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Sugar workers blood suckers: “The only reason they are now standing with you is to deepen their political ambition,” – Trade unionist

Lewis said he speaks without fear or favour as usual and he will continue to do what he has been doing all the years. He said today we have come full circle and that those who were in opposition are now in opposition again. Lewis said the Opposition PPP said that Sugar can be saved and at the same time refused to make public the plan to save it.
Lewis was speaking at an anti-sugar reform rally and march at Albion/Port Mourant, Berbice on Tuesday. He told sugar workers that the sugar industry has been in crisis for decades and did not have the benefit of a good plan of action to revitalize the corporation or further the diversification programme implemented in the 1970s.

Sugar workers and their unions are objecting to the closure of the estates announced by the Government.

Lewis also told Sugar workers that the Jagdeo government allowed the Bauxite industry to go by ignoring the entries for rights of workers to be respected. He called on workers to demand that this APNU-AFC government take on board a consultative team and put in place a plan that can sustain the workers.

Elder brother of murdered New Amsterdam inmate calls for justice

Hamlall Jagmohan, the elder brother of the two men said his injured brother told him that they were attacked by a group of men, shortly after returning from court. He said Ramnarine recalled Neshan was in the toilet area when the men pounced on him.

Mother of five murdered by ex-husband

Five children are trying to come to grips with the brutal murder of their mother. The woman, Mintie Karramchand of Lot 19 Sheet Anchor, Old Road Canje, was chopped about her body several times by her former spouse. Their daughter, Drucilla recounted the deadly ordeal, which she believes was premeditated.

60 years Behind Bars for Steve Allicock for the murder of Albouystown youth

The 12 man jury returned the unanimous guilty verdict in just over two hours of deliberation in the matter in the High Court this afternoon.
Allicock was on trial for the 2009 murder of Wendell Tappin, who was stabbed to death in Albouystown during a row over a cell-phone battery.

Steve was on the run for over five years while his father, Leonard was before the court for the same offence.He was later acquitted by a jury.

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Silvie Kishore said she was thankful that justice was served in the matter for her son after 9 years.

The woman spoke of the painful memories that her son left behind.

Outside of the courtroom, Leonard Allicock, father of the accused took offence to the jury’s verdict. He is of the opinion that the prosecution’s case was full of discrepancies.

Allicock said his family will appeal the decision.

Roach headed to Barbados, busted with cocaine

A Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara man is the lasted cocaine mule to be busted by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU). On Sunday, June, 18 the man Randolph Muir also called Roach was an outgoing passenger at the Eugene Correira International Airport, destined for Barbados.

A release from CANU said Muir was arrested after being observed by a vigilant CANU Officer. He was later transported to a city hospital where he excreted 72 pellets of cocaine weighing 592 grams.

According to the release, the man remains in custody pending further investigation but is expected to appear in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court where he will be charged.

In recent times CANU has stepped up the fight against couriers trying to smuggle the illicit substance out of Guyana.

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VIDEO: OPPOSITION LEADER FIRES BACK: “I am not the Purveyor of doom this government is”

After trading words with the Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman in the National Assembly, the Opposition leader, Bharat Jagdeo made sure he had the last say, at least for now outside of the national assembly.

At his press conference today at his Church Street Office, the opposition leader said he was not the “Purveyor of Doom”.
He said when he was managing the Ministry of Finance, Trotman was busy touting for clients as a mediocre lawyer.

Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman had enough of the Opposition leader’s criticism of the government and described Jagdeo as a failure.

He said Dr. Jagdeo is the “Doctor of Doom” and should be the last to lecture anyone about good governance. Jagdeo fired back.

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“CANU is in a good place now and can only get better” says former head, James Singh

James Singh said he was surprised at the decision taken by the government. He said he was notified by the Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan.

Singh was successful in the interception of major drug busts in Guyana over the years.One of his success stories was the arrest and sequence sentence of the notorious drug dealer, Barry Dataram. He also provided Intel that found a plane at the airstrip in the interior, under his watch, CANU was able to discover a Semi-submersible Submarine and he had numerous seizures on vessels in the Caribbean. Singh said another one of his high points was his close collaboration with the private sector.

Singh was sacked by the David Granger administration days after a Commission of Inquiry report into a Vessel was completed and its recommendations handed over to the President.

Bruce Lovell, lead commissioner was tasked to look into the circumstances surrounding the entry into the interception, detention and subsequent release of an unnamed private maritime vessel in the sea space of the territory of Guyana, on or between the 11th-14th of February, 2017 and to report the findings and recommendations to His Excellence Brigadier David Granger.

Two days after that vessel was released, another vessel with four Guyanese were busted with 4.2tons of cocaine by US and Trinidadian coast guards.

Khemraj Ramjattan Minister of Public Security who has responsibility for the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), in a statement, said he directed that Mr. James Singh, head of CANU, should proceed on the remainder of his accumulated leave, whereupon he would be given notice of his termination of employ. All benefits consequent thereupon would also be granted to him.

The recent Commission of Inquiry headed by Mr. Bruce Lovell has made a number of recommendations, one of which is the restructuring of the Unit. The decision also was taken that this Unit will come under the soon to be established National Anti-Narcotics Authority (NANA).

In a scenario where very complex and difficult decisions have to be made, there is the need for some amount of reconfiguration and restructuring.

Mr. Singh has been at the Unit for nine years and I hope to engage him on alternative placement options. I have thanked him for his leadership and all the support he has given to the Unit the statement said.