Daily Archive: Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Articles published on Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Rajdai Persaud

Zeelugt woman found dead in trench

– apparently strangled The body of a 26-year-old woman was fished out of a trench at Silk Cotton Dam, Zeelugt, West Coast Demerara (WCD) at approximately 06:30 hrs yesterday with marks of violence around the neck and other areas.

Fred Sukhdeo

Guyflag trial gets indefinite adjournment

-prosecution seeking key witness Magistrate Hazel Octive Hamilton last Thursday adjourned the trial of Fred Sukhdeo for the US$2 million GuyFlag insurance fraud allegedly committed on the Sacred Heart Church, to allow the prosecution to locate a key witness who is based in Barbados.

Colwyn King

King further remanded

Colwyn King, president of the Guyana Teacher’s Union (GTU) was further remanded to prison when he made yet another appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Disgrace:

Disgrace: This growing mountain of garbage sits directly behind the First Federation Building and near an alleyway behind the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The elephant in the room Dear Editor,

Many thanks to Ms Gail Teixeira (‘I never said the gov’t had no interest in Roger Khan’ SN, Nov 4) for establishing once and for all that as Minister of Home Affairs she never stated “I am not interested in Roger Khan” when he was arrested in Suriname.

The death of respect

The murder of People’s Progressive Party stalwart and former Vice-Chairman of the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara Region Ramenauth Bisram last month has opened a can of worms in legal and political circles and in the security community.