You think Pradoville is an allegation? I will post any damn thing I think is criminal here.

No significant crime to report today. It looks like the AFC/APNU gun amnesty campaign has yielded significant dividends. 

Thanks yuji for contributing and correcting me. After all we forget that the afc/apnu supporters have to live too.

The Sanata Complex giveaway

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No Problem.

Looks like the gun amnesty was not as successful as the govt claimed.

Miner kills reputed wife, turns gun on himself

– after allegedly finding man under bed

A triangular love affair turned deadly in the wee hours of Wednesday after a miner turned up at his reputed wife’s home

Dead: Mark Moses

at Pike Street, Kitty and discovered a male under her bed.
Dead are Mark Moses and his reputed wife Amanda Mohan.
According to reports reaching Guyana Times, 25-year-old Moses of One Mile, Wismar, Linden, went to visit Mohan at her Lot 248 Pike Street home about 21:30h on Tuesday and found a male under her bed. Reports stated that he left the home, but returned about 04:30h with a gun and shot Mohan twice to the chest before turning the gun on himself.
The two were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where 20-year-old Mohan was pronounced dead on arrival. Moses succumbed to his injuries some seven hours later.
According to information received, the young miner works in the interior and made a surprise visit to his reputed wife’s house, where he found an employee attached to Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Company hiding under the bed.
However, relatives of the dead woman are holding out that the person under the bed was actually a family friend and Moses might have misunderstood what he saw. The gentleman was reportedly in the woman’s bedroom playing games on her laptop when Moses entered the house, this newspaper was told.
Ryan Mohan, brother of the now deceased woman, said that Moses turned up at the house unannounced and as he went into his reputed wife’s bedroom, he realised something was amiss since she was breathing heavily.
Guyana Times was told that Moses enquired why Mohan was breathing heavily but she did not respond, prompting him to search the room.
This newspaper was told that Moses allowed the man to leave the house after which he reportedly pulled out a gun and

Dead: Amanda Mohan

threatened to shoot Mohan. Mohan’s brother told this newspaper that his sister attempted to explain the situation to Moses, telling him that the young man was a family friend and her sister hid him under the bed so not to cause a misunderstanding.
The brother went on to say that Moses left the house although the mother of his child begged him to stay. He, however, returned at 04:30h and shot Mohan then himself.
Mohan’s brother said he heard the shots and ran to his sister’s bedroom where he saw her lying in a pool of blood, while Moses was lying on the bed. Moses, he noted, was panting for breath, but his sister, from all indications, was already dead.
He, along with a friend, picked up the couple and rushed them to the Georgetown Public Hospital where his sister was pronounced dead and the young man was taken into theatre for surgery but subsequently died at 11:00h.
At the home of the dead woman, relatives congregated to comfort the grieving family.
An uncle of the dead woman, who gave his name only as Farouk, said that he was in his apartment when he heard three gunshots and immediately rushed to the upper flat of the house where he saw his niece and Moses lying in a pool of blood.  As he looked closer, he said, he saw a gun on the bed.
He added that the family was in shock at the manner in which Moses handled the situation.
Meanwhile, attempts to contact the relatives of the dead man proved futile. The Police have launched an investigation into the matter. An unlicensed .9mm pistol and three spent shells were recovered at the scene.

The hard times under this new govt seems to be driving people to commit murder for the slightest misunderstanding.

