By Jenelle CarterJust after noon yesterday, a 43-year-old fisherman, Nandalall Bopat, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Leonora Cottage Hospital. The man’s upper body bore several gaping wounds, while one across his abdomen left his intestines protruding. He had been mercilessly knifed.Up to press time last evening, police on the West Coast of Demerara were trying to locate a neighbour of the dead man whom they believe was responsible for the vicious attack which occurred in broad daylight.The dead man’s wife, Doreen Sahadeo Sirnauth, told this newspaper that she was at their 31 De Groot Squatting Area home when she got the message that her husband was lying on a dam not far from their home bleeding profusely from multiple stab wounds.According to the woman after receiving the news she did not venture out because she was in shock. However the man’s son, Salim Amin, recounted that earlier in the day his father,cheap jerseys, after returning from sea,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, said he was not feeling well and he wanted to sleep.“He eat and he go and lay down lil and den he lef saying he going and charge he phone by he friend. A lil while after I hear people screaming on de road.” The lad said when he ran out to see what the commotion was about he noticed his father lying in the grass with his intestines protruding.“All I see is people stand up watching and he (name given) walking away with a knife in he hand.? He ain’t even run, he walk away calm, but nobody ain’t go behind he because dem de frighten.”The dead man’s wife, Doreen Sahadeo Sirnauth, is consoled.When asked what may have prompted the incident, the dead man' son said that his mother and his father’s attacker had had a confrontation on Sunday last, but her complaint to the police had fallen on deaf ears. According to the boy, the man who attacked his father was under the influence of alcohol on Sunday and began abusing his mother verbally.“Just like da he come and start cussing up mommy and saying how he and she deh and he gon kill she.”Amin said his mother left their home and made a report to the Leonora Police Station. At that time the boy said his father, who works on a fishing vessel, was out at sea. He said his mother was advised to return home since the ranks promised to visit the area to deal with the matter. However the police never followed through on their promise, Amin said, and this was reiterated by his mother. As a result, he said his mother returned to the station on Monday morning and was once again told that investigators would visit the scene, but that never happened.“Monday morning when meh father come from sea he had a lil talking with mommy and ask she why she ain’t go to de police and she tell he she went but dem ain’t do nothing…so daddy go to de man and talk to he calm,”.The teen said after the man and his father had a conversation on Monday he thought that that was the end of the issue.“Like dis man wait fuh he, but we thought it done, because daddy and this man does wuk together.”Meanwhile when this newspaper visited the scene where the act was committed, patches of blood were evident on the parapet. Several residents in the area disclosed that they only knew what transpired after hearing the wailing of persons in the street.?? Public spirited citizens then assisted the man into a vehicle and he was taken to Leonora Cottage Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, and was later handed over to Thomas funeral parlour.“If people did tie off de man belly he woulda live, cause air went in and he just was bleeding.” one male resident opined.At Nandalall’s home friends and relatives gathered, one man disclosed that “he was a good and bad man but he didn’t had to go so.”The search continues for the alleged perpetrator.*************************Ozone-depleting substances…Guyana one step closer in curtailing useGuyana has moved one step further in reducing the use of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) with a draft plan being discussed.In Guyana, hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) are being used in the refrigeration and air-condition unit businesses, as well as the manufacturing of foam. To some extent, it is also being used in the fire extinguisher sector.Yesterday, a number of stakeholders who directly use ODS gathered at the Ministry of Agriculture to discuss a management plan to phase out their use with the intentions to seek funding to convert Guyana to alternative, less hazardous substances.Guyana has until 2030 to fully covert to alternative uses under the Montreal Protocol.Addressing the gathering, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, noted that there has been intense training with over 50 Customs Officers and other affected persons benefitting.Already, Guyana has complied and is at least one year ahead in some obligations, a laudable achievement given the fact that it is a sma