Because the Police Force was compromised by this man, the Crime situation spiraled out of control.
The opposition in trying to paint the Government in a bad light should ask Felix who built his house for him. The answer to this question will open a can of worms that the opposition will not be able to carry into elections, after all Felix was a supporter of the PNC/R.
Rest assured his house was not built by the PPP/C, the GPF or the PNC/R

That fool Guyanese patriot start a thread about phantom killers sponsored by the PPP, he forgetting that Dale Moore and and the rest of escapees were acting on instructions from Kongress place

The Government of the day faced a politically orchestrated crime spree that was leaving hundreds of innocents slaughtered and a COP who had gone rogue

to the recent tape where the Chairman of the PNCR was heard thanking the former Commissioner of Police “for diverting attention of the links with the PNC and the criminal gang that had just killed eight people on the East Bank of Demerara.(Guyana Chronicle, July 31st 20009)

quote:

Originally posted by albert:
The Government of the day faced a politically orchestrated crime spree that was leaving hundreds of innocents slaughtered and a COP who had gone rogue

It was not as bad as you try to make it out to be. More innocent victims have lost their lives under the PPP regime since 1992 than during the reign of any other political party since Guyana became independent.

What that demonstrates is that the PPP has somehow encouraged killings and disrespect of the law with their policies. Things are now so bad that government ministers and friend can kill or maim an innocent person at will without fear of ever going to prison. The PPP constitution does not allow for friends to be convicted.

quote:

Originally posted by Streetsmart:
to the recent tape where the Chairman of the PNCR was heard thanking the former Commissioner of Police “for diverting attention of the links with the PNC and the criminal gang that had just killed eight people on the East Bank of Demerara.(Guyana Chronicle, July 31st 20009)

The wikileaks files show that the president no less handpicked a known criminal to head the police force. Since then many gruesome crimes have gone unsolved.

quote:

Originally posted by Mr.T:

quote:

Originally posted by albert:
The Government of the day faced a politically orchestrated crime spree that was leaving hundreds of innocents slaughtered and a COP who had gone rogue

It was not as bad as you try to make it out to be. More innocent victims have lost their lives under the PPP regime since 1992 than during the reign of any other political party since Guyana became independent.

What that demonstrates is that the PPP has somehow encouraged killings and disrespect of the law with their policies. Things are now so bad that government ministers and friend can kill or maim an innocent person at will without fear of ever going to prison. The PPP constitution does not allow for friends to be convicted.

Come on My T, cut the crap. WE know the killings were a major thrust by the PNC to regain power thru the "back-door". Their aim was to push the Indo population to pressure the Govt to make a deal with the PNC. Granted, there were several Indian-run criminal organizations involved in the crime spree, but this was just the cover for the PNC to act. This was the antics used by the PNC back in the 60's claiming to bring peace and stability upon attaining power when it was clear, they unleashed the violence in the first place.

I'm no PPP man, but let's keep the facts straight. The violence were a product of PNC politics, and the nexus of PNC politics, security forces and criminal gangs.

quote:

Originally posted by baseman:

quote:

Originally posted by Mr.T:

quote:

Originally posted by albert:
The Government of the day faced a politically orchestrated crime spree that was leaving hundreds of innocents slaughtered and a COP who had gone rogue

It was not as bad as you try to make it out to be. More innocent victims have lost their lives under the PPP regime since 1992 than during the reign of any other political party since Guyana became independent.

What that demonstrates is that the PPP has somehow encouraged killings and disrespect of the law with their policies. Things are now so bad that government ministers and friend can kill or maim an innocent person at will without fear of ever going to prison. The PPP constitution does not allow for friends to be convicted.

Come on My T, cut the crap. WE know the killings were a major thrust by the PNC to regain power thru the "back-door". Their aim was to push the Indo population to pressure the Govt to make a deal with the PNC. Granted, there were several Indian-run criminal organizations involved in the crime spree, but this was just the cover for the PNC to act. This was the antics used by the PNC back in the 60's claiming to bring peace and stability upon attaining power when it was clear, they unleashed the violence in the first place.

I'm no PPP man, but let's keep the facts straight. The violence were a product of PNC politics, and the nexus of PNC politics, security forces and criminal gangs.

lets hope the APNU is truly reformed - like the defectors who joined both the PPP and the AFC, I hope those that would have been around during that time come clean and apologise to this nation for the turmoil they caused.

Roger Khan was a drug dealer who took out known criminals, sanctioned by this gov't. I don't give a flying f#$^ who killed the freedom fighters and fineman's gang - the end did justify the means. At this is all laid squarely at the feet of the PNC who initiated, agitated and fostered the environment for the criminals to grow and achieve such stature and protection.

