Comments on: Girl, 16, charged over attack on City Mall businesswoman

By: PAUL

PAUL — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:59:22 +0000

She should face the fulll force of the law if guilty to send a message that not because u are 16 you will not b held accountable for committing such heinous crime.Throw the books at her .

By: 8R-DAW

8R-DAW — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:15:17 +0000

Joe, yuh remember that story about the lazy man and his gold? It was about a man who was so lazy that even if someone cooked for him he was too lazy to serve himself and rather to remain hungry. One day, a fairy put three bags of gold on the other side of the river opposite the man’s hut, while he was sitting on a bench wishing he was rich. There was a log lying across the river, and the man crossed it to get to the bags. Do you remember the rest of the story? Many people are still like that, it makes no sense teaching them to fish, they prefer you give them the fish, preferably fried…

By: freespeech

freespeech — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:38:31 +0000

w3hat happen to the 12million is the US prison, is that a cesspool?

By: freespeech

freespeech — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:37:09 +0000

it’s not hate IT”S GREED

By: Deze Tante

Deze Tante — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:05:48 +0000

16 is the age of concent. I am so very glad that I have passed that stage. I am waiting for the gran to let me find out that she has concented at the age of 16, IS B-KAZ SH AINT GUN GET NUTTIN FROM GRAMS ANY MORE. I still believe that sex is for adults and not miners….a 16 year old bearly has a C.P (don’t what it is right now) certificate in their pockets…just being able to cook a proper ,meal…Whats the matter with these who are giving the CONCENT. God knows why I was born in my generation and I thank God that my daughters got sexually active when they were adults and were earning a salary.
We as parents should do our best to bond with our children and guide them not decide for them.Win their confidence,so that they can have a good laugh or a healthy conversation with you,especially as young adults.I had a very strong band with my mother and all the elderly women I grew up among and thats the band I have with my three children,my gran-daughter is two and a half and I have taken two days off especially to bond with her because she lives in the country area and I live in the town.Children NEEDS love,attention and guidance to be able to build a solid foundation for their future. Sometimes it takes longer than expected…with a few mistakes along the way but a well loved child always become a good adult.

By: realitycheck

realitycheck — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:39:31 +0000

16 is the age of consent yes, but not to break the law as far as i am concern she should be in school,working and continuing her career to fit in society.

By: Marc(born in de ghetto but earning a decent living)

Marc(born in de ghetto but earning a decent living) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:05:28 +0000

Sixteen year old girls should be in school preparing themselves to earn a honest and respectable living.

By: BORAPORK

BORAPORK — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:26:50 +0000

She should be tried as an adult. She has the ability according to the law to give sexual consent, then she has the capacity to distinguish right from wrong.

By: SKY

SKY — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:33:57 +0000

Sixteen year old girls could be dangerous especially if desperate and hungry.

By: APEEPINU

APEEPINU — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:33:18 +0000

These teens are out of control, they watch too much TV and expect to have the material things without having to work and work hard for it. The courts have to send a strong message in order to curb this type of behavior.

By: ObserverFromaDistance

ObserverFromaDistance — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:05:38 +0000

Guyana is slowly but surely falling into a cesspool of despicable behaviour where there is no respect for law and order and human life .. cry my beloved country … you can no longer be saved … it is just too late now !!

By: Deze Tante

Deze Tante — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:30:24 +0000

Joe you always seem to have a good idea, I imagine you are from the older generation. IDLE BRAINS IS THE DEVIL’S WORK-SHOP.These criminals should be assessed,because I still believe that there has to be a reason for their behaviour.Frustration is most certainly one of the main causes.
These youngsters should be put on WORK-STUDY in whatever field they excel.There has to be some thing they are cabable of besides crime,give them a FAIR not a SECOND chance in life.You have mentioned a whole lot of things that they could do and that is what the gov. should invest in. Prisoners/criminals should be disciplined in a respectable way and if they cannot learn then they should face the conciquences.
I cannot imagine one in their sound mind doing these CRAZY THINGS

By: tando

tando — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:14:40 +0000

What ever is the case,these parents does nt pursuade their kids that even if it’s holidays time they need to take that time and do something of much value,from what i see here is that she was accustomed to roming the markets and hanging out with them type of criminals,i wanda if they still have girls school,they should fit her somewhwre there,she dont need school anymore,she don break out.boat done gan a falls cant turn back.

By: michael tannassee

michael tannassee — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:27:40 +0000

…for such a brazen attack in such a public space that could have easily resulted in the loss of life ,, and now we the readers to be given this half assed report ,, is beyond compare !

SN ,, is there any report on the investigation ,, that led to the arrest ,, of the accused ! is the accused ,, the much calloused culprit ???? come on SN ,, if ure goin to report on an issue of this that is so “everywhere” in GUYANA ,,, and now by a “teen” female ,, no less ! did u not see that the few lines is by itself a disrespect for “life” in GUYANA ????????????????????

By: decanadianCarlVeecock

decanadianCarlVeecock — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:52:01 +0000

My…my…a teenager and a girl at that.

If she did it she must have had terrible hatred of the proprietress to stoop
to such a dastardly act.

“The unrepresented teen was remanded until July 27.”…what?
No pro-bono lawyer in Court could stand up and say something?

I hope the proprietress recovers fully.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:46:15 +0000

This reminds me of the young Palastinian girls who decided to turn themselves into suicide bombers. When people have nothing else to lose they lose it.

The administration is living in a fish bowl, they do not realize that these incidents are manifestations of hopelessness and anger.

It is going to get worst, there is going to be more and more organised criminal gangs, both men and women, there is going to be more kipnappings, drugs and mayhem.

This is not only denegration of the society it is also the havenots having no other alternative but to grab what ever they could from the haves.

Guyana has got to address this problem in the only way they can, put these young people to work on community farms.

Look at all the battered women they now want to put into protective housing to sit there feeling sorry for themselves and licking their emotional wounds.

Stop following the American model of everything. America can afford these institutions because of pork barrel funding.

Most of these women are country girls. Tough,productive and hard working, why pen them up in a building doing nothing. All over the third world, it is the women who are the farmers and land producers.

Start community farms, teach these women to make rammed earth houses for themselves. How to make pickles, preserves and dried fruits and vegetables. I have already explained my poor man’s barrel and bamboo irrigation system in an earlier blog.

I will send these women my farming method which I call the “Fat poor lazy man’s method of farming” I will demonstrate that with a simple cordless reversible drill they can irrigate their fields, plough and weed their plant beds and still grow long nails with cutex and still outproduce the conventional farmer.

Give these women a few computers and teach them Sketchup so that they will learn an architectural skill and get to build a real house for themselves all at the same time. The software is free on the internet and is userfriendly.

Create jobs or create crime, the choice is yours.

Joe.

By: Guy20000

Guy20000 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:25:15 +0000

LAST HER AWAY IN JAIL IF GUILTY

By: Commando

Commando — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:49:36 +0000

16?? What the heck? She should be in school getting an education. It is imperative that parents take stock of their child(ren) life. At that age I will still be all in my kids face monitoring his/her actions in and out of my home.

By: lady

lady — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:40:37 +0000

and what about the other male counter part – have they found him yet?