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Tuesday July 13, 2021
LANDLORD’S SON ALLEGEDLY KILLS GRA ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
MOTORCYCLIST BELIEVED TO COMMIT SUICIDE FROM DEMERARA HARBOUR BRIDGE
TODDLER DROWNS IN A BUCKET OF WATER
Tuesday July 13, 2021
LANDLORD’S SON ALLEGEDLY KILLS GRA ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
A 24-year-old, GRA staff member and a father of one is now dead following an altercation with his landlord’s son over his family being evicted. The incident occurred just after midnight last night. GRA Enforcement Officer, Dwanye Taitt, was stabbed to death in Middleton Street, Campbelville. Thus far, Investigations revealed that Taitt was renting an apartment from the suspect’s mother, Jacklyn Lamaizon, and was living there with his reputed wife and twoyear-old daughter.
It was alleged by Taitt’s reputed wife, Aaliyah, that earlier about 17:30hrs, she and Taitt were at home when
the landlady told them in the presence of the suspect that they have up to July 14, 2021, to move out.
On the day in question, Taitt and his family were at home sleeping, when they were awakened by the suspect banging
their apartment door with a piece of wood and shouting at them to move out. As a result, Taitt opened the door and went out to the suspect who was armed with a knife which he used to attack Taitt. Taitt then ran out on the street opposite the said apartment. The suspect pursued him and dealt him a stab to his chest. Taitt fell to the ground while the suspect fled
the scene with the said weapon. The injured man was picked up by his reputed wife and a security guard and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where he was pronounced dead by a doctor. The body was examined and a wound was seen to his left upper chest. It was escorted to the hospital mortuary to await a post mortem examination. The suspect was arrested and is in custody. The weapon was recovered, and statements were taken. Further investigations are in progress.
MOTORCYCLIST BELIEVED TO COMMIT SUICIDE FROM DEMERARA HARBOUR BRIDGE The Guyana Police Force along with several other agencies are this morning continuing the search for a man who one day ago reportedly parked his motorcycle, and plunged off the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB). The man is yet to be identified by the police but some other sources have so far identified the motorcyclist as Vellon Thorne, the man who made the plunge, just after 7:30 am yesterday. Up to this morning, the
Toddler drowns in a bucket of water
A family in Kwakwani, Berbice River, is now mourning the loss of an 18-month-old baby girl who was left in the custody of two children aged seven and 15, while the mother went to a funeral. The dead toddler has been identified as Orinda
August. Reports are that August died sometime between 17:30 hours and 18:00 hours at Potsville, Kwakwani, Berbice River yesterday afternoon. An investigation has revealed so far that the mother, Amanda Wills,
left the young August at home in the company of her other children – a seven-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl and went to a funeral. During the time of the incident, the older sister was upstairs with Orinda August while the young boy was
downstairs playing. He later went upstairs to check on his siblings and saw his big sister sleeping. He made further checks and discovered Orinda August lying head down in a bucket of water. August was pulled out by her brother who then raised an alarm. The child was rushed to the Kwakwani Hospital Complex and was pronounced dead on arrival. No marks of violence were seen on the exposed part of the body and no foul play is suspected. An investigation is continuing.
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body had not been found by the Police Marine wing and the Guyana Defense Force (GDF) Coast Guard. It suspected that the man would have drifted along the seashore with the change in river current. It is unclear what may have triggered the act but the force has listed the act as suicide since according to the force the man parked his motorcycle. It was then a driver who had stopped on the eastern side of the DHB related to the police on duty that he saw a man
jump into the Demerara River from the bridge. An alarm was then raised and ranks of the Providence Police Station went to the Harbour Bridge where they observed a black CG motorcycle CH 4923 parked on the northern side of the bridge facing west with its engine on. Checks were also later made on the pontoons under the bridge but no one was seen, even after 24 hours as the authorities continue to search.
