Luncheon blank on selection process for ambassadors
Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday testified that he was unaware of the criteria used to identify and select nominees for ambassadorial postings, and he admitted that some had no prior diplomatic experience. He was at the time under cross-examination in the ongoing hearing in the $10 million libel case brought by [...]
Laluni mother hacked to death
A mother of seven was yesterday hacked to death at Rasta Country, Laluni Creek, Soesdyke-Linden Highway allegedly by her husband who dragged her body into bushes and covered it with grass. Tessa Romascindo, 35, had little chance of surviving the chops which included about six to the neck and at least five more to the [...]
US supplied no evidence against Greene -Jagdeo
President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that his decision to appoint Henry Greene as Police Commissioner was made after the US refused to provide information on a five-year probe, which it said tied Greene to drug trafficking. Classified diplomatic cables sent to Washington by former US Embassy Charge d’Affaires Michael Thomas, show that the US in [...]
UN report on Afro-Guyanese inaccurate -Luncheon tells libel hearing
Dr. Roger Luncheon yesterday testified that a visiting UN expert on minorities produced an “inaccurate” report on Guyana, focusing more on Afro-Guyanese rather than the Amerindians, who he said have a bigger claim as a minority. Just before Head of the Presidential Secretariat Luncheon continued giving evidence under cross-examination, in the $10 million libel case [...]
Jagdeo’s DPP snubs, speeches on ‘past’ face scrutiny in libel suit
Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday faced scrutiny over President Bharrat Jagdeo’s apparent snub of two Afro-Guyanese for appointment as Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and his unwillingness to confirm another Afro-Guyanese as a Judge. Luncheon, who continued to testify under cross-examination in the $10M libel case filed by Jagdeo against Kaieteur [...]
Luncheon faces grilling on appointments, contracts in Jagdeo libel case
Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon yesterday continued to face questions over government appointments and contract awards as testimony in President Bharrat Jagdeo’s $10M libel suit against Kaieteur News and columnist Freddie Kissoon continued. Luncheon faced continuing cross-examination by defence attorney Nigel Hughes, after Justice Brassington Reynolds overruled objections made by Jagdeo’s lawyer, [...]
Prashad Nagar woman shot, husband surrenders to cops
A mother of four is in a serious condition at a city hospital after she was allegedly shot twice in the shoulder by her husband during an argument at their Prashad Nagar home early yesterday morning. Karen Kerr’s intestines were pierced and her lungs were grazed in the shooting at the Lot 309 Rohinital Street [...]
Mystery fire destroys T&HD storage bond
A fire of unknown origin early yesterday morning destroyed the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) storage bond at Urquhart Street, South Cummingsburg, while also severely damaging the neighbouring Mings Products and Services Ltd boat building facility. Quick work by officials of the Guyana Fire Service, however, ensured that Mings’ main building and the office of [...]
DPP to decide fate of arrested presidential guards
The fate of eight members of the Presidential Guard Ser-vice, who were arrested after a recent raid, will be decided by the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), which is currently studying the case file. Head of the Presidential Guard unit Rohan Singh told Stabroek News yesterday that it is awaiting the findings [...]
For one family, plane crash survivor is a hero
Kenneth Somerset became the hero to a family last Saturday, when he helped a little boy escape from the Caribbean Airlines plane that crash landed at the Cheddi International Airport, Timehri. Somerset, who was a passenger on the ill-fated plane, recounted to Stabroek News that the child’s grandmother jumped, then he and then the child. [...]
There was no vandalism during Sandport raid, says co-owner
Brazilian businessman Rodrigo de Paula says that he was clueless that presidential guards were among the group of men hired to “conduct a peaceful operation” to remove a conveyor to prevent the illegal use of the Guyana Sandport Inc. wharf. De Paula also produced documents to support that he was the one who rented the [...]
Presidential guards held after sabotage bid on sand business
A gang of about 30 men, including presidential guards, early yesterday morning stormed into Guyana Sandport Inc. at Coverden, East Bank Demerara, overpowering security guards and damaging a conveyer belt, in what is believed to be an attempt to shut the company down. Up to press time last evening, about 14 of the perpetrators, some [...]
Quarrelling brothers held, released, as mystery envelops pensioner murder
When two brothers were heard arguing about murdered pensioner Sukhdai Ramkilaum about a month ago, it seemed this was the break the police so badly needed to solve the brutal crime that occurred three months ago. However hopes were dashed when the men were released shortly after they were arrested. Since then, police said, there [...]
Miner tied to tree at Bartica, beaten to death
A miner was on Monday tied to a tree at 14 Miles, Bartica and beaten to death by three men, who were also armed with guns, after he was accused of having knowledge about a missing brush cutter. Earle Austin, 37, of Nabaclis, East Coast Deme-rara had no chance of survival as he sustained numerous [...]
Mahaica teen found dead with marks of violence
The body of Ravendra Persaud, 17, was yesterday morning found lying on the roadway at De Hoop Road, No. 10 Village, Mahaica Creek, near a wedding house where he had been a guest just hours earlier. There were marks of violence visible around the teen’s head and police said they were probing the circumstances of [...]