Guyana Observer News

-but still open for ‘inclusion’ talks

“I have no intentions of abdicating the responsibilities of the government… this is our responsibility- not Mr. Granger’s…”

       President Donald Ramotar                          Brigadier General (rtd), David Granger

(KN) The ruling party yesterday insisted that while it remained committed to consulting with the Opposition on the preparation of the National Budget, it would be unwilling to surrender control. This much was made clear by President Donald Ramotar yesterday during his first press conference since being sworn in last month. During the opening session of the 10th Parliament on Thursday, Presidential Candidate of the A Partnership For National Unity (APNU), Brigadier General (rtd), David Granger, said that his party is not satisfied with “mere consultations” on the National Budget. “We are interested in collaboration. We want a budget that was drafted on a tripartite basis so that all of the monies that are collected through revenues are deployed to the benefit of the people as a whole.”

(KN) Fourteen years after he was suspended pending investigations into the alleged rape of two patients, physician Dr. Rama Sahadeo is asking to be allowed to work in Guyana again. But the sister of one of the alleged victims has vowed to do all in her power to stop Sahadeo from being allowed to practise here. Kaieteur News has confirmed that Sahadeo, now 68, has applied to the Medical Council of Guyana to have his suspension lifted. He is reportedly being represented by a senior counsel, who sent the application to the Council last December. This newspaper understands that members of the Council met on Thursday to discuss the issue. It is likely that the accused doctor will have to appear before the Council to have his cases heard. But according to medical sources, the testimonies the alleged victims gave to the Medical Council in 1997 were among documents that were destroyed in the Ministry of Health fire that occurred in July 2009.

(KN) Officials from a city hospital are refuting claims by a woman that negligence by their staff caused her baby’s death. But Angela Klass claims that her baby died on January 9 at the Georgetown Medical Centre Inc (formerly Prasad’s Hospital) because staffers left her unattended for several minutes even though she was ready to deliver. Despite being told by the physician that her baby, Angel Klass, was stillborn, Latashua Klass is convinced that her baby died because of the hospital’s negligence. Ms. Klass said that on January 9, after consulting a doctor hours in advance of labour pains, she arrived at the hospital around 17:15 hrs ready for delivery.

(KN) De other day dem boys read how some policeman had money in he draw and it disappear. Dem ain’t see nobody but dem suspect some people. Dem boys want to know who dem fooling. Henry de Yellow put security cameras all over de place. He put cameras in every police station, in he office, in dem other office and in de same office wheh de policeman claim he had de money. De only way that coulda happen was if de policeman put a piece of cloth over dem cameras. But de money disappear. Money also disappear from de court. Now de court is a place wheh people who thief money does end up. Nuff big ones in de government shoulda been in de court. Is just that nobody couldn’t charge dem. De police frighten dem and de others who didn’t have police friends use to give de police a freck fuh tun de other way.

Jagdeo has given millions of US dollars to his partner, Bryan Young. This is nothing but a fraud by Bharat Jagdeo, in order to award his lovers and croonies. Time for all these contracts to be reviewed, starting with the One Laptop Per Family.

A 12- year- old Form One student of the Corentyne Comprehensive High School tied his school belt around his neck and hanged himself from atop a double- bunk bed shortly after 3:00 pm yesterday. Shankar Kumar Oottam of Lot 177 Miss Pheobe, Port Mourant arrived from school around 3:00pm and was viewing a movie, during which his sister, Urmilla offered him some soft- drinks in a cup. According to his mother, Rohini Singh, Oottam did not seem pleased with the amount of drink he had in his cup and “swell up his mouth” and left for upstairs.

Leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC) Raphael Trotman was yesterday elected Speaker of the National Assembly for Guyana’s 10th Parliament and A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Deborah Backer was elected unchallenged as his Deputy.
The election for Speaker was initially contested by Former Speaker Ralph Ramkarran, Trotman and Backer.