Instead of asking Moses to apologise, Robert should be asking Joe, Gillian and Phillip to apologise before they were let in to the party. They should have been made to stand on the podium and tell the nation what happened during those years.

But the PPP would never ask them to do that. They after their interests and not that of the nation.


As Joey said - while the blacks and indians were killing each other, Cheddi and Burnham were sipping wine at Cheddi's Home.

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Originally posted by Streetsmart:
That fool Guyanese patriot start a thread about phantom killers sponsored by the PPP, he forgetting that Dale Moore and and the rest of escapees were acting on instructions from Kongress place

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06GEORGETOWN290 2006-03-28 20:18 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Georgetown

This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

C O N F I D E N T I A L GEORGETOWN 000290

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

CARACAS ALSO FOR LEGATT
PORT OF SPAIN ALSO FOR A/LEGATT, DEA
SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/28/2016
TAGS: SNAR PINS KCRM GY
SUBJECT: POLICE CHIEF REQUESTS USG HELP INVESTIGATING DRUG
LORD

REF: A. GEORGETOWN 278
¶B. GEORGETOWN 205

Classified By: Ambassador Roland W. Bullen
For reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)

¶1. (C) Guyana Police Force (GPF) Commissioner Winston Felix
paid Ambassador a visit March 27 to request U.S. government
assistance on two specific matters. The requests stem from
last week’s joint army/police raids on drug lord Shaheed
“Roger” Khan’s properties and the widely, anonymously
distributed secret recording of Felix’s phone conversation
with a senior opposition politician (ref A). Felix followed
up this personal request to Ambassador with an official
letter March 28 reiterating the support he is seeking.

¶2. (C) Felix seeks assistance to determine whether a recently
constructed house believed to be owned by a Khan and/or
Ricardo Rodrigues associate, and currently in GPF’s control,
has a concealed basement. This house is located near the
residence of the Canadian and UK High Commissioners, who
observed the installation of a very large concrete pit during
the suspected house’s construction. The High Commissioners
initially thought this underground structure was for a
swimming pool, yet the completed house has no pool. Felix
believes that a concealed basement might contain illegal
items, including drugs and the AK-47s that disappeared from
the Guyana Defence Force’s armory in February (ref B).
Multiple sources have confirmed that an unusually high number
of vehicles went to the suspected house during the first
raids against Khan’s properties. Felix said the GPF lacks
the resources to detect a concealed basement, but he does not
want to release the building until he is sure that no such
underground structure exists.

¶3. (C) Felix also requested assistance in conducting a
thorough sweep of his office to ensure that there is no
surreptitious recording device. Khan is responsible for the
secret Felix recording and indications are that Felix’s

SIPDIS
office may have been bugged. The local phone company GT&T
conducted a cursory check of Felix’s office, but not to
Felix’s satisfaction. [joe singh, yog mahadeo & crew]

¶4. (C) Post RSO is working with A/LEGATT and DEA
Port-of-Spain on these requests.

¶5. (C) Comment. Felix is Post’s most trusted and effective
interlocutor on law enforcement issues. The recent
army/police raids have put Khan and his associates on the
defensive. Failing to thoroughly investigate for a concealed
basement at the suspected house would be a terrible missed
opportunity. Likewise, further illegal recordings of Felix’s
conversations by Khan would only hamper the current,
unprecedented initiative to bring Guyana’s leading
narco-traffickers to justice. End comment.
BULLEN

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Originally posted by albert:
Felix -Basil Scandal



Winston Felix

Why did the PPP not make a big fuss when it happened and summarily sack the Crime chief? We asked for it here to a man and woman.

The PPP got rid of Felix and Collins because they turned up the heat on their boy Roger Khan that caused him to flee to Surniname into the Hands of the DEA!

Roger Khan was using these same so called Freedom Fighters to do his dirty work and then he would use another set to kill them. You people (including Baseman and Blade) are too caught up in your racist ways to see the big picture!

Why didn't the PPP allow Scotland Yard to come in an investigate the crime spree with the Freedom fighters etc. Why didn't Jagdeo release the video he said he had with PNC officials and the Buxton Criminals?

You people are jokers and that is why Guyana is such a messed up corrupt country that will head down into the abyss of poverty and mayhem if this PPP government is not voted out of office?

Where is the reform of the police force that they promised the last two consecutive elections? Where is the SWAT team? Where is the Forensic Lab?

