MOURNING WITH HOPE
ON THIS “National Day of Mourning”, when 10 of the 11 victims of last week’s horrific slaughter of children, women and men at Lusignan will be buried, we are compelled to observe that this is also a “national day of shame and disgrace”.
Shame and disgrace that for all the resources placed at their command, and […]
Office of the President declares today National Day of Mourning
THE Office of the President (OP) has declared today a National Day of Mourning, in memory of the 11 victims of the Lusignan massacre and the soldier who was killed in a shootout at Buxton, also on East Coast Demerara.
Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, made the announcement yesterday at his weekly post-Cabinet […]
Final farewell for remaining Lusignan massacre victims
By Neil Marks
THE remaining 10 of the 11 people brutally gunned down by a rampaging gang at Lusignan last Saturday will either be cremated or buried today at Good Hope, also on East Coast Demerara, on a day of national mourning.
Separate funeral services are to be held at four neighbouring homes for those whose lives […]
Military funeral today for fatally shot GDF soldier Corporal Ivor Williams
- killed in Buxton shoot-out
GUYANA Defence Force (GDF) Corporal Ivor Williams, who was fatally shot by gunmen who ambushed a vehicle in which he was travelling last January 24, in the vicinity of Church of God and Company Roads, Buxton, East Coast Demerara, will be buried today.
Two shot dead in Buxton security operation
- Disciplined Forces set to apprehend, terminate activities of Buxton gang - Dr. Luncheon
AN exchange of gunfire by the Joint Services with gunmen aback Buxton, East Coast Demerara last night, has reportedly left two persons dead.
Up to midnight last night, this newspaper was unable to confirm the identity of those dead but unconfirmed reports are […]
Three-year-old Ashanti Jordan killed with Police father’s gun
A THREE-year-old girl was yesterday killed when a gun belonging to her Police father triggered off in her mouth.
Dead is Ashanti Jordan of Lot 115 Laing Avenue, Georgetown.
Man dies after crashing into concrete post
THE Police on the East Coast of Demerara are investigating the death of a 48-year-old man who reportedly crashed into a concrete post.
Dead is Sieuchrisn Sewdial of Lamaha Street, Newtown, Kitty, Georgetown.
Police fired tear-gas, made arrests
- during yesterday’s protest on the East Coast
POLICE fired tear-gas and made arrests as East Coast Demerara residents yesterday continued to protest last Saturday’s massacre of 11 Lusignan residents.
GT&T, DIGICEL call on Guyanese to come together to bring healing
- rival companies call for good sense to prevail in joint statement
THE Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GT&T) and DIGICEL, the two major telecommunications operators in Guyana, yesterday jointly condemned last Saturday’s horrendous acts in the Lusignan village and called for good sense to prevail.
ITINERARY FOR LUSIGNAN FUNERALS TODAY
Shalem Baksh
THE body of Shalem Baksh will leave Sandy’s Funeral Home for the Central Islamic Organisation (CIOG) for a viewing at 8:30 h. This will be followed by a religious service at the Baksh’s residence in Lusignan at 10:30 h. The body will be removed from the family home to the Lusignan tarmac, […]