Fisherman murdered at sea

– two crew members arrested

A misunderstanding between several fishermen out at sea turned fatal, leaving one man dead and two others in Police

Dead: Ronald Emanuel Reid

custody.
The dead man has been identified as Ronald Emanuel Reid called “Manny”, of Lot 25 Castello Housing Scheme, Georgetown. According to reports, the 27-year-old man sustained a fatal stab wound to his back. The incident occurred around 14:00h on Tuesday.
Police investigations have revealed that the incident occurred onboard a fishing boat off the Lichfield Foreshore, West Coast Berbice.
“Investigations have revealed that Ronald Emanuel Reid was involved in an argument during which he was fatally stabbed to his back. Two men have been arrested and are in Police custody assisting with the investigations,” the Police disclosed in a release.
Guyana Times understands that Reid has been working at sea for some seven years now and left for this trip about two weeks ago. Speaking to this newspaper, the dead man’s cousin Sonia Persaud related that they received a phone call about Reid’s death around 19:00h on Tuesday.
Persaud said that they were unsure what transpired, but were told that her cousin was killed since around 14:00h. She revealed that Reid spoke with his girl friend earlier in the day and told her that he had a misunderstanding with the Captain of the boat.
“He spoke to his girlfriend around 10:00h and told her he is trying to get a boat to come in from sea because he got in lil’ problems with some guy on the boat… He didn’t say what was the problem,” Persaud related.
This newspaper understands that Reid’s body was brought to shore sometime this morning. Persaud further detailed that when relatives went to identify and claim the body at the shore on Wednesday morning, they observed a single stab wound in his back.
“It look like he was apparently sleeping when they kill he or something… but I can’t say for sure because we ain’t get the full report as yet,” she added.
She added that based on reports received, it was two brothers who reportedly killed her cousin. “We were made to understand that this wasn’t the first time these two brothers murdered someone. It has occur a second time… they had worked in the Venezuela waters but came back to Guyana and started working Guyana waters,” she claimed.
The woman said she did not know the men nor could she say whether her cousin worked with them before this trip. Persaud, however, noted that Reid’s father knew them as he was also a fisherman. Persaud described her cousin as a cool and calm individual, noting that he was not confrontational.
Reid leaves to mourn his parents, younger brother along with several other foster-siblings and his girlfriend, who is currently two months pregnant with his first child. The police are continuing the investigations.

oh gaaaawwwdddd PPP LOST and all of a sudden crime which never occured all of a sudden,started isn't this something?

All this crime right after PPP LOST.

The hard times under this new govt seems to be driving people to commit murder for the slightest misunderstanding.

Fisherman murdered at sea

October 8, 2015 By GuyanaTimes

– two crew members arrested

A misunderstanding between several fishermen out at sea turned fatal, leaving one man dead and two others in Police

Dead: Ronald Emanuel Reid

custody.
The dead man has been identified as Ronald Emanuel Reid called “Manny”, of Lot 25 Castello Housing Scheme, Georgetown. According to reports, the 27-year-old man sustained a fatal stab wound to his back. The incident occurred around 14:00h on Tuesday.
Police investigations have revealed that the incident occurred onboard a fishing boat off the Lichfield Foreshore, West Coast Berbice.
“Investigations have revealed that Ronald Emanuel Reid was involved in an argument during which he was fatally stabbed to his back. Two men have been arrested and are in Police custody assisting with the investigations,” the Police disclosed in a release.
Guyana Times understands that Reid has been working at sea for some seven years now and left for this trip about two weeks ago. Speaking to this newspaper, the dead man’s cousin Sonia Persaud related that they received a phone call about Reid’s death around 19:00h on Tuesday.
Persaud said that they were unsure what transpired, but were told that her cousin was killed since around 14:00h. She revealed that Reid spoke with his girl friend earlier in the day and told her that he had a misunderstanding with the Captain of the boat.
“He spoke to his girlfriend around 10:00h and told her he is trying to get a boat to come in from sea because he got in lil’ problems with some guy on the boat… He didn’t say what was the problem,” Persaud related.
This newspaper understands that Reid’s body was brought to shore sometime this morning. Persaud further detailed that when relatives went to identify and claim the body at the shore on Wednesday morning, they observed a single stab wound in his back.
“It look like he was apparently sleeping when they kill he or something… but I can’t say for sure because we ain’t get the full report as yet,” she added.
She added that based on reports received, it was two brothers who reportedly killed her cousin. “We were made to understand that this wasn’t the first time these two brothers murdered someone. It has occur a second time… they had worked in the Venezuela waters but came back to Guyana and started working Guyana waters,” she claimed.
The woman said she did not know the men nor could she say whether her cousin worked with them before this trip. Persaud, however, noted that Reid’s father knew them as he was also a fisherman. Persaud described her cousin as a cool and calm individual, noting that he was not confrontational.
Reid leaves to mourn his parents, younger brother along with several other foster-siblings and his girlfriend, who is currently two months pregnant with his first child. The police are continuing the investigations.

