the attractive, 48–year-old mother of five on the shoulder.  Wounded and terrified, Blackman runs towards a door that would lead her further into the restaurant. It’s locked.
The gunman shifts his position to get a better view of his target. He fires again… and again. A bullet pierces Blackman’s throat, and she slumps to the ground. The gunman and three accomplices calmly leave.

Deborah Blackman

This is the chilling scene that police sources said they witnessed on a security camera, which recorded the final seconds in the life of Deborah Blackman, who was shot dead at around 19.30 hrs last Saturday in the Chinese Delicious Restaurant.
Police said that the footage they saw gave no indication that the gunman had attempted to rob the restaurant.  This has led to questions as to whether the killing stemmed from a motive other than robbery.
The recording has also given police a look at the unmasked man who killed Blackman, as well as two other men who appear to be his accomplices. Police recovered two warheads and a bullet casing from the scene. The restaurant was shut tight when Kaieteur News returned to the scene yesterday.
Kaieteur News viewed part of the footage, which showed a man in a black cap, with red peak, going up to the counter and apparently making a purchase. Two other men then come to the counter, and one of them gives Blackman a $5,000 note. The footage shows the apparently nervous men constantly glancing around.
According to police sources, Blackman, of Critchlow Circle, Tucville, placed a box of food on the counter, which is barred off from the dining area.  Sources who viewed the footage say that the men walked out of the restaurant, but then the one wearing the cap returned to the counter and shot Blackman.
A police release stated that two men on a motor cycle drove up to the Delicious Chinese Restaurant on Durban Street, Georgetown, and the pillion rider entered the restaurant.
“He ordered and paid for a meal after which he pulled out a firearm and shot the cashier Debra Blackman to her shoulder and neck and escaped on the motor cycle.”
Blackman was pronounced dead on arrival at the GPHC, the release said.
Latoya Blackman, one of the slain woman’s daughters, said that her mother left for work at around 10.30 hrs on Saturday and was scheduled to work until the following day. She said that a woman who was at a salon in D’urban Street informed the family of the shooting.
The daughter said that when she arrived, a crowd had gathered but she managed to enter the restaurant, where she saw her mother lying in a pool of blood.
Relatives claimed that the owners of the restaurant took several minutes before they opened the restaurant for the police, and Blackman’s body was left for some three hours at the scene.
Kaieteur News was told that Blackman had been working at the restaurant, located between Halley and Hardina Streets, for some eleven years.
According to a relative, bandits had attacked the restaurant last March. A daughter said that the bandits had kicked open a door leading to the counter and robbed Blackman and the restaurant owners.
The relative said that the proprietors would leave the door behind the counter open to allow Blackman to secure herself in the event of future attacks, but that the door was locked on Saturday night when the killers struck.
A daughter said that after the robbery in March, her mother had expressed concern for her safety and had planned to leave her job and start her own business.

Relatives want thorough probe of woman’s ‘suicide’

- refute claims victim jumped through window

Relatives of a 27-year-old woman from Strathspey, East Coast Demerara, are pleading for a thorough investigation into what they claim are attempts to make her recent death seem like a suicide.

Anita Ishwardeen, called ‘Tina’

Anita Ishwardeen, called ‘Tina’, died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation last Friday, two days after allegedly sustaining head injuries at her stepfather’s home.
A close relative said that they are being told that Ishwardeen jumped through a window of the two-storey house after a heated argument with some of the occupants.
Kaieteur News understands that police had questioned some of the occupants but they were subsequently released. A female relative said that Ishwardeen’s mother died from poisoning three years ago. While that death was reportedly ruled a suicide, the relative suggested that the mother also succumbed under suspicious circumstances, as is now the case with the daughter.
Kaieteur News was told that Ishwardeen had been living at the Strathspey home for several years and allegedly complained of being physically abused.
It is alleged that at around 17.30 hrs on Wednesday, Ishwardeen and some of the occupants had a quarrel. Neighbours reportedly heard her screaming.
The relative who spoke to Kaieteur News said that she attempted to contact Ishwardeen that afternoon but got no response.  She was reportedly later told at around 21.00 hrs on Thursday that ‘Tina’ had jumped through a window and that she had suffered a fractured skull.
She said the injured woman was admitted to the intensive care unit at a private hospital, but was subsequently transferred to the GPHC, where she succumbed last Friday.
Kaieteur News was told that the police detained two men and a woman from the house where Ishwardeen had lived, but released them on Friday night.
A post mortem is likely to be performed on the victim today.

Update: Nude female at Kitty Foreshore remains

unidentified

August 27, 2014 6:44 pmCategory: latest newsA+ / A-

 

By Leroy Smith

Undertakers prepare to remove the body. [iNews' Photo]

The nude body of a female of African descent was this evening [Wednesday, August 27] discovered at the Kitty foreshore, approximately 200 meters from the Celina Resort.

 

Investigators who arrived on the scene said that the body of the female appeared to be in its mid 30s and that there were no visible signs of violence.

iNews understands that the body was first spotted on the foreshore in the vicinity of the former Russian Embassy and was tossed amid the high winds and waves several feet away.

When the neatly dressed Crime Scene Investigators arrived, accompanied by woman Sergeants Webster and Simpson from the Kitty Police Station, the male police ranks did not  make any attempt to retrieve the body before the waves took it further.

It took the brave Sergeant Webster to remove her service shoe and socks and entered the rough waters to grab hold of the body in order to prevent it from drifting further.

Undertakers remove the body. [iNews' Photo]

It was then that a CID Rank placed a rope around one of the dead woman’s hands to pull the body ashore.

 

The nude body at the Kitty Seawall. [iNews' Photo]

Really???

Corentyne family beaten, robbed; females raped