THE family of Jamaat-al-Muslimeen Abu Bakr has so far bought two of his 11 properties which the State put up for auction today in order to recover a $32 million debt resulting from the 1990 attempted coup. The auction is underway and so far four properties have been sold. Bakr’s wife, Fatima, won the bid at $1.1 million for a house at Queens Park West and one of his sons picked up the winning bid of $1.3 million for property in Debe.
Although there is no broadcast legislation in Guyana, the advisory committee on broadcasting ( ACB ) headed by the lone member Evan Persaud calls for broadcasting houses to take caution when transmitting the changing times of music videos.
The ACB call came with the steady influx of Caribbean Chutney music with lyrics of the use of RUM. This they say sends a wrong message to the young people of Guyana since statistics shows the increase domestic violence and suicide stems from the abuse of alcohol.
Relatives of murder victim, Neeshad Ali, are expected to be wrapped in tight security when his funeral begins in just under an hour.
Ali, the cousin of Government Minister Fazal Karim, is expected to be laid to rest under Muslim rites at the Waterloo Muslim Cemetery.
His wife and daughter who had been kidnapped by his murderers, and subsequently rescued by police, are likely to be at the funeral but under a cloud of police protection. The two have been in protective custody since their rescue.
Attorney at Law Teni Housty says it will be a shame if the original work done by Guyana on the Low Carbon Development Strategy ( LCDS ) is not protected and reaches the hands of intellectual property thieves.
A gang of seven armed bandits attacked a family at Unity, Mahaica today around 2:30 h
during which Rajdeo Taijpaul, 53 years, was shot and injured.
Police investigations revealed that Rajdeo Taijpaul and his wife Sumintra Hemwant, 49 years, were outside in their yard as he was preparing to leave for work when they were confronted by a group of men, two of whom were armed with handguns and the others with cutlasses.
Rajdeo Taijpaul was shot to his left leg and right hand during the ordeal and his wife bore several chop wounds.
More than 500 sugar workers from LBI Sugar Estate today down tools and staged a protest action at the Guyana Sugar Cooperation (GUYSUCO) LBI’s head office calling on the management to look in to their plight. The agitated workers said their action came in the wake of a number of issues affecting them for a long time with no redress.
IT is time to bring legislation to protect whistleblowers, the Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute (TTTI) has said. TTTI made the statement as it applauded the government’s decision to appoint a five-member team of forensic auditors to investigate several State agencies simultaneously. On Friday, Attorney General Anand Ramlogan presented the Alan Newman-chaired five-member team of forensic auditors mandated to investigate corruption is several State agencies. Ramlogan also called on members of the public to provide information on corrupt practices.
CLOSE to 200 residents of Ituni and Calcuni in the Upper Berbice River benefited from dental and general medical care when a team from the Guyana Defence Force medical corps took its outreach activities to the communities as part of the recently-concluded excercise HOMEGUARD.
Residents of Trinidad and parts of Tobago were jolted awake by an earthquake just before dawn this morning.
While the shaking rattled houses around 4.40 am, so far there have been no reports of damage or injuries.
Preliminary reports from the University of the West Indies Siesmic Research Centre said the quake was located at 11.28°N , 62.49°W. The magnitude was 5.1 and the depth was 116km. The earthquake was reported as widely felt in Trinidad and Bon Accord in Tobago thus far.
Attorney General Anand Ramlogan will introduce a team of three British
forensic auditors around this afternoon to investigate the operations at several State agencies.
The forensic auditors are Alan Newman, Martin Hall and Akbar Ali.
The trio have been commissioned by Ramlogan to investigate operations atUTT, Petrotrin, the Sport Company of Trinidad and Tobago, T&TEC, eTeck and the Scarborough Hospital.
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