Security should be top priority.  Instead these losers are heading to Canada with their begging bowls.  The people need to start protesting and rise up.

Originally Posted by BGurd_See:

The hard times under this new govt seems to be driving people to commit murder for the slightest misunderstanding.

Fisherman murdered at sea

October 8, 2015 By GuyanaTimes

– two crew members arrested

A misunderstanding between several fishermen out at sea turned fatal, leaving one man dead and two others in Police

Dead: Ronald Emanuel Reid

custody.
The dead man has been identified as Ronald Emanuel Reid called “Manny”, of Lot 25 Castello Housing Scheme, Georgetown. According to reports, the 27-year-old man sustained a fatal stab wound to his back. The incident occurred around 14:00h on Tuesday.
Police investigations have revealed that the incident occurred onboard a fishing boat off the Lichfield Foreshore, West Coast Berbice.
“Investigations have revealed that Ronald Emanuel Reid was involved in an argument during which he was fatally stabbed to his back. Two men have been arrested and are in Police custody assisting with the investigations,” the Police disclosed in a release.
Guyana Times understands that Reid has been working at sea for some seven years now and left for this trip about two weeks ago. Speaking to this newspaper, the dead man’s cousin Sonia Persaud related that they received a phone call about Reid’s death around 19:00h on Tuesday.
Persaud said that they were unsure what transpired, but were told that her cousin was killed since around 14:00h. She revealed that Reid spoke with his girl friend earlier in the day and told her that he had a misunderstanding with the Captain of the boat.
“He spoke to his girlfriend around 10:00h and told her he is trying to get a boat to come in from sea because he got in lil’ problems with some guy on the boat… He didn’t say what was the problem,” Persaud related.
This newspaper understands that Reid’s body was brought to shore sometime this morning. Persaud further detailed that when relatives went to identify and claim the body at the shore on Wednesday morning, they observed a single stab wound in his back.
“It look like he was apparently sleeping when they kill he or something… but I can’t say for sure because we ain’t get the full report as yet,” she added.
She added that based on reports received, it was two brothers who reportedly killed her cousin. “We were made to understand that this wasn’t the first time these two brothers murdered someone. It has occur a second time… they had worked in the Venezuela waters but came back to Guyana and started working Guyana waters,” she claimed.
The woman said she did not know the men nor could she say whether her cousin worked with them before this trip. Persaud, however, noted that Reid’s father knew them as he was also a fisherman. Persaud described her cousin as a cool and calm individual, noting that he was not confrontational.
Reid leaves to mourn his parents, younger brother along with several other foster-siblings and his girlfriend, who is currently two months pregnant with his first child. The police are continuing the investigations.

Security should be top priority.  Instead these losers are heading to Canada with their begging bowls.  The people need to start protesting and rise up.

Anger is boiling up. It will reach a tipping point.

The hard times under this new govt seems to be driving people to commit murder for the slightest misunderstanding.

