Month: February 2013

Alleged child-killer and rapist arrested

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The suspect in the killing of a four-year-old boy at Linden has been arrested the police have confirmed. The man Wednesday afternoon reportedly stabbed his four-year old ex stepson to death at Blueberry Hill after the boy saw him allegedly raping his aunt, police said earlier. The boy has been identified as Jamal Nedd of Buck Hill, Wismar. Police sources gave the name of the assailant as 24-year old Rawle Samuels. He had escaped before police arrived on the scene. Police at the McKenzie Police Station confirmed that the man…

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Mook Lall Diaries

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Satiricus was abashed. Here he was calling the owner of the Muckraker “Glennie” Lall for the longest while. But it was only last week he found out from his fellow columnist, the “Bell Crier” that this was just the man’s ‘call name’. Now ‘call name’ is a funny business: some people could get real vex with you if they don’t like the name. So Satiricus will henceforth refer to the man by his real name – as revealed by the Bell Crier – Mook Lall. Nuff respect! Satiricus began to…

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Linden COI a learning experience for all – Attorney General

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The Linden Commission of Inquiry (COI) was indeed a great learning experience for all Guyanese as it was the first time that Guyana convened a commission comprising a number of international personalities. Speaking on the just concluded COI into the July 18 Linden shooting incident, Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall said the COI also allowed the opportunity for persons who felt strongly about what transpired in Linden to come forth and ventilate whatever information they had in relation to the issue. The COI was set…

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Former Chancellor Aubrey Bishop dies

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Former Chancellor of the Judiciary, Aubrey Bishop died Wednesday evening at the Georgetown Public Hospital. He was 81. Guyana Times International was told that Justice Bishop had endured a prolonged period of illness and had been receiving treatment at a private hospital. Aubrey Fitz Ronald Bishop was born at Georgetown, Guyana and educated at the secondary level at Queen’s College. He was called to the English Bar in July 1963. He enjoyed great success in the worlds of civil and criminal law in Guyana. He was elevated to the High…

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Revisionist piffle

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Warped measuring sticks In “Through the looking glass”, Alice (of “Wonderland” fame) is having an argument with Humpty Dumpty. “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master – that’s all.” And so we have one Lionel Lowe (from Brooklyn, he’d informed us earlier) defining for…

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Guyana’s wooden architecture can be an addition to the tourist experience

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Dear Editor, It was interesting to read in the international edition of the Guyana Times of February 3, 2013, an article headlined, “The historic timber architecture of small houses,” referring to Guyana’s architectural heritage. When truthfully explored, these smaller wooden homes maintained a style of architecture that exists on a far grander scale in surviving public wooden buildings that were once private mansions. We have to put aside our temptation to evaluate Guyanese historic data via a class/economic disparity, but rather by what was experienced practically as satisfying and beautiful,…

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A collective approach to fighting drugs

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Dear Editor, It is very encouraging to note that the governments of Guyana and United States just signed two agreements seeking to advance the local and regional security sectors in the area of trafficking of drugs.  This signing is really in tandem with the United Nations policy in this aspect of crime fighting. It goes back to 2000 when countries agreed to cooperate with one another in every aspect of the fight against corruption, including prevention, investigation and the prosecution of offenders. Countries are now bound to render specific forms…

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A new dispensation for Guyana’s indigenous people

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Dear Editor, Our indigenous people must never be taken for granted. They have been neglected for too long, but over the last decade or so, there have been noticeable, positive changes in this regard. Generally, indigenous people want to retain local forms of organisation to defend their culture and livelihoods. Many have witnessed the collapse of their traditions under the burden of poverty, and believe that they must now reject their ethnic identity and integrate into society if they are to improve their living conditions. Guyana, however, is taking steps…

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Finally, some action by MARAD

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Dear Editor, Two gruesome river accidents and all of a sudden there is a flurry of activities. This kind of knee-jerk reaction is so common these days that I am almost tempted to ignore this all-of-a-sudden interest from the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD). Reports indicate that it has begun an aggressive safety campaign on river transportation, which is commendable, but it took the deaths of 17 persons in the Pomeroon and Mazaruni before this move was made. In Guyana, the litany of travelling illegalities is quite long and well established…

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