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Bound Agricola woman found dead, woman in custody

Posted By Stabroek editor On February 1, 2014 @ 3:13 pm In Local News | No Comments

At about 2350h. last night, the police say that the body of Donna Taylor, 55 years, of Agricola, was found on her premises with a wound to her throat and her hands tied behind her back. The body is at the Lyken Funeral Parlour awaiting a PME.

A woman has been arrested and is in police custody assisting with the investigations.

Women miners rescue five teens from Cuyuni area

Posted By Staff Writer On February 1, 2014 @ 5:17 am In Local News | No Comments

Members of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) on Friday rescued five teenagers from communities in the Cuyuni River, in Region Seven, where they were working in the commercial sex industry.

Among them was a girl who was rescued by the organisation last year in Mahdia.

President of the organisation Simona Broomes said her team, with the help of police in the area, removed the girls—a 16-year-old and four 17-year-olds—as the Combating of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Act 2005 makes it clear that any person under the age of 17 found working as a prostitut

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