2012 – Page 50 – Guyana Times International

“We are looking at suing Greene’s estate”

October 19, 2012 TIMES INT'L

– says father of 11-year-old girl died in former top cop’s accident More than one month after 11-year-old Shaffiya Jamaluddin of Canefield, East Canje, Berbice, was killed in an accident at Waller’s Delight/ Harlem, West Coast Demerara, her parents are likely to sue the estate of former Police Commissioner Henry Greene, who was also killed in the accident. The former top cop was reportedly driving his motor vehicle PLL 7411 at a fast rate along the roadway at Harlem, West Coast Demerara, when he reportedly veered into the lane of…

MPs need to prioritise interest of people – Teixeira

October 19, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Given that the first session of the 10th Parliament was characterised by budget cuts and contravention of established parliamentary rules and procedures, Guyanese are alert now more than ever and are eagerly waiting to see what will play out in the National Assembly now that the Parliamentary recess has come to an end. PPP/ C’s Chief Whip and Presidential Advisor on Governance, Gail Teixeira said that the government is waiting to see if the opposition will proceed with their old tactics, or will come to a more rational and sober…

GBTI brings sophisticated banking to Lethem with new branch

October 19, 2012 TIMES INT'L

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has relocated and upgraded its Lethem branch to a standard that makes financial transactions in Region Nine easy, efficient and high-tech. The bank located in the heart of the Lethem commercial zone and against the vista of the Kanuku Mountains was opened on Saturday by President Donald Ramotar. ATM banking is now available in Lethem for the first time, including a drive-in night depository, Internet and mobile banking and several other services afforded to GBTI customers in several other parts of the…

A night of terror

October 19, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Satiricus was an old line liberal. For him, individual rights – including the right to protest against the government – trumped everything. He’d been posted to cover a story in Berbice and missed the protests in Agricola. Last he’d heard, the three policemen accused of shooting the kid in Agricola had been charged – with murder. Two had evidently fled the jurisdiction, as they (the police) say and the third was going to be appearing in court. “Budday!!! If deh already charge de fellas who dem seh shoot de bai,…

Choir boys?

October 19, 2012October 19, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Outrage Lincoln Lewis is outraged that President Ramotar referred to the dears who blocked the road at Agricola as “thugs”. The fellows had only tossed burning tyres and logs on the highway, trapping thousands of hapless and helpless commuters and schoolchildren for five hours in their vehicles. They’d only kicked and pummelled policemen as they brandished cutlasses and clubs. They’d only robbed and assaulted numerous men, women, and children who were forced to trek back in darkness to the Stabroek Market Stelling – where their cohorts picked up from where…

Man charged for chopping woman

October 19, 2012 TIMES INT'L

A man was on Friday refused bail for chopping a woman and extracting two of her teeth before robbing her of her gold chain. Shawn Charles, a labourer of Blacka Squatting Area, Durban Backlands, Georgetown, made an appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to the charges of unlawful wounding and robbery. The defendant pleaded not guilty to both charges. The first charge, stated that on August 22 at Georgetown, he robbed Abiola Frank of one gold chain valued Gy$ 45,000, whilst the second charge stated that on the…

Puran died of drowning – autopsy

October 19, 2012 TIMES INT'L

An autopsy performed on the remains of prominent criminal lawyer and Customs Anti Narcotics Unit Special Prosecutor Vickramaditya “Vic” Puran, who was found on Tuesday morning in a trench at Branch Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, has given the cause of death as drowning. The post-mortem examination which was performed by pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh on Wednesday morning cleared up all speculations that suggested that Puran might have been murdered, with his death coming mere hours after one of his clients, Ricardo Rodrigues was gunned down. Attorney Glenn Hanoman confirmed…

Opposition vows to get justice for police killings

October 19, 2012October 19, 2012 TIMES INT'L

By Bhisham Mohamed Amid loud wailing and hymns, 21-year-old Dameon Belgrave, the Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara youth, cut down by police gunfire just over a week ago was on Sunday given a hero’s farewell as hundreds turned up to say their last goodbyes. Belgrave was killed by police on October 5 in the vicinity of the White Castle Fish Shop, at Hadfield and John streets, Georgetown after they opened fire on a group of young men who they were pursuing. At the home of the deceased on Sunday, close relatives…

CI, IDB launch nature-based Rupununi tourism project

October 19, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Conservation International (CI), in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), launched a project that seeks to promote equality and social viability among communities within the Rupununi. Sustainable, community- based enterprises built around nature-based tourism and agriculture will form the basis of the project that will impact about 7500 residents, representing 40 per cent of the Rupununi in Region Nine. CI Executive Director David Singh, who launched the project at the newly-dedicated Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) in Lethem, explained that it will be undertaken in three phases:…

“It’s a sacrifice we have to make”

October 19, 2012October 19, 2012 TIMES INT'L

– Lindeners, Berbicians make daily trip to UG to pursue further education By Svetlana Marshall In pursuit of higher education, hundreds of students from across Guyana travel to the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus on a daily basis, with Sundays being an exception. But among that group are scores who journey from as far as Berbice, Parika, and Linden to attend classes. For approximately one-and-half-hour, 22-year-old Shanteal Alleyne travels from her hometown Linden, to the city in her pursuit of success. She is currently a second-year student at the Centre…