Fisherman murdered at sea

October 8, 2015 By GuyanaTimes

– two crew members arrested

A misunderstanding between several fishermen out at sea turned fatal, leaving one man dead and two others in Police

Dead: Ronald Emanuel Reid

custody.
The dead man has been identified as Ronald Emanuel Reid called “Manny”, of Lot 25 Castello Housing Scheme, Georgetown. According to reports, the 27-year-old man sustained a fatal stab wound to his back. The incident occurred around 14:00h on Tuesday.
Police investigations have revealed that the incident occurred onboard a fishing boat off the Lichfield Foreshore, West Coast Berbice.
“Investigations have revealed that Ronald Emanuel Reid was involved in an argument during which he was fatally stabbed to his back. Two men have been arrested and are in Police custody assisting with the investigations,” the Police disclosed in a release.
Guyana Times understands that Reid has been working at sea for some seven years now and left for this trip about two weeks ago. Speaking to this newspaper, the dead man’s cousin Sonia Persaud related that they received a phone call about Reid’s death around 19:00h on Tuesday.
Persaud said that they were unsure what transpired, but were told that her cousin was killed since around 14:00h. She revealed that Reid spoke with his girl friend earlier in the day and told her that he had a misunderstanding with the Captain of the boat.
“He spoke to his girlfriend around 10:00h and told her he is trying to get a boat to come in from sea because he got in lil’ problems with some guy on the boat… He didn’t say what was the problem,” Persaud related.
This newspaper understands that Reid’s body was brought to shore sometime this morning. Persaud further detailed that when relatives went to identify and claim the body at the shore on Wednesday morning, they observed a single stab wound in his back.
“It look like he was apparently sleeping when they kill he or something… but I can’t say for sure because we ain’t get the full report as yet,” she added.
She added that based on reports received, it was two brothers who reportedly killed her cousin. “We were made to understand that this wasn’t the first time these two brothers murdered someone. It has occur a second time… they had worked in the Venezuela waters but came back to Guyana and started working Guyana waters,” she claimed.
The woman said she did not know the men nor could she say whether her cousin worked with them before this trip. Persaud, however, noted that Reid’s father knew them as he was also a fisherman. Persaud described her cousin as a cool and calm individual, noting that he was not confrontational.
Reid leaves to mourn his parents, younger brother along with several other foster-siblings and his girlfriend, who is currently two months pregnant with his first child. The police are continuing the investigations.

is blackman dead . . . what's with a low-functioning bigot like you pretending to care?

ditto for the ignorant racist calling himself "yuji22"

The crime beat goes on as the afc/apnu are content to fill their pockets with 50% increase of salary while the nations citizens are buggered and raped:

Elderly woman brutally raped, sodomised and murdered by relative

Dead: Vida Britton

The village of Hopetown, West Coast Berbice, is in shock following the brutal raping, and strangling of one of their senior citizens. The suspect is believed to be one of the woman’s own relatives.
The elderly woman, Vida Britton, 78, of Hopetown, was believed to be attacked by her great nephew around 03:00hrs on Monday.
She would usually sleep with her eight-year-old granddaughter and another relative. Her great-nephew who is said to be a deportee and a heavy dope smoker, would from time to time sleep by the elderly woman. He would usually watch over the family’s cows in the backlands.
On the night in question the deranged man visited and asked who was at home. When told that it was the elderly woman and her granddaughter alone he decided to stay over. On Monday morning the little girl awoke and reportedly saw her relative standing naked over her grandmother.
The child, before she could call out, the man covered her mouth and told her to be quiet. He then picked up the elderly woman and replaced her on the bed and fixed her neatly before leaving the premises.  As soon as he was out of sight the child used the opportunity to scream for help, alerting other relatives.
As relatives rushed over they subsequently realized that the woman was dead.   The matter was however only reported to the police the following afternoon. After being informed of what occurred, the police went in search of the culprit. After committing the act, the drug addict reportedly returned to the back lands, oblivious of what he had allegedly done earlier. He was arrested and taken into custody.
Even with his arrest, investigators and relatives were unaware of the brutality of the woman’s death until Dr. Nehaul Singh conducted the Post Mortem examination at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
That was when it was discovered that the elderly woman died from asphyxiation due to manual strangulation and suffocation. It also revealed that the woman was raped and sodomised.

apnu/afc supporters see their bosses getting 50% increase in salary and they feel entitled to take their cut too from the pockets of their fellow citizens:

One bandit shot after gang trails visitor from CJIA

Captured bandit: Shawn Thom

Police came close to busting an organized ring of criminals who target mainly incoming travelers of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

This happened because of an alert driver and quick response from the Guyana Police Force (GPF). The combination led to the capture of one of three men, responsible for several attacks on travelers coming from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

Shawn Thom, 37, of Third Street Alexander Village was shot twice to the left foot by police ranks, who responded to a driver’s call informing ranks that he was being followed from the airport.

