May 2013 – Page 10 – Guyana Times International

Vigilantes charged with Berbician’s murder

May 17, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Six men, including a Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) student were refused bail when they appeared before Magistrate Khrishendat Persaud at the Whim Magistrate’s Court on Monday, charged with the murder of Alfred Munroe, 45. Munroe was allegedly beaten to death last week. They had accused Munroe of burglarising a shop. The six persons: Randolph Samuel called “Rudy”, 22; Arif Cecil, 21; Richard Griffith, 18, called “Brick Head”; Michael Lewis, 30, called “Mickey”; Zafar Seetaram called “Jafar”, 18; and Khruhnaraj Jagdeo called “Chris”, all of Rose Hall Town were not…

Wild West…

May 17, 2013 TIMES INT'L

…vigilantism The murders of two men – one in Sophia and the other in Berbice – have forced the nation to grapple with this latest descent into barbarity. Now while there’s been a great deal of ink spilled over the depravity of those who inflicted the fatal beatings – we’d like to make a wider connection. You see, these kinds of societal breakdowns and the incidents – wide apart as they were geographically and ethnically – are society-wide and are never happenstance. Invariably, they’re connected with broader movements that create…

Goat bite RumJhaat

May 17, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Satiricus sighed. He so much enjoyed the letters columns in the dailies. Especially in the Muckraker KN. Looking through the letters, they selected one that always had a pulse on what was going on in the opposition camp. Not that their articles didn’t religiously cleave to the opposition line, but in the letters, you got a feel what was going on beneath the surface. So he perked up when he read the daily diatribe of KFC apologists Thunderbolt and Rose – even though it meant ploughing a page of ponderous…

Janette Bulkan promoting self-interest, disregarding facts on forest sector

May 17, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, Why do some newspapers publish letters to promote self-interest and non-nationalistic views? Once again I see Janette Bulkan is running around promoting herself as the self-proclaimed saviour and preserver of Guyana’s forests. I have not acquired academic qualifications like Bulkan may have, but I have more than 20 years of experience working in the forest sector as a private business which has grown and blossomed into a sound investment. I say this because Janette has always been doing nothing but being critical and negative of persons working in…

Tuition hike at UG will not necessarily improve the institution

May 17, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has endorsed the call by the University of Guyana (UG) administration to increase tuition fees, saying that an increase in funds can equip the tertiary institution with the necessary resources to produce a higher calibre of graduates to serve the private sector. Higher tuition fees can never guarantee a better quality of education. Quality is contingent upon the actual ability and qualifications of the entrants, the course content, and the ability of the lecturer to teach the material. In recent…

WWF should bring international pressure on the opposition

May 17, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, The joint opposition parties have lost themselves completely. They are either oblivious of or simply do not care about the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS). The LCDS is of vast importance, seeking to transform Guyana’s economy along a low carbon trajectory. Maybe because this LCDS is the brainchild of former President Bharrat Jagdeo, the opposition members, being so fiercely antagonistic where the former leader is concerned, just have to be vindictive. It is common knowledge that the LCDS is now a blueprint in the global search for a…

Three renowned classical dancers to perform at JC Chandisingh Secondary School Diamond Jubilee Reunion in NY City

May 17, 2013 TIMES INT'L

World renowned exponents of classical Indian dance, Ms. Preeya Lakshme Singh, Ambalika (Ambi) Deonarine and Rachael Indira Sonley, daughters of graduates of Corentyne High School, will be performing at the JC Chandisingh Secondary School Diamond Jubilee Reunion in the Grand Ballroom of Leonard’s Great Neck, Long Island, NY on June 29, 2013. Preeya began displaying a talent for dancing at the age of five, when she enrolled in American Ballet and Tap classes. Her mother Savitri Singh, then enrolled her in Indian classical dance classes, where Preeya learned ‘Kathak’ dancing…

Honouring great women

May 17, 2013 TIMES INT'L

The second Sunday of May, has been set aside as Mothers’ Day. Kids all over the world tried to do whatever they could to make their mothers feel special. Some gave their mother flowers or cards. Some even prepared a home-cooked meal, or took their mom out for dinner. When Mothers’ Day became a recognised holiday in the U.S. in 1914, it quickly spread to the rest of the world. And just as quickly, by the 1920’s it had become as commercialised as any other holiday. But why should you…

GDF officer sacked over robbery attempt

May 17, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Lieutenant Madainey Humphrey has been dismissed from the Guyana Defence Force, following the conclusion of court martial proceedings against him, which concluded on Friday, May 10. Lieutenant Humphrey was implicated in an attempted robbery at the Julian Ross Landing in January this year. The GDF, upon investigating the matter, took the decision to court martial the lieutenant who was found to have disobeyed a lawful command, and to have been in breach of the force’s standing orders, charges to which he pleaded guilty. The sentence to dismiss Lieutenant Humphrey was…

Murdered cambio dealer was burnt alive – post mortem

May 17, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Four days after popular cambio dealer Totaram Mootoo and his wife Basmattie Mootoo were killed in their posh Turkeyen home, police said on Monday that the couple died from smoke inhalation and might have been alive after a homemade bomb exploded. To date, no arrest has been made for the couple’s death. Autopsies on Monday proved that Basmattie Mootoo died as a result of blunt trauma to the back, compounded with burn trauma, while her husband’s death was given as smoke inhalation and burn trauma. The post-mortem examinations were performed…