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Two more senior cops charged with fraud
WOMAN DIES AFTER GIVING BIRTH, RELATIVES BLAME DOCTOR
GTT ANNOUNCES NEW CEO
INCOMING GUYANESE BUSTED WITH GANJA AT CJIA
Guyana Post Wednesday April 14, 2021
Two more senior cops charged with fraud
Superintendent/Force’s Finance Officer, Kurt Smith
Following an investigation into the disappearance of the Guyana Police Funds for years, two more cops were today charged, and placed on bail over falsifying payments. The two, Assistant Superintendent Loraine Saul, and Superintendent/Force’s Finance Officer, Kurt Smith, were slapped with two charges. However, with Ms. Saul being absent, Smith
Assistant Superintendent Loraine Saul
along with Attorney, Mark Waldron appeared before the Chief Magistrate and was not required to enter a plea. According to the Prosecutor’s Case, it was between December 18 and December 28, last year, in Georgetown, the two conspired with each other and other persons while being officers of GPF to falsify a payment account to sum $1,350,000 to show that meals were supplied to
ranks of riot unit training during December 1 and December 15. It was further alleged that on December 28 in Georgetown they conspired with each other and other persons while being officers of GPF to falsify a payment account to sum $465,000 to show that meals were supplied to ranks of riot unit training from December 1 to December 15, 2020. Mr. Waldron, who
made a bail application for Smith maintained that his client was not aware of the document he was signing, that it was brought to him to be signed by another rank. As such, bail was granted for $200,000, and Smith was later ordered to return to court on May 14 for the continuation of the matter. In the past month Assistant Commissioner of Police, Kevin Adonis and three other ranks of the GPF were charged for similar crimes. Adonis, Sergeants Michael Corbin, and Jermaine Fraser along with Corporal Rawl Haynes are currently out on $150,000 bail each for stealing over $19M from the GPF. These charges came after a sum of over $300,000 could not be accounted for and as such a probe was launched by the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU)
WOMAN DIES AFTER GIVING BIRTH, RELATIVES BLAME DOCTOR
Ms. Hendricks
Friends and family members are now calling for justice after a 31-yearold woman allegedly died at the hands of doctors at the Davis Memorial Hospital, days after giving birth. The doctors are accused of being unable to treat her for an overdose of fluid in her body. The dead woman is Alisha Hendricks, who would have been a mother of two.
Ms. Hendricks was reportedly admitted on Friday after her afterbirth was lodged under her stomach and required an immediate C-Section. However, after the delivery, the doctors, according to the family administered too much saline that caused the woman to have a breathing problem, which caused her death. Con’t on Pg3
GTT ANNOUNCES NEW CEO
Damian Blackburn
Damian Blackburn, a veteran in the telecommunications sector, has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT). Blackburn has over two decades of
experience leading major mobile, internet, and TV operations and technology start-ups in the competitive Caribbean, the Americas, and European markets. “Damian is a highly experienced telecoms leader who has the vision to grow GTT and deliver
on the changing needs of our customers and the country,” said Brad Martin, Chairman of GTT’s Board of Directors. “His impressive career has included running companies, building and managing mobile networks, leading growth
initiatives, and more. One of the most consistent themes of his work is that he’s been a customer service champion at every level. “With a track record of operating highly-reliable networks and improving customer experience, Damian will accelerate GTT’s customer-focused mission” Blackburn most recently served as CEO of Aliv, a successful startup LTE
network mobile operator in the Bahamas. Throughout his telecoms-focused career, he has also held CEO and key leadership positions at Digicel, Virgin Mobile, Vodafone/Orange, and BT Group- roles in which he leads successful strategic business and operational development activities across multiple jurisdictions. “It’s an honor to lead a company that has long served the people of Guyana and is such an integral part of the country’s economy and
culture,” said Blackburn. “My goal is to listen to our customers and work with our incredible team to make sure that we deliver the country’s vision of exceptional technology and service to meet current and future needs. The company has built a strong foundation – and with a sharpened focus on the needs of our customers, we will rise together with Guyana.” As Guyana’s economy transitions and presents expanded opportunities for investment, growth, and job creation, ATN decided to create a new initiative under the leadership of current GTT CEO Justin Nedd. As ATN’s new Vice President of Strategic Programs, Nedd will focus on cultivating additional ATN investments, including in Guyana.
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Guyana Post Wednesday April 14, 2021
INCOMING GUYANESE BUSTED WITH GANJA AT CJIA
Joel Cadogan
A man who is Guyanese but lives and works in the USA was nabbed yesterday by Immigration Officers with over four pounds of Marijuana on arrival at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. The suspect, 50-yearold, Joel Cadogan, who is a dual citizen is now expected to face court. According to reports
coming out of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit, Cadogan, who was an incoming passenger at the time at CJIA, had in possession three large suitcases when he was subjected to a random search after he had cleared immigration. During the search, four compressed plastic parcels of cannabis wrapped in jeans were
found in his luggage. Further checks were made and several pairs of sneakers were also found stuffed with numerous small empty Ziploc bags and a tabletop scale. With the discovery being made, Cadogan was later handed over to CANU where he was detained and further questioned.