Last February, Shawn Thom and Orin David, were released from prison for the 2010 murder of Mahaica businessman, Lakhram Bishundial after a mixed jury at the Demerara Assizes found them not guilty.

Bishundial was driving his vehicle along the roadway when he observed his brother in his motor pick-up.

The siblings stopped their vehicles and were talking on the road when two men rode up on a motorcycle. The pillion rider, who was armed with a handgun, got off the motorcycle, approached the two brothers and discharged rounds at Bishundial, hitting him in his abdomen.

The armed man then grabbed a bag containing an undisclosed sum of cash from the pick-up and escaped along with his accomplice on the motorcycle. They were subsequently captured.

According to the police, about 23:00 hrs on Wednesday, police ranks confronted the occupants of a motor vehicle at Barr Street, Kitty, Georgetown.

This was after ranks got information that the occupants of the car were trailing someone from the airport to Barr Street, Kitty.

The ranks came under fire from the occupants of the car and returned fire, wounding Shawn Thom. His accomplice managed to escape.

An unlicensed .38 revolver with three live rounds and two spent shells were recovered and the motor vehicle seized by the police.

A police source who is part of the investigation, explained that two cars went to the airport to pick up their relatives whose flight arrived at 21:50 hrs on Wednesday.

At the airport, a relative, who is aware of the current situation in Guyana, whereby, bandits would trail travelers from the port of entry to their home and escape with their luggage and money, noticed the men acting in a strange manner.

The police source said that when the relative (the driver) left the airport with the two passengers, he also noticed the three men leaving in a yellow Toyota IST HC2303. The car followed him all the way to Kitty.

Realizing that the car was indeed following him, the alert driver called the police.

“He (the relative) called the police and explained what happened. He told the police where he was heading and the police went there and waited in an unmarked vehicle,” the police source said.

He further told Kaieteur News that when the passenger car arrived at his home on Barr Street and stopped in front of his yard, the yellow car with the three men, stopped a corner away.

“Two of the men came out of the vehicle at a bridge and one of them remained in the car,” the police source said.

According to the source, the police believe that when these bandits follow persons from the airport, they do not carry weapon with them.

The weapon, a spent shell and three live rounds

In fact, police suspected that when the bandits would have already identified where the travelers live, they call on another person, who would drop off the weapon.

Explaining what happened Wednesday night; the police source said when the relative indicated to police that the men, who had stopped at the corner, were following him, ranks approached them.

The bandits, sensing trouble, immediately opened fire at ranks who returned fire, hitting Thom in the process.

His two accomplices managed to escape on foot, leaving behind a weapon and the car.

Kaieteur News understands that a woman, Rowena Singh, a travel agent at Muneshwar’s Shipping, was followed and robbed about two weeks ago.

Singh, who also lives in Kitty, allegedly told police that the yellow IST the men used Wednesday night, was the vehicle that trailed her from the airport to her home.

Police believe that there is someone at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport who informs the bandits.

“What they do is, they wait until the people come out their vehicle to take out the suitcases then they would ambush them. After they finish, the one waiting in the car would collect them,” the police source said.

Audit on NFMU reveals…$$Millions spent on unrelated projects

By Kiana Wilburg   
The forensic audit into the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) continues to bring to the front-burner, even more atrocious acts of dishonesty.

