Tortured teen taken to hospital – after four days in hell
“I was shocked. It was the most abhorrent sight I have ever seen…it moved me to tears…” -Attorney at Law Khemraj Ramjattan By Michael Jordan His face and body concealed by a bed-sheet, the teenage boy who was tortured by rogue police ranks was yesterday released from the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station and taken to the [...]
Dem boys seh…Methylated spirit is a police tool
Cricketers and footballers bawling. Dem can’t get protectors—the thing that ordinary people call Seed Guards. Lawyers buying by de dozen and nuff ordinary people also buying. Couple people also ordering asbestos fuh mek underwear. Dem boys seh that up till yesterday, people didn’t care too much about protectors but is when dem learn that de [...]
Ramjattan charges clear case of torture
…as Ramotar says his party does not condone it By Gary Eleazar Torture is commonly defined as any act whereby severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person, information or a confession, punishing him for an act he [...]
We will get rid of rogue policemen
- Henry Green The police force is on a quest to transform its image that was seriously tarnished by the high handed and questionable associations by some of its ranks. It is to this end that no less a person than the Police Commissioner, Henry Greene, is calling on members of the public to come [...]
Human Rights Association says torture becoming systematic
The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA), responding to the latest allegation of torture by the security forces, has said that cases of torture are no longer isolated, but are becoming systematic. The Association said that the revolting brutality meted out to suspects in the murder of Region Three former Vice-Chairman, Ramnauth Bisram, reveals the depth [...]
Essequibo accident victim still critical
Jewan Gangawattie, a/k Rakesh, of Lima Village, Essequibo Coast, who was involved in an accident on the Richmond Public Road, on Saturday October 24, last, remains critical at the Georgetown Public Hospital where he is now a patient. On Wednesday last, Gangawattie, 32, had to be air-dashed to the Georgetown Public Hospital after doctors at [...]
CARICOM has not gone very far
By Peter Espeut Twelve of the 14 CARICOM countries in 30 days (all except the Bahamas and Haiti)! It’s been a whirlwind tour as I do some work for the Caribbean Community. It has given me a chance to look at how far Caribbean unity has come in 44 years, and how far we still [...]
Corbin will provide list but insists on int’l probe
Leader of the main opposition party, Robert Corbin, is gearing to provide the Guyana Police Force with a list of some 450 names of people murdered in recent years, purportedly by the Shaheed ‘Roger Khan Gang. In a letter attached with the compilation of names and addressed to Linden Lord, an Assistant Superintendent who is [...]
John Fernandes guards grab incoming ganja shipment
An alert security guard attached to John Fernandes wharf helped snatch a shipment of compressed marijuana destined for the local market early yesterday. According to reports from a group of fishermen near the wharf, at the time of the incident, pandemonium broke out shortly before four yesterday morning. The incoming vessel, Stadt Rendsburg, had sailed [...]
Having tirelessly served the public for four decades… Nurse Ramkumari Kanhai is indeed a ‘Special Person’
“Nursing is a noble profession that brings with it varied experiences of laughter and tears, blood, gore and sometimes fears, but it is most satisfying to help gravely ill people recover and walk out of the hospital with smiling faces, healthy and happy. Many have left for varying reasons in search of greener pastures but [...]
Fire destroys Albouystown home
By Brushell Blackman A fire of unknown origin has left fifteen persons of 101 Hunter Street, Albouystown homeless. According to eyewitnesses, the fire started just before 18:00 hours last evening and flattened the modest structure in less than fifteen minutes. The residence which housed a number of families has been there for a number of [...]
Further tax reduction on diesel announced
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, has announced a further reduction in the tax rate on diesel following a previous reduction he had announced in mid-June. According to Minister Singh, with effect from today, the tax rate on diesel would be slashed to 20 percent. At the start of this year, diesel was being taxed [...]
