Rohee seeks interdiction of divisional commander
… 14-year-old torture victim – criminal charges likely soon By Dale Andrews Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee is seeking the interdiction of the Divisional Commander of the police’s West Demerara Division, Assistant Commissioner Paulette Morrison, following revelations of torture at the Leonora Police Station. The Minister was responding to questions from reporters at a [...]
Torture is the action of agents of a state gone rogue – Red Thread
The assurances of the Commissioner of Police ring as hollow now as the Chief-of-Staff’s declarations about the professionalism of the Coast Guard a few months ago when ranks brutally murdered a young man. So said Karen De Souza yesterday as the women and a few men from the Red Thread organization began protest actions on [...]
Partially decomposed body found on trail
- victim may have been shot Police are seeking assistance to identify a badly decomposed body of a man that was found at around 14:00 hrs yesterday on a trail off the Soesdyke/Linden highway. Police said that the copse, believed to be that of a man of African ancestry, appeared to have been attacked by [...]
Cop arrested for having sex with 12-year-old girl
Even as more than 80 rogue cops have been interdicted from duty for various offences and several more may soon be for the torture of a 14-year-old, yet another police rank is in the spotlight for a negative reason. Yesterday, a 21-year-old police constable was placed under close arrest pending investigations into allegations that he [...]
Nude body fished out from Strathspey Canal
The nude body of a Non Pareil man was pulled from a drainage canal near the Strathspey Pump Station on the East Coast of Demerara yesterday morning. The discovery was made by a pump attendant who was clearing weeds from the canal at around 07:30 hours. Investigators could not determine if the man, Rajanand Ghangru, [...]
Relatives restricted from seeing tortured teen
Hospital officials have placed restrictions on relatives who are visiting the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s Burns Unit to see the 14-year-old boy who was severely burned by police ranks. The boy’s parents said that while they are being allowed to visit him, security officials at the GPHC have informed them that no other visitors will [...]
Speeding minibus turns turtle on Norton Street
Several persons were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital as a result of a crash on upper Norton Street yesterday afternoon. The accident involved a speeding minibus, which turned turtle several times before landing on its side, and two parked vehicles. According to reports, minibus BJJ 8503 with the marking ‘Buckingham Palace’ which was loaded [...]
Dem boys seh… De police run off dem contractor
Dem boys seh that things does happen in Guyana so fast that before one story done another one start up. Just de other day Robert of Agriculture was getting vex because dem boys was peeping at everything he do. He contractors also get vex and one of dem even threaten legal action because dem boys [...]
New charges for ex-Republic Bank tellers, carpenter
- each placed on $100,000 bail New charges were yesterday instituted against four male former Republic Bank employees, and a carpenter, when they appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday. The men, Wilfred Macheo, 19, of Paradise, East Coast Demerara; Steven Gangadeen, 18, of Diamond Housing Scheme, East [...]
$400M intervention… Half-price fertilizers for rice farmers
- $180M to be invested for 12 drying facilities By Leonard Gildarie Rice farmers, hard pressed by low world prices and high cost of input, will pay half-price for fertilizers in the coming crop, as government also announces the construction of 12 new drying facilities across the country to boost capacity. Additionally, a permanent [...]
Man’s throat slashed at Harbour Bridge
A minibus driver is in a city hospital nursing a gash to his throat which he reportedly suffered at the hands of a taxi driver at the Demerara Harbour Bridge yesterday afternoon. According to a female eyewitness, the unidentified driver was in his minibus in a queue to get to the toll area. The woman [...]
Catholics denounce torture of 14-year-old
The Justice and Peace Commission of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Georgetown yesterday said it is deeply shocked and outraged at the recent disclosure of severe and barbaric cruelty meted out to citizens of our country, including a child. The statement came in light of reports that police at Leonora set alight the genitals of [...]
Amnesty International contacts torture victim’s attorney
Alliance For Change (AFC) co-leader and Attorney at law Khemraj Ramjattan has provided Amnesty International with details about the torture that was meted out by police ranks to a 14-year-old boy. Ramjattan, who is representing the injured teen, told Kaieteur News that he provided Amnesty International with the information yesterday after an official contacted him [...]
