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MASH
hey admin wats up wit d linden mash pics
By colwyn17
Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Re: New Silver City Secondary
Peanut i agree with you, i used to go to the old Silver City Secondary when it was in Silver City and i often thought about having a re -union maybe it's possible if we can work on it and make plans, we need to talk to the right people and have plans in motion, it would be great to have such plans materialize.
By amen-ra-ta
Monday, March 08, 2010

NEW SILVERCITY SECONDARY
WE NEED A OLD STUDENT PARTY IT IS ABOUT TIME
By peanut
Monday, March 08, 2010

linden town
WE NEED KARTEL
By peanut
Monday, March 08, 2010

SMH @ IVOR
NOT NICE FOR A BIG MAN...HE NEED TO STAY HIS OLD BUTT HOME AN WAIT FOR PENTION MONEY THAN TO BE WITH PICKNEY! SHAME ON THE OLD MAN -IVOR-
By yaskme
Sunday, March 07, 2010

Want to meet ppl
Hi I'm young and I'm interested on meeting interested persons on this wed site.
By thickness
Sunday, March 07, 2010

THE CHURCH??? ARE YOU KIDDING FIELD MARSHAL
As I've said previously, it is disgusting how many people "knew" what this man was doing and did NOTHING. How many turned a blind eye as he preyed upon, raped and destroyed the lives of young women in Linden. How many let this pass because he has money. Quite frankly the people who "knew" should have to pay a price as well. But please don't start this crap about the church. The "Church" is where so many horrors just like this are taken place every damn day and covered up. They are as bad as this man. To think that they would do anything or could provide any leadership or moral standing that would make any difference in a situation like this is not just delusional on your part but actually dangerous. Take a close look at the dirty laundry in most churches and believe me they will stay as far away from this scandal as possible lest they want someone looking at what they're doing.
By Roses1
Friday, March 05, 2010

Re: It is interesting to read...
It is interesting to read how many people know what Ivor was doing, but never said anything before. And even at this point, no one is COMING forward to really support their comments. I guess we do not have trust in the justice system here in Guyana.

Where is the CHURCH in all of this. We stand and make decisions from the pulpit concerning sexual immorality in the USA, CANADA, ENGLAND, HOLLAND, just to name a few countries, but right in your community these things are happening and what you are doing???? Praying? Where are these so call leaders who should be standing up for these young girls? I guess no body believes.
By Field Marshall
Thursday, March 04, 2010

Ivor leacock
They American embassy should revoke his visa.
By canadienne
Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Ivor Leacock...
Ivor pays young girls to "bring a friend". I heard he films and takes pics of the girls then sends them overseas to be posted in websites or some magazine. This is unconfirmed, but a good friend of mine saw some of the pics he took for scanning of nude girls of the community. Provided that Mr. Leacock is into under-aged girls then that's child porn. Nevertheless, as most people could have predicted, Mr. Leacock is out and most likely the incident is going to die away. The parents of the girls are left with nothing but shame now (They should have taken the money he offered, at least they would have gotten something to move out of Linden and start over) Leacock was heard saying "yo'll think yo'll can sink me? Is money run things" That's so true.
By Orion
Wednesday, March 03, 2010

IT IS TIME TO BELL THE CAT
The PPP regime, because it was able to engineer the assassination of Ronald Waddell and the lynching of hundreds of black men, have no reservations about outrightly and blatantly targetting black communities for economic liquidation. We allowed them deny our tax dollars to Critchelow. We allowed them to deny us access to media that our tax dollars help to subsidize. These little Aryan wannabes are filled with the "awee time now" hubris that Burnham had managed to postpone for 28 years.

Black communities like Linden have to decide if they are going to sit down, complain and die, rather than doing what is necessary to achieve self determination. THe PPP regime's conspiracy with vigilantes to lynch black men renders them unqualified to administer the affairs of black people. This position need to be taken before the UN, and presented in an uncompromising fashion. No group is obliged to live under the administration of a regime that engaged in genocidal actions against them.
By victoriaguy
Wednesday, March 03, 2010

"I am saying this is reason to go to war against the injustices." DAMN RIGHT!
Lindeners have been reduced to minions
March 3, 2010 | By KNews | Filed Under Letters

Dear Editor,
Once more I have to bring to the attention of the public the continuous erosion and defilement of people of this town and region.
Good governance at the local level is perpetually threatened and we are raising youth with the belief that they cannot produce and manage anything significant. I have been ostracised for stating these issues publicly which are clearly barefaced and oblivious of general perceptions, but that is the price for speaking out and I have no problem with that.
Now Linmine Secretariat superintends the assets of the former state owned Linmine, which have not been handed over to BOSAI. In essence we have more than $5 billion in land, Watooka House and Club complex, Surapana Club, workshops in the mines, Linden Electricity Inc, office complex, Linden-Mackenzie Bridge management, Alumina Plant among several other assets. Linmine Secretariat has a board to which the CEO reports but the day to day operation is overseen by NICIL. State assets are vested in this entity.
Since 1993 Linmine and the Secretariat functioned independently and always had competent technical personnel carrying out its various activities as with any normal business. When the company was truncated to the Secretariat after the taking over by OMAI, the company was truncated to the Secretariat with the CEO, a smaller constabulary and complementary staff to manage the area still under its control. This crew did its work quite competently.
After few years later the scrap iron trade became prevalent and placed the constabulary under severe pressure as train lines became attractive as well as other areas where ferrous metal was available. The Constabulary stood up to the challenge and sought help from the Guyana Police Force and made arrests and cases despite its depleted state. The other sections performed as usual, quite well.
In the accounting section two men with impeccable integrity and records performed admirably. It was therefore very strange when I was told that the generation of cheques for payments will be done at NICIL, Georgetown for Linmine Secretatiat, Linden. So this aspect of the accounting function will be transferred to Georgetown. We now have to generate the vouchers in Linden and send them to Georgetown for cheques to be written. What could have led to this new development? Was there a fraud or were there major malpractices? I asked the CEO and he avoided my direct question and I understand. He may be nearing retirement and since fear stalks incessantly, he probably wants to be careful. I reminded him that the Town Council in times past had a most cordial relationship with his office and I have fears that the prompt payments for the cash-strapped Council will be curtailed.
He assuaged the situation by asking that we wait and see and not prejudge. Well we are in the month of March and even though an advance was received in early December 2009, no bridge payments have been made for 2010 thus far.
My question again is what was so wrong that the Secretariat’s accounting work located 65 miles away in Linden could not run independently? Can’t subsidiaries operate separate accounts and then consolidate at the end of the financial year? This obsession with control stifles initiatives and will lead to the demise of the entity. On the way towards that state, someone will jump in and put a local crony to administer. The little czars then take on mighty wings throw their weights around. I see this happening all the time. Once again I am saying that “people got to get serious and object to this dotishness as these things are eroding the fabric of what constitutes a sense of purpose and readiness for local management in our communities”. This thing is a psychological and physical defilement that reduces you to second class subjects. It is sad that people just quietly settle in to the new order waiting for the next travesty.
The Linmine constabulary in 2009 brought in over $1million in three contracts from business entities in Linden. For some cerebral, high reasoning these contracts were severed as a decision was made to reduce the strength of the constabulary. I always held the view that based on what I have seen is that no one in the decision-making cabal in Georgetown cares much for the assets, and operations here in Linden. How can you explain then the cessation of these contracts which help reduce expenses by $1million each month? The bad part of all of this is these contracts have now gone to a Georgetown based security company which now has to hire local guards. The guards are not very highly remunerated and so the “hog” of the money will now leave the community. I am told that more companies were courting the secretariat for help and this was restricted.
Do you know that the CEO who once sold millions of dollars $US in bauxite for the nation has been reduced to a manager of $200,000? This is the amount of money he has as petty cash to manage his entire operations. The ‘boys’ at NICIL have reduced him to that. This effrontery knows no limit. In my younger student days I would have had a colourful description of unparliamentary language to describe this gross ‘eye-pass’. As a man there should be a limit to the amount of disrespect a man should accept. Imagine from this petty cash imprest, the CEO has to juggle with deciding to buy four brand new tyres for the constabulary vehicles which have been running on smooth for months. A constable showed this to me and I asked the Chief Security Officer, Mr. Nedd who sheepishly said it was indeed like that but what can he do.
I understand him too because if anybody steals from the system and they do not respond because of the state of the vehicles, the big boys will send everyone home. I am saying this is reason to go to war against the injustices.
I am not finished yet. Mr. Patrick Dublin and his team are the best this country has in electrical line management in Guyana. They are a part of the Linmine Secretariat in the Linden Electricity Inc (LEI). I am ready to challenge anyone on this. There is housing expansion in the Amelia’s Ward in Linden. Dublin and the boys helped big time and provided power for almost all the people. In comes the Rural Electrification programme and I challenged the young engineer to ensure that our local boys get involved.
The young engineer was receptive and the two met and I was there for the initial discussions. Imagine my consternation when I found out that the contract was given to GPL which subcontracted a part of the contract to the LEI for $9 million. Again the hog of the contract for an additional $60 million odd went external to the community when we have the skill to do the work.
Dublin and his team had to plant over 300 poles which is the major part of the work. The lines, contactors and transformers are the major hardware which the LEI could have sourced and placed in record time. So it was the big boys who changed the order and and not the young engineer.
Do I have to say more about how they are treating us?

