Eyewitness: Remembering…fallen Police

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While the GPF’s been rightfully receiving heavy flak for their unprofessionalism, the ceremony “honouring” Policemen killed in the line of duty since 1913 reminds us of the sacrifice they’ve also made. The number’s now 65 since 1913. One suspects that the organisers began their body-count from then because the numbers killed from the GPF’s formation in 1839 to that point could be counted on the fingers of their hands.

But what your Eyewitness found surprising was the two speakers failing to mention our very recent history, when the most Police ranks were murdered in the history of Guyana. In a ten-month period in 2003, for instance, FIFTEEN Policemen were murdered – 30 to 2006!! After all, they heard and read ad nauseam about the Police and “Phantoms” killing 400 black youths – now morphed into 1400! Even the 400 Black youths” killed was debunked by the SN which showed 151 innocent persons were murdered by bandits; 239 persons were killed during confrontations with Police and in “unexplained circumstances” plus the 30 Police!!

With most of their relatives in the audience, wouldn’t they’ve wanted to know why their loved ones were killed by the so-called “Buxton Freedom Fighters” formed around five prison escapees?? Don’t the Police deaths deserve an equal-opportunity mention? One hears from the partisans of the “400” about Policemen acting outside of their remit and becoming judges, juries and executioners. But in the absence of any comment by the Police reps about the criminals among the 400, one’s left to conclude they were innocent choir-boys out picking daisies!

Such a one-sided narrative implicitly and explicitly demonises the Police, and has to demotivate the conscientious ones from vigorously performing their duties. Is this a factor that contributes to the extraordinary number of law enforcement officials who have been caught recently making “runnings”? Another missing part of the narrative is what happened to all those youths who were willingly recruited into the services of the “Freedom Fighters”? Like being lookouts and snitches.

Are they now all grown up and continuing the traditions they were exposed to? Are we now still reaping the harvest from the poisoned tree planted in Buxton and like Agricola etc? If your Eyewitness were the Top CoP, he’d have invited Basil Williams and ex-CoP Winston Felix to explain their (in)famous taped conversation about the Agricola Massacre. He’s sure the families of the dead Policemen from that era would’ve liked to know exactly what went down there…since the motivations were the same.But, instead, we had what was just another “heading off” of the Guyanese people from discovering the roots of the cancer, which is still metastasising and lurking to strike when deemed necessary.Like the W Berbice and Mon Repos Ethnic Riots.

…AFC’s charm

Well, seems that to overcome its “Dead Meat” status – not to mention the stench!! – the AFC’s about to go a-courting!! It announced it’ll be divorcing its PNC “partner” (nowadays one has to be gender neutral!!) this year end when their pre-nup agreement expires. Your Eyewitness wonders whether it’ll be allowed to keep the property it acquired during the marriage – what was it? 9 seats?? But then again, the marriage might never have been consummated, since Nagamootoo got shafted immediately after they won in 2015!! But he seemed to’ve disappeared from the scene – unless he’s playing possum.

So what’s the field like for the AFC – since they announced they’ll be casting their net among the “small parties”?? The first thing that came to your Eyewitness’s mind when he heard that statement was the said small parties must’ve immediately started running for the hills!! In the first case, most – excepting ANUG/LJP – were unable to muster even a few hundred votes.Looks like the Dead meat’s gonna rot some more!!

…mother of Parliaments

Tory Minister Lia Nici insists that Labour Dep Leader Angela Rayner (and front bencher) opened her legs in House of Commons to distract Boris.As if he weren’t already distracted!! But then again…!!

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Génocide au Rwanda: un ex-préfet condamné en France à 20 ans de réclusion pour complicité

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Un ancien préfet rwandais, Laurent Bucyibaruta, a été condamné mardi soir par la cour d’assises de Paris à vingt ans de réclusion criminelle pour complicité de génocide, plus de vingt-huit ans après l’extermination des Tutsi au Rwanda.

L’ancien haut fonctionnaire, 78 ans, a été acquitté en tant qu’auteur de génocide mais reconnu coupable en tant que complice de génocide et de crimes contre l’humanité pour quatre massacres, à l’issue de près de onze heures de délibéré.

Laurent Bucyibaruta, qui comparaissait libre sous contrôle judiciaire depuis le 9 mai et qui souffre de pathologies multiples, passera la nuit en prison. Se déplaçant avec une canne, il a été escorté par des gendarmes peu après l’énoncé du verdict.

L’accusation avait réclamé à son encontre la réclusion criminelle à perpétuité, le considérant complice d’un massacre de Tutsi et auteur de quatre autres dans sa préfecture de Gikongoro.

Cette région du sud du Rwanda a été l’une des plus touchées par le génocide qui a fait au moins 800.000 morts dans le pays entre avril et juillet 1994, selon l’ONU.

La cour a acquitté Laurent Bucyibaruta des accusations de génocide et de crimes contre l’humanité commis à la paroisse de Kibeho le 14 avril 1994, ainsi que celles concernant les exécutions de prisonniers tutsi, dont trois prêtres, à la prison de Gikongoro.

Le ministère public avait requis l’acquittement pour ces derniers faits.

Les magistrats et les jurés l’ont reconnu complice de génocide et de crimes contre l’humanité pour les massacres de l’école en construction de Murambi et des paroisses de Cyanika et Kaduha, qui ont fait quelque 75.000 morts le 21 avril 1994.

Laurent Bucyibaruta est également condamné pour complicité de ces crimes pour des exécutions d’élèves à l’école Marie Merci de Kibeho, et celles commises lors de rondes et à des barrières.

Concernant les faits commis à la paroisse de Kibeho, “les premiers de toute la série”, la cour a considéré qu’il n’y avait “pas les éléments suffisants permettant de dire qu’il avait donné des instructions”, ni qu’il savait alors “toute l’ampleur du plan génocidaire” en œuvre.

Laurent Bucyibaruta a dix jours pour faire appel. Ses avocats n’ont pas souhaité réagir.

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“Vingt ans… J’ai l’impression que c’est une peine mi-figue mi-raisin”, a réagi Alain Gauthier, président du Collectif des parties civiles pour le Rwanda (CPCR).

“C’est un choc, en même temps il est condamné pour complicité de génocide donc je ne vais pas non plus tergiverser”, a commenté Dafroza Gauthier, qui traque avec son époux les génocidaires présumés au Rwanda.

La défense avait demandé à la cour de faire “le choix du courage” en acquittant un fonctionnaire “isolé et sans force” pour empêcher les massacres dans sa préfecture de Gikongoro.

Pendant les neuf semaines de débats, Laurent Bucyibaruta n’a cessé de minimiser son importance dans la chaîne hiérarchique et celle des moyens à sa disposition pour empêcher les tueries, répétant qu’il avait été “dépassé par les événements”.

Il a été “un rouage incontournable sans lequel la machine meurtrière n’aurait pas pu être mise en œuvre”, avaient estimé les avocates générales dans leur réquisitoire. S’il “n’a tué aucune personne”, l’ex-fonctionnaire “a sur lui le sang de toutes les victimes tuées à Gikongoro”.

Dans ses derniers mots à la cour, l’accusé a martelé n’avoir “jamais été dans le camp des tueurs” et a exprimé ses “remords” de ne pas avoir “pu sauver” les Tutsi de sa préfecture.

Laurent Bucyibaruta avait fui le Rwanda après la fin du génocide, le 23 juillet 1994. Il vit en France depuis 1997, dans la banlieue de Troyes.

Il était visé par une enquête depuis 2000.

Le Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda (TPIR) avait un temps réclamé Laurent Bucyibaruta, mais il s’était finalement dessaisi au profit des juridictions françaises.

Il était le plus haut responsable rwandais jamais jugé en France pour des crimes liés au génocide des Tutsi.

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L’auteur présumé de l’homicide du 2 juillet aux Abymes interpellé

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Les forces de l’ordre ont interpellé au petit matin l’auteur présumé de l’homicide du 2 juillet aux Abymes.

Très tôt ce mardi (12 juillet), les hommes du Raid sont intervenus à Baie-Mahault.

Leur cible, l’auteur présumé d’un homicide au début du mois aux Abymes

Après plusieurs jours d’enquête, le parquet de Pointe-à-Pitre et la Police Judiciaire ont travaillé conjointement pour avancer sur le dossier. 

Pour rappel, dans la nuit du 2 juillet dernier, lors d’une fête clandestine à Grand Camp aux Abymes, un jeune homme de 23 ans a été mortellement blessé au thorax par une arme à feu.

Il n’a pu être réanimé à l’arrivée des secours.

L’enquête se poursuit et pour l’heure, les autorités restent discrètes sur le sujet.

Selon nos informations, une communication conjointe du Parquet et de la Police Judiciaire sera faite sur le sujet dans les prochains jours.

Sur le même sujet

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Young Jamaica challenges PNP to present a better relief plan | Loop Jamaica

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Young Jamaica, the youth arm of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), challenges the People’s National Party (PNP), and its president to offer the Jamaican people an alternative relief plan, “one which not only treats with Jamaica’s current economic situation but accounts for future financial stability”.

“Instead of the PNP’s irresponsible and impulsive proposals, the JLP Andrew Holness-led government has put forward a measured, targeted and thoughtful aid packages over the last two years…,” Young Jamaica said in a press release on Monday.

“The latest CARE components will provide a combined $2.7-billion social intervention package. Special focus was also given to the youth and elderly. Over half a billion dollars will be allocated to pensioners at the bottom of the income ladder.

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“The GOJ will also be providing J$1.789 billion in back-to-school grants in addition to additional contributions to those on PATH,” the group noted.

According to Young Jamaica, the PNP continues to prove that it has “absolutely no idea how to govern the people of Jamaica responsibly and ethically”.

The group said that the PNP had “repeatedly” and “impulsively promoted irresponsible and fiscally unsound policies”.

Young Jamaica said it is “high time for [the PNP] to recognise that the politics they are attempting to play is a relic of a past” Jamaica does not want to return.

“This JLP administration has introduced transformational systematic electronic direct transfer of relief funds, aligned with international best practices, for the people of Jamaica.

“This has never been done before by any other administration,” the press release quoted Young Jamaica President Rohan Walsh.

Communications Director of Young Jamaica Rodain Richardson said: “The PNP would like for us to resile to the 1990s, 2010 and 2013, when Jamaicans were faced with economic pressures, uncertain times and when the country suffered catastrophic economic affairs.

“We have come too far as a people and have worked too hard as a country for anyone to trick us and tell us to run wid it, we cannot go back to a time like that.”

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PM rubbishes Neil Cave’s lawsuit threat, says ex- LIAT pilot is seeking attention

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne has hit back at former Barbadian LIAT pilot Neil Cave over the ex-airline employee’s threat to sue him for defamation.

Cave accused Browne of a personal attack on him and his “good name.

The Barbadian pilot also disclosed that he would be filing the lawsuit in the court in Antigua shortly,requesting an undisclosed sum of damages.

In a strongly worded but terse statement issued Tuesday, Browne said Cave is seeking attention.

“A statement of fact made in the Parliament ofAntigua & Barbuda, where I swore an oath to speak without fear or favor, could never be defeated in a court of law,” Browne said.“As usual, Neil is looking noticement and relevance.”

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Masked man robs Weirs resident of his vehicle in armed hold-up near cricket stadium; matter reported to Parham Police

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A 52-year-old Weirs man was robbed of his vehicle on Friday, July 8, in an area close to the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds.

The man reported to the Parham Police Station that he had gone to assist a friend who had run out of gas on Old Parham Road, and then headed back home via the Sir Sydney Walling Highway.

He says he stopped to relieve himself at about 1:15 a.m. and was accosted by a masked man dressed in all-black.

Reportedly, the bandit pointed a gun at the Weirs resident, ordering that he not move and demanding money.

Further, the man says he was told to lie on the ground, following which the masked gunman drove off in his black 1998 Mitsubishi Pajero jeep, Registration No. A32263.

Investigations into the robbery are ongoing.

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UPP apologizes, confirms ABEC in fact published June Voters List

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The Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC) is categorically refuting claims made by the United Progressive Party (UPP) that it has failed to publish the Voters’ Register for June, as is required by law. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES.

In response, the UPP is apologizing to the Commission for a statement it issued, asking that ABEC explain the delay in publication.

A Party official confirms that the June list has, indeed, been printed and published, and believes the mix-up took place because of a delay in acquiring digital copies of the list.

The Party had issued a press release, published on July 11, captioned “UPP demands explanation for ABEC’s late publication of June’s Voters’ List and calls for more voter education.”

In response, ABEC reports that the Register of Electors for June 2022 was published on June 26, 2022, and it was posted in the places required by the Representation of the People Act by June 27, 2022.

“Copies of the document can be seen at the High Court, Public Library, St. John’s Police Station, the (General) Post Office and other areas within the 17 constituencies, including each Registration Unit,” ABEC says.

In addition, the Commission says the Supplementary List – that is, the list of persons registered between June 1 and 30 – which is required to be published by the 15th of every month – has been published since July 8.

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Chief Education Officer Urges Adults To Be Role Models For Children – St. Lucia Times News

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Asserting the children are watching, Chief Education Officer Dr. Fiona Philip-Mayer has called on adults to lead by example and be role models.

“We must be role models in our use of social media, in the comments, in the utterances that we make. Our children need us to teach them the values, to teach them the manners that we so want as part of our school community,” Philip-Mayer asserted in a statement on Tuesday to mark the summer break.

“So let us all as adults be responsible in what we do, in what we say, appreciating that we must lead by example,” the Senior Education Ministry official stated.

She said that parents are partners.

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“You allow us to have your children. For that we are ever so grateful. We continue to work alongside you and ask you to be the partners that are going to support your child’s development and for those of you who have done this in a beautiful way we say thank you as well,” the Chief Education Officer said.

She also had a message for students, assuring them that they are not too young to appreciate their efforts on their behalf and express gratitude.

As many young people transition to secondary school, Philip Mayer encouraged them to make the best of it.

In addition, she highlighted the need to continue to read and learn during the break from school as they engage in self-care and activities that uplift them and bond with their families.

And Philip-Mayer expressed gratitude to education stakeholders who had contributed to a good academic year with unexpected turns and limitations, but one for which all they could be proud.

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Se reporta explosión en restaurante de San Juan

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Agentes, adscritos al precinto de Calle Loíza, investigaron un incidente reportado a las 9:36 de la mañana del lunes, en el restaurante Rubén’s Café, localizado en la avenida Magdalena, en San Juan.

Según la Uniformada, alegó el querellante, Ricardo Zapata, de 23 años, quien labora como cocinero en el mencionado negocio, que cuando fue a encender la plancha de cocinar ocurrió una explosión.

El perjudicado resultó con quemaduras en la cara y los brazos siendo transportado por su padre al hospital Doctor’s Center, en Santurce, donde lo evaluó el médico de turno.

El agente Nephtali Feliciano, del precinto de Calle Loíza, investigó el incidente.

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Junior Monarch contestants draw spots for Finals night | Loop Barbados

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Final preparations are underway, as the 17 contestants of the 2022 Scotiabank Junior Monarch Competition anticipate Saturday’s stage.

On Monday, July 11, at Scotiabank Broad Street, The City, the contestants eagerly drew their positions for the two categories – soca and calypso.

For the social commentary category, Yahandje Yahandje Daniel will be the first to grace the stage. She will be followed by Kari-Anne Just Kari Holford-Sam, Ethan Lil E Edey, Alyssa Slay Harris, Rimiya Majestic Miya Wilson, Kenaz Mighty Bitbit Walker, Danesha Danekia Davis, Kadarius King K Allen, and Dondri A@-lee-ah Forde.

In the calypso category, there were two switches of positions pulled between King K and Just Kari and Lil E and Daneka. There were no switches in the soca category.

Joshua Joshua B Blackman will kick off the soca category. He will be followed by Trinity Clarke, Joshua Joshox Oxley, Malika Leeka Goodridge, Kiah Netanya Shurland, Sephon Lil Stathis Sealy, Revenn Y.S.R. Moseley, and Shontee Tae Alleyne-Clarke.

Corporate communications officer of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF), Toni Yarde shared that with only four days until the big stage, contestants bursting with excitement. She revealed that it was a packaged schedule ahead with rehearsals and a mock tent in the works.

“We really have to give thanks to the parents of these young ones and the young ones themselves because they are enthusiastic,” Yarde said while also giving kudos to NCF music officer Kevin Moore and Dr Stefan Walcott who have been assisting the contestants.

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