Hours after he was arrested, Shaka Phillips has confessed to shooting and killing Linden teacher, Jenel Phillips on Saturday night in Linden. Police Headquarters said that Phillips claimed that he threw the murder weapon, a gun, in the Demerara River. Investigators have since took Phillips at the area where he claimed he toss the gun The post Ex-partner confess to shooting Linden teacher, says he discarded gun in Demerara River – Police appeared first on News Room Guyana.

Minutes before she was shot and killed in Linden Saturday night, Jenel Pollymore, a young mother of three, begged her ex-partner, from whom she tried to escape, to spare her life. “She started to beg. She said ‘don’t kill meh.’ He shot the first bullet to her and eventually she start run…but he run behind The post Linden teacher begged for her life, ex-partner had history of self-harm & meltdowns  appeared first on News Room Guyana.

Attorney Vanessa Thomas on Sunday urged supporters of the opposition APNU to look to the past for inspiration on tackling the country’s housing challenges, invoking the 1970s self-help model that gave birth to communities like Melanie on the East Coast of Demerara. Thomas, who has practised law for over two decades, mounted the APNU’s campaign The post Lawyer rallies APNU’s Melanie crowd with 1970s self-help model for housing development appeared first on News Room Guyana.

Paul Williams, the former Deputy Commissioner of Police, says he has long dreamt of stepping forward as a leader in the People’s National Congress (PNC)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) — ambitions he says caused him to be stifled when he was overlooked for the top police job. Speaking at APNU’s rally in Melanie The post Williams long wanted to lead in the PNC, defends unrest, blames ‘traps’ at Melanie rally appeared first on News Room Guyana.