Orrin Gordon

By supererro
Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Silent
You're pathetic and talking to the wrong person. Do yourself a favor and do as your name says... BE SILENT.
By Roses1
Tuesday, March 02, 2010

PLEASE SPEAK OUT
LETS HERE YOUR VOICE, WHATS IVOR DID WAS WRONG.
By 123
Tuesday, March 02, 2010

ivor dilcock
i agree with you, because i have teenage daughter, what is Guyana getting too, the sweet land of ours. Please, Please we need help in this situation, Guyanese, please speak up, it is time. pamela
By liv olie
Tuesday, March 02, 2010

IVOR DILLICOCK
WELL WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK THAT NOW Ivor IS OUT DID NOT GET A BAIL THE DAY OF HIS CASE BUT THE NIGHT EVERY ONE WAS PAID AND HE IS\ OUT. i HAVE AN AUNT SHE IS IN POLITICS IN AMERICA, AND I ASK HER TO HAVE A TALK WITH THE PRESIDENT OF GUYANA, ABOUT THE CASE BECAUSE THIS IS A SERIOUS CASE, AND NOW THAT HE IS OUT HE CAN WALK A FREE MAN, BUT I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW SHE HAVE A LOT OF GUYANESE THAT IS IN POLITICS, HERE IN AMERICA HERE IS LOOKING IN TO THE CASE, BECAUSE IT HAVE TO STOP, AND NOW IS THE TIME.
By liv olie
Tuesday, March 02, 2010

@ Roses1
It's not my fault you dont know who yah baby daddy Roses1.
Gosh, thank God for DNA because you might be lucky on finding him, you should start testing them men on the ship first just incase you dont know where and how to start.
you black, he black pickney come white AH another man breed that
By silent lover
Tuesday, March 02, 2010

CANADIENNE... FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
IGNORE SILENT LOVER. He's a category 5 moran looking for a place and an issue to spew his crap. Just ignore him. I do however find it interesting how quick he is to defend sex offenders. hmmmm
By Roses1
Monday, March 01, 2010

A CHANGE HAS GOT TO COME
Good post supererro.

By Roses1
Monday, March 01, 2010

@ canadienne
PUNK!!!
By silent lover
Monday, March 01, 2010

trafficking
silent lover i guest it will more help you,all i was told that these women and girls pass through linden to where ever at nites silent lover ,born and grow up there stink mouth .
By canadienne
Monday, March 01, 2010

WILL CHANGE SOON COME????????
¦The Americans will finally investigate elected dictatorship in Guyana

Arguably the finest moment in international solidarity to bring democracy and good governance to Guyana since the rigged 1968 elections, occurred on Thursday, February 25 in Washington, D.C.

On that day, a Guyanese delegation of five persons (all Guyanese living as permanent residents of the US) met with one of the most powerful members of the Barack Obama Cabinet to discuss dictatorship in Guyana. In the history of the post-Independence struggle for democracy, good governance and constitutional freedoms (as adumbrated by Dr. Fareed Zakaria in his outline on elected dictatorship), beginning with the rule of Burnham from 1968 to Mr. Jagdeo’s tenure, this is the first time a Cabinet member of the US Government offered an audition to a delegation asking for American intervention to stop authoritarian government in this country.

The fact that the contents of this meeting was passed on to me, it means that the PNC, AFC, WPA and perhaps the GHRA have to know of this historic day last Thursday. It also means that the US Embassy would have been aware of the dialogue before it took place.
The most curious thing on readers’ minds is how this meeting was arranged in the first place. The answer is simple if you know your country. Guyanese are everywhere on Planet Earth. Go to Italy, Greenland, Iceland, San Marino, Syria, Lebanon, Chile, Burkina Faso, Myanmar and you will find a Guyanese in a position of influence. Guyanese are in positions of influence in perhaps all countries in the world.
The conference between this particular American Secretary and the delegation was made possible through a Guyanese who was a tireless campaigner for the Democratic Party
.
Here now is the best news Guyanese have heard in decades. Everything was put on the table. The American Secretary knew all that has been going on here. Anti-African racism was of utmost concern to this particular person. Some strong pronouncements were made on the Guyana Government including a statement by the Secretary that the Guyana Government is not doing enough to stem drug trafficking from this country

Here is the dramatic part. The American Government is studying information on criminal activities involving members of the Government given to it by David Clarke. It would appear that Clarke has said some hair-raising things to American officials. The Secretary promised the group a change in US foreign policy on Guyana. This fantastic meeting was rescheduled from last November and in three months’ time, there will be another.
So where do we go from here? From here, means, Guyana. The opposition parties and concerned civil society groups have a chance to press for the removal of the Guyana Government through the call for indictments against senior members of the PPP regime. The Americans should be asked to issue these indictments and facilitate an interim administration. What came out of that meeting in Washington D.C. should be built upon, and it should start immediately. For all the agitation against elected dictatorship, particularly since 2006, that have not brought any optimism, this could be the catalyst all Guyanese have wished for, have dreamt about – the intervention by the American Government to stop the diabolical and abominable descent into immoral, criminal and racist, corrupt behaviour by the worst regime the English-speaking Caribbean has seen It should start with the opposition doing its homework. It should now compile a dossier on bad governance in totality and ask the US Embassy to forward such information to the Secretary.

At that meeting with the US Embassy, the opposition should ask for visa revocation against those regime officials for which there is evidence of serious immoralities, be it sexual scandal, corruption or abuse of power (e.g., complicity in torture). From thereon, a combined association of opposition parties and civil rights groups should take to the region and solicit Caricom’s intervention against racism in the administration of the affairs of the Guyanese State.

The American Government, as represented by that particular Secretary, has acknowledged that there is serious, intensive and extensive racial discrimination against African-Guyanese, it is up to the Guyana opposition to bring that to the attention of Caricom leaders.
I will close without naming who is the Secretary that met with the small group of Guyanese last Thursday. I chose to avoid the disclosure because as I wrote a few months back on this very meeting when it was rescheduled, I am not going to provide the Guyana Government with information. That is not my job. I do believe the Guyanese opposition organizations know about last Thursday. So why should I inform the Government about matters which are none of its business.

Freddie Kissoon
Kaieteur News
2/28/2010
By supererro
Sunday, February 28, 2010

A CHANGE HAS GOT TO COME

Saturday, 27 February 2010
Editorial: (Kaieteur News)

Everyone talks about the need for a change among the people of Guyana; a change in thought, a change in attitude and even a change in perception. The world is changing at an alarming rate and people must change with it. Gone are the days when people smoked in any area, be it confined or open. It did take some time but Guyanese no longer smoke in cars and other forms of public transport. Motorists use seatbelts, something that was anathema not so long ago. In fact, buckling up is now as natural as turning the key in the ignition. There are other changes, some of which appear for the worse. These days, people can walk past each other without so much as a greeting or a nod. It is as if each is in a world of his own. This is rather unusual in our corner of the world where children grew up calling each adult uncle and aunty.

