Regatta committee assists those affected by Bartica killings
THREE persons directly affected by the Feb. 17 Bartica massacre were recently given cash donations by the Bartica Regatta Committee.
The beneficiaries who each received $50,000 are Debra Bobb-Gilkes, widow of slain Banks security guard Edwin Gilkes; Sheelisa Khan, reputed wife of slain taxi driver Dexter Adrian; and Raymond Whyte who was badly injured. The monies […]
Bartica, Lusignan guns used at East La Penitence
POLICE have reported that ballistics tests verified the identification of two weapons from which twenty-three 7.62 x 39 spent shells recovered at East La Penitence Police Station in Georgetown, after the drive-by shooting Tuesday night, were fired.
The report said the shells match those retrieved after the Lusignan, East Coast Demerara and Bartica, Essequibo River […]
Gov’t, security forces working to dismantle criminal enterprise
- Rohee assures Bartica residents, businessmen
THE administration and the Joint Services are relentlessly continuing their efforts to dismantle the criminal enterprise which created havoc in January and February this year by killing 23 persons in Lusignan and Bartica.
Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee who gave this assurance yesterday at a meeting in Bartica with residents […]
Persistent rumours on the real motives behind the Lusignan and Bartica shootouts - Clousseau
Clousseau will appear to be rambling, which in fact is the truth. He finds himself without a topic that offers much scope for expansive delving and thus will be most brief in the effort of bringing readers up to date on some topics that come to mind.
Of some interest in persistent rumours on the […]
Thousands show positive sign at Bartica regatta
THE mining community of Bartica was transformed into a scene of merriment last Saturday as thousands of people converged there for the annual regatta weekend.
New dorm soon for Bartica Secondary students
GOVERNMENT continues to place major focus on development of the education sector, particularly with respect to infrastructural development which has significantly increased over the years.
Two more Bartica massacre victims laid to rest
THERE was deep anguish at Montrose and Good Hope on the East Coast Demerara yesterday, as hundreds of mourners and sympathizers joined the grieving families of two more of the twelve victims of last Sunday’s wanton massacre at Bartica, in bidding their last farewell.
“If only I could see him one more time”
- pleads sister of the murdered Baldeo
“If only I could turn back the hands of time …if only I could see him one more time.” This was the incessant plea of 54 year old Baldeo Singh’s aging sister, Hilmattie Budhu, whose home he shared at Lot 153 Second Street, Montrose, East Coast Demerara.
Residents questioned whether there are ‘Wolves in Sheep clothing’ in Bartica
- Joint Services found speedboat, army regulation kit, fuel believed to have been left behind by the bandits
AS Barticians continue to live in virtual fear following Sunday night’s massacre of 12 people by a rampaging group of heavily-armed gunmen, the discovery by members of the Joint Services of a speedboat at St Mary’s Quarry, is […]
Gunmen robbed Debra Babb Gilkes of her ‘joy’
“THEY’VE (gunmen) robbed me of my joy.”
This is how Debra Babb Gilkes, whose husband Edwin Daniel Gilkes, 47, was among the 13 executed by heavily armed gunmen during their reign of terror in the mining town of Bartica Sunday evening, describes her loss.