Junior Finance Minister, Jaipaul Sharma

Junior Finance Minister, Jaipaul Sharma told Kaieteur News that he was appalled when he discovered that “almost 90 percent of the funds of the Frequency Management Unit dating back to 2012, 2013 and 2014 were spent on two projects that had absolutely nothing to do with the agency.”
The report on the forensic audit which was conducted by Chartered Accountant Chris Ram showed that in some cases, the hog of the Unit’s funds went to the PPP’s failed Fibre Optic Cable from Brazil and the One Lap Top per Family project. Sharma said that he found this to be “very strange and downright deceitful.”
The fibre optic cable which was started in 2011 was intended to bring another source of internet connectivity to Guyana. It should have been completed by 2013, but turned out to be a major embarrassment for the previous administration, after it faced delays due to damage and other technical issues.
It was part of a bigger initiative to advance Guyana’s e-governance drive and equip 90,000 poor families with laptops and link state agencies into a network.
Dax Construction Company was contracted earlier this year by the previous Government to repair the damaged cable and bring it into operation, in exchange for a number of concessions and partial use of the internet connectivity.
The contract between Dax and the PPP/C was for an initial 25 years with an option to extend it for a further 15 years.
The contract also said that Dax Contracting Services would  be provided with tax exemptions and incentives, including but not limited to tax holidays, remissions, tax waivers and duty free concessions on equipment, spares, tools and vehicles. The vehicles would be two SUVs, and three four-door pick-ups, renewable three years for the next 40 years.
To add insult to injury, the then government had agreed to pay Dax for specific emergency maintenance.
The contract signed between Dr. Roger Luncheon and Faisal Mohamed has been described as the most generous giveaway package, worse that the Sanata Complex in the run-up to the 2011 elections.
It also mirrored the giveaway of the radio frequencies done under the administration of former President Bharrat Jagdeo, during his last days.
Since the new administration took over, it ordered Dax to halt all its operations, bringing an end to the sweetheart deal the entity signed onto with the then PPP/C government.
The One Laptop Per Family and the E-Governance projects along with the Brazilian fibre optic cable initiative, reportedly cost taxpayers in excess of US$70M. Another fiber optic cable contained in a transmission cable laid by the Guyana Power and Light Inc. and stretching along the coast, reportedly pushed the final tally well past the US$120M mark.
“It is unbelievable that they (the NFMU) were hiding expenditure on these projects. It goes to show the kind of financial lawlessness that was allowed to take place at these agencies.
I just don’t understand how monies could be spent on these two programmes which had nothing to do with the Frequency Management Unit from the beginning. The auditor has already made it clear that about $100M has to be recovered in this regard for it goes against the financial regulations of the company,” said the Junior Finance Minister.
Minister Sharma had said, “There was just no proper management at this unit. There were instances where you could see that they just lost out on millions of dollars worth in fees that they should have ensured they collected. There were some defaulters as well who the agency just took no action against.”
“They could have collected a lot more revenue but no. They allowed a lot of favouritism to take place and as such they lost, I would say, millions in revenue. They allowed their PPP boys to slip under the radar while others were called upon to pay their dues. In fact, they weren’t collecting from two of their PPP big boys for some time. It was a lot of unfairness that was going on at that agency.”
Kaieteur News had published on several occasions that the previous government caused up to five frequencies to be awarded to PPP family and friends which gave them the ability to operate Radio Stations with a national reach.
Some of these entities which received such special treatment under the previous administration  included  Bobby Ramroop, the best friend of former President Bharrat Jagdeo, Robert Persaud’s relatives and the then ruling party’s Mirror newspaper company, along with E-networks and Quark communications.
The Head of the Frequency Management Unit is Valmiki Singh. Sharma indicated that the “disturbing” findings of the report prove that the mission statement is nothing but a “nicely-worded declaration to fool the people of this nation when all along is a set of wickedness taking place.”
The Junior Finance Minster told this newspaper that the revelations of some of the forensic audits thus far vindicate the concerns the APNU+AFC had when it served in the opposition regarding the lack of accountability under the previous administration as well as the stench of corruption in some agencies.

The citizens are now taking out their frustration of the hard times under the afc/apnu on 6 year olds now:

Mother pleads guilty, remanded for assaulting child, 6

City Magistrate Faith McGusty has deferred sentencing for Althea Massiah pending the findings of a probation report.
Massiah pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful assault causing actual bodily harm. The act was committed by her, on her six-year-old child.
According to reports, the child was discovered with scars about his body earlier this week, by teachers at a City school after he cried out in pain whenever he was touched.
The child bore marks on his neck, arms and a few on the face. His legs were visibly swollen.  The child also had old scars about his body from previous beatings.
The brutal beatings were inflicted upon the child by his mother, because he had been playing too much.
Police Corporal, Seon Blackman presented the prosecution’s case. This matter comes up again on October 22, for sentencing, in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

NCN paid ‘ghost employees’ $6.6M last year

A State audit of the 2014 financial statements of the National Communications Network (NCN) has confirmed that the entity doled out over $6.6M last year for staffers who were not even working there.

Rather, the 17 persons were stationed elsewhere, at the Office of the President (OP), under the administration of the previous Government, and were known as Media Monitors.

The draft report prepared by the Audit Office of Guyana red-flagged the situation of the Media Monitors. Auditors found that no officer from NCN was tasked with monitoring the works of this group and with making sure that they actually report for work. There were no explanations how the situation could have happened and on whose orders.

Sitting then on the NCN Board of Directors and working at the OP was former controversial Press Liaison, Kwame Mc Coy.

The findings would continue to raise questions about the management of NCN which has been racking up tens of millions of dollars in losses annually, forcing Government to lend cash assistance.

The coalition Government, while in Opposition, had complained bitterly about being refused equitable airtime. It had vowed to reform NCN and make it profitable. A new Board of Directors has been appointed and initial assessments found several abuse and possible cases of fraud at various levels.

“Additionally, the contract for one of the media monitors states that she should be paid a vacation allowance and gratuity for the services provided despite being a temporary employee. As a result, the company was left unaware of whether they were receiving value for the money expended.”

The discovery of the Media Monitors was made by the new coalition Government after they took office in May following General elections. The workers when questioned could not say exactly what they were doing at NCN.

Investigations revealed that the Media Monitors, under the administration of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), were tasked with responding to critics on social sites like FaceBook and in the Letter to the Editors’ sections of the local newspapers. They reportedly created fake profiles and names to attack persons who raised issues that were seen to be bringing negative publicity to the then administration.

According to the draft NCN audit report, the management of NCN was unable to provide evidence in the form of an advertisement or interview selection and shortlisting for the Media Monitors which form parts of the normal requirements for employment at NCN.

As a matter of fact, it appears the employees were ghosts.

“Personal files were also not prepared for any of the persons employed as media monitors. As a result, the management of NCN may endure difficulty in the event of any disciplinary actions to be taken against any of the employees in question since a track record is not kept,” the draft audit report said.

Also, persons who may have been better suited for the position were not given a chance since the circumstances surrounding the employment of the employees in question remain unknown.

Last year, NCN’s Salaries and Wages bill was $216M.

The State audit, according to the draft report, has been confirming worrying signs of apparent lawlessness.

Auditors found what appeared to be evidence of a major racket involving fuel for vehicles.

One vehicle, it was discovered visited a GuyOil gas station almost daily to fill up. Containers of gas were also collected.

The draft audit report, sent last month to Chief Executive Officer, Molly Hassan, found that NCN had no police clearance evident in the personnel files of 15 new employees for 2014, even though this is a requirement for employment at the company.

“As a result, persons of questionable background that could damage the image of the company may currently be in employment by the company. The contracts for two of the seventeen persons employed as Media Monitors during the year under review were not presented for examination. As a result, the terms of employment and payment details and penalties for breach of contract could not be ascertained.”

