A young man stalks and guns his rival down in his home… another sets a house alight with his ex-partner and her elderly stepdad inside…a man allegedly berating a group of firecracker-tossing youths is stabbed to death.Cases like these suggest that Guyana has become a volatile spot where people are choosing murder as a way to settle disputes with associates, spouses, rivals and even total strangers.Up to yesterday, the country had recorded at least 75 murders, and disputes and ‘crimes of passion’ accounted for at least half of these homicides.Ramdat PersaudParbatie VijraurenAt least 26 people were killed during disputes and nine by their partners. Here are some of the most senseless.On New Year’s Day,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Andre Britton, 50, allegedly got into an argument with a group of youths over the throwing of squibs. That row at Mahdia ended with Britton being stabbed to death and a 19-year-old being charged with his murder.In Early January, Tabola Abrams was in her Lot 636 ‘C’ Field, Sophia home, when someone set it alight, burning property down and killing the 39-year-old woman and her 66-year-old step-father, Clifford Sampson. That fire is believed to have been started by a jealous individual.On January 17, Shazina Mohamed 19, was stabbed to death in front of the Yang Yi Chinese Restaurant, at Rosignol, West Bank Berbice, allegedly by an ex-boyfriend. He was charged with murder.Around that same time, a group of men allegedly got into a row about a grass fire at Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, Berbice. When that row ended, Patrick Boodie,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, 38, lay dead from stab wounds.The rash of senseless killings spilled over to the following month. On February 3, Suresh Nandkishore, a young Chartered Accountant, was beaten to death, allegedly by other residents during a longstanding dispute over a few acres of rice land at Mahaica.Alicia McPhersonSuresh NandkishoreHis father Bhopaul Nandkishore and his older brother Parmanand, both sustained injuries.A father and two sons were charged with murder.Things got more bizarre in May, when Nigel Isaacs, 40, was shot dead, allegedly when an associate of his tried to shoot a taxi driver whose vehicle had struck the shooter’s car. No one was charged with Isaac’s death.Nigel Isaacs, 40, of Roxanne Burnham Gardens, was reportedly wounded at around 00.25 hrs.Eighteen-year-old Alicia McPherson went to a party with friends in late April. A man, believed to be her ex-boyfriend, sneaked into that party at Cappy’s Place, Dennis Street, Sophia. She died from some 15 stab wounds, and her alleged killer remains on the run.They were married for about a year. That marriage came to a violent end in early May at Bagotville, West Bank Demerara when Donessa Barker, 28, also called ‘Nabine’, was stabbed to death at her a friend’s Lot 21, Inner Bagotville home.Her spouse, Alan Barker, was subsequently arrested and charged.Shazina MohamedDonessa BarkerOn May 21, best friends Angelique Williams, 17, and Renita Thomas, 21, went to a resort on the West Bank of Demerara. Shortly after leaving the resort, Thomas ended up dead with multiple stab wounds. Williams was charged with her murder.It doesn’t get any more bizarre as the murder of taxi driver Dennis Narine. Police were initially told that Narine, his wife and three children were asleep when the taxi driver was aroused by a noise at a window at his La Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara home on May 31. Narine is said to have gone to investigate when he was shot in the chest by someone who fired through the window.But a few days later, police arrested and charged Ravindra Ramdat, 20,NBA Jerseys Store, of Grove, East Bank with Narine’s murder.June, the month of brides, was a particularly violent month for Parbatie Vijrauren, 37, called ‘Nickey’ and her US-based lover,Cheap Jerseys Online, Ramdat Persaud, 56.? They were chopped to death at Persaud’s Tain Village, Corentyne, Berbice home. Police subsequently arrested and charged Vijrauren’s husband, twenty-six-year-old Ian Boodhoo, with the double murder.On June 08, 2015, Carol Miranda Shako, 42 years, of Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke/Linden Highway, allegedly had an argument with a man with whom she shared a relationship. He killed her with an axe. Shako’s reputed husband was arrested and charged.On Thursday, June 4, Manu Durant, 40, became annoyed after a patron at the popular Barroombar told him that the music had to be turned off.Durant, who had a glass with liquor in his hand, reportedly approached the man and began arguing with him.The brief exchange of words escalated and led to Durant whipping out a gun from his waist and discharging a round which narrowly missed the man with whom he was arguing.The other man pulled out a gun and riddled Durant. The suspe

By Samuel WhyteFounder and director of the internationally acclaimed ‘Congo Nya’ folk group, Ivelaw Eon Alexander James,? aka ‘Brooks’ has released his first book of poems called ‘Talking Blues’.The launching took place at a simple ceremony held recently at James’s residence at Stanleytown, New Amsterdam,Jordan Shoes For Sale Cheap, Berbice. Present at the launching were President of the Guyana Rastafarian Council, playwright and a long time friend of James, Ras Leon Saul; Simon Hazelwood and James’s son,Nike Air Max 1 Mens Shoe, Ras James, the present leader of the ‘Congo Naya’ group.Ras Leon Saul (left) and Ivelaw James display the bookJames who hails from New Amsterdam spent most of his life in the world of culture.Speaking at the book launch he stated that he wanted to become a doctor. “I was ‘bright’ and had the aspiration of accomplishing my ambition,Off White Nike Vapormax Release Date, but due to some indiscretion on my part I never had the opportunity to fulfill my dreams.”He said that he was thrown out of school because he was a ring leader and had half of the boys following him to skulk and go swimming.? He also stated that he wanted to become a teacher, but had some difficulties with what was being taught. He did not want to teach what the British taught him.“I wanted to teach African tradition, African History, Culture and things like that. I wanted to know more about myself and my culture. I wanted to teach culture,Jerseys NFL China, but things did not work out.”During the ceremony which was also attended by well wishers and friends,Cheap NFL Jerseys, James, who suffered a stroke, was referred to as a teacher and an inspiration for young minds in the community.Ras Leon Saul, himself a New Amsterdamer, described James as an inspiration.“In my young days Ivelaw was a great sportsman. I have seen him develop into an opinion leader who has worked to develop New Amsterdam, which he did through his cultural exploits and sports and working with the youths.”Saul who also referred to James as his mentor, said that as the leader of the ‘Conga Nya’ group, James has invited him to play an active role in its upcoming programmes. Among them is the 250th anniversary on the Berbice Slave Uprising in 2013 and the launching of Conga Nya Internationally slated for February2013.The ‘About the author’ page was written by another longtime friend and pal of James,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Outlet, Simon Hazelwood, aka “Ropes’,Hazelwood saw James as a leader, mentor and an inspiration to many. In an emotional little address, he castigated those who honoured “Black People” in Berbice for forgetting James. “Recently they honoured persons in New Amsterdam and no one remembered old boy Ivelaw.”He opined that for the number of good things James has done for this country; the amount of fame he has bestowed to this land, he has not been recognised. He called on the government and other civic-minded persons and organisations to play their part.“Talking Blues” contains 28 poems of different spectrums including youth, culture, religion, sports and Guyana and its independence.The ‘Congo Naya’ group is an NGO which was registered in 1988. It first came to prominence in 1984 at the Guyana Broadcasting Corporation Folk Festival. The goal of the organization is to contribute meaningfully to the economic, cultural and social development of its members and to Guyana as a whole.

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