The fate of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) rank at the Reliance Police Station, Canje, Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), who was arrested on Saturday after a series of damning reports of corrupt activities including falsifying evidence, is soon to be determined. According to the police, investigations were conducted last week into the claims by several persons that the cop had been “planting evidence” at various locations and forcing innocent persons to pay him monies to avoid arrest. A file has been compiled on these matters and has been dispatched…
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Guyhoc Park man killed during home invasion
The start of a new day quickly turned tragic for the family of a well-known mechanic after he was brutally killed early Saturday morning when gunmen invaded his Guyhoc Park, East La Penitence, Georgetown home. Dead is 44-year-old Reginald Atherly, popularly known “Diesel Boss” and “Reggie” of Lot G26 Guyhoc Park, East La Penitence, Georgetown, who owned and operated a mechanic shop at his home. Reports surrounding the killing indicate that the father of five was shot multiple times at close range by two masked gunmen who invaded his home…
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Bringing Peace from Troubled Beginnings November 7 will mark 180 years since 83 freed Africans who were previously enslaved, bought Plantation Northbrook and renamed it Victoria, in honour of then monarch of British Guiana, Queen Victoria. Located some 18 miles east of the capital city, Georgetown, Victoria Village is revered as the first village that the Africans purchased after becoming free from years of bondage and abject suffering. Today it rests peacefully along the East Coast of Demerara, after initially harbouring its original inhabitants, scarred from generations of slavery, who…
Read MoreThe next war
By Ravi Dev Reflecting on the sudden agreement on the next GECOM Chair reached by Caretaker President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, after the long war of attrition waged by the PNC leader, I was reminded of the salutary advice of George Orwell: “…the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.” Orwell made the observation in his classic dystopia novel “1984”, which has since been proven to be quite prophetic about the actions and motives of…
Read MoreProbe into arbitrary firing of PSM staff completed
– Govt yet to disclose findings More than three weeks have elapsed since a special Board of Inquiry (BoI) which was set up by President David Granger to probe the arbitrary firing of staff at the Public Service Ministry handed over its report to the Government but there has been no word as to its findings. Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon recently told Guyana Times International that the BoI completed the task that it had been assigned to and the report was submitted to Minister…
Read MoreThe lies that bind
…the PNC Old folks say you can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper and call it “change” but it’s still going to stink to high heavens!! And boy does the PNC stink – even though it keeps wrapping itself with all sorts of different paper!! There was PNCR – the “R” for “Reform” – Desmond Hoyte brought in some “moderates” from outside the party in an attempt to clean up its disreputable and thuggish reputation after he’d first jettisoned Hamilton Green. That application of disinfectant didn’t do…
Read MoreArson suspected as De Kinderen house goes up in flames
A fire, suspected to be the result of arson, destroyed the house of a De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara (WCD) family, leaving several homeless. The Lot 42 De Kinderen two-storied concrete house belonging to 63-year-old Ruby Persaud was completely destroyed just before midnight on Saturday. According to reports, the family, including two children, were not at home at the time of the fire. Reports are that one of the occupants of the home, Suffina (only name given) had just returned from work when she entered the house and saw flames.…
Read MoreCrime a major concern for Berbicians – Regional Chairman
Despite the repeated public statements that there has been a decrease in crime in Guyana, there is still a lot of criminal activities taking place in the county of Berbice, most of which are not reported to the police for various reasons. This is according to Regional Chairman of Region Six, David Armogan, who told Guyana Times International in an interview that Berbicians continue to complain about their homes being broken into and also of physical assault cases but they are reluctant to turn to the police for help or…
Read MoreThe End of Slavery
By Odeen Ishmael The campaign for the end of slavery gained momentum in Great Britain and it was expected that slaves in the British colonies would soon be set free. Finally, on August 28, 1833, the House of Commons in England approved the Emancipation Bill which was earlier introduced by Thomas Buxton. The final Act, which would come into effect on August 1, 1834, stipulated that immediate and effective measures would be taken for the abolition of slavery throughout the British colonies; all children born under the passing of the…
Read MoreCourt orders Govt to pay former Deputy Solicitor General withheld salary
Acting Chief Justice (CJ) Roxanne George has ordered that the Legal Affairs Ministry pay former Deputy Solicitor General Prithima Kissoon all monies owed to her, ruling that the Ministry’s decision to withhold her salaries was whimsical and an abuse of power. Kissoon took the State to court after the Attorney General Chambers decided to withhold her salary when she went overseas while on administrative leave. The Ministry had claimed that this was because she left the country without permission. At the time, the Public Service Commission (PSC) was reportedly investigating…
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