Toddler drowns in a bucket of water A family outing on Hope Beach turned tragic as a 10-year-old boy lost his life after he slammed into a Koker channel and was later found dead. The young dead lad was identified as Anand Mangroo from Hope Low Lands, East Coast Demerara. The incident occurred just around 16:00 -16:00 hours, yesterday. Investigation revealed so far that the Mangroo, his 13-year-old brother, and an eight-year-old cousin were at Hope Seawall swimming when a wave-lashed Mangroo towards the Hope Koker channel.
Mangroo went down in the water and did not come up. His brother shouted for help but no one went to his assistance. However, sometime later, those in close proximity rushed to the aid of the young man. The Police were later contacted and upon arrival began a search. At 20:20hrs the body of Mangroo was fished out of the water at Hope Foreshore, East Coast Demerara. Young Mangroo’s body was seen with some injuries. It is suspected that he may have hit his head and other parts of his body.
Saturday July 10, 2021
PM threatens No Confidence motion against Harmon, Senior Counsel scoffs at the idea campaign against the Government’s acquisition of Sputnik-V vaccines, during which he even called for a halt to the distribution of the vaccine. According to Phillips, Harmon’s actions endangered lives and increased vaccine hesitancy among an already vulnerable population. But Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde has scoffed at the Prime Minister. The Opposition Members of Parliament have every confidence
in the Leader of the Opposition. The PPP is not only desperate but is also seeking to pervert the Constitution and inject into it that which it does not provide for. The Leader of the Opposition in accordance with Article 184 of the Constitution is elected by the non-governmental members of the National Assembly. Further, the Leader of the Opposition can only be removed by a majority of the non-governmental members of the National Assembly. By definition, the
Leader of the Opposition does not have to enjoy the support of the Government members of the National Assembly. Unlike, the two incompetent installed ministers – Dr. Frank Anthony and Robeson Benn – they are to enjoy the confidence of the National Assembly. Any attempt by the PPP to file a noconfidence motion against the Leader of the Opposition will be baseless, frivolous, unconstitutional, vexatious, and an
abuse of the National Assembly. The Speaker will have no basis to allow such a motion and will have no choice but to discard it. The installed Prime Minister, Mark Phillips, in whose name it is reported the purported motion is to be filed may wish to allow himself the benefit of advice and guidance from credible constitutional experts and legal minds of which there appears to be a considerable and growing deficit within the ranks of the PPP.
to celebrate its anniversary on August 2, former President David Granger says that its record reads like a ‘diary of a bad year.’ Speaking at his weekly programme, The Public Interest, on Friday, Mr Granger said the past 12 months will be unforgettable for the mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic, ‘the country’s worst flood’, the crime crisis, and the dismissals of Former President year in office. public servants. Granger knocks the PPP As the PPP He particularly administration’s first administration prepares condemned the
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ’s purging of hundreds of public servants who have been deprived of the ability to provide for their families. Addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, Granger predicted that over 500 persons would have died by the PPP’s anniversary. Response to the flood situation was aimed mainly at providing relief by distributing hampers rather than also planning for the recovery of the livelihoods of farmers, miners, and workers.
Mr. Granger also criticised the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ’s hasty ‘One Guyana Commission’ and ‘Corridor of Unity’ initiatives, suggesting that the ‘corridor of unity’ should be located at the scenes of the PPP’s riots in East and West Berbice on March 6, last year. Mr. Granger said that everyday crime and interpersonal violence have been spiralling out of control while the Police Force is being demoralized by the
vulgar attacks on the integrity of the Police Service Commission. He noted that the PPP administration failed to address the surge in transnational narcotrafficking. Mr. Granger contended that the administration should strengthen the capacity of the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Defense and reestablish the National Anti-Narcotics Agency which it hurriedly disbanded when it entered office last year.
will not pose any threats of trying to flee the jurisdiction since he has so far been co-operating with investigators. And over the year he has been seen in the sight of the police each day, even as he was working. The lawyer maintained
to the Magistrate that her client will also adhere to any conditions attached to his bail. But the Police Prosecutor objected to bail noting that the offence was committed on a building containing public documents. As such the charge is of serious importance. Magistrate Fortune remanded all the accused to prison until July 30. Just last night in a statement, Police signaled their intention to charge three accused one year after the GECOM building went up in flames.
