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Puran died of drowning – autopsy

October 19, 2012 TIMES INT'L

An autopsy performed on the remains of prominent criminal lawyer and Customs Anti Narcotics Unit Special Prosecutor Vickramaditya “Vic” Puran, who was found on Tuesday morning in a trench at Branch Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, has given the cause of death as drowning. The post-mortem examination which was performed by pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh on Wednesday morning cleared up all speculations that suggested that Puran might have been murdered, with his death coming mere hours after one of his clients, Ricardo Rodrigues was gunned down. Attorney Glenn Hanoman confirmed…

Opposition vows to get justice for police killings

October 19, 2012October 19, 2012 TIMES INT'L

By Bhisham Mohamed Amid loud wailing and hymns, 21-year-old Dameon Belgrave, the Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara youth, cut down by police gunfire just over a week ago was on Sunday given a hero’s farewell as hundreds turned up to say their last goodbyes. Belgrave was killed by police on October 5 in the vicinity of the White Castle Fish Shop, at Hadfield and John streets, Georgetown after they opened fire on a group of young men who they were pursuing. At the home of the deceased on Sunday, close relatives…

CI, IDB launch nature-based Rupununi tourism project

October 19, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Conservation International (CI), in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), launched a project that seeks to promote equality and social viability among communities within the Rupununi. Sustainable, community- based enterprises built around nature-based tourism and agriculture will form the basis of the project that will impact about 7500 residents, representing 40 per cent of the Rupununi in Region Nine. CI Executive Director David Singh, who launched the project at the newly-dedicated Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) in Lethem, explained that it will be undertaken in three phases:…

“It’s a sacrifice we have to make”

October 19, 2012October 19, 2012 TIMES INT'L

– Lindeners, Berbicians make daily trip to UG to pursue further education By Svetlana Marshall In pursuit of higher education, hundreds of students from across Guyana travel to the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus on a daily basis, with Sundays being an exception. But among that group are scores who journey from as far as Berbice, Parika, and Linden to attend classes. For approximately one-and-half-hour, 22-year-old Shanteal Alleyne travels from her hometown Linden, to the city in her pursuit of success. She is currently a second-year student at the Centre…

Man on death row says he was defending his manhood

October 18, 2012October 18, 2012 TIMES INT'L

– “He is not gay, he doesn’t go in for that” – fiancée By Danielle CampBell When 35-year-old Brian Vandeyar admitted to the crime for which police accused him, he never expected to spend 10 years on death row awaiting the hangman’s noose. Vandeyar, of Vryheids Lust, East Coast Demerara, was sentenced to death by hanging after admitting to the murder of his co-worker, Haimnauth Ramnarine. Ramnarine, 42, called “Miner” of Riverstown, Essequibo, and Vandeyar had been working and living in cabins in a highly forested area at Governor’s Lyte,…

The significance of Navaratri

October 18, 2012 TIMES INT'L

By Pt. Tillack Seerattan, Shri Devi Mandir, Jamaica, Queens NY. Navaratri has two meanings, “New Nights” and Nine Nights. It takes nine months for a child to be born. The child rests in the mother’s womb during this period. Similarly, in Navraatri, you get back to the self – self referral. Dip into yourself and then you come out with more creativity and be victorious. All negative forces – craving and aversion – get yourself relieved from all these. Go to the source of energy. And the source of energy…

Granger charges Barticians to be mobilised for local govt elections

October 18, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Brigadier David Granger on Sunday charged party members in Bartica to be mobilised for the forthcoming local government elections. He made the charge during a visit to the mining community to discuss the way forward with party members, a release from the PNCR said. Granger explained his 10-point plan which evolved from his interactions with party members and private citizens over the last two years. He remarked that this month the PNCR is celebrating its 55th anniversary and called for a return…

Police targeting key suspect in Rodrigues’ execution

October 18, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Police are on the hunt for a key suspect in the execution of accused gunrunner Ricardo “Fat Man” Rodrigues at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club on Monday. Two other persons were injured during the explosive shooting at the GMRSC pavilion, on Woolford Avenue. Police sources told Guyana Times International on Tuesday that they have identified a key suspect who they are pursuing. According to reports, Rodrigues, along with two men, was taking a drink in the sports bar when a group of masked men entered the compound in…

Opposition should take responsibility for what occurred in Agricola

October 18, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, Last Thursday’s incendiary acts, violence against innocent people, and robberies disrupted the lives of tens of thousands and to a large extent brought life to a halt in Guyana as flights were cancelled and people could not get home. That was not a protest. It was hooliganism at its worst and the opposition AFC and APNU (PNC) must take responsibility for it. The opposition organized the rally and they must accept responsibility and be made to pay the victims for their trauma, physical hurt, dispossession, and pain. The…

Based on evidence so far Rohee not implicated – Linden CoI Chairman

October 18, 2012 TIMES INT'L

With controversy swirling around, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, and his alleged connection with the deaths of Allen Lewis, Ron Somerset, and Shemroy Bouyea on July 18, one of the commissioners of inquiry indicated that no evidence have been provided to implicate the minister in the shooting. This statement was made by former Jamaican Chief Justice and commission chairman, Lensley Wolfe on Wednesday after he was asked by Attorney Nigel Hughes whether the minister had been summoned to appear in court. However, the commissioner stated that the matter has not…