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SUNDAY CHRONICLE May 31, 2015
Kitty family robbed, traumatised by armed bandits A FAMILY from Pere Street Kitty in Georgetown, escaped with injuries following an armed robbery just outside their home on Friday night. According to Bob Dhoray of Lot 44 Pere Street, his son, Harvey, his wife, Mary and his daughter-in-law’s sister, Rena Lall, had just come from their business place when they were confronted by three masked gunmen. He stated that his son Harvey Dhoray received the blunt of the blows to his head and face by one of the bandits, who came via motorcycles from the Kitty Public Road on two bikes and in a white car. Mr. Dhoray told this publication that
the gate was already opened to allow his family inside the yard and one of the men placed Rena Lall to lie face down on the verandah while his wife Mary Dhoray was still outside with his son. The bandits struck him repeatedly to the face and head with a gun and relieved the women of their personal jewellery, handbags, cash and cellphones while his son was robbed of his jewels, licensed firearm and iphone. His injuries required sutures and he is very tramautised. Bob Dhoray said that after the bandits left, the police arrived on the scene about 15 minutes later and took statements from the victims. Up to
press time however, no arrests have been made. The family operates a store on Regent Street. Meanwhile, police in a statement said the incident took place about 19:50hrs on May 29, 2015. A businessman and a female relative had just returned to their residence in Kitty, Georgetown, when they were held at gunpoint by two men. The perpetrators took away the businessman’s licensed revolver and ammunition, along with an undisclosed sum of cash and escaped on a motor cycle. A third accomplice, who was holding the motor cycle, escaped on foot.
Hebrew Family of Guyana celebrates Chag Shavuot
THE Hebrew Family of Guyana met last Sunday at the Hebrew Culture Centre at 3619 Christiani Street, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown to celebrate the holy day ‘Chag Shavout’, meaning: ‘Feast of Weeks’. The service of praise and thanksgiving that followed was led by their Moreem (teachers), and meals were prepared by the sisterhood. Observance of this holy day is an annual feature, and is in accordance with the Torah or the laws given to Moses by the Creator of Heaven and Earth. Those laws are found in the Bible at Leviticus 23:15-22 and at Deuteronomy 16:9-13. Chag Shavuot, or the Feast of Weeks, marks -- as the name suggests -- commencement of the wheat harvest in the land of Israel, where the Children of Israel were commanded by the Creator to number seven weeks from the time the corn showed its first signs of being ready for harvesting.
At close of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, or the Passover season, the Creator commanded that the Children of Israel begin counting from the day after the Sabbath (Sunday) 7 weeks or 49 days; and on the 50th day, they would celebrate and give thanks for the harvest with which He had blessed them. A release from the Hebrew Family, states: “In this day and time, while some Hebrew Israelites reside in the land of Israel, many Hebrews live in the western hemisphere. Nevertheless, the holy day of Chag Shavuot, or the Feast of Weeks, maintains its significance to us. We were commanded by the Creator to observe this holy day throughout our generations in all our dwellings. As such, we, the Hebrew Family of Guyana, will be observing the holy day of Chag Shavuot (Feast of Weeks), and wish to extend a joyful, peaceful and prosperous season to all Guyanese.” (Shirley Thomas)
Anglican Bishop of Guyana dies in USA By Shirley Thomas THE Right Reverend Cornell Jerome Moss, D.D., Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Guyana, succumbed in the United States of America yesterday after a spirited battle with heart complications. He was only 56. The Bahamian national, who had been serving in Guyana since December 2009, had sought medical attention in Miami last week, and was said to be recuperating satisfactorily.Yesterday’s news of his death came as a shock to the Anglican dioceseand, indeed, to all of Guyana. Bishop Moss is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carol Lisa Thompson; father, Richard David Moss; and by two brothers and three sisters. Cornel Moss had been ordained and enthroned as the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Guyana in December 2009, having been ordained a deacon on January 5, 1983, and priest on January 5, 1984 by Bishop Michael Hartley Eldon, 11th Bishop of Nassau and The Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. He was appointed Curate at Christ the King Parish
The Right Reverend Cornell Jerome Moss
Members of the Hebrew Family of Guyana during their celebration of the holy day of Chag Shavuot
at Ridgeland Park in Nassau, Bahamas, and Rector of St. John the Baptist Parish on Marsh Harbour inAbaco in September, 1986. After six and a half years, he was appointed 2nd Rector of the Church of the Ascension in Freeport, the Bahamas in March 1992. In 2000, he became Archdeacon of the Northern Bahamas, and was elected Bishop in August, 2009. In the ensuing weeks following this unfortunate development, Vicar General Archbishop Oscar Bazil will be required to convene a meeting of the Synod, the highest decision-making body in the diocese, to have all the priests in the diocese and members of the Laity vote for a Bishop.