Two Lindeners shot in late night confrontation with Joint Services
Up to press time last evening, two more Wismar residents were being treated for gunshot injuries at the Linden Hospital Complex, reportedly following a confrontation with ranks of the Joints Services in the One Mile area, Region 10. While reports are still sketchy as to what transpired, this publication was told that two men, one [...]
Leaked NCN report says…Difficult to verify how much money was being made
- ads aired, clients not billed A damning report into fraud allegations at the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN) has unearthed shocking details of how poorly kept records made it difficult for auditors to verify how much money was actually being made. Not only were the Production and Technical Log Book, which records production activities, [...]
11 Lindeners charged with pelting police during protests
- one remanded for empty 12-gauge cartridge Stemming from the upheaval in Linden, 10 men were yesterday charged for throwing missiles during protests in that mining town. Four men, Jamal Somerset, 18, Kareem Asbey, 22, Ivan Webster, 29, and Delson Langkin, 42, were the first four men to face Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown [...]
Linden protests…Time to break the deadlock – Raphael Trotman
- Speaker calls for urgent ‘Third Party/Honest Broker’ to take over By Gary Eleazar The talks between the Region 10 Administration and Central Government through Office of the President are deadlocked and a third party to act as an “honest broker” is being called for immediately. Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman, yesterday weighed [...]
E. C. D four-lane extension… Contractor provides evidence to support claims
The controversy surrounding the termination of a contract for the extension of the East Coast Demerara road is intensifying with the contractor accusing the Ministry of Public Works of being less than truthful when it accused him of fraud and non-performance. The Managing Director of the contracting firm, Falcon Transportation and Construction Services, believes [...]
Bandits grab $7M from clerks heading to bank
Investigations are ongoing into a daring robbery yesterday at McDoom in which bandits escaped with over $7M after sticking up two clerks. According to a company official from the Farm Supply and General Equipment Ltd. at Mc Doom, East Bank Demerara, internal investigations were being carried out into the daring mid- morning robbery that [...]
Dem boys seh…De Rat cover gone and de light shining
Nuff things happen since de Rat gone. He used to sit down pun some things like how Mother Hen use to sit down pun she egg and cover dem. Since he get pull off de only thing he lef behind is nuff nimble and de whole country busy spraying. Imagine Martin and Fuzzy did sit [...]
Ramotar admits collusion among contractors, engineers
… debunks ‘corruption’ allegations as “great exaggeration” Some political circles have in recent days labeled the prolonged Linden fallout a diversionary tactic to shy away from the issue of pervasive corruption at entities such as the National Communications Network and the National Industrial Commercial and Investments Limited among others. Head of State, Donald Ramotar, [...]
10 year-old shot in face during Linden fracas
… Opposition Leader calls for resumption of negotiations The People’s National Congress Reform has come out in condemnation of the recent phase of the Joint Services operation in Linden where a 10 year-old boy was reportedly shot in the face by ranks of the Guyana Police force while he was standing in his yard. [...]
$400M in roads, drains and water works for Peters Hall, Zeelugt
Bids for contracts worth almost $400M, under the Ministry of Housing and Water, were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of roads, drains, structures and installation of pure water distribution network at Plantation Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara, and Plantation Zeelugt, East Bank Demerara. Regarding [...]
Popular contractor’s son is second person to die in Lima’s accident
Junior Ramroop, son of popular contractor, Roopan ‘Fowl Cock’ Ramoutar, yesterday died following Sunday’s fatal accident at Lima. He had sustained severe injuries to his face and had a broken left leg and abrasions to his body. He was the driver of the motorcar, PPP 733. Ramroop succumbed to his injuries in the Intensive Care [...]
Linden will never get back to normalcy – Region 10 Chairman
…as residents vow “no retreat, no surrender’ “Linden will never get back, post-18th July… things are not going to be normal for Mr. (Allan) Lewis’s children and the families of the other men who died. It is not going to be normal for people who lost their legs and eyes. People died, it is [...]
