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The police are probing a fatal accident which occurred last night Better Hope. on the East Coast of Demerara.  That involved a motor car PZZ 9593 driven by Dharmendra Parmanand age 23 years of lot 205 Thomas Street Kitty Georgetown and a pedestrian.

According to the Police their enquiries disclosed that the motorcar PZZ 9593 was proceeding east on the northern driving lane at a fast rate of speed when it is alleged by the driver that the pedestrian walked from north to south into the path of his motorcar.

The center front portion of the car collided with the pedestrian and he fell onto the road surface where he received injuries about his body. Residents within the area said the man was lying on the road bleeding from the head and repeated calls to the police to get assistance when unanswered. However, the police are dismissing that claim.  The man died on the spot.

The driver was taken into custody as the probe continues. Up to news time the man was still to be identified. The body of the deceased is presently lying at the Georgetown Public Hospital mortuary awaiting post mortem examination. A Breathalyzer test was conducted on driver of motorcar but no trace of alcohol was found on his breath.

Jaleel Leow, a young mechanic of Dennis Street Campbellville who was shot dead in Sophia on Sunday, died from multiple gunshot injuries, a Post Mortem Examination revealed today. This newscast understands that there were three gunshot wounds to the head, upper chest and one at the back, two of them exited and one of the warheads was left in his body. That warhead was taken for a ballistic test. The 21-year-old man was shot dead by two known suspects in a yard in Sophia in  full view of his friends.

After the first set of shots were fired at Leow, he tried to escape, but the suspects gave chase and fired more shots at him. The shooter then fired another shot at bystander Brandon Smith who was standing on the side of the road, the bullet grazed Smith on his upper right hand and he fled the scene.

The hunt is on for two men, one of the men is known as ‘Big John’ or ‘Double Clip’ and the other man is known as ‘Brainer’ for the murder.

Three masked men this morning executed a daring multi-million dollar robbery in Gordon Street Kitty at the Wallison Enterprise. According to the police, the bandits robbed a 20-year-old female cashier and a
45-year-old goldsmith oF $38M GYD and sixty ounces of raw gold valued at $20M GY, two cellular phones – one valued at three hundred thousand dollars and the other at sixty thousand dollars.

The men were armed with handguns. The building is very secured and is usually manned by security personnel with high-powered weapons. Surveillance cameras are also installed around the building. It also has security around the building.
When reporters arrived on the scene, police investigators were in and out of the location conducting their investigations. The entire ordeal was captured on surveillance camera, part of which was shared with reporters.

The police are reporting that their initial investigations have revealed that the victims were on duty when the three suspects who came in a white car, parked north of the building, and entered the compound through the main gate after indicating to the security guard that they were there to sell gold.

The suspects then entered the waiting area where they spoke to the cashier and showed her a small package which they claimed contained gold to sell. The men then immediately drew their firearms, pointing them at her, ordered her into an office where the money and gold were secured.
In the same office, the other victim and another man were also held at gunpoint. The suspects then ordered the victims to open the two (2) metal safes, after which they bound the hands of the victims with zip ties. They then took away the victims’ phones, money, and gold before locking them in the office then made good their escape.
The cashier raised an alarm, alerting the security guard who came to her rescue by kicking open the door, the police said.
The Police are currently looking at the surveillance footage and will be examining the fingerprints gathered from the scene. The security guard was also taken into custody.

The Guyana Teachers Union is maintaining that the COVID-19 vaccine must remain VOLUNTARY and not made MANDATORY. The Guyana Teachers’ Union in a release to the press said it noted President Ali’s speech at a recent press conference where he attempted to cajole teachers to get vaccinated. The GTU has always supported free choice in taking any of the COVID-19 vaccines and will continue to do so. We will neither advise against nor enforce inoculation on our members. As a consequence of this being a new type of vaccine, the hesitancy expressed by many worldwide is understood.

Our teachers are no different since some of our members have reservations due to personal illness(es) and/or fear. We wish to see awareness campaigns that match the zeal of the vaccination drives to assure our members (and all Guyanese) during this trying time.

Further, the union believes that the vaccine must remain VOLUNTARY and not made MANDATORY, neither explicitly stated nor implicitly imposed. We urge all teachers and right-thinking Guyanese to resist any attempt by any individual, organization or body to subject you to a tyrannical decision, the decision is yours. Guyana must always be the land where rights and freedoms are respected.

Teachers! We will stand with you should there be any attempt to make vaccination mandatory for returning to the classroom, the Union said.

The Guyana Teachers Union is maintaining that the COVID-19 vaccine must remain VOLUNTARY and not made MANDATORY. The Guyana Teachers’ Union in a release to the press said it noted President Ali’s speech at a recent press conference where he attempted to cajole teachers to get vaccinated. The GTU has always supported free choice in taking any of the COVID-19 vaccines and will continue to do so. We will neither advise against nor enforce inoculation on our members. As a consequence of this being a new type of vaccine, the hesitancy expressed by many worldwide is understood.

Our teachers are no different since some of our members have reservations due to personal illness(es) and/or fear. We wish to see awareness campaigns that match the zeal of the vaccination drives to assure our members (and all Guyanese) during this trying time.

Further, the union believes that the vaccine must remain VOLUNTARY and not made MANDATORY, neither explicitly stated nor implicitly imposed. We urge all teachers and right-thinking Guyanese to resist any attempt by any individual, organization or body to subject you to a tyrannical decision, the decision is yours. Guyana must always be the land where rights and freedoms are respected.

Teachers! We will stand with you should there be any attempt to make vaccination mandatory for returning to the classroom, the Union said.

While the People’s Progressive Party was celebrating its first year in office, opposition members, political activists and supporters gathered in Buxton in protest of what they called the mismanagement of the affairs of the state for the past year. The group said all is not well in Guyana and they want to bring it to the attention to all both locally and internationally.

The protesters spoke of the treatment of nurses, refusal of government to discuss wages and salary increases for public servants, distribution of the  $25,000 COVID-19 cash grant as issues that need to be addressed.

President Ali has since announced that Public Servants will get a pay increase before the end of the year. however he has made no mention of his administration engaging the workers’ representative, the GPSU on the proposed increases.