Recent events review September 10 to September 16

they are gonna get trouble…and they feel threatened by that and as a matter of fact when they were giving their statements and so on, they informed me that they frighten to give further statements.” An audit of the Guyana National Co-operative Bank and a number of other agencies released earlier this year recommended legal action be taken against former Finance Minister Ashni Singh and the principals of three entities for the recovery of investments of $866M. The investments in question comprised loans of $581M to the now abandoned Casique Hotel project at Providence, $270M to the Guyana Sugar Corporation and $15M to the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association. Demerara. According to the reports, sometime between 11:30 PM on Saturday and 1:30 AM yesterday on Alexander Street, Chetram was involved in an argument with a man. He was subsequently stabbed to his abdomen with a knife by the man who later escaped. Chetram was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Some of the vendors around the market related to Stabroek News that the man who they know as ‘Zindagee’ was homeless and would often be around the market doing odd jobs for the vendors. “I don’t know what exactly happen but I know it start at the intersection. They de arguing all the time and it reach till down by the stand,” one of the vendors said, pointing out that the man who allegedly stabbed Chetram was one of the stall owners’ son.