No child dared walk past an adult without issuing a greeting for fear of physical punishment.
Children use the most foul language in the presence of adults and there is no repercussion because society has changed; parents no longer upbraid their children for wrongdoings and even support them. It is this attitude that has led to the breakdown in society.
For example, the adage that cleanliness is next to godliness no longer holds true. How else could one explain the huge garbage piles along the roadways used for the Mashramani Costume and Float Parade? In other societies people going on picnics would walk with garbage bags for their waste. By the time they leave the picnic area it is spotless. This came about because of the penalties for littering.
Guyana talks about penalizing people for littering but this seems more talk than action. The tonnes of plastic bottles, Styrofoam boxes and other containers literally covered the roadway to such an extent that it took the municipal workers three days to clear one area.
We have heard people in their ignorance proclaim that if they do not litter then someone would be out of a job, that they are providing jobs for the municipal workers. That is as wise as the man who torches his house to provide a job for the Guyana Fire Service.
We talk about attracting tourists and the like but when the tourists come and they see a total disregard for cleanliness then one wonders whether they would find any interest in coming again. Indeed, the Mash spectacle was great; there was entertainment galore, enough to attract any tourist or visitor. But the mess that was left behind negated all the good.
And it was not that there were no garbage bins along the route. It was just that people are still set in their ways and something drastic will have to be done if there is to be a change. In the same way that the government is descending on structures constructed on government reserves. This construction on the reserves was allowed to continue unabated until it became chronic.
When the government decided to act people protested as though they were the victims of an injustice. As fate would have it the rest of the society refused to listen to these people who claimed that they were wronged. Similar action must be taken against the litterers. Not only must they be made to pay but they must also be made to clean up so that they could appreciate the mess they make and the pressures they put on others.
What may not be readily acknowledged is that once there is a change in attitude for the better so many other things fall into place. Perhaps most of Guyana’s ills are due to the attitude of the people and surely, things can only get worse.

By supererro
Sunday, February 28, 2010

TO Canadienne
IF U DONT HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY SHUT YAH STINK MOUTH...
ANY TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN IN LINDEN IS, YOU!!!
STOP HEARING HE SEH AND SHE SEH...
GIVING DE DAMN TOWN A BAD NAME.
By silent lover
Sunday, February 28, 2010

T.I.P
Hey Canadienne,
Could you tell me more about the trafficking in persons? I'm a resident in Linden.
By Orion
Sunday, February 28, 2010

trafficking of people
i was in linden and i was told of trafficking of brazillian women and girls do the authorities know about this in linden i was told more but it is up to the authorities to find out about this and try to but a stop to it before it get worst .
By canadienne
Saturday, February 27, 2010

trafficking of people
i was in linden and i was told of trafficking of brazillian women
By canadienne
Saturday, February 27, 2010

KARA-KARA'S OWN CAROL ALLICOCK
Rest in peace Carol.
By Roses1
Friday, February 26, 2010

Roses1
Exactly. Neighbours are not exactly concerned with what happens to those whose social and economic status makes them pariahs. So little kids can be abused at will by animals who have a little material wealth. When we have many black men who are prepared to kick the asses of their peers who commit such henious crimes against kids, that will become a deterent.
By victoriaguy
Sunday, February 21, 2010

VG
I have to say... I totally feel you on that. That these kids family members and neighbors haven't taken action is exactly what I was talking about with the same crap that is happening in Linden. People know, they see things that should not be happening but this man has money so no one said anything. The whole time, he is raping kids and getting away with it.
By Roses1
Saturday, February 20, 2010

THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE
AND THESE PEOPLE ARE ALIVE
BECAUSE?
By Roses1
Friday, February 19, 2010

They do not fit the profile of who getS lynched IN Guyana as criminal suspects. If the victims were pure Indian girls and the perps black, the President and his Ministers would be frothing at the jaws and issuing extra-judicial threats left, right and center. I will not call for tit for tat, because I never break a principle that is a foundation of the arguments I put forth.

However, if they were my kids, my family, my relatives, or even the kids of my friends, I would personally wreak the worse kind of vengeance on the perps and those who created the atmosphere for these kinds of things to occur. I would do so knowing full well that I would be forfeiting my life in the process, and count the cost cheap for seeing the life drained out of the death mask of these animals.
By victoriaguy
Saturday, February 20, 2010

VOIP/VPN
I was just wondering if GT&T was still blocking VOIP applications like net2phone,skype and the like. Also what is the cost for the different internet speeds offeered and are they still blocking access to VPN servers
By agentfat
Saturday, February 20, 2010

AND THESE PEOPLE ARE ALIVE
BECAUSE?
By Roses1
Friday, February 19, 2010

This is what happening in guyana
Sisters, 9, 8, 7 reveal shocking details of sexual molestation
February 17, 2010 | By KNews | Filed Under News
Five arrested… .

The shocking revelations of three sexually molested sisters aged nine, eight and seven years have led to the arrest of five men from the village of Logwood, Enmore, and bad blood between the victims’ parents and their neighbours.
The three sisters who are currently hospitalized had fingered several males in the Enmore community as sexually molesting them, causing them significant physical damage.
So severe is the physical damage that a doctor has described it as devastating. He says that the girls are unlikely to get children of their own.
But while the parents of the children as well as officials from the Ministry of Human Services are convinced that the children were sexually assaulted, neighbours were adamant that the men from their village were wrongfully implicated.
Among the five persons detained are a 53-year-old man and a physically challenged resident who is wheelchair-bound. The big question now is when did the assaults occur?
The children were removed from their Enmore home last July by an aunt, Maureen, and taken to her home on West Coast Demerara.
However, their condition was only discovered earlier this month, by chance. The three girls are from a family of eight children.
According to Maureen, in July last year, she took the decision to take care of the three girls after observing the deplorable conditions under which they lived.
The children’s parents are known to drink excessively and there are reports that the children are left unattended and hungry for many days.
From time to time these children would rely on good natured neighbours for a meal. It is believed that this situation led to persons taking advantage of the children.
The children were subsequently enrolled at a school on the West Demerara and it was there that the revelations broke.
Maureen told this newspaper that on February 9, this year, she received some information that her nine-year-old niece was seen in a compromising position with a male student at the school.
Upon questioning the child she realized that the girl was evasive.
Maureen said that she pressed further, enquiring from her niece if she was sexually molested before.
There and then the shocking details were revealed.
The children told episodes of being sexually molested by neighbours who are grown men with wives.
In fact they revealed the names of about 15 persons from the Logwood, Enmore community who had molested them.
According to Maureen, the children revealed that neighbours would call them to do little chores in exchange for food.
However when the chores were completed, the children would be coerced into performing oral and anal sex.
They also spoke of being made to smoke marijuana which was given to them by the alleged molesters.
So shocking were the revelations that the following day, February 10, their aunt contacted the Ministry of Human Services and provided the details.
The children, when interviewed by the Ministry’s official, repeated the names of the alleged predators.
The police were subsequently called into the matter and the children were sent for a medical examination.
What was revealed was even more shocking.
According to the aunt, the doctor at the West Demerara Hospital revealed that the children were so badly damaged that they required immediate hospitalization. They remain in hospital.
“He said that they were so badly damaged, he has to try to see if he can fix them back. He told me that I cannot take them home. He said it was like if you open a window and looking straight through it,” the children’s aunt told this newspaper.
She said that tests are being carried out on the nine-year-old since it is suspected that she might be pregnant.
“I see they belly swelling and they vomiting all the time. I tried with them before but they were not getting better.” Maureen said.
The children’s parents were subsequently contacted by officials from the Human Services Ministry. They were also questioned by the police.
The children’s father said he was unaware of their plight until his sister made the disclosure to him. His sister said that he had no interest in his children.
He said that before they were taken to West Demerara he would normally leave his children at home while he and his wife went to work.
The father stated that he is aware that the neighbours would call his children over and give them food after inducing them with small amounts of cash.
He said that he never suspected that his children were being molested since they showed no signs of discomfort when they were living at Enmore with him.
“You see, the children they never come and tell me nothing because they know that me is a serious father. They never come and tell we nothing so we didn’t know wha going on,” the children’s father told Kaieteur News.
He denied making up the story of molestation, claiming that it was his children who revealed the names of the members in the community who had molested them.
“If they (the children) de come forward and tell me this, I would’a step quick into it. You know, is something that I never know and I never see,” he added.
He said that as a father he has let his children down.
“When they grow, they gon can’t mek children because they badly damaged. I terribly sorry about it because is me girl children,” the children’s father said.
Even as he was speaking to reporters at his home yesterday, several neighbours gathered a short distance away to give their side of the story.
Sukie, whose 16-year-old son is among the persons arrested, said that it was strange that the matter only came to light long after the children moved from the area.
She said that when the police came for her son he was not at home but he subsequently presented himself to the police at Cove and John in the company of his father.
The neighbours believe that the whole thing might be a scheme to get money from them for an amicable settlement.
They said that the children’s mother has hinted that the persons in custody might have been wrongfully implicated, but she is afraid to come clean since she fears a beating from her husband.
“All awee used to help them and now dem turn back pon awee. Dem accuse everybody. De matter is a cook up thing,” Sukie said.
Channo, whose son is also in custody said, “If it de happen here they could’a see it from before.”
Urmilla’s 45-year-old husband is also locked up at the Cove and John Police Station, so too is the 52-year-old husband of another resident who gave her name as Sattie.
“Mother and father ah drink rum and don’t have time with dem pickney and dem ah involve other people in this thing,” Sattie stated.
Police at Cove and John confirmed that they have detained five persons for questioning into the matter.
The incident has clearly brought about a division in the community with many residents vowing not to involve themselves anymore with the children.
“If I didn’t intervene, these children wouldn’t ah live to be teenagers,” Maureen told this newspaper

