2013 – Page 67 – Guyana Times International

Court frees teen in Corentyne vigilante-style killing

October 4, 2013 TIMES INT'L

A teen who was among several men accused of the vigilante-style killing of Alfred Munroe, also called “Guana Man” of Manchester Village, Corentyne, Berbice on April 9, has been set free. Zaffar Seetaram, 18, of Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, walked out of the Whim Magistrate’s Court on Monday a free man after Magistrate Rabindranath Singh ruled that there was not sufficient evidence linking him to the crime. On September 23, Attorney Mursaline Bacchus made a no-case submission on behalf of Seetaram after the prosecution had closed its case. The magistrate…

Speaker Trotman not in support of delayed local govt bills

October 4, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman has said that he will be using other methods to have the clerk of the National Assembly send bills to the president and not other government offices. He was at the time responding to questions on the clerk sending the four local government bills passed in the National Assembly to the attorney general’s chambers. Trotman believes that the bills should have been sent directly to President Donald Ramotar. He said if the president wishes to have further legal advice, then the decision should…

GGMC investigating miners’ deaths

October 4, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Acting commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Rickford Veira told a media conference on Monday that the pit collapse which claimed the lives of four miners, could have been avoided. Veira said the miners were evicted some three weeks ago, after a visit was conducted in the area by GGMC officials. However, it was reported that the miners went back to the area and recommenced mining. He added that from preliminary reports, the mining team was engaged in unsafe mining practices, hence, the reason for the recent…

NCN among several broadcasters likely to face sanctions

October 4, 2013 TIMES INT'L

– if necessary documents not submitted to broadcasting authority Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Chairman Bibi Shaddick said there are currently only three broadcasting entities in the country that are licensed to operate from a list of nine broadcasters. The delinquent six, she said have outstanding application documents to submit before they can be considered in compliance with the Broadcasting Act, which governs the sector. As such, broadcasting corporations that are yet to submit their documents to the GNBA in order to be licensed, have up until October 31 to…

The 144th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (part one)

October 4, 2013 TIMES INT'L

By Swami Aksharananda October 2 marks the 144th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. This is an event that will be commemorated the world over, though in Guyana, apart from the annual event at the Promenade Gardens by the Indian Commission, little is said or done. This, however, does not mean that Gandhi is not in the news, at least the sensational side of it. In his own lifetime, he has been the centre of a great deal of controversies, and many of his views have been challenged by his…

EZjet boss pleads guilty to fraud

October 4, 2013 TIMES INT'L

One week after giving notice to the West Palm Beach Court, Florida, through his attorney about his intention to change his “not guilty” plea to “guilty”, founder of EZjet, Sonny Ramdeo, on Tuesday admitted to wire fraud to the tune in excess of US$ 20million. The matter is being heard by Judge Kenneth Marra. The former Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara resident is expected to be sentenced on January 13, 2014 and will face several charges of wire fraud and money laundering. He can face a maximum of 90 years…

GRA condemns misleading Kaieteur News report

October 4, 2013 TIMES INT'L

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is gravely concerned about a media report that appeared in the Sunday September 29 edition of Kaieteur News entitled “Only 17 lawyers in Guyana authorised to charge fees”. The genesis of the report is a notice issued by the GRA which carried the names of the latest batch of professionals who were issued with tax practise certificates as recent as September 15. The GRA finds the article very misleading and mischievous, to say the least, and believes that it was designed to cause confusion, particularly…

Prominent Berbice doctor killed in road accident

October 4, 2013 TIMES INT'L

A prominent New Amsterdam doctor died in a road accident Sunday evening, shortly after witnessing a game of cricket, his favourite pastime. Dr Physal Sattar, 69, of LFS Burnham Street, died at the New Amsterdam Hospital shortly after colliding with a truck on the Number 11 Farm Village Public Road. He was on his way home after attending the cricket match between Berbice and Demerara earlier at the Albion Sports Complex. Reports are that Sattar attempted to overtake a truck in his car, but instead drove straight under the larger…

Green Jah is a brave man to want a collision wid Donald

October 4, 2013 TIMES INT'L

It comin down to de time when de guvament gettin ready to prepare de budget. And this is always a favourite time fuh some of de parliamentarians. All of dem gon have to seh some ting when de time come fuh de budget debate. No matter what budget matter come up, dem does talk like scientist and accountant. Most of dem don’t seh nutten of substance and don’t mek sense, but de whole idea is to be in the media next day. That is exactly how plenty of dem does…

The Exodus

October 4, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Satiricus was confused. Once again. Satiricus was a man who believed things ought to go the way it was foretold. There was an order to the universe, was his firm conviction. Now while Satiricus might not be the most pious fella out there, he’d attended his fair share of Sunday school classes and if the truth be told, he’d rather enjoyed the stories. He especially liked the battle scenes – of which there were more than enough to satisfy his rather gory youthful imagination. Satiricus had particularly enjoyed the story…