Little Diamond residents complain of unsafe bridge
Residents of the New Little Diamond Squatting Area on the East Bank of Demerara are at their wits end concerning a deteriorated foot bridge that affords them access to the Little Diamond Housing Scheme. The wooden structure is the quickest access route the residents of the squatting area have to the neighbouring Housing Scheme, and [...]
Miss Renaissance 2009 says “God wanted me to win”
“To God be the Glory” – Dazzell The newly crowned Miss Renaissance 2009, Excellence Dazzell, has said that “this is something he (God) decided to do for me.” Dazzell said in an interview that she had always dreamed of being in and winning a pageant, and confessed that she was extremely nervous backstage. Dazzell related [...]
Miss Guyana World wings out to London on Nov. 3
“I will do my best to make my family and country proud”- Imarah Radix By Mondale Smith Amidst mixed reactions to Grenada-born Imarah Kensha Radix being selected and recently crowned as Miss Guyana World 2009 she says “My mum is Guyanese and I am too, and I’m proud of my heritage; that’s why I’m representing [...]
GRA acquires own boats to intercept illegal goods
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has spent $40 million to acquire three boats it says, and it will be used to patrol the country’s three main rivers and the Atlantic Ocean with a view to intercepting illegal goods. Commissioner General, Khurshid Sattaur, was on hand to see the high-powered boats being offloaded at the John [...]
Gov’t peeved with Peeping Tom
The Ministry of Finance yesterday admitted that taxpayer’s money sometimes meet the travel expenses of the spouses of Ministers when they travel. The Ministry of Finance declared that the Government of Guyana does not “routinely” meet the travel expenses of spouses or children of Ministers. However, the Ministry cited “very isolated occasions on which a [...]
GAWU says imposition of compulsory arbitration was premature
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is seeking to refer its wage dispute with the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to arbitration, saying the imposition of compulsory arbitration was premature. GAWU in a press release yesterday said the dispute having remained unsettled at the conciliatory level is qualified to be referred to Arbitration pursuant [...]
7,000 Guyanese living with chronic diseases
Chronic diseases have not received the attention they deserve globally as the investment in the fight against these diseases nationally and globally has been very poor. This is according to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, who noted that no country in the world is investing the kind of resources needed. He said that the [...]
The poppy is red
Dear Editor, I wish to refer to misrepresentation in Kaieteur News, Thursday 29 October. I was quoted as saying that the poppy is a white flower, but it is red to represent the blood that stained the flowers on the battle field of Flanders Field during the First World War. I never said that, I [...]
Takutu Bridge poses a threat to police fight against gun smuggling
With the opening of the Takutu Bridge, the Guyana Police have said that there needs to be increased monitoring at the Brazil/Guyana border. Crime Chief, Seelall Persaud, in a presentation to review the period January 1 to October 27, 2009, noted that most of the illegal weapons found so far for the year originated in [...]
Former Crime Chief heads torture probe
Two policemen are reportedly under arrest as the force commenced a massive investigation into allegations of torture of a teenaged boy at the Leonora Police Station. The investigation is being headed by former Crime Chief Heeralall Makhanlall of the Police Office of Professional Responsibilities OPR. Kaieteur News understands that the two ranks are accused of [...]
The promise to rebuild by the Hamids is an act of resilience that must be commended
Dear Editor, Please allow me the space and time to offer my deepest regrets and sympathy to the owners and staff of the Regent Street businesses that suffered losses as a result of fire recently, particularly, the Hamid family, who no doubt have suffered a telling blow in the loss of two businesses in the [...]
Guyana adds new words to children’s vocabulary
Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Ryan Waldron’s letter, in Kaieteur News on 27/10/2009. Would nostalgia have gripped Ryan Waldron in the Burnham era to return to his beloved Guyana with his family and a five-year-old child leaving the comfort of the Kalahari Desert? Had this been the case, his daughter would have learned another [...]
H1N1 testing hits a snag
By Fareeza Haniff While Guyana has already acquired the equipment to test for the H1N1 virus, the testing will not commence until December because the facilitators for the training programme of the personnel to operate the equipment did not show up to conduct the training. This is according to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie [...]