By amen-ra-ta
Friday, February 19, 2010

AGAIN... SILENT DUMBASS/IGNORAMUS
Wrong person fool. Not sure who you think I am but I know you don't know me because none of those stupid ass comments you've just made apply to me. What you have however done, is proven my point. You, just like Ivor, are abusive to women. You have no morals, you are a pathetic piece of human crap and I really pity you. TRY AGAIN!
By Roses1
Friday, February 19, 2010

Roses1
Bitch please, who r more dumb than you're kids?
When u wana see stupility just look at your kids.
By the way u don't even know who is the right father of dem thing u have there.
By silent lover
Thursday, February 18, 2010

YO.. DUMBASS
WHO ARE YOU TAKING TO? And who's birthday is it. You really are dumb.
By Roses1
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Roses1
Baby y u getting so mad fuh?
Man if u don't support what I said it's all good still ,one love or darling. And happy birthday in advance
By silent lover
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

SILENT DUMBASS/IGNORAMUS
You know, I was not going to respond to your nonsense but I think this is the problem. People like you!

1. Just because something is legal, DOESN'T MEAN IT SHOULD BE DONE. In some parts of the world, it is perfectly legal to sell your daughter, beat and rape your wife and stone a woman to death who has committed no crime other than being in the company of other men who are not related to her (either by her choosing or by force). BUT IT STILL SHOULD NOT BE DONE. The legal age of consent might be 16 but a grown ass man should not be having sex with a 16 year old CHILD. Period.

2. You did not only say 16 in your options of what would have been more acceptable, you stated 15 also so I guess that would have been cool with you as well.

3. Dude... I go home to Guyana every single year. My family and I spend our money in Guyana, give all we can in both treasure and time. I do more than I would care to tell you for kids in Guyana but quite frankly what I do is irrelevant to this subject. WRONG IS EFFIN WRONG.

4. Welfare? Are you kidding? That that would even occur to you speaks volumes about you. I neither live in the US nor have I ever depended on the Government in that way. Additionally, for people who need that, and many people who have worked hard all their lives and because of these economic times find themselves needing the US Government assistance, I send them my blessings and not disrespect. You have no idea what you're speaking of and as such you have proven what I initially said about you. YOU’RE A DAMN DUMBASS.

5. Learn how to speak and write, then maybe you'll be taken seriously. In the mean time, you knew of the rape of children, you saw the sexual abuse of little girls and you did... NOTHING. DEAL WITH THAT.

By Roses1
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Roses1 u is a dumbass...
i did say GOSH IVOR 13YRS OLD? AH MEAN 16 MAN, AT LEASE 15 WOULD AH SOUND LIL BETTA...
before u go about calling people names u should find out the consent for sex in guyana and it is 16yrs.
you've must of beel living in the white man world too long so u dont know about shit in guyana.
and what about that, HAVE YOU EVER DONT ANYTHING FOR LINDEN WHERE BY THE COMMUNITY CAN BENIFIT FROM IT?
I SURE U BARELY SURVIVING IN THE US OR LIVING ON WELFARE...
By silent lover
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

SILENT LOVER AND OTHER DUMBASSES
I have to say, you and you stupidity is the reason the RAPE (YES, THAT IS WHAT IT IS, R A P E) of these girls and others who are nameless continues to happen in our country. "GOSH IVOR 13YRS OLD? AH MEAN 16 MAN, AT LEASE 15 WOULD AH SOUND LIL BETTA". These are children you're talking about. A 16 year old is still a child and this GROWN ASS MAN is not just breaking the law but he is destroying the lives of these kids. Just from reading the comments, it seems like many of people in Linden knew of this man's behavior and they did what they always do, weather its a man beating a woman to death, a child being abused and neglected or a woman/little girl being raped.. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Its all a big joke. What you need to do is check yourselves. What do you think it says about you that you "knew" about him but you did nothing. What do you think it says about you that you sat there while these little girls lives are being destroyed. You know what it says... THAT YOU ARE JUST AS BAD AS HE IS. So find your humor elsewhere because there is nothing funny about this situation.
By Roses1
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

GOSH FIRST WAS kashif and shanghai NOW IS IVOR AKA S&J CAMBIO
IVOR IF I WAS YOU I WOULD OF OFFER THE GIRL PARENTS A MILLION DOLLAR LIKE WHAT kashif and shanghai DID WHEN THEM RAPE THE GIRL WHO USE TO WORK AS ESSO GASS STATION.
DEM MAN CRUEL BOI kashif and shanghai HAD ANOL SEX WITH DE GIRL BOI THEN CALL DEM FRIENDS TO GET IN ON SOME.
When they finish they give the girl a Million dollar to close the story after that the girl can walk on the road in peace in linden because everybody pointing out the girl saying look, look million dollars girl passing de girl had to move now she living in trinidad.
dont thing linden people forget things yea we dont forget anything
By silent lover
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

LINDEN PEOPLE IN IVOR WORLS AFTER 12 IS LUNCH Y'ALL AINT KNOW THAT AS YET?
IVOR SAY, AFTA 12 IS LUNCH...LOL.
DEM MAN WICKED BOI, GOSH IVOR 13YRS OLD? AH MEAN 16 MAN, AT LEASE 15 WOULD AH SOUND LIL BETTA.
WAH KINDA PLEASURE YOU COULD AH GET OUT OF A 13YR OLD BOI?GEEE.
NOW YAH WIFE IN NEW YORK MUST BE SHAME BOI.
THIS THING DEH ALL OVA BRKLYN A READY, WELL U KNOW LINDEN IS DONE A MINING TOWN EVEN THOUGH WE DONT DO MINING ON A LARGE SCALE ANYMORE IS STILL A MINING TOWN SO WE GAN MINE PEOPLE BUSINESS BECAUSE WE AINT GET NO JOB.
IVOR BOI U LIKE SEX BOI YOU EVEN SEX DEM GIRL WHO WORK FOR YOU AT DE CAMBIO, TALK HALF LEFT HALF...
I REMEMBA GOING IN S&J SEEING DEM GIRLS DRESS UP MAN, LOOKING NICE AND THING BEHIND DUH TICK GLASS...THE S&J SERVICE IS SECOND TO NONE IT EVEN BETTER THAN THE SERVICE U GET AT REPUBLIC BANK.
I USE TO SEH WAH, IVOR GIVING THESE GIRLS 1ST CLASS TRAINING MAN.
IVOR BOI WHO U DIDNT SEX IN LINDEN BOI IS BECAUSE DE LINE IS SO LOND AND THEY WAITING ON THEY TURN.
I REMEMBER BOI I SEE IVOR IN DE SCHEEM AT A SHOP TALKING AND A RED GAL PASSING BY AND IVOR DIDNT EVEN HAD TO CALL DE GIRL, DE GIRL COME OVA RIGHT AWAY...IVOR TALKING TO DE GIRL THEN RUBBING UP DE GIRL IN FRONT AH WE ON DE ROAD THEN FEEL DE GIRL UP RIGHT THERE BOI DE MAN FEEL SHE FISH THEN DE ASS BOI LIKE DE GIRL ALREADY KNOW WAH SHE HAVE TO DO SO SHE CHILLING WHILL IVOR DO HE THEN THEN WHEN DE MAN DONE DE MAN START TO EAT HE FISH AND CHIPS LICK UP HE FINGURE AND THING DIDN'T EVEN WASH HE HAND BOI.
IVOR BOI ON A SERIOUS NOTE I HONESTLY BELIEVE 13 WAS TOO SMALL U PUT THAT BIG LUMBA PUN DE GIRL AND MEK SHE FAINT DE WATER FALLS PAPER SEH...LAUGING
By silent lover
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Re: Don't sit in the dark and call names
If you are a victim of one of these beast, don't sit in the dark and call names...take the matter to the police. Or talk to someone who may have the boldness to talk to the police. Making a public statement and calling names is not helping, but creating rumors.

By Field Marshall
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

RE: Sexual Assault Against Minors.
This is rather unfortunate, i guess his luick ran out...hopefully justice will prevail and more and more people will start to come froward...BOLO is another once they need to put hand on!!!
By shellanda
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

RE: Yaskme
Yaskme i was surprised when my son told me who the person is, i know him from way back when, we all were age group growing up in linden, but i never knew that he was that perverted the last time i was in guyana i did transaction at his place of business, i hope the law deal with him accordingly, this should be a warning to all those grown men that prey on under age children.
By amen-ra-ta
Monday, February 15, 2010

Re: VG
Hey VG i know you're not the writer of that article, don't think for one minute i didn't know that, but if was a good article that you posted.
By amen-ra-ta
Monday, February 15, 2010

Linden People need to act ASAP!
I am so Glad they find the truth out about S&J guy ( iVor ) HE is way too much now with his nonsence i hope the leave him in jail for life an he could spend his gay life in there he takes things out of hands now paying people to have sex etc...now he is sharing AIDS with all the younger fokes NOT NICE AT ALL! i hate that punk name IVOR!
By yaskme
Sunday, February 14, 2010

IDENTITY VERIFICATION
Just for the record, I am not Mark Jacobs. His letter was posted at Barbados Underground. More and more we are discovering that the press in Guyana are reluctant to publish the true reflection of the black voice. That is because there are no black owned print or audio media in Guyana.

That in 17 years Mr Corbin and his party has not given this primary focus, and still believe that they can communicate with their constituents through the media of others is an indication of how bankrupt the PNC leadership is in terms of thinking and strategizing. I pray for 2011 when the PPP will by hook and crook insert the final nail in th e coffin of these idiots. There is no a political theatre in this entire world where a black constinuency is worse served than in Guyana...
By victoriaguy
Saturday, February 13, 2010

Re: consequences of ethnic caste stratification in guyana
Mr. Jacobs welcome to guyana and brazil, for years the afro-brazillians have been prosecuted and discriminated, as you rightfully mentioned that brazil outside of nigeria has the largest population of african, many people do not know that, what we see are the euro-brazillians and the other ethnic groups, many people do not know of the struggles of the afro-brazillians because they are not been told that blacks lives in brazil, and as to guyana it's nothing new that's how the police operates.
By amen-ra-ta
Friday, February 12, 2010

CONSEQUENCES OF THE ETHNIC CASTE STRATIFICATION IN GUYANA

Police Harassment, Racial Profiling And Human Rights Violations In Brazil And Guyana

Submitted by Mark Jacobs (Voice of Guyana)

The Takatu Bridge opening last September saw Guyanese and Brazilians celebrating but for different reasons. It signalled that Guyana was finally on its way in fulfilling its ‘continental destiny.’ Brazil on the other hand is happy to have finally opened up access to the Atlantic and Caribbean for it’s landlocked territories.

Brazil has tremendous resources to assist Guyana in achieving our highest potentials. There are but few of our imports that cannot be fulfilled by Brazilian industries. With all that said, there’s another side to Brazil many refuse to acknowledge much less discuss. And I speak of the plight of the 90 plus million Afro-Brazilians.

We need not discuss how these Africans got to Brazil, but to understand
the magnitude, it’s four times larger than the African American population. Nigeria is the only country in the world with more Africans than Brazil. (I prefer the term African as opposed to Black since Africa indicates a place of origin) I point these things out because I visited Brazil last year and became a victim of police harassment and racial profiling less than twenty four hours after arriving in Boa Vista.

I was in a tourist zone when three City Police (Guardia Municipal)demanded that I turn around and put my hands up. I objected as is my right. I had done nothing but take photos of the Rio Branco. These police weren’t having any of it and forced me around and began aggressively patting me down and kicking my legs apart. My passport was checked out so they had nothing on me there as I had legally entered Brazil. In the end it may have been my Guyana passport that saved me as Afro-Brazilians are routinely rounded up beaten, killed, framed and imprisoned. The current and historical record speaks to this.

One policeman had dried weed and/or a bush of some sort in a piece of paper. He claimed it was marijuana belonging to me and he happened to have found it under some bushes some distance away. (I do not smoke anything) I am convinced they were trying to frame me by placing something on my person. I resisted their illegal actions and they eventually backed off.

They were cocky enough to let me photograph them and their vehicle, including a clear image of the policeman holding the said weed/bush. In English one said ‘welcome to Brazil’ and went on to explain that this is how things are done in Brazil. I assumed he meant in reference to people looking like me. It is significant that all these Policemen were all of European extraction.

I immediately left Boa Vista but returned a week later to file a complaint. I went to Roraima Bureau of Tourism and spoke to a very helpful man named Shigaki. He expressed his disgust and arranged for a driver and vehicle to take me to the Federal Police office across town. I spoke to several Federal Police officers who advised me that I should file a complaint with Internal Affairs of the City Police. However, after much discussion they felt my life could be endangered if I stayed in Boa Vista. They advised me to file a civil rights complaint against the police with the Public Defence office.

A Federal officer drove me on his lunch break to the Public Defence office and assisted in translating and getting my complaint filed. A battery of officers took my statement and along with the pictures an investigation has been launched. Before leaving they gave me a copy of the complaint which I still have. Unfortunately for me there was no Guyana Consulate in Boa Vista to assist me. Had it not been for the Brazilians, I would’ve been forced to leave and possible forget about what happened. When I returned to Guyana I contacted the Brazilian embassy to lodge a complaint and to date I’ve not heard anything back.

This is one side of Brazil I’ve never heard discussed in Guyana. As we rush to embrace our neighbor, it would do us good to pause and take a careful look at these unresolved issues in Brazil. Uncomfortable though they may be, they will have a huge impact on our future relations.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay visited Brazil the same month I was there and wrote this at the conclusion of her visit:

“Brazil has an impressive array of laws and policies, designed to promote human rights and improve the socio-economic situation. But they are not being properly implemented … indigenous people and Afro-Brazilians in particular are facing serious discrimination, injustice and violence.”

“There are very few Afro-Brazilians in positions of authority. This was particularly striking in the country’s northern Bahia state, where three-quarters of the population are Afro-Brazilian…”

“The main victims of the violence plaguing Brazil’s urban areas are Afro-Brazilians, and one of the main causes of their deaths is the use of excessive force by law enforcement officials, and rogue militias, as well
as by the gangsters and drug dealers.” – Source Huffington Post:

Mr. Editor while I condemn the state sponsored violence perpetuated against Afro-Brazilians, I can’t help but reflect on my experiences at home. I’ve been the victimized and brutalized by agents of the state right here in my own country before and after my recent encounter in Brazil. I would like to highlight two of my encounters with law enforcement agents in Guyana. And when I say law enforcement, I use the term quite loosely because as I will describe, in these incidents the officers were doing everything but enforcing laws.

Before going further, I would like to make it make it crystal clear that I have never been involved in any criminal enterprise, activity or conspiracy anywhere in the world. The only time I was locked up was in the United States for failing to pay a $75 traffic offense. (I think we’re all familiar with the American so.called justice system so that needs no further elaboration) I state these things because many amongst us still falsely believe that you must have done something wrong for the police to come after you.

On December 23, 2009 I was assaulted, tackled to the ground and arrested by Georgetown City Constabulary agents at the Brickdam entrance of Stabroek Market as Guyanese were caught up in Christmas shopping frenzy. I sustained cuts and bruises to elbows, my knees and rib cage. My body was in pain for about a week from various hits and blows. Both wrists were sprained and injured from being roughed up and hand cuffed. My left wrist was cut by the hand cuffs that were deliberately tightened. My dashiki (a gift my father received from relatives in Ghana and handed down to me) was ripped apart and pulled off me. My cell phone no longer works and the keypad is missing.

No one identified themselves to me and as of today, 30 January, 2010, I
still have no idea why I was arrested. I was taken to the City Constabulary outpost next to the Fire Station where multiple officers threatened to beat me. I informed the officers that if they were going to beat me, please make sure I was dead when the beating was over. The threats continued but the beating never commenced. It was announced by a number of officers that I was on cocaine. Why else would I resist their illegalities?

I would learn later that the officers had closed the door and boarded up the entrance to the building as a curious crowd had gathered. A statement (of charges I suppose) was drawn up by a team of officers with me sitting handcuffed in the back of the room. No one asked me any questions or said anything to me. The only time anyone spoke to me was to issue me threats of violence. These are just some of the reasons I use the term law enforcement loosely.

