Guyana Observer News

Dead 13 year-old Queens College Student Anand Ramdeo.

(KN) A family outing turned deadly last evening for a Good Hope, East Coast Demerara family when one of the youngest members died after saving his six year-old niece. Thirteen year-old Anand Ramdeo, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital sometime after 19:30 hours yesterday. The teen’s body was pulled from a creek at St Cuthbert’s Mission some two hours after he went missing, earlier yesterday afternoon. Anand Ramdeo was a second Form Student of Queen’s College. His sister Annie Ramdeo told this publication that just before the incident they were on the bank of the creek cooking. “We went for a little outing and we were cooking and he said they just going for a walk, so my daughter and another relative went with him.” The woman added that she did not realize that her brother, daughter and cousin-in-law had gone into a boat. She told Kaieteur News that shortly after the trio left, she heard screaming in the creek and when she ran to investigate, she noticed everybody in the creek calling for help.

 Portia Simpson Miller

(Jamaica Observer) The People’s National Party (PNP) sent the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) back into Opposition after scoring a crushing 41-22-seat victory in yesterday’s 16th general election that pollsters and analysts had said was mostly too close to call. A sober but triumphant Simpson Miller told jubilant supporters at PNP headquarters last night that she was thankful to the Jamaican people and Prime Minister Andrew Holness who, she said, called and congratulated her earlier. “He was very gracious.” She urged comrades to greet supporters of the losing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) with love in an obvious extension of the olive branch after what was a vigorous and often bitter campaign. “We will be working to move this country forward to achieve growth and development and for job creation,” she said. “As we move to balance the books, we will be moving to balance people’s lives.”

-victim’s family contacts attorney

Dead: Antuane Lovelle

The dead lad’s father Derrick Lovelle gathers the pieces of electric wire that fell into his yard.

(KN) The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) has completed a preliminary investigation into the circumstances surrounding Wednesday’s electrocution of five-year-old Antuane Lovelle. Meanwhile, the dead lad’s parents have contacted a prominent attorney with the aim of taking legal action against the company that it blames for the tragedy. GPL’s Chief Executive Officer Bharrat Dindyal told Kaieteur News yesterday that its investigators have submitted an initial report on the incident. But he said that more investigation needs to be done to ascertain who is liable. Dindyal confirmed that the burst wire that the child came into contact with was “a GPL service connected to the (victim’s) house,” but investigators have to ascertain what caused the wire to burst.

-Miners will not be granted a third extension – GGMC Head  

Geology and Mines Commission Head (Ag) Ms. Karen Livan

(KN) Yesterday, a group of miners who have been operating in the OMAI area at a place called Boneyard, protested the office of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), calling on the entity to grant them a fourth extension to mine in the area.mBut the GGMC Head, Ms. Karen Livan has announced that no extension will be granted for three main reasons. The reasons being, that the deadline is fast approaching; mining practices there are contrary to the law and the legitimate title holder of the site is about to assume occupancy. During their protest action, the miners claimed that they were not given first preference to buy the claim, which instead was given to one, Chunilall Baboolall by the Government. The miners said that they felt cheated.

(KN) When is Christmas people does talk how too much food deh round and dem can’t eat. But dem same people does guh to dem friend house and eat like if dem never see food. Dem boys seh that dem is de people who does cause dem friends to call pun de government fuh more pay because de food done. Some people does wait fuh de holiday just to visit friends but dem don’t invite nobody to dem home. Dem is de cheap people. And dem boys talking bout how dem have nuff cheap people. Bar Rat build he house. When a man house done he does got a house opening.

 By Freddie Kissoon

The CARICOM islands have parliamentary elections every four years (like in the US). After two years in power, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago decided he would call a national poll two years before it was due. Nothing exigent was facing Manning; nothing shocking was occurring at the time in Trinidad. A few experts explained that Manning was experiencing a psychic transformation in which strange religious windmills were tilting in his mind (we all have windmills in our mind but not the type that Manning had).
Others said that some mystical priest had taken over the consciousness of the then PM of Trinidad and Tobago and he had submitted himself to that personality.