WOMAN DIES AFTER GIVING BIRTH...... Con’t from Pg2
The relatives are calling for justice and answers to what may have transpired. One of Ms Hendricks friends lay blame solely at the doctors. “We need justice; that’s what we want for her life… Alisha’s kids deserve it. The doctor needs to say exactly what happened, what his negligence did. He needs to step forward and say something. He needs to tell us exactly what happens,” Alisha’s best friend related The friend added that Ms. Hendricks was admitted on Friday morning, and was advised to do a C-Section, since there would have been a breech and the afterbirth was at the bottom of her stomach. This precluded a normal delivery. Later that day after the baby was delivered info@guyanapostonline.com
the mother continued to feel more pain well into the night, and was also bleeding. She was crying out for pain and later suffered a seizure. The friend added that they would have given her Saline and she had calmed down but later her body was going into a second seizure. That was halted, as the nurses quickly worked on her. The trouble later continued Saturday, as the woman’s belly started to swell and immediately warranted the attention of the doctor. Hendricks was yet again treated for the issue of breathing, pain along with mucous build-up. The doctor then, who was not at the hospital had to be called knowing how the woman’s situation would have gone from
surgery she lost a lot of blood. His mistake was that he gave her too much fluid at once. Her system could not have taken off all of that at once. So, he found the mistake and he corrected it,” Ms. Hendricks’s friend said. A friend recounted that she later had to go on oxygen but was stable up until 2 am Sunday morning. That dreaded news came in the morning when the friend recalled that she received a call yesterday morning and was told that Ms Hendricks did not make it. She insisted that it’s the doctor’s fault knowing that her friend was a healthy person and only developed those complications after the surgery.
one thing to another but meanwhile, the doctor had asked that the nurses in the meanwhile give the woman a vaccine. Hendricks started to feel better but later had more pains under her stomach and some pain killers. That stomach pain that was accompanied by her feeling dizzy Saturday and some white substance started to come out of her mouth, Ms Hendricks kept slipping in and out of consciousness. According to her friend, the doctor explained that they had to eventually flush out some fluid that was in her lungs. The fluid was too much for her since she had lost a lot of blood. “We asked what is happening to her. The doctor said that he realized his mistake, that even though after
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Former Health Minister charged over bond rental
Former Minister of Public Health, Dr George Norton
Former Minister of Public Health, Dr George Norton was on Tuesday charged with Misconduct in the Public Office by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) for the rental of the Sussex Street Bond. Dr Norton was arraigned before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. He was not required to plead to the indictable charge. Dr Norton was placed
on $400,000 bail and was required to lodge his passport. The Chief Magistrate adjourned the matter to April 27, 2021. SOCU’S case is that Dr Norton, while as Public Health Minister under the previous regime, in 2016, unlawfully instructed Trevor Thomas, his Permanent Secretary (PS) at the time to “not” engage the National Procurement and Tender Board Administration (NPTAB). The move was to allegedly avert procedures as these relate to the tender process. He allegedly single-sourced Linden Holding Inc. the multimillion dollar contract. The agreement between Linden Holding Inc. and the PS of the Health Ministry was allegedly for a three-year period with a monthly rental fee of $12.5 million.
Guyana Post Wednesday April 14, 2021
TWO LUSIGNAN PRISONERS HOSPITALISED
Two Lusignan prisoners are now hospitalized with chop and stab wounds that resulted from a fight on Sunday. In statement from Guyana Prison Service, the fight resulted from an argument at 19:55hrs between 26-year-old, Gerald Jones, a resident of Buxton, ECD and 26-year-old, Kaley Roberts of Blue Berry
Hill, Linden. It is unclear what may have started the fight, but the prison has so far indicated that Jones and Roberts It was then that Jones armed himself with an improvised cutlass and dealt Roberts several chops about his body. Roberts in response armed himself with an ice pick and stabbed Jones in the region of his
chest. With both men wounded, they were parted, and taken to the infirmary for medical attention, and later transferred to Georgetown, where they are said to be receiving further treatment for their injuries. The two men’s condition is said to be stable.
Missing North West youth was strangled (NWD) Region One, who was reported missing since April 5, and later found today floating in the Arakaka River in the North West District was reportedly strangled according to the post mortem examination. The PME was done by Dr Nehaul Singh. It revealed the cause of death as asphyxiation due to compression to the neck, consistent with manual strangulation. As such, the body was handed over to relatives for burial arrangements as the investigation also will continue. Just last Thursday Fernandes’s body was in a state of decomposition in the river. It was discovered between 07:00 hrs and 11:45 hrs by a party of Policemen along with Keith Alphonso, the man that Fernandes worked for. No marks of violence were found on the body, 20-year-old, Avinash Mabaruma Compound, then, according to the Fernandes called “Avi” of North West District police.
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