I was placed in a pick-up truck and driven to Brickdam Police Station where to my utter surprise a female officer refused to open the gate. I heard her scream ‘wuh eh do? Wuh yall bring he hey fuh?’ I couldn’t hear the muffled reply but she screamed back ‘doan bring he hey.’ She never opened the gate. I assumed she remembered well the torture of the 14 year-old boy at Leonora Police Station and was reacting cautiously less she be implicated in criminal wrong doings.

The vehicle then drove to City Hall where entrance was again refused. Constabulary Officers there wanted to know what I was being brought in for. No one seemed to have a proper answer and the gate remain closed. The vehicle then drove to the City Constabulary outpost on Regents St. Once again I was threatened with more violence. One female officer pulled out what looked like a PVC pipe from under the front desk and threatened to beat me. ‘Move leh me beat he’ was her cry. To which I sang my own tune. In no uncertain terms I told the officer if she was going to beat me, make sure I was dead when the beating concluded. The promised beating never came. I was dragged to the back of the building and thrown into a cell. While there I saw too many violations to detail here.

In brief these are some of the illegal, inhumane and unsanitary conditions under which the City Constabulary houses those they’ve arrested (they call them prisoners). Against one wall a rectangular Styrofoam box on the floor was overflowing with human faeces. Opposite this was three pieces of cardboard someone used as a bed on the damp concrete floor. Against the back wall was a large pile of human faeces mixed with garbage. The stench of urine was very high. As a humanitarian gesture someone punched a small hole in the back wall where the urine seem to drain out. Add in an assortment of insects and critters and I’ve just described the contents of my cell.

Mr. Editor these conditions violate every human and civil right on the planet and make a mockery of the Guyana Constitution. I occasionally hear loud cries of outrage by Guyanese officials and laymen over the treatment our countrymen in some far flung land. Barbados comes to mind. I heard of Guyanese being detained on a bench at the airport, never
have I heard of my countrymen being placed in cells full of human excrement. This happens in Guyana everyday!

When I think of the treatment of Guyanese in Guyana I’m left with but one conclusion. When it comes to rank hypocrisy, Guyana has few equals the world over. That we do not hang our heads in shame is a matter for the psychologists. Another atrocity too outrageous to detail on these pages also occurred at the Bourda Outpost. I will leave it up to the readers’ imagination to fill in the blanks. All I’ll say is two female officers came to my cell, rattling my cage as you would when tormenting an animal, and one made a sexual proposal of sorts using very coarse language. Somewhere close to midnight I was handcuffed and driven back to Georgetown City Hall. Here I learned that I was told I would be granted my freedom in return for $8000 bail. Contrary to what the Georgetown City Constabulary thinks, I know I was born free.

A court appearance was set for December 28, however, I refused to sign the paper as no one found it necessary to explain to me what I was being bailed for. Which as it turns out is a common practice in Guyana. My refusal caused some measure of confusion, especially with the bigger heads. I then drew a line across the signature block which proved sufficient enough for me to be released.

The next day the money was returned to my brother who was told that the
matter was closed. $2000 of the $8000 remains with a Senior Officer at
Georgetown City Hall. The man said he needed it to ‘buy two Guinness’ The second incident occurred at the Kashif & Shanghai finals on January 1, 2010. At the entrance a man in plain clothes said he wanted to search me. I asked him under what grounds was he doing this. He said they everyone entering had to be searched. I then said, ‘ok go ahead and search me.’ A policeman in brown uniform standing no more than three feet away observed me being searched then demanded that another man search me again.

I immediately objected. I said, ‘I’ve already been searched once. You saw
me being searched. Why do you want to search me again?’ The most the man in brown could come up with was ‘ah she search he again.’ (I would later learn that all these men are officers in the Guyana Police Force) The second man who was ordered to search me then went on to make threats about what he could do to me if I did not confirm. I then said, ‘this is f***ing harassment. There are real criminals in this country you
people need to deal with, but I guess you can’t.’ This seemed to have hit a raw nerve with all concerned. I was immediately informed by the man in brown that I had violated the laws of Guyana by cussing. This comes from a man who’s overseeing the violation of my human and constitutional rights, which he apparently has no problem with. Cussing on the other hand, is matter that galvanizes his interest. He ordered his men to take me to the stadium outpost, search me and arrest me. I was released, after the mandatory threats of violence and verbal abuse in time to see and listen to King Pele.

Mr. Editor when I crossed the Takatu Bridge I understood that I was entering a foreign country with its own set of peculiarities. I stand strong in condemning the attacks and other violations against Afro-Brazilians and all other Brazilians; however, in life sometimes we are faced with cruel ironies. As a Guyanese I can seek and get redress for the crimes committed against me in Brazil. In Guyana on the other hand, the avenues are littered with obstacles and the streets are without lights. Darkness and uncertainty prevails.

As I ponder our sad state of affairs, our very own poet laureate Martin Carter comes to mind: “This is the dark time, my love,/It is the season of
oppression, dark metal, and tears.” I spent $6500 buying a new phone and wear a brace on my wrist someone bought overseas. I may need a brace on my right wrist soon. My dashiki cannot be repaired and even if it could’ve, who bears the cost? Who bears the cost of replacing it? If I could find one similar that is. And I’ve not yet addressed the time lost and mental anguish of having to fight daily for what I consider my primary right – my right to be free.

I voluntarily returned to Guyana after living overseas for almost two decades. If I have no rights here, I would like the relevant authorities to make it known. With this information, I and others who’ve been similarly
victimized can plot our course forward. Writing the decision for Dred Scott v Sandford in 1857, US Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Taney stated the following as it related to African Americans: “[they are] beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations, and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” African Americans had to wait another 110 years before they were finally granted citizenship rights with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Is there a waiting period for freedom, justice and equality in Guyana?

Mr. Editor the historical record will show that in 2009 members of various law enforcement agencies in Guyana have been responsible for rape, armed robbery, assault, shootings, stabbings, hit and run to name a few. In ‘The bad egg problem’, Stabroek News Editorial, January 26, 2010, the president of Guyana is quoted admitting that 90 members of the Guyana Police Force are presently facing criminal charges. These are the cases that have been reported and made it past all the preliminary hurdles. I have no grievance with these individuals as they themselves are victims of a system they seem incapable on understanding so far. However, I must remind them of three things: 1) their ignorance of the law does not grant them license to violate my rights; 2) there are higher laws beyond the borders of Guyana that protect my rights; and 3) the courts of Guyana do not have final jurisdiction over human, civil and criminal abuses committed in Guyana.

In closing, it’s only fitting that I quote a champion for freedom, justice and equality, Frederick Douglas writing after the Dred Scott Decision: ‘The highest authority has spoken. The voice of the Supreme Court has gone out over the troubled waves of the National Conscience. But my hopes were never brighter than now. I have no fear that the National Conscience will be put to sleep by such an open, glaring, and scandalous issue of lies.’

By victoriaguy
Friday, February 12, 2010

WAR CRIMES IN GUYANA

New York Caribbean Institute Calls For Guyana’s Health Minister To Be Removed And Prosecuted For Abetting Murder

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK: The New York based Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) has renewed its call for Guyana’s Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, to resign for authorizing the acquisition of telephone spy and geographic intercepting equipment by convicted criminal Roger Khan. Khan was the head of a drug cartel and a violent gang called the Phantom gang, which has killed more than 400 individuals in Guyana.

A CGID statement issued on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, announced that the institute has acquired a copy of Ramsammy’s letter approving the sale of the equipment to Khan on behalf of the Guyana government. The statement quoted CGID President, Rickford Burke, as saying that “There is incontrovertible evidence that Dr. Ramsammy is a nefarious crook who is part of a criminal enterprise. He must be removed from office and prosecuted for conspiracy and accessory to murder for aiding, abetting and assisting Roger Khan and his gang in the assassination of several individuals, including journalist Ronald Waddell.” UNESCO has ruled Waddell’s January 30, 2006 killing a political assassination.

Burke said that “It is repugnant for a Minister of government to be involved in a criminal enterprise that exported drugs into the United States and conducted murder for hire,” and added that “there needs to be justice for the victims who Khan has allegedly killed and their families.”

Khan was arrested by US law enforcement authorities in 2008 in Trinidad and Tobago and brought to the US for trial. In November 2009 he was convicted in New York Federal Court for importation of drugs into the US and sentenced to fifteen years in jail. Khan’s Attorney at the time, Robert Simels, who had traveled to Guyana and uplifted the equipment and shipped it to the US, was also subsequently arrested and charged for attempting to pay an FBI informant to kill a witness in Khan’s case and with possession of the eavesdropping equipment. He was convicted in December 2009 and sentenced to fourteen years in jail.

