Monthly Archives: May 2008

Guyana crime update: drug czar fails lie detector test about his cocaine businesses

oh rass! well hear laff now…the top cocaine man in Guyana tek a test to see if he involved in the cocaine business and he fail the lie detector test. laff til yuh belly buss
Acting CANU head among ranks to fail polygraph test
Kaieteur News: The acting head of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) […]

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New Orleans 17th Street Canal leaking as hurricane season begins

just in case you needed more evidence big whitey is a fraud and a terrorist…the description below is for the photo above
In this area, water seeps under the levee of the 17th Street Canal levee, background, Tuesday, May 20, 2008, in New Orleans. Despite extensive repairs, the levee that broke with catastrophic effect during […]

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Mali: hundreds flee conflict between Army and Touareg

Hundreds of Malians have crossed into neighbouring Burkina Faso to escape fighting between the army and Touareg rebels. Around 300 refugees have been registered in the capital Ouagadougou since April, where they are sheltering in a football stadium. Over 600 others are living in makeshift shelters in Djibo. Violence between Malian soldiers and separatist Touareg […]

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African youths rounded up by Guyana Police

Police yesterday morning rounded up close to a dozen men in the East Bank Demerara community of Agricola during a raid which the lawmen said was a routine exercise.

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Patacake charged with Mangoman murder

Kaieteur News: Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday remanded a man to prison for the murder of an East Coast Demerara mango trader.
The accused, 22-year-old Sherwin Nero, also called Sherwin Moses and ‘Patacake’, was read the indictable charge at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
It is alleged that on August 30, last year, at Cove and John, Nero […]

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ANNUAL JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL - PRATT PARK IN HISTORIC CENTRAL SEATTLE

For Immediate Release:
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CENTRAL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO CELEBRATE ITS 26TH ANNUAL JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL JUNE 13, 14 & 15, 2008, AT PRATT PARK IN HISTORIC CENTRAL SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, WA- The Seattle Central Area Chamber of Commerce (SCACC) sponsors the Juneteenth Freedom Festival & Parade 2008 at Pratt Park, 20th & Yesler, on Father’s Day […]

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Nigerian govt seeking compensation for losses incurred by Nigerians in South Africa

The Nigerian government is seeking compensation for losses incurred by Nigerians in South Africa during the recent xenophobic attacks on foreigners. Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe said a list of Nigerians who lost their properties is being compiled. Meanwhile, the South African government has announced plans to set up seven camps around […]

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Rwanda singer Simon Bikindi genocide trial

Prosecutors at the genocide trial of Rwandan musician, Simon Bikindi, say he should receive a life sentence if convicted. Bikindi is accused of using his widespread influence and connections to the government of President Juvenal Habyarimana to spread propaganda inciting ethnic Hutus to kill Tutsis. He denies six counts of genocide and related charges. Almost […]

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Michael Williams wanted for fraud in Antigua - might be in Guyana (Soesdyke)

> We received an email plea for help from a Guyanese living in Antigua. She was ripped off US$52,584.91 by a man named Michael Williams she gave to him for the purpose of building a house in Antigua.
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> Michael Williams is currently wanted for fraud in Antigua and may be living in Soesdyke area with […]

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Guyana crime update - 79 yr old ‘Auntie’ Dhanwantie raped and murdered in Wakenaam

Rapist/killer disregarded respect for the elderly– CIOG
Kaieteur News: The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) yesterday expressed profound sadness at the rape and murder of Dhanwantie, the 79-year-old blind Wakenaam resident.
In a statement issued yesterday, the CIOG noted that the perpetrator of this ‘horrendous’ act and ‘destructor’ of life against a handicap and innocent citizen […]

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Ricky Singh’s pageantry of hate and hypocrisy - Rickford Burke

On May 27, Mr. Ricky Singh made a vitriolic attack on me in the Stabroek newspaper, in response to my letter criticizing the Editor-in-Chief/Publisher, Mr. David de Caires, and his newspaper, for pursuing an anti-black agenda. The baleful machinations behind the publication of my letter notwithstanding, I stand by my contentions and cede no ground […]

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Attorney Gomattie Singh burned with acid in Guyana

Attorney-at-law Gomattie Singh is in hospital after a lone assailant threw acid in her face as she sat in her vehicle outside the Guyoil gas station on Sheriff Street yesterday afternoon
Kaieteur News: Attorney-at-law Gaumattiie Singh is hospitalised suffering from severe burns about her face and body following a brazen acid attack yesterday afternoon.
Kaieteur News understands […]

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“Who’s Afraid of Norman Finkelstein?” — Haaretz editorial

05.27.2008 | Haaretz
By Haaretz Editorial
On Friday morning, the State of Israel refused to allow Prof. Norman Finkelstein, an American Jewish political scientist, to enter the country. Finkelstein was arrested at the airport and questioned by the Shin Bet security service for several hours. A day later, it became known that he had been banned from […]

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Open Letter to the State Department Eritrea Desk & Affiliates

By Haileab Luul Tesfai, Toronto

Eritreans at home and in the Diaspora are gearing up to celebrate their most precious day which is also a day of inspiration to many people in the Horn and beyond, currently struggling to liberate themselves from various forms of oppression and exploitation. For that, as much as we want […]

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Prachanda - ‘We [are] leading the anti-feudal, anti-imperialist democratic struggle’

Maoist leader Prachanda declined to meet TIME, but agreed to his first interview with an independent journalist by writing a signed and dated letter in response to questions given by South Asia bureau chief Alex Perry to a go-between while in mountainous rebel territory in mid-western Nepal. Prachanda’s reply did not reveal his location.
TIME: Where […]

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