Monday June 10, 2013
Kaieteur News
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Guyanese sociologist and writer Kampta Karran dies of heart attack Guyanese sociologist and author, Mr. Kampta Karran died of a heart attack last Wednesday at the Skeldon Hospital. He was 56 years old. Karran, who was ordained Lutheran pastor just weeks ago in New Amsterdam during the Lutheran Convention, was recently appointed the pastor of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church at Skeldon. Karran is a graduate of the University of Guyana and the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. He taught at the University of Guyana, and lectured at the University of Birmingham from 1999 to
2002, before joining the U n i v e r s i t y o f Wa r w i c k Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations as the Wa r w i c k P o s t g r a d u a t e Research Fellow in 2002. He was working on the completion of his doctorate degree. He also worked for the Guyana State Planning Commission in the 1980s, the Peace Corps, School of the Nations University; the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), and the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). He has a distinguished record in the service of local publishing in Guyana, where he edited and published the journal
Offerings and was active in working towards a r e s o l u t i o n t o G u y a n a ’s ethnic conflicts. He edited the anthology Race and Ethnicity in Guyana: An Introductory Reader. According to his longtime friend, Dr. Jerry Jailall of the New Millennium Ministries, Pastor Karran had plans to make the Emmanuel Church a hub of education and training to meet the needs of the Upper Corentyne Community. “Karran was a person who always had many creative ideas and a big vision, and was in a hurry to a c c o m p l i s h t h e m , ” D r.
Man on attempted murder charge after rescuing mother A man who severely wounded a man who threa t e n e d t o s h o o t h i s mother has been charged with attempted murder. Kevin Mohabir, 18, of 1 9 8 S u k h u Street, No.2 Village, East Canje Berbice was remanded to jail by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he appeared before her at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court on a charge of attempted murder. He is accused of wounding Clifton Ramcharran called “Witch”,39, of Lot 102 No. 2 Vi l l a g e , E a s t C a n j e Berbice on Sunday 02nd June. Ramcharran, who is well known to the police was admitted a patient in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. According to information Ramcharran,
Clifton Ramcharran who was recently released from jail went to his former lover’s home, in an effort to reconcile their relationship. The woman, perturbed by his constant bad behaviour and regular runins with the law, refused his latest conciliatory moves. Her snubs apparently
angered Ramcharran and he threatened to shoot her if she does not make up with him. The woman became afraid and raised an alarm. Her son, Mohabir, was in the house and h e a r d h e r screams. He armed himself with a cutlass and dealt Ramcharran chops to his head and other parts of his body. Ramcharran was picked up and rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital and subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Hospital where he remains warded in a critical condition. The police were informed and Mohabir was arrested and subsequently charged. Ramcharran has been charged and jailed on a number of occasions, for among other things, escaping from lawful custody; break and enter and larceny; possession of marijuana and simple larceny.
Drug dealers walk free after police fail to produce exhibit Three men who were before the court jointly on cocaine and marijuana charges were all freed after the police failed to produce the necessary exhibits. The men, Gordon Bruce called ‘Joe’, 26, a father of two of 18 St John Street, Christopher Chatterpaul, 25, a taxi driver of Smythfield and David Leung Awah, 36, of Kent Street all of New Amsterdam, Berbice, were charged with being in possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. They were allegedly found with two grams of cocaine and two grams of marijuana on January 16, 2013 and subsequently appeared in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s
Court before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo. The prosecution’s case was that on the day in question, the police raided the house at St. John Street New Amsterdam and found the trio in a room. The room was searched and a whitish substance suspected to be cocaine was found wrapped in a plastic bag in a corner. Further searches unearthed what looked like leaves, seeds and stems of the marijuana plant. The men were arrested and taken into custody. The items were tested and weighed and found to be portions of the marijuana plant. In court they were placed on $100,000 bail on the
cocaine charge and $25,000 on the marijuana charge each. During the trial the men were represented at various stages by Attorneys at law Charrandass Persaud and Mursaline Bacchus. At the conclusion of the prosecution’s case, the police failed to produce the exhibits. The defence in their no case submissions had argued that there was no case for the men to answer as there was no proof that the men had anything, because no exhibits were presented to the court in the matter and that the men should be set free. The Magistrate concurred with the defence’s submissions and freed the men.
Jailall said. He added that Karran used terms such as “community engagement,” “ w o r k i n g s m a r t e r, n o t h a r d e r, ” “ 2 1 s t c e n t u r y vision and methods,” and “integrating technology in church ministry.” According to Pastor Hemchand, head of the Emanuel Lutheran Parish, they are very saddened at the unexpected passing of their new P a s t o r. “ We were happy to have him o n our team, and were looking forward to working on several projects together,” he said. Former President of the Lutheran Church in Guyana, Errol Inshanally, said Karran’s passing is a big blow to the Lutheran Church at such a time as this. Karran is survived by his wife Deoranie Gobin Karran, and children Kiran Karran, Keoma Karran, Pollita Persaud, and Kavita Karran.
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