During Simels’ trial, the US Justice Department presented evidence which established that Guyana’s Health Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, authorized a Miami company, The Spy Shop, to sell and deliver the spy equipment to Khan in October 2002, on behalf of the Guyana Government. Two months later, a Guyana Defense Force (GDF) patrol pulled over a pick-up truck in which Roger Khan and two other accomplices were traveling and discovered the interceptors in his vehicle. The equipment was seized and Khan was charged. However the government directed that the charges against Khan be dropped and the equipment was returned to the criminal.

Cell phone and geographic interceptors can only be acquired by governments and are used by law enforcement agencies under court supervision and by national Defense Forces. CGID and others have long contended that Khan used the spy equipment in the commission of several crimes, including executions and extra-judicial killings. In 2005 CGID wrote to then US Secretary of State, Gen. Colin Powell, informing him that Khan was using the equipment to intercept, locate, track and kill individuals on behalf of the Jagdeo government. Khan later admitted that he did “work” for the government.

CGID released a copy of Ramsammy’s letter to Nancy Salvador of the Miami Spy Shop. US Court documents verify that Salvador was an employee of the Spy Shop. Ramsammy’s letter dated October 24, 2002, state that “Guyana is in the throes of one of the worst crime situation the nation has ever faced. We are interested in acquiring your service for a short period so that we can enhance our intelligence. Our representatives have been in touch with you. I have spoken directly to you and this letter on my Cabinet portfolio letterhead is confirmation that this initiative has government’s support.” Ramsammy’s signature and ministerial portfolio are affixed to the letter.

Peter Myers, the Co-director of the UK Firm Smith Myers, had testified under oath that the sale of the intercept equipment, including “CSM 7806 intercept receiver and two TOUGHBOOK Laptops” was authorized by Minister Ramsammy on behalf of the government of Guyana, and that it was sold by the company’s Florida sales office through the Fort Lauderdale-based Spy Shop to the Guyana government. Meyers also identified the equipment in court and confirmed that it can only be sold to governments. He said that his company manufactures the equipment for sale to law enforcement agencies.

The equipment allows intelligence officers to intercept cellular phone calls using the receiver and the data can be sent by USB cable to the laptops where the numbers and the conversations/communication can be recorded onto the hard drive. Meyers also testified that an independent contractor, a trainer named Carl Chapman was sent to Guyana to train several persons to use the equipment.

During Similes’ trial last summer, the US Justice Department also presented evidence linking Ramsammy to the brutal assassination of Guyanese journalist Ronald Waddell. Waddell was gunned down in front of his Georgetown home by assassins from the phantom gang, which Khan operated as a murder for hire enterprise.

Former Phantom gang member turned FBI Informant, Selwyn Vaughn, testified that he was the lookout man for Waddell assassination. He attested that he saw Waddell arrive home on January 30, 2006, and disembarked his vehicle, which he left running. Vaughn testified that he then notified Khan by cell phone and that Khan in turn dispatched the gunmen who unloaded a barrage of bullets as Waddell reentered his car. Vaughn also testified that he was in the presence of Roger Khan who called Minister Ramsammy to inform him that Waddell was shot and was being taken to the Georgetown hospital but that Ramsammy must “let him die.”

Both Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo and Dr. Ramsammy have continually denied that Ramsammy authorized the sale of the equipment to Khan. Burke however observed that “It is important to note that both Khan and Simels were convicted on the said evidence which President Jagdeo and Dr. Ramsammy contend is false.” He emphasized that “The court testimony as well as the newly discovered letter establish that President Jagdeo and Dr. Ramsammy are congenital liars who have given succor to a convicted drug dealer and a murderer.

“They have engaged in a criminal enterprise and have interlocked themselves into an incredible web of lies and deceit and have brought dishonor to the Guyanese nation and Caricom,” he contended.

The Institute’s President said that because President Jagdeo and members of his government have been in bed with drug dealers, Guyana has been transformed into a narco-State. He also signaled that US President Barack Obama refused to meet with Caricom Leaders while Jagdeo was Chairman of the Regional grouping for this reason.

By victoriaguy
Friday, February 12, 2010

Man remanded over indecent assault of 3-year-old and 8-year-old
RAPE! WHEN WILL THOSE BE THE WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE THIS CRIME IN GUYANA. JUST WONDERING.

By Roses1
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Is he for real.

Guyana has one of the best practices of good governance in the Caribbean
February 5, 2010 | By KNews | Filed Under Letters

Dear Editor,
Many of the prophets of doom continue to wrongly label Guyana as an elected dictatorship, when in fact Guyana has one of the best practices of good governance in the Caribbean.
The United Nations has set out a criterion as the basis upon which good governance can be evaluated; it is participatory, consensus oriented, accountability, transparent, responsive, effective and efficient, equitable and inclusive and follows the rule of law. It assures that corruption is minimized, the views of minorities are taken into account and that the voices of the most vulnerable in society are heard in decision-making. It is also responsive to the present and future needs of society.
Let us examine each feature individually
Participation:
Participation by both men and women is a key cornerstone of good governance. Participation could be either direct or through legitimate intermediate institutions or representatives. It is important to point out that representative democracy does not necessarily mean that the concerns of the most vulnerable in society would be taken into consideration in decision making. Participation needs to be informed and organized. This means freedom of association and expression on the one hand and an organised civil society on the other hand.
In Guyana this is one of the most visible characteristic that has been the hallmark of this government’s reign thus far. The President and Cabinet members are very accessible and are visible in communities. The Cabinet as a whole visits and holds meetings in various parts of the country. Citizens can make representations on their own behalf right within their communities. It is an interactive governance style that is Guyana’s own contribution to the on-going evolution of democratic governance. In addition in relation to issues of national importance e.g. the EPA and the LCDS, consultations are held nationwide to sensitize and seek the public’s opinion on these issues.
Rule of law:
Good governance requires fair legal frameworks that are enforced impartially. It also requires full protection of human rights, particularly those of minorities.
Impartial enforcement of laws requires an independent judiciary and an impartial and incorruptible police force.
Guyana’s minorities are among if not the most privileged globally. The Amerindian people who Gay MacDougall so disrespectfully neglected in her report are enjoying such a standard of living unparallel even in the developed nations where they are treated as outcasts. Hydar Ally’s position that, “there can be no doubt that Amerindians have come a long way since the return of the PPP/C administration to office on October 5, 1992. Prior to 1992, Amerindian communities were virtually neglected resulting in a state of severe underdevelopment and hardship for Amerindians. One of the first acts of the new PPP/C administration was to empower Amerindians by creating a Ministry of Amerindian Affairs which effectively gave then policy representation in the Executive. Guyana is probably the only country with significant Amerindian population where an entire Ministry is set up for Amerindians, an indication of the importance which the current administration places on Amerindians and Amerindian development” is very much in tune with the reality of the level of importance this Government has placed on Guyana’s indigenous population.
Transparency:
Transparency means that decisions taken and their enforcement are done in a manner that follows rules and regulations. It also means that information is freely available and directly accessible to those who will be affected by such decisions and their enforcement.
It also means that enough information is provided and that it is provided in easily understandable forms and media. In Guyana, the establishment of the integrity commission should be seen in the context that an attempt is being made to raise the level of transparency and accountability at the highest level. Unfortunately the opposition parliamentarians have adopted an attitude of non compliance.
Responsiveness:
Good governance requires that institutions and processes try to serve all stakeholders within a reasonable timeframe.
Government has overtime responded in a timely manner in all situations, e.g. the great flood and the recent arrest of the crime situation in Guyana. Crime is present globally however, the Government of Guyana has done an excellent job in combating this scourge notwithstanding the lack of support from the opposition parties.
Consensus oriented:
There are several actors and as many view points in a given society. Good governance requires mediation of the different interests to reach a broad consensus in society on what is in the best interest of the whole community and how this can be achieved.
It also requires a broad and long-term perspective on what is needed for sustainable human development and how to achieve the goals of such development. This can only result from an understanding of the historical, cultural and social contexts of a given society or community.
An excellent example of this in Guyana is the Government’s promotion of the LCDS. Consultations were held all across Guyana, seeking the input from all and sundry so that Guyana’s position will be supported by its citizens.
Equity and inclusiveness:
A society’s well being depends on ensuring that all its members feel that they have a stake in it and do not feel excluded from the mainstream of society.
This requires all groups, but particularly the most vulnerable, to have opportunities to improve or maintain their well being. This has been addressed earlier, especially in relation to our indigenous population where they have become an important part of the Government’s decision making machinery.
Effectiveness and efficiency:
Good governance means that processes and institutions produce results that meet the needs of society while making the best use of resources at their disposal.
The concept of efficiency in the context of good governance also covers the sustainable use of natural resources and the protection of the environment.
If there is anything that this Government has done, it’s ensuring that all are aware of the negative effects of climate change, hence the focus and of the LCDS, simply put, is geared at economic development while preventing the degradation of the environment.
Accountability:
Accountability is a key requirement of good governance. Not only governmental institutions but also the private sector and civil society organisations must be accountable to the public and to their institutional stakeholders.
Who is accountable to who varies depending on whether decisions or actions taken are internal or external to an organisation or institution. In general an organisation or an institution is accountable to those who will be affected by its decisions or actions.
Accountability cannot be enforced without transparency and the rule of law. This aspect of governance manifests itself in the weekly press conferences by the Head of the Presidential Secretariat at which the awarding of tenders is announced, along with information on all government matters.
In addition, tenders for government projects are now published in the national newspapers, complete with information on financing and description of work to be done. More examples can be cited, and it is acknowledged that more needs to be done but in assisting the situation one must be cognizant that this nation suffers from the fact that the combined opposition, finds it difficult to work as a team and to understand that it cannot presume that its views are the only correct ones.
And it is within this context that the prophets of doom should cast their verdict.
Cedric Lord