Cops mum on probe into Linden shooting deaths
A shroud of mystery appears to surround the status of the investigation into the shooting deaths of Linden protesters Shemroy Bouyea, Ron Somerset and Allan Lewis. Almost a month has passed since the three were slain and several others injured, allegedly by police ranks armed with shotguns. Deputy Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud has stated that [...]
RETURN OF PUBLIC PROPERTY
It seems that there is hardly anything that government does which does not attract immediate criticism. There is a legion of critics out there whose instinctive impulse is to oppose anything that the government does without considering why it was being done and the merits of the action. There are many things that are done [...]
Guyanese-born JFK plotter ordered hits on lawyers, witnesses
New York (Reuters) – A Guyanese man who planned to blow up John F. Kennedy Airport allegedly made numerous threats against lawyers and witnesses involved in the case and even attempted to order hits from his Brooklyn jail cell, according to a letter unsealed Monday in federal court. Russell DeFreitas, 69, who was convicted in [...]
Police: City leads in murder rate for the year
The Police’s A Division (Georgetown/East Bank Demerara) has overtaken the interior and East Coast Demerara divisions as the murder capital of Guyana so far this year. Figures released by the Guyana Police Force revealed that A Division has recorded 23 out of the total 75 murders committed at the end of July. This year’s [...]
Shot suspect in botched Thomas Street robbery still on life support
Five days after he was shot, 27-year-old Shane Hinds is still battling for his life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Hinds, an alleged suspect during a botched robbery in Thomas Street, North Cummingsburg, was shot several times about his body and has been unconscious since the [...]
Berbice businesses want bigger venue for future expos
Organizers have described the Eight Annual Berbice Exposition and Trade Fair held over the weekend at the Albion Sports Complex as a resounding success. The event was coordinated by the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (CCCC). Speaking to the media, coordinator Tajpaul Adjodhea said that the event was one of their better ones. The exposition [...]
Arrangements in place to accommodate students of gutted One Mile Primary – Govt. official
A plan of action has been developed to accommodate the displaced faculty and students of the One Mile Primary School in Linden, Region 10, which was gutted by fire on Sunday. According to Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam the Ministry has been in discussion with regional officials. “We have some plans in place but we [...]
One Mile Primary School fire…Lindeners furious as one suspect is released
An official close to the One Mile Primary School fire investigations has revealed that one of the suspects handed over to the police has been released from custody. This publication was told that the man was released sometime yesterday as investigators say they have no evidence to continue to hold him. There are reports that [...]
Region Seven’s Toshaos blasts treatment at Amerindian conference
Toshaos of Region 7 have expressed great displeasure over the conduct of proceedings arising out of the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference, which according to them has undermined their right to freely speak on issues affecting them. In a statement issued yesterday and signed by the Toshaos of Paruima, Arau, Kaikan, Kurutuku, Waramadong, Warawatta, Phillipai, [...]
A highly insulting editorial, fraught with inaccuracies
Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News Editorial entitled “Hypocrisy in Education” (KN) Sunday, August 12, is highly insulting and fraught with inaccuracies. Unquestionably, the information provided for the media in 2012 was far more comprehensive than previous years. Each year, there are extensive discussions regarding what should be released and the structure of same. These discussions/debates [...]
Lindeners on the frontline of a battle for Guyana’s future
Dear Editor, I refer to the letter to the editor written by Sharma Solomon [SN 13th August, 2012 “There was a military operation to pre-empt a reasonable outcome to the dilemma in Linden”] It is clear to anyone paying attention that the people of Linden are deliberately being targeted by the current incarnation of the [...]
Normal has to include justice and equality
Dear Editor, The Stabroek News of 14 August, 2012 reports that Ms. Gail Teixeira has indicated that “Government will not be engaging with issues in Linden until normalcy is restored’ It is the Government’s version of ‘normalcy’ that the people in Linden have had to raise up against. It is tragic that Ms. Teixeira and [...]
Does GPL supply the mining town with electricity? If not, leave it to Bosai
Dear Editor, The shooting deaths of three protestors by Police in the mining town struck me with a revolting sense of something gone terribly wrong in Guyana. How could this happen? Aren’t police trained properly? Aren’t they supposed to follow the SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) which require them to use teargas, rubber bullets and water [...]
