Commander of the Police, West Demerara Division, Assistant Commissioner Balram Persaud says that he will continue to fulfill his mandate to ensure that the rights of citizens are protected.The Commander was responding to allegations by residents of Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara, of unprofessional conduct. These allegations were leveled against himself and his ranks in the aftermath of last Monday night’s confrontation between the police and revellers.Both civilians and police continue to blame each other for the mini riot, which left several civilians wounded and three ranks injured.Eyewitnesses have accused the ranks of beating and firing indiscriminately at peaceful participants who were on the seawall, while Commander Persaud remained adamant that the police operated in the correct and professional manner.“I am pleased with my ranks and the way they operated,” the Commander told this newspaper yesterday,Cheap Jerseys 2018, even as the Police Office of Professional Responsibility has mounted an investigation into the incident.Police in a statement issued on Tuesday said that about 19:00hrs on Monday, ranks from “D” Division (West Demerara/East Bank Essequibo) commenced closing down music sets that were playing at Easter activities in the Division.These areas included the Joe Vieira Park at Schoon Ord, West Bank Demerara, the Windsor Forest Seawall,Cheap NFL jerseys China, West Coast Demerara, and Kastev Housing Scheme, Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara. It added that during the day, the police at the Leonora and Den Amstel Police Stations had received several reports of noise nuisance from citizens.“Initially, the operators of the music systems at all the locations complied and the sets were turned off. However, at about 19:45hrs, a stereo system at the Windsor Forest Seawall,NBA Jerseys China, for which no permission was granted to play, started to play loud music again,” police said.“Further reports of noise nuisance were received…and police ranks Corporal 18372 Sherwin Smith, Constable 20724 Oswin Fordyce and Constable 20483 Kevin Fileen, went and requested that the operators? turn off the music system.”According to the statement,Wholesale Jerseys China, persons on the seawall began to throw stones, bottles and other missiles at the ranks and rushed them and attempted to take away their firearms.“As a result,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys China, a scuffle ensued between the police ranks and the group of men during which the ranks received injuries to their bodies but managed to hold on to their firearms and arrest five of the men who were taken to the Leonora Police Station.“Later, about 20:15hrs, information was received by the police that persons were blocking the public roadway at Windsor Forest and were burning tyres and other materials on the roadway and obstructing the free flow of traffic.“The police went to the scene and came under attack with bottles, stones and other missiles being thrown at them and the police responded by discharging a round from a shotgun at the crowd which caused them to disperse.The police also arrested eight more persons who were also taken to the Leonora Police Station.It was subsequently found that two motor cars and a minibus that were parked on the Windsor Forest public road were damaged and this is suspected to have been done by persons among the crowd.The three injured police ranks were treated at the Leonora Cottage Hospital and sent away.Commander Persaud said that his Division is one of the safest in the country and he intends to keep it that way.According to Persaud, who has had to deal with public unrest on a number of occasions while serving in the city, in Berbice and now on the West Demerara, unlike other divisions, the West Demerara has seen a significant decline in robberies, fatal accidents and domestic violence over a considerable period of time.Persaud admitted that he did discharge a round to disperse the angry Windsor Forest crowd, but stated that he only did so in the interest of the safety of his ranks.“I am quite clear in my conscience that I did what was correct to protect the interest of the state,China Jerseys,” Commander Persaud said.