By amen-ra-ta
Friday, February 05, 2010

RE-INFRASTRUCTURE BE DAMNED
Guyana today can be compared to a well built dwelling house that crack addicts break into and convert to their domicile. The functions of everything in that house, the appliances, the utilities, the infrastructure, become adversely altered by the personalities who have taken control of the building and its operation.

Analogously, the house becomes Guyana, the crack addicts become the politicians who have taken residence in Government, and the appliances, utilities and infrastructure become the Ministries, the agencies, and other departmental structures and facilities of state operations. As long as the crack addicts remain in charge, the condition and environment of the building will continue to deteriorate.
By victoriaguy
Sunday, January 31, 2010

INFRASTRUCTURE BE DAMNED..
Clean up the minds of the men and the self esteem of the women. Hold police officers accountable for their actions and for the love of god, get a computer with MS Access on it in the police station. That is all it would take to keep decent records. To create proper police reports, some kind of dispatch system and working police cars. Police officers who really do "protect and serve". That would be a good start for me. I'm almost tempted to bring a few computers down there when I go down and show them how they can transfer that "ledger" to an electronic system and come out of the damn dark ages. But then, it would probably be throw in a corner or sold to the highest bidder. I love Guyana I really do but man, its getting harder every damn day.

By LINDENGIRLFOREVER
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

linden girl
I was in guyana late last year when the police brutality case involving the brutal beating of the young boy took place and I was shocked that there was not more of an outcry from the general public. Seeing how much the police in Guyana can act with impunity left me feeling extremely vunerable. Its sad to visit a country where one has to fear both the badits and police alike. I don't know how Guyanese deal with that on an everyday basis but it really puts into perspective how lucky we truely are here in America. With that said, I take my hats off to Guyanese who have chosen to return to Guyana to do business and live. There seems to be quite a number of Guyanese deciding to do so and I feel this has greatly contributed to the development of the nation which is quite apparant for Georgetown seems to be slowly modernizing. I was in Guyana for Christmas of 09 and went back couple months ago and the construction boom I witnessed during my first visit has not slowed down despite the global economic downturn. However, the government needs to do so much more especially in terms of ungrading the infrastructure and cleaning up the city for it is absolutely filthy in some areas. I remember going to the Stabroek Market area and walking to the Parliament Building and just seeing so much trash. I could not believe how dirty the entire area was, it was absolutely filthy....I was like come on Guyana...you can't even keep the areas sorrounding the parliament building clean.....wow
By denobrega
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

HE WILL "LOOK INTO IT"
This is what we was just told by a cop. Hmmmm
No computer to keep track of cases so that it can be easily recalled. No one answering the phones, cops are using their personal cell phones. Little actual concern for the community. Man we got work to do.
By LINDENGIRLFOREVER
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

IS IT TIME FOR WOMEN TO GET LETHAL?????
VG I totally agree with you on some level. If I was in Guyana right now, this man that is hurting my family would be having a different experience today, BELIEVE THAT! However, when women defend themselves in this way, they are the ones who end up with long prison sentences. I think Guyanese men know that they will get away with this so they continue to perpetrate this kind of violence. I am wondering however, why most men are not thinking the way you think? Why are the men in my family so weak that they sit there and let a man beat on their sister, on their mother and just say "that's she and she man business". Where is their outrage and "defend our women” tendencies? What about the community? Where is their outrage at seeing a woman beaten in this way? A neighbour, a female neighbour was right there when he hit her with a piece of wood that opened up her head. She just stood there. What is that about?

I know the laws need to change but laws don't change unless the community's outrage boils over. Where is the community outrage? Damn Guyanese people, are you really this beat down mentally that you not only let the government step on your but you let men step on your women too. In 2010? Come the eff on!

As for the police... like I said, how hard is it to have a damn dispatch system? Really, people are calling the police station and no one is answering. That is just ludicrous in this day and age. Jesus even Haiti had a 911 system before this horrible earthquake.

By LINDENGIRLFOREVER
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

"OVER NINETY POLICEMEN ARE BEFORE THE COURTS"??????????
The Bad Eggs Problem
By Stabroek staff | January 26, 2010 in Editorial

Commissioner of Police Henry Greene lamented publicly that the Guyana Police Force had “bad eggs.” He admitted that “We have ranks doing what we call nonsense and… we do not tolerate any sort of nonsense.” The Commissioner returned to the topic last November saying, “All of us are being castigated because a few ranks decided that they are going to commit an act that is not proper.” Again last month, Greene complained that “a few” policemen had caused the Force much embarrassment.

President Bharrat Jagdeo used the same expression to refer to corrupt cops. Speaking in an interview during the Cabinet outreach on the Corentyne Coast, he acknowledged that there were “bad eggs” in the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Defence Force who had been involved in criminal activities. He disclosed that, the last time he spoke to the Police Commissioner, he was told there were about ninety policemen before the courts. “Ninety policemen in a Force of about 3,000 people… it’s a lot,” he said.

In one of this country’s worst demonstrations against police corruption a few years ago, residents of Tain on the Corentyne burned vehicles and tyres and blocked the roadway to demand the removal of members of the Tactical Services Unit and even called for the total expulsion of the police from the region. Ms Gail Teixeira who was Minister of Home Affairs at that time sped to the troublespot and promised the protestors, “I want to assure that any police rank found to be guilty of corruption will not remain in the Police Force… The Commissioner of Police and I are serious about lifting the standards of the police and their professionalism so do not doubt our seriousness.”

It was a striking coincidence that, precisely as President Jagdeo reported recently, she noted years ago that “over ninety policemen are before the courts for breaching the code of conduct on various charges.” Nothing seems to have changed.

The number of “bad eggs” in the Police Force could not have remained constant for so long without either the connivance or gross negligence of the senior officers. It is they who have either tolerated or turned a blind eye to corruption. The presence of so many “bad eggs” is symptomatic of a dysfunctional service. Once rich crooks find it possible to bribe poor policemen, investigations will be diverted or stopped, files will disappear, murders will go unpunished and crime will continue because it becomes a source of income. Police corruption always distorts law enforcement and discourages compliance by citizens.

A well administered Police Force should easily detect the “bad eggs” in its ranks and prevent their misconduct from becoming so pervasive or egregious as to impair the Force’s effectiveness. This is not because policemen are more honest but because internal regulations are enforced and mechanisms are implemented.

Corruption is a problem not only in the Police Force, but also in the government at large. Last September, Guyana still ranked among the most corrupt countries on the Transparency International 2008 Corruption Perception Index. In a survey of 180 countries, Guyana fell to 126 with a score of 2.6 out of 10 to make it the lowest-ranked English-speaking Caribbean state on the international list.

Had Mr Jagdeo not been a member of the cabinet for over sixteen years and President of the country for ten years, his inability to eradicate endemic corruption might be excused. But he knows what is happening. Soon after he had assumed office as President in 1999, he announced that “everyone in my government would have to conduct their business transparently or they would not have a part in the government.”

It seems that they still are.
By supererro
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

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