Kaieteur News
Thursday January 16, 2020
3,000 acres mistake corrected in Official director sues Gazette - GPL media houses
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Mother of three knifed to death by reputed husband - Man drinks poison, hospitalised
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Kirk Hollingsworth
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irector of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL), Kirk Hollingsworth, has sued a number of media houses including Kaieteur News in excess of $50M. The former Executive Director of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry also want the story to be taken off the website… https://www.kaieteurnewson line.com According to the Statement of Claim contained in court papers served, Hollingsworth named the National Media and Publishing Company Limited, the publisher of Kaieteur News, and Editor in Chief, Adam Harris as respondents. They have 28 days to file a defence. The director said he has suffered immensely and received a large number of messages following the publication. He also would
have lost business. The article referred to was published in Kaieteur News on November 11th, 2019 and headlined. “Govt. gives out land larger than G/town to a single individual”. The article was based on a publication in the Official Gazette of Guyana which had indicated that the amount of lands was over 3,000 acres and located in Ruimveldt. The Official Gazette later corrected the mistake. Following the article, members of the legal profession had pointed out to Kaieteur News that the '3,200 acres' should really read square feet. That clarification was published. It was pointed out that the transaction was the result of Collingsworth regularising occupation of his house lot in North Ruimveldt. The size of the house lot is 80 feet by 40 feet.
late-night d o m e s t i c dispute has left a West Coast Demerara family mourning the loss of their 34-year-old loved one – a mother of three. Dead is Bibi Zameena Ally called “Annette” of Lot 15 Crane Old Road, West Coast Demerara. Ally succumbed after she was stabbed multiple times by her reputed husband, Natram Lalman, who attempted suicide moments later. This publication was told that the couple's relationship was on the rocks for some time. Prior to the incident, the husband had accused his wife of having an affair. Relatives recounted that the couple would constantly engage in heated spats but their fights reached a boiling point on Tuesday night, when the husband reportedly grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed his wife repeatedly in her sleep. The victim's mother, Rajpattie Persaud related she was awakened by the screams of her daughter. The woman said that she began feeling unusually sick on Tuesday afternoon. “I would usually sleep early, but for some reason I couldn't sleep, so I took the sleeping tablets.” “I jump out my sleep
when I hear she cry 'mommy, mommy!' She run and fall down right outside my bedroom door. I really don't know what happen before that, because I take two tablets to help me sleep” The distraught mother said that she immediately rushed to her daughter's assistance. She said she stood between her son-in-law, who was armed with a bloodied knife, and her daughter who had collapsed on the floor. The couple's three children, ages 19, 16 and seven, stood watching as their grandmother tearfully begged their father to hand over the weapon. “I approach him and I call he name. I said Resh what happened to you? What wrong with you? And he started looking round at dem children, so I hold he hands with the knife and I went down on my knees and beg him to give me the knife, because I start frighten he do something to my grandchildren.” Persaud said that Lalman instructed her not to call for help. “He said that I must not call anybody for help. I must leave her there and I shake my head. I tell he yes I won't call nobody. I tell him give me the knife. He must go outside and I will clean my
Bibi Zameena Ally called “Annette” and her husband, Natram Lalman, who ingested poison moments after stabbing her to death daughter up and sap her with Limacol because she looked like she get blackout.” Persaud said as soon as her son-in-law left the house, she was assisted by her grandson to lock the doors. She started screaming for help as she tried to revive her daughter, but the young woman never regained consciousness. “I call for she uncles and
people start come in the yard in like ten minutes, but by the time they reach, she was gone (dead),” Persaud tearfully recalled. The husband reportedly told persons close to the family that he had stabbed his wife eight times, and then left the yard with a white bottle in his hand. The bottle was later suspected to have (continued on page 13)