GPL says doing all it can to stop blackouts
With four separate problems sparking a wave of blackouts across the city and other areas over the last week, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday said it was doing all it could to prevent a recurrence during the upcoming holidays. Breaking its silence on the blackouts
Five young men appeared before a city court yesterday where altogether, they were charged with crimes of murder, attempted murder, and robbery under arms, including the slaying of a Good Hope rice farming couple and the recent Tower Suites robbery. The accused: Curtis Vasconcellos, 23, of Albouystown; Jason Howard, 21, of Lot 250 East La Penitence; Sanjay George; Shamudeen Mohamed called ‘Milo’
and Joel Blair, were all arraigned before Magistrate Faith McGusty and all matters have been adjourned to January 12, when they will be called before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. Howard, along with George, Mohamed, and Blair, were arraigned for the murder of Good Hope rice farmers Mohamed and Jamilla Munir, who burnt to death after their house was set ablaze during a robbery attempt. They were not required to plead to the indictable charge, which stated that on April 17, at Good Hope, they murdered Mohamed Munir and Bibi Munir in the course or furtherance of a robbery, in relation to the dwelling house of the Munirs. Frank’s two children, Darnelle Frank, four, and ten-yearold Jamica Chan, their grandmother, Paula Taylor, and Royston Telford, 57, the President of the Linden Road Safety Association who resides at Industrial Area, Mackenzie, Linden. city covering approximately 3,200 parking spaces to ensure that citizens are properly sensitized.