Georgetown- The People’s National Congress Reform once again calls the attention of the President and his Administration, as well as the law enforcement arms of the state, to the intolerably high levels of criminal violence – especially in the form of armed robberies which is pervading Guyana today and jeopardizing the safety and security of citizens.

Georgetown-
The police responded to reports of a man robbing persons in the bus park at Stabroek Market, Georgetown. In attempts to arrest the man who has been identified as Seon Prince, 35 years of Prince William Street, Plaisance, ECD, he attacked a police rank and was shot and injured to his left leg.
The police rank received a wound to his chest and both he and Seon Prince were treated at the GPHC.
A ladiy’s. purse with a sum of money, a pair of artificial ear rings, a wrist watch without band, a pair of scissors and a quantity of cannabis sativa were recovered from Prince.

West Coast Demerara – The bodies of Avinash Persaud, 18 years of Greenwich Park, EBE, and Kaymattie Hussein, 17 years of Cornelia Ida, WCD, were found hanging at an abandoned building at Uitvlugt Pasture, WCD. Investigations so far have revealed that Avinash Persaud and Kaymattie Hussein shared a relationship but were believed to be having parental disagreements. They were last seen at their respective homes on Monday and Sunday last, respectively. Post mortem examinations will be conducted on the bodies shortly as the investigations continue.  

Georgetown-

 The Government of Canada  has granted agreement to the Government of Guyana for the appointment of  Harry Narine Nawbatt as the new High Commissioner of the Republic of Guyana to Canada.  Ambassador Nawbatt will succeed Rajnarine Singh.

 Ambassador Nawbatt was appointed as Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil in November 2008 where he is currently serving. He is expected to take up his appointment in Canada shortly.
 

 Port Mourant, Berbice – President Bharrat Jagdeo, along with Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh opened a brand new market at Port Mourant, Berbice. The $102M facility was constructed through a joint initative between the Guyana Government, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The President told the vendors there to take pride in caring the market.

The market is design to accommodate more than 500 stallholders easing the overcrowding of the old market and vending along the roads.
 

West Coast Demerara- 

Residents of Rampersaud Street, Uitvlught, West Coast Demerara this morning discovered two young people hanged in an abandon house. At the time of this report they were not identified. TrakkerNews will bring more details in a later report today.