The force claimed that the two men implicated Kendall, as the man who offered them $150,000 to set fire to the GECOM office. In the alleged confession, the force maintained that one of the suspects said the man provided them with a bottle of gas and took them to the building, and waited nearby until the building was set on fire. At the said time, the force also claimed that two suspects sustained burns to their feet when an explosion occurred at the scene of the fire.
One day after Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon NoConfidence Motions (NCMs) against two People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Government Ministers, Prime Minister Retired
Brigadier Mark Phillips has given notice that he intends to slap Harmon with an NCM of his own. Phillips is demanding Harmon’s immediate resignation from the position of Leader of the Opposition. Phillips is also critical of the Opposition Leader’s “recklessly misinformed the public and the National Assembly” when it comes to the Covid 19 vaccine, its efficacy, and its acquisition by the government. This is a reference to Harmon’s recent
‘Diary of bad year’
Man kills uncle over plantains
Three men fingered in setting fire to the Guyana Elections Commission Building during the height of the election period last year were all remanded to prison. The three, 21-year-old Marlon Hunter, 48-yearold Bryon Kendall, and 23-year-old Teon February, called ‘Nut’, appeared this afternoon before Magistrate Wanda Fortune in the
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Linden Magistrate’s Court and were not required to plead to the offence. According to the charge, it is alleged that all three of the accused on July 14, 2020, set fire to the GECOM building located at Lot 2 Burnham Drive, Wismar, Linden. Attorney Yondessa Mercurius in an application for bail for Hunter argued in the
court that her client was never convicted for anything, other than breaching Covid-19 measures. She said that, even as the crime was committed on an important building, the offence at hand is one that is bailable and
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Saturday July 10, 2021
Jovenel Moïse: Foreign hit squad killed Haiti’s president, police say
A group of 28 foreign mercenaries, including retired Colombian soldiers, assassinated Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse earlier this week, police say. After a gun battle in the capital Port-auPrince, 17 were detained, some at the house they were using, others after entering Taiwan’s diplomatic compound. Three suspects were killed by police and eight
are still being sought. Bloodied and bruised, arrested suspects were shown to the media on Thursday, along with a slew of seized weapons. It is still unclear who organised the attack and with what motive. The attack took place in the early hours of Wednesday, when gunmen broke into the president’s home in Portau-Prince, shooting him dead and wounding his
wife. Mr. Moïse, 53, was found lying on his back with 12 bullet wounds and a gouged eye, according to authorities. Martine Moïse, 47, was seriously wounded and is in a stable condition after being flown to Florida for treatment. Police said the hit squad included mainly Colombians, along with two Haitian-Americans. Found in the suspects’ possession were firearms,
sets of US dollar bills, the president’s personal checkbook and the server that held surveillance camera footage from his home, Le Nouvelliste newspaper reported. Taiwan confirmed that 11 of the suspects were arrested after breaking into a courtyard at its compound. Angry civilians had joined the search for the gunmen, and helped police track down some who were hiding in bushes. The crowd set fire to three of the suspects’ cars and destroyed evidence. “We Haitians are appalled; we do not accept it,” one man told AFP news agency. “We are ready to help because we need to know who is behind this, their names, their background so that justice can do its job.” Axes, wire-cutters, sets of US dollar bills, and Colombian passports have been seized. Police chief Léon Charles called for calm, saying the public should not take the law into their own hands. At the news conference on Thursday,
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police showed reporters Colombian passports. “Foreigners came to our country to kill the president,” Mr. Charles said, as the suspects sat on the floor behind him in handcuffs. C o l o m b i a ’ s government has confirmed that at least six of the suspects appeared to be retired members of its military. It has pledged to assist Haiti with its investigation efforts. The US state department, meanwhile, said it could not confirm if any of its citizens had been detained. However US and Canadian media are reporting that one of the dual citizens arrested, James Solages, 35, is from Florida and was a former bodyguard at the Canadian embassy in Haiti. An investigating judge told local media that Mr. Solages and the other US citizen, named as Joseph Vincent, had said they were there as translators for the mercenaries, after finding the job on the internet.
