An alleged housing scam was last week uncovered in Berbice after two Corentyne residents turned up at the Regional Housing Office inquiring about lands they had paid for.
The suspect has since been identified as Rehanna Reha Deonarine, according to sources.
A press release from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) said that other reports have been received but the alleged victims are unwilling to pursue the matter. The known case will be forwarded to the police…..
Cayenne-based man gunned down in Craig
A 42-year-old French Guiana-based Guyanese was murdered by bandits during what appeared to be a robbery yesterday morning at Craig, East Bank Demerara and the police have since arrested one of three suspects.
Appeal Court orders NBS to pay $59m in pension to Maurice Arjoon
Justice of Appeal, Rishi Persaud, yesterday ordered the New Building Society (NBS) to pay over to dismissed manager, Maurice Arjoon, the more than $59M in pension owed to him.
Private sector again urges gov’t to reconsider closure of sugar estates
The Private Sector Com-mission (PSC) yesterday said that it continues to be dismayed at the Government’s decision to pursue the closure of sugar estates as the only solution to the crisis in the sugar industry.
Life sentence for ‘devout Catholic’ who raped six-year-old girl
A man who incessantly described himself as a devout Catholic who could never hurt children, was yesterday handed a life sentence for raping and sodomising an eight-year- old girl, whom he began abusing at the age of six.
Waramuri miner stabbed to death
A northwest miner is now dead after being stabbed several times during the course of an argument close to midnight on Tuesday.