Guyanese family returns overseas in fear

GUYANA - Even as the Guyana Government is calling on persons living overseas to return home and help develop Guyana, a number are leaving in fear after being the subject of various misdemeanors. An overseasbased Guyanese family has quietly returned overseas in absolute fear after their home was broken into on Old Year’s Day.

Mrs Eunette De Nobrega and her family who have been travelling between Canada and Guyana over the years, returned to Guyana mid-last year with the hope of spending time with family and friends and to have a good Guyanese Christmas and celebrate Old and New Year’s. According to the woman, before returning home they were constantly warned to be extra careful due to the many social ills and misdemeanors being committed in Guyana. They were warned not to travel alone and not to wear jewellery.

However despite all their precautions her home at Lot 20 Winkle Street, New Amsterdam was broken into on Old Year’s Day. What was horrifying is that the incident was committed in broad day light even as a number of persons were at home. The perpetrator managed to break a window but was unable to get into the house because of the grill work. Her husband and the others heard the commotion and quickly armed themselves and ran downstairs. There they were confronted by the well-dressed man who had a haversack on his back. She stated that her plight might have been saved because, luckily her husband, son his fiancée and daughter were at home at the time. What also saved her was the fact that the house was grilled.

(kaiteurnews.com)