Daily Archive: Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee yesterday said policemen implicated in the torture of a teenaged murder suspect crossed the line, while urging that due process be allowed to take its course.

– fishers in Berbice raided Pirates, masked and armed with guns terrorized and robbed the captains and crew members of two fishing boats on Sunday evening, carting off almost $4 million in engines, fish, gasoline and other items.

Six days after he was held, Nouravie ‘Navin’ Wilfred remained in custody yesterday even as police probed allegations that he is among a trio that was tortured at the Leonora Police Station.

Officials of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) along with police yesterday swooped down on Gizmos & Gadgets and its subsidiaries, seizing company records on the suspicion that it has been evading taxes.

Social activist Mark Benschop was yesterday placed before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charges of assaulting a police officer and resisting a police officer.

– CANU, police have traffickers on the defensive, Rohee says The Customs and Anti-Narcotics Unit  (CANU) has reported an increase in the seizure of narcotics over the last nine months and while Home Affairs Minster Clement Rohee believes this has forced those culpable on the defensive he cautioned that there remains an ongoing battle to combat the scourge.

Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan did not pass an order to bar media operatives from entering the Wales Magistrate’s Court last Friday, a legal source reported yesterday.

In these “dark times”, a Roman Catholic Church organization is calling for all to work together to prevent “abominations” like torture from occurring and urging the police and government to act swiftly and take the necessary steps to hold to account those responsible.

The four former Republic Bank tellers and a carpenter, who on October 15 had charges of conspiracy to commit a felony dismissed when they appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, were yesterday facing charges of obtaining and receiving money by a forged instrument.

Farmers were awarded for having the best sheep and goats in various categories when the West Berbice Sheep and Goat Association held its annual exhibition and fair at the Bath Community Centre Ground on Saturday last.

– call for Greene to resign Outraged at the most recent allegations of police torture involving a 15-year-old boy, representatives of Red Thread, Grassroots Women Across Race and the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) yesterday staged a picketing exercise while calling for the resignation of Police Com-missioner Henry Greene.

By Rawle Toney Since 1993, Kevin Graham has been coming to Guyana to compete in the Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC).

‘Replacement’ quartet finds favour for Aussie trip -Butts confident squad will do well ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Four players from the controversial makeshift outfit have been retained but selectors yesterday named a full strength 15-man squad for the tour of Australia, ending a dark period in West Indies cricket where the best players had been sidelined by a bitter contracts dispute.

Mark Fernandes and Cheryl Marques, who were shot by the 25-year-old woman’s reportedly enraged drunken lover over a week ago, say they are living in fear as their attacker and his relatives continue to threaten them.

– Defending champs through to final By Marlon Munroe Trinidad & Tobago’s (T&T) Captain Daren Ganga led from the front with a resilient unbeaten 79 as T&T recorded a two wicket victory over Barbados to book their place in the final of the WICB President’s Cup limited-overs Tournament at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence last evening.

– judge orders probation report Roxanne Daniels, initially charged with the murder of her lover’s estranged wife, was found guilty of a lesser charge of manslaughter last evening by a unanimous jury after more than seven hours of deliberation.

N/A United sends hosts packing By Kizan Brumell Hosts of the NAMILCO Football Festival, Fruta Conquerors, suffered a cruel fate when they were knocked out in the first round of the tournament by New Amsterdam United in a tough battle Sunday night at the Tucville Playfield.

-GAWU awaits start of arbitration Strike action by the sugar workers represented by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) continued yesterday even as both the union and the sugar corporation await the start of the arbitration process.  

By Rawle Toney `Sometimes people think I just turn up and things would happen for me but it’s not like that I have to go and put in the hard work’With the West Indies preparing to wing off to Australia to compete for the Sir Frank Worrell Trophy, star batsman Guyana’s Shivnarine Chanderpaul said he is ready to let the ‘Tiger’ loose ‘Down Under’ as he expressed optimism for the West Indies success.

– Kenneth De Abreu Table Tennis League It was Day Four of the Kenneth De Abreu Table Tennis League competition and the NP Electronics duo of Michael Vieira and Andre Lopes faced Terror Squad (Samuel Fraser and Elishaba Johnson).

Dear Editor, We would be making a mistake of enormous proportions if we responded to the torture of the 14 year old boy while in police custody as an isolated act of barbarity by individual out-of-control policemen.

Dear Editor, I recently attended a performance at the National Cultural Centre. 

Civil society has a moral duty to speak out against the torture of a teenager by police ranks, according to leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC) Raphael Trotman, who has observed that all but a few non-political leaders have been silent.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Disgraced billionaire cricket financier Sir Allen Stanford is to have his knighthood revoked by Antigua, the first time in the country’s history officials have ever withdrawn its second highest honour.