Help and Shelter, GPSU join condemnation of torture
Help and Shelter and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) have joined the list of organizations condemning the torture by Police of a 14-year-old boy. Help and Shelter said the allegations of horrendous torture of the boy leveled at members of the Guyana Police Force highlight the ambivalence with which our society treats the use [...]
GRA investigating illegal accounting system
- seizes records of several suspected businesses The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says that it is investigating several instances of businesses deliberately using a double accounting system to hide revenue. According to GRA Commissioner, Khurshid Sattaur, raids have already been conducted on a number of businesses and records seized. Speaking with Kaieteur News last [...]
Corbin hands Police list of 455 unsolved murders
Opposition leader Robert Corbin yesterday handed over to Police a list detailing the deaths of 455 persons after they asked him to tell them about deaths under self-confessed drug convict, Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan. The list details unsolved murders committed during March 1993 to July 2009. Corbin said the Police visited his office on October 23 [...]
Taxi driver grazed by bullet while sleeping in car
A taxi driver cheated death last Sunday after a bullet shattered the back windscreen of his car and grazed his forehead. Martin Tyndall, 35, of 4 ‘A’ Shell Road, Kitty, said that it was around 02:30 hrs on Monday, while lying in the driver seat of his car, that the incident occurred. A taxi driver [...]
Three charged for ganja bust at John Fernandes wharf
Three people who were held after a ganja shipment was busted on Saturday last at the John Fernandes wharf, yesterday made their court appearance before Magistrate Hazel Octive Hamilton. The three were charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. Cordell Wale Joseph, Sharon Merlyn Smith and Jason Naughton, all pleaded not guilty [...]
Rampant corruption uncovered at post offices
- Botched attempts on safes at three facilities add to concerns By Fareeza Haniff A safe at the Grove Post Office on the East Bank Demerara was torched on Sunday night by person(s) who failed in their attempt to break into the compartment. This is according to Chairman of the GPOC, Bishop Juan Edghill, who [...]
Benschop on self-bail
Social activist Mark Benschop was yesterday placed on self bail, after making an appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Benschop, 37, is accused of assaulting peace officer Neville Jeffers and also resisting arrest by the said police officer on October 29 last, at his Roxanne Burnham Gardens residence. [...]
Four Guyanese, Tonge, Barath in 15-man West Indies squad for Down Under
Chris Gayle has been reappointed West Indies captain for the upcoming tour of Australia later this month, marking the end of the contractual dispute between the striking players and the West Indies Cricket Board. Senior players such as Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Bravo also returned to the squad following the strike, while youngsters [...]
Golden Jaguars are inaugural Suriname Independence Cup Champs
Becomes first Guyanese side to win international tournament By Franklin Wilson in Suriname In association with Humphrey’s Bakery & Farm Products of Ketley Street, Charlestown A 57th minute header by midfielder Dirk Archer, his first international goal, led the ‘Golden Jaguars’ to a hard fought 1-0 win over French Guiana and with it, Guyana’s first [...]
Stag Beer EBFA Division one football League underway
After a lengthy break of three years, the East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Division one Super League got underway last Sunday at Splashmin’s Fun Park ground with the official opening, including the March Past and first match under sponsors Ansa McAl under that Stag Beer brand. Several teams would be vying for honours and include [...]
Graham’s arrival creates excitement for big bikes
With a mere five days left to race day, the arrival of Canadian Kevin Graham in Guyana yesterday morning to participate in the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club International Meeting at the South Dakota Circuit has created a great deal of excitement to the big bike category. Graham, who has undoubtedly been the most [...]
‘Little Kenyan’ Cleveland Forde wins Suriname leg of South American 10k
Lionel D’Andrade claims 3rd; Alika Morgan 2nd among females By Franklin Wilson in Suriname In association with Humphrey’s Bakery & Farm Products, Ketley Street Charlestown Guyana’s Cleveland ‘Little Kenyan’ Forde maintained his dominance of the South american10k Road Classic when he made it two out of two with victory in the Suriname leg on Sunday [...]
