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Police and crime scene investigators process the crime scene of a murder and attempted robbery at Pennywise Plaza, La Romain. Photo by Marvin Hamilton

The soldier from Fyzabad charged in connection with the deadly heist outside Pennywise Plaza in La Romaine on September 19 has been denied bail.

On Monday, Ishmael Salaam, 24, made his first court appearance before senior magistrate Armina Deonarinesingh, who remanded him into custody to reappear on Tuesday.

In September, the police charged four men with various offences which stemmed from the same incident. They are set to reappear in court on Tuesday.

Attorney Criston J Williams represented the accused solider and Sgt Malloo prosecuted.

Over the weekend, the police charged Salaam with two counts of murder, one count of robbery with violence and two counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

The dead victims are co-workers Jeffrey Peters and Jerry Stuart of Allied Security Ltd. They were shot and killed while transporting money in a van out of Pennywise Plaza. A third co-worker, Peola Baptiste, was shot and wounded.

Two other people were also injured. The shooters fled in a car.

Shortly afterwards, during a shootout at Pond Street in La Romaine, the police killed four suspects. They were brothers Kyle Ramdhan, Keyon Ramdhan, Greg Dodough and Deaundre Montrose, all of Fyzabad.

The police also recovered the money, guns, bulletproof vests and other items.

The same day, the soldier, a member of the TT Regiment based at the La Romaine camp, reported that six men robbed him at gunpoint of his SUV. The men used the SUV as a getaway vehicle. The police had detained but released him without charge.

After the shootout, police arrested Christopher Noreiga, 24, and Brent Walcott, 23, both of Ballantyne Street, Five Rivers, Arouca. Noreiga and Walcott were later jointly charged with trafficking in guns and having ammunition.

Two other people, Rennico Khan, 32, of Midas Lane, Corinth Hill Extension, Ste Madeleine and Kemo Mc Sween, 26, of Union Hall, San Fernando, were also charged with having guns and ammunition.

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Surnommé Ti Popo, Yves Philippo a disparu depuis le jeudi 3 novembre dernier, il y a 4 jours.

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Triathlon. Gwadloup Tri. 9e édition

Par Romain MATTIO
(avec Harry DAMAS)
r.mattio@agmedias.fr

Guillaume Steers du Tri Team Karaïb aura été le meilleur de ce Gwadloup Tri. • HARRY DAMAS

Le club de Basse-Terre continue son très bon début de saison. Après avoir remporté la coupe de Guadeloupe des clubs en septembre, la Tri Team Karaïb a réussi à placer Guillaume Steers et Clémence Briche sur la première place du podium hommes et femmes samedi à la plage du Souffleur à Port-Louis.

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Road works begin on Anchorage Road

Heavy duty equipment and large machinery will be moving to Anchorage Road as the Government of Antigua and Barbuda Second Road Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project continues to make progress on this national initiative.

The Ministry of Works through the Project Implementation Management Unit (PIMU) is responsible for implementation of the day to day works. C.O Williams Construction (Antigua) Ltd has been awarded a contract for the work. The Consultant is ECMC Ltd.

The road rehabilitation works that will take place from 7:00am to 6:00pm on weekdays, will result in slow moving traffic as well as single lane traffic on sections of Anchorage Road as part of the road modernization efforts. Traffic diversions will occur whenever required.

The contractor is anticipating that phase one of the works will last approximately seven weeks and will see the rehabilitation of the section of the road from the junction of Dickenson Bay street to the Outlet Printery.

The contractor will be carrying out the resurfacing, widening in some areas and drainage improvement works.

The First Phase of the resurfacing work will rehabilitate from at the junction of Dickenson Bay Street and Fort Road to the turn off at the outlet printery. The contractor will work in this area for approximately seven weeks.

All traffic interventions will be controlled by flag persons with assistance from the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda and traffic management signs will be on hand to effectively communicate with road users.

The Minister of Works, Honorable Lennox Weston has said that the planned upgrades to Anchorage Road will provide a major boost to commercial and economic activity on the island. The project will also strengthen the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Works through training and capacity building in pavement design, construction, and maintenance.

He added that part of the objective of his Ministry’s development is helping the decision makers within the Ministry of Works to better integrate social and gender issues in infrastructure projects.

As a result of the nature of the road work planned for Anchorage Road, access to business places and residences will be affected for a twenty-four (24) hour period but all accesses will be reinstated at the end of each work day.

Road users are urged to plan their route to ensure that they arrive at the destination on time as ongoing road work could cause traffic delays. Road users are also urged to proceed with caution when travelling in the work zones.

For additional information please contact C.O Williams Construction Ltd at 562-9573. A grievance mechanism policy is in place where the public is advised to contact the PIMU via email: [email protected] or call us: 562-9174/6 or 562-7782 to express a concern about any grievances.

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