Wendell Meusa continued to sail smoothly through the choppy waters of the National Closed Chess Tournament opening up a three point lead over his nearest rival as the second of the double-round championships commenced over the week-end at the Ocean Spray International Hotel.

Dear Editor, The picture of the 15-year-old with his front midsection burnt due to torture by the police, while he was held in custody, which appeared on the front page of Kaieteur News (KN 10.31.09), was indeed shocking to say the least.

Thirty-eight students recently graduated from a University of Guyana/Institute of Distance and Continuing Education course with Certificates in Public Management.

Dear Editor, In a letter which appeared in SN on October 28, Mr.

Our Opinion One of the most unexpected benefits of the building of the National Stadium at Providence has been the number of events that have been and are going to be held there.

Dear Editor, A series of fast moving events in the last few days in Guyana have captured the attention of Guyanese at home and abroad, causing many to wonder if things are coming to a head in Guyana after months of intense scrutiny of the Jagdeo administration.

MOHALI, India,  (Reuters) – Medium-pacers Doug  Bollinger and Shane Watson grabbed three wickets apiece to  inspire Australia to a 24-run win in the fourth one-dayer  against India yesterday to level the series 2-2.  

KABUL (Reuters) – Hamid Karzai has been re-elected as Afghanistan’s president after a run-off vote was cancelled, but he faced stern warnings he will have to work harder to retain the West’s support after a flawed electoral process.

Dhaneshwar Tumeshwar also known as Scott who sustained a bullet wound when his family was robbed on Saturday evening is said to be in a stable condition in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran‘s Revolutionary Guards, who helped quell protests after the June election, warned the opposition yesterday not to use anti-US rallies this week to stage new demonstrations.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Olympic and world sprint champion  Usain Bolt  yesterday adopted a cheetah cub in Kenya’s Nairobi  National Park.  

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Errol O S Hanoman’s letter (SN 10-30-2009) on sugar captioned, `GAWU distorting grim realities of sugar, all sides must work together to keep industry alive’ and wish to state that he clearly shows that GuySuCo must undertake a serious financial and ownership correction, if there is to be any hope of it becoming profitable again.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – Jamaica’s Police Chief, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, has tendered his resignation to the Police Service Commission, ending weeks of speculation that a show-down with the government was imminent, The Gleaner has learnt.

Dear Editor, I protest the torture of my fellow citizens and in particular of this 14 year old boy by brutes and bullies who masquerade as Police.

The National Blood Trans-fusion Service has issued an urgent call for blood saying that it is currently experiencing a severe shortage of all blood types.

(Trinidad Express) – All that remained of six-year-old Khris Ramkhelawan were his burnt bones after the car in which the boy was a back-seat passenger burst into flames after slamming into a guard rail along the Southern Main Road near Trantrill Road, Spring Village.

GENEVA (Reuters) – An end is in sight to the world’s longest-running trade dispute, involving bananas, and a deal could be in place by the end of the year, senior European and Latin American trade negotiators said yesterday.

DOHA, (Reuters) – Women’s tennis appears to be in  good shape despite the sight of the world’s best players  limping across the finishing line in Doha last week, where the  WTA Championships often resembled a dance of the walking  wounded.  

BOSTON,  (Reuters) – Paul Pierce sparked the unbeaten  Boston Celtics with 27 points in a 97-87 victory over the New  Orleans Hornets on Sunday.  

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Arab UN delegates circulated a draft resolution yesterday that would require Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to bring a UN report alleging war crimes in the Gaza Strip before the Security Council.

(Trinidad Express) – Two women and two men are currently assisting the Tobago Homicide Bureau with investigations into the sister island’s latest murder.

Dear Editor, In the SN dated November 1, 2009 there is an article captioned `Media ownership and the ideology of a free press’.

The decomposed body of a man with a .45 spent shell next to it was found yesterday by the police among some bushes off the Linden/Soesdyke Highway at Hararuni.

Bleak outlook The Economist Intelligence Unit, a respected think tank, says economic conditions in the Caribbean may deteriorate further before they improve.

By Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA, CEO, AFC   INTRODUCTION: The cost of living woes are being discussed from the living room, the board room to the political policy makers’ offices. 

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday reiterated its “position that it is against torture”.

Dear Editor, I am a television host on TTS Ch. 5 Bartica.

The police are investigating a robbery committed on a Brazilian woman at the Tamakay Backdam, Middle Mazaruni on Sunday night.

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suspected Taliban suicide bomb killed at least 35 people in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi yesterday, officials said, as the government announced a reward for the capture, dead or alive, of the group’s leaders.

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, (Reuters) – England must improve on their performances in the recent Ashes victory over  Australia in order to repeat that success in South Africa, captain Andrew Strauss said yesterday.  

Public confidence in the Guyana Police Force has been eroded over the past decade by numerous allegations of bribery, corruption, collaboration with narco-traffickers, extra-judicial killings, torture and other wrongdoing.