“The mission was to arrest President Jovenel Moïse… and not to kill him,” Judge Clément Noël told Le Nouvelliste. Colombian daily El Tiempo said that it had seen confidential documents that named the Colombian suspects. The paper’s research suggests that four of them flew from Colombia to the Dominican Republic on June 4. They crossed by land from there into Haiti two days later. The two countries share the island of Hispaniola. According to El Tiempo, Colombian intelligence has seen photos posted on social media by members of the group, showing them posing at a popular tourist spot in the Dominican Republic. The killing has triggered some civil unrest in Haiti, the poorest nation in the Americas. A state of emergency remains in force across the country, while the Dominican Republic has closed its border.
Saturday July10, 2021
Guyana Revenue Authority Initiates Customs Administration Modernization Consulting Project
to share its experience and know-how. The two countries expect that the consulting project which is expected to be for a duration of eight months will bring shifts in Guyana Customs administration in various fields, including risk management, cargo management and item classification, and contribute to the automation of Guyana’s Customs administration.
On June 4, 2021, in keeping with an aid agreement between Korea Customs Service and the GRA, a delegation of six consultants from KCS visited the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) located in Georgetown and
commenced consultations for the Modernization of the Guyana Customs Administration. The 50-day visit to Guyana is part of an effort to strengthen cooperation between GRA and KCS, and to conclude with the delivery of a final report
which will recommend a future model for Guyana Customs. During the visit, the project team will introduce UNI-PASS, Korea’s e-customs clearance system and hold seminars on Korea’s Customs Administration
Two charged with taxi driver murder, one reportedly confesses
Seyon James
Kenty Bacchus
Two men who were reportedly fingered in the brutal killing of a taxi driver during a robbery and later dumping his body in the Ogle area have been charged and remanded to jail for murder. The two Kenty Bacchus, called ‘Trini’, and Seyon James, called
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‘Lil Alfey’ appeared before Magistrate Rushelle Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court and were both not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge. It is alleged that the two on June 30, 2021, at Block 1 Ogle, East Coast Demerara, murdered
53-year-old taxi driver, Kenrick Trim, during the course and furtherance of a robbery The two were later remanded to prison until August 6, 2021. Reports are that the body Trim, of Belfield Housing Scheme; East Coast Demerara, was found just after 9:00 am
the said morning. It was believed that he may have been dumped there with stab wounds and a battered body. An examination of the body found that Trim had multiple stab wounds about his body. There were bloodstains on the mouth and around the nostrils. His car was also reportedly found a short distance away from the body with the key still in
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the ignition and the radio on. It was during the investigation that police then nabbed one suspect who revealed that he had linked up with the other suspect while serving prison time for simple larceny of a cell phone. The confessor then noted that on the day of the incident he was picked up from the bus park and two went to a snackette located at Carmichael Street to purchase something to eat. The confessor reportedly told police that he told the other man that he was in need of a place to stay since he was homeless at the time. Subsequently, after spending some time at the snackette the two then stopped a car that Trim was driving and they both entered.
It was further explained by the confessor that he was seated behind the driver and the other man was seated behind the front passenger seat. He reportedly said that as they got to Ogle one of them grabbed the taxi driver by his neck and choked him “until he passed out.” They then pulled the deceased over to the back seat but he was still moving so one of them dealt the taxi driver several stabs about his body. Shortly after, the two removed the valuables from the man, threw out the body, and later parked the car in another spot. The murder weapon was discharged in some bushes nearby while the two subsequently escaped on foot to a minibus close to the area.
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