The Audit Office recommended that the NCN management investigate the matters and take corrective measures to have them resolved.

NCN’s coverage for its television and radio stations stretches across the coastlands and in some hinterland area.

As the new govt tell us that all is well with crime, international police are cracking down on their cohorts:

Local entertainer, Dwidth Ferguson, on the run as … Illegal drugs, gun smuggling operations smashed in Canada

-22 firearms, US$12M in cocaine, vehicles seized  

Dwidth Ferguson

A year-long international investigation into drugs trafficking and gun-running has resulted in the arrest of several persons in Canada. An arrest warrant was also issued for a popular Guyanese entertainer.

On the run is Dwidth Ferguson, 32, said to be a director of Hits and Jams Entertainment. That company is closely associated with Hits and Jams Television and 94.1 Boom FM radio station.

Canadian authorities said that he is suspected and wanted for importation of cocaine and possession for the purpose of trafficking.

During the course of the investigation, the project team worked closely with investigators from three other drug importation projects, who combined to seize a total of 123 kilograms of cocaine, worth a potential street value of US$12.2-million. Project MONTO investigators seized 22 firearms and $146,000 in Canadian currency. In addition, four vehicles were seized as offence-related property.

Ontario Provincial Province (OPP), Chief Superintendent Rick Barnum, during a press conference yesterday, unveiled details of the investigation and samples of the evidence seized during the year-long probe.

It was disclosed that 13 persons from Toronto, including Ferguson, were charged. Several of them have since appeared in Canadian courts on various charges.

They are David Blevins, 36, of Oakville; Jermaine Wilson, 38, of Mississauga; Sandra Lewis, 48, of Milton; Dainnia Cameron, 40, of Milton; Kenton Lnafhorne, 42, of Vaughan; Rionne Martelly, 38, of Milton; Donovan Brown, 44, of Oakville; Dexter Griffith, 43, of Toronto; Natasha Ruddock, 24, of Toronto; Rocco Petrucci, 49, of Toronto; Michael Robinson, 44, of Toronto and Fitz Prince, 63, of Toronto.

Investigators say that the arrested persons imported the illegal drugs and guns into Canada from Central and South America and the United States.

The investigation, dubbed “Project MONTO”, began in 2014 as an international Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) investigation into illegal drugs importation into Canada from Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia and Guyana and prohibited weapons from Florida.

Illegal and prescription drugs were then distributed from the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) to Newfoundland and Labrador.

Cash would go from Newfoundland and Labrador back to the Greater Toronto Area. Drugs were also distributed locally in the GTA upon arrival. Cash would be transferred to the source countries to purchase the drugs being imported. The illegal drugs being acquired and distributed consisted primarily of wholesale quantities of cocaine.

Some of the seized drugs.

At the news conference, Superintendent Barnum disclosed that Project MONTO was conducted by OCEB Drug Enforcement Unit in partnership with the Toronto Police Service, York Regional Police Service, Peel Regional Police, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC), the United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations and the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

Members of the OPP Emergency Response Team, OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau and the Toronto Police Service Emergency Task Force (ETF) assisted with executing the search warrants.

Several search warrants were executed earlier this week at locations in southern Ontario, including the City of Toronto.

OPP said that the 13 persons were charged with 48 offences including charges relating to the Controlled Drug and Substances Act (CDSA) and the Criminal Code of Canada.

“Anytime that we dismantle a criminal operation, we send a very clear message to criminals that police – regardless of jurisdiction – will continue to identify and aggressively pursue those individuals who continue to threaten the safety of our communities. Project MONTO again demonstrates how effective law enforcement is at working together to target criminality,” Barnum said yesterday.

Guyana is a known trans-shipment point to the US and Europe for especially cocaine.

There have been an increasing number of busts in recent months with the establishment of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) office in Guyana.