Shock waves rippled through the quiet village of Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara when residents became aware of a teenager in the village who allegedly committed suicide.Dead is 17-year-old Shyon Demi Hendricks, of 69, Bella Dam,Wholesale China Jerseys, Pouderoyen. Her lifeless body was found hanging with a rope secured around her neck attached to her bedroom ceiling.Reports are that the teenager’s 11-year-old nephew made the gruesome discovery after one of her sisters began enquiring about Shyon’s whereabouts.Relatives, friends and neighbours gather at the Hendricks’ homeMost of her relatives were reluctant to speak to the media about the unfortunate incident yet two of her sisters tried to divulge some information.The others remained tight lipped.Kaieteur News was told that around 15:00 hrs,wholesale jerseys, the family were all asking for the girl when they noticed her bedroom door was bolted from the inside. They kept calling for her name but she failed to respond.Her nephew then climbed up the wall of his bedroom to peep into Shyon’s room to see what had happened. When he saw her body hanging he told the others and immediately jumped into her room to open the door so that the family could assist.However, by the time the aunts could reach her body,Pat Tillman Cardinals Throwback Jersey, Shyon had been dead awhile. Her body was cold and one of her sisters, Rosanna, stated that she still couldn’t believe that the girl was dead although the body was hanging there in front of her.“I say that it was some joke or something and that she wasn’t dead because it was hard to believe she’d kill herself. So I put my hand by the rope around her neck to check and felt some blood there and then I realised it was true. I don’t know why she did that,” said the sister as she broke down in tears.Another sister, Samantha,Wholesale Jerseys China, told this publication that she lives at Goed Fortuin and Shyon would usually visit her every Saturday.On this occasion she noticed that the girl was withdrawn and appeared to be sad. Samantha said that when she questioned her,Jerseys NFL Wholesale China Online, Shyon was reluctant to answer, so the matter was dropped. This was earlier in the day.“I don’t know if she had any boyfriend because if she did we didn’t know. Our mother died seven years now and our father is too much in shock to speak about this incident. You see she didn’t go to school and would get whatever she wanted,Wholesale China Jerseys, go out and such, so we don’t know why she did this,” said Samantha.According to some of Shyon’s siblings, it was only on Thursday last that they had to rush her to the West Demerara Regional Hospital because she was complaining of pain at the back of her head.Shyon claimed to be feeling unwell and the family thought she was suffering an asthma attack.“She was an asthmatic case so we thought it was that but the doctors just said it wasn’t her asthma acting up. They treated her and gave her saline and that was it. We don’t know what went into her mind to do such a thing because she doesn’t complain about problems and would keep things to herself,” the relatives lamented.One of the dead girl’s brothers could not control his emotions and began sobbing loudly in their small but modest house.After a few minutes of uncontrolled wailing he sank to the floor and began hitting and kicking the floor and furniture to “let out” his grief.Family members and friends tried to calm him down, however they were unsuccessful and decided to let him vent his frustration and sorrow.Kaieteur News was further told that there were nine siblings until two months ago when her 25-year-old handicapped brother died. Shyon was the youngest child in the family and leaves to mourn her father Wilbert Hendricks and her seven siblings. (Kristen Macklingam)

Reckless driving on the Good Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road, allegedly caused the death ofDead: Youghraj Singh50-year-old Youghraj Singh of Lot 30 B Coverden,Cheap Jerseys, on the East Bank Demerara (EBD) early yesterday.The father of three was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation a little after 02:00 hrs yesterday.The police said that investigations so far have revealed that Singh was driving the vehicle along the roadway, allegedly at a fast rate,Cheap NFL Jerseys, when he lost control and collided with a utility pole.The accident occurred some time after 01:00 hr yesterday,NFL Jerseys Authentic China, just after Singh had delivered a truck load of sand for a block maker at Good Hope,Cheap Wholelsale NFL jerseys, and was making his way home.Madera Singh, the man’s daughter, said that she was informed that her father swerved from an object on the roadway and ended up hitting the utility pole.She said that he somehow managed to swerve back into his lane where he then collapsed in the truck.According to Singh, early yesterday one of her neighbours called and informed her that there was news at the sand pit, that her father was involved in an accident on the ECD.Just as she was talking with her neighbour, she received a telephone call from one of her father’s friends, who informed her that he had taken the man to the hospital after finding him unconscious.“When I went to the hospital, he was already dead. The doctor said that he died on arrival. I saw him lying on the bed and there was blood coming out from his nose and mouth,” the younger Singh related.She said that her father’s friend,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, a truck driver, told her that he was in Good Hope and that he passed and saw her father had parked on the road. “He said that he thought my father had a flat tyre so he stopped to help but then he realized that he didn’t have a flat.”According to Singh, the man went to the driver’s side of the truck and saw the father of three in a sitting position with his head on the steering wheel and thought that he was sleeping.“He said he held onto his shirt to wake him but when he pulled,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, my father didn’t move then he realized that something was wrong. He and the man my father took sand for took him to the hospital,” the younger Singh related.The woman said that her father was in the truck for more than 15 minutes before he was taken to hospital.“The incident happened a short distance from where he dropped off the sand and no one offered any help. People said they only see the truck parked up there and didn’t know it was an accident,” An angry Singh revealed.A Post Mortem examination will be done on Friday.

A 47-year-old Brazilian miner was crushed to death at around 11:30 hrs on Saturday at Winiperu Backdam,Wholesale NFL Jerseys China, Konawaruk,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, after being crushed by a tree.Reports out of the area stated that Anton Dos Angos Silva was ‘jetting’ a mining pit in which he was working when the mishap occurred.He was pronounced dead at the Mahdia Hospital.Kaieteur News understands that persons had warned the miner that the tree could fall and had advised him to cut it down.However,Wholesale NFL Store, the Brazilian reportedly ignored their advice and continued working.