You people don't want real answers, you people are not interested in solving the crimes, you just want to resort into finger pointing and blaming everyone else except those that are responsible for keeping the Guyanese citizens safe. If the PPP knew all of this, why did they sit on their hands? Why didn't the PPP ask for outside expert help when Sash Sawh got executed? Why? Why? Because they are afraid that investigator will find out who the real killers are?

Why are the PPP more interested in executing criminals more than bringing them to trial to find out who the real mastermind of these crimes are or in their own coined term "the Intellectual Authors." It is because they know the finger will point right back to them.

The bottom line is, it is the PPP government who are the mastermind behind all the criminality and they are behind allowed to blame everyone else under the sun. Why aren't they being held accountable?

quote:

Originally posted by Guyanese Patriot:
The PPP got rid of Felix and Collins because they turned up the heat on their boy Roger Khan that caused him to flee to Surniname into the Hands of the DEA!

Roger Khan was using these same so called Freedom Fighters to do his dirty work and then he would use another set to kill them. You people (including Baseman and Blade) are too caught up in your racist ways to see the big picture!

When the DEA and the other Agency come in we will know the truth.

I maintain that the PNC had a hand in the mayhem that occurred otherwise they would not have called the escapees freedom fighters, they would not have draped the Flag of Guyana on the coffins of these murderers. If you had bothered to read my statement correctly you would have made such a stupid pronouncement that I'm a racist.

I'm not blinded by loyalty to anyone. I look at the facts presented by all sides and it is the PNC/or rather active members of the PNC who were lending vocal support on National Television (NBTV) for the freedom fighters.

quote:

Originally posted by The Blade Runner:

quote:

Originally posted by Guyanese Patriot:
The PPP got rid of Felix and Collins because they turned up the heat on their boy Roger Khan that caused him to flee to Surniname into the Hands of the DEA!

Roger Khan was using these same so called Freedom Fighters to do his dirty work and then he would use another set to kill them. You people (including Baseman and Blade) are too caught up in your racist ways to see the big picture!

When the DEA and the other Agency come in we will know the truth.

I maintain that the PNC had a hand in the mayhem that occurred otherwise they would not have called the escapees freedom fighters, they would not have draped the Flag of Guyana on the coffins of these murderers. If you had bothered to read my statement correctly you would have made such a stupid pronouncement that I'm a racist.

I'm not blinded by loyalty to anyone. I look at the facts presented by all sides and it is the PNC/or rather active members of the PNC who were lending vocal support on National Television (NBTV) for the freedom fighters.

When you say lending vocal support, was it when these so-called freedom fighters were alive or was it at a funeral?

How do you or anyone else know that when someone was executed by the police or Phantom they were one of the so-called freedom fighters?

Do you know that hundreds of people were executed by the PPP sponsored Phantom Squad and the Police and were automatically labelled as either a freedom fighter or connected with drugs?? This is the reason you people are blinded. At one point in guyana, anyone who got killed were labelled by the government, police and newspapers to have links with the criminal underworld without even having a record or without even confirming.

My point is, the PPP allowed this to go unabated. Why during this crime spree the PPP never imposed a curfew? Why did they never admitted that crime is out of control? It is because all the crimes that were occuring was "Organized Crime" in which they knew who the players were.

Do you remember a few months back, there were a spate of executions and the police rounded up all the known drug lords and detained them for a little while and then let them go without charging them. Would it be same to assume that they were warned to tone it down?

People, wake up from your stupid slumber!

Blade, I hope when you people vote the PPP in again, you would realize that you are voting for 5 more years of this mayhem. DO NOT COMPLAIN! Endure the torture while the PPP gets richer and richer and richer and Guyanese people suffer and suffer and suffer.


All I have to say is "God Bless America"

quote:

Originally posted by Guyanese Patriot:


When you say lending vocal support, was it when these so-called freedom fighters were alive or was it at a funeral?

How do you or anyone else know that when someone was executed by the police or Phantom they were one of the so-called freedom fighters?

Do you know that hundreds of people were executed by the PPP sponsored Phantom Squad and the Police and were automatically labelled as either a freedom fighter or connected with drugs?? This is the reason you people are blinded. At one point in guyana, anyone who got killed were labelled by the government, police and newspapers to have links with the criminal underworld without even having a record or without even confirming.

My point is, the PPP allowed this to go unabated. Why during this crime spree the PPP never imposed a curfew? Why did they never admitted that crime is out of control? It is because all the crimes that were occuring was "Organized Crime" in which they knew who the players were.

Do you remember a few months back, there were a spate of executions and the police rounded up all the known drug lords and detained them for a little while and then let them go without charging them. Would it be same to assume that they were warned to tone it down?

People, wake up from your stupid slumber!

time for an english lesson

1. i specifically refer to those labelled as freedom fighters and not any other persons killed.

2. i specifically refer to fineman's gang.

3. i said i didn't care how these monsters died by its good they're gone.

4. i stated that the members of the pnc who were around at that time should apologise to the nation and tell us what happened or why it happened.

5. i said that the APNU should also apologise to the nation for their role in the mayhem.

6. i said that the PPP don't really want to investigate what happened because the present situation benefits them.

7. i said that Cheddi and Burnham were on speaking terms while the blacks and indians were killing each other (according to Joey).

Tell me which of my statements and can considered racist.

quote:

Originally posted by Guyanese Patriot:

Blade, I hope when you people vote the PPP in again, you would realize that you are voting for 5 more years of this mayhem. DO NOT COMPLAIN! Endure the torture while the PPP gets richer and richer and richer and Guyanese people suffer and suffer and suffer.


All I have to say is "God Bless America"

Any person who votes for a party has a RIGHT to hold that party accountable for its actions.

What in the world made you think I will vote for the PPP? I'm curious.

The PPP has been lying to us all this time they are talking about Jagdeo has this video tape and that video tape is all lies and fabrication and a figment of their illustrious imagination.

Blade runner isnt the man who led the charge and who put the flag on blackie coffin (BYNOE) now standing on the PPP's platform and isnt he paid for by the PPP?

Wasnt Bynoe responsible for this?????


Violence in the city - CARICOM summit opening
Re- Stabroek News/Guyana Chronicle - July 5th. 2002

Fear lingers after Wednesday's violence

On the alert: Police regularly patrolled the streets of Georgetown yesterday.
THE day after protesters stormed the Office of the President and burned down two Regent Street stores, the normally busy Regent Street was in a state of inactivity yesterday, a scene that was also evident in other areas of downtown Georgetown.
During the morning, many of the stores did not open fully. Only the entrances to the stores were opened and the heavy metal and woodwork barriers on show windows remained in place. Store owners or/and their employees kept a close eye out for more protesters who turned violent in a rampage Wednesday afternoon.



Yesterday afternoon most of the stores were locked tight and Regent Street was almost a ghost town.

Protesters set fire to the Payless Variety Store when they struck Wednesday. The building was completely burnt while not much was saved from the next door Fullworths Store.


Regent Street yesterday in stark contrast to what it's like on a regular shopping day.
What remained on the front half of the ground floor of the store was yesterday being taken away by employees at the bidding of Fullworths owner, Mr. Hardatt Persaud. What was saved was in no condition to be sold, but a good cleaning of the items would serve the employees well.
At his store yesterday, Mr. Persaud, in tears, was still shaking his head in disbelief at what happened to his store. It had stood there for the past 32 years.

Persaud estimated his losses at more than $100M and said his property and goods were tremendously underinsured.

"I don't know what I will do", he told the Chronicle.

His store next door, which kept clothes and haberdashery, was saved from the fire.

The newly opened Bounty Meat Centre was spared from the fire. However, minor damage was noticeable. During the day, workers were seen putting up plywood over the glass show windows of the store.

At the Courts store at Regent and Camp Streets, protective metal plates were placed across show windows. The store was nearly burned down Wednesday evening when protesters smashed one of the show windows and hurled an incendiary device into the store. The small fire was quickly put out.

At the Bourda Market, unlike Wednesday afternoon when almost all the stalls were locked up, a few opened up yesterday.

Around Stabroek Market, vendors were not out in their usual numbers.

On Main Street, the entire block where State House is located was restricted to vehicular traffic. State House is the official residence of President Bharrat Jagdeo.

Policemen were seen on the streets of Georgetown and at all hotels and rooming facilities housing delegates to the 23rd CARICOM Heads of Government Conference.

PNC/R says Bynoe not party member
THE main Opposition People's National Congress Reform (PNC/R) yesterday condemned Wednesday's storming of the Office of the President and the violent attack on citizens and business places which resulted from an unauthorised protest march in the city, led by a former top party member, Mr. Philip Bynoe.

At the regular weekly press briefing at the party's Congress Place headquarters in Georgetown, Chairman Mr. Robert Corbin said the protest march which began from Belladrum West Coast Berbice, was organised by the People's Solidarity Movement. He said the movement which comprises a number of concerned citizens from several villages along the East Coast Demerara, was joined by PNC/R supporters in the protest march that ended up in Georgetown, but unfortunately it was infiltrated by `criminal elements'.

During the march several persons were attacked and robbed and two of those who stormed the Presidential Complex were shot dead by Police. The protesters also set on fire two vehicles and burnt two Regent Street stores.

Corbin said Bynