TWO reporters of the Guyana Chronicle were on Tuesday evening robbed by two men on a bicycle, who were armed with a long knife and a chopper.

Vanessa Narine, the newspaper’s political reporter, said that she and reporter Sandy Agasen, who recently began working at the media house, were just returning from the nearby gas station.
Narine recalled that as they were walking to the gas station, they noticed the two men. However, on their return through the lonely and poorly-lit street, the men approached them, placing a chopper and knife at each of their necks.
Agasen was relieved of her National Identification, National Insurance Scheme and bank cards, cell-phone and her driver’s licence, and $10,000 in cash, while Narine was robbed of a silver chain and a ring.
The two shaken reporters are certain that they can positively identify the two men, should they see them again.
Meanwhile, the privately-contracted security guards at the Chronicle indicated to the reporters after the robbery that they did see the men riding up and down the Lama Avenue area in the vicinity of the media house.
After learning that the two reporters had been robbed, one security guard attempted to pursue the two men, but failed to locate them. A report of the incident was made at the Kitty Police Station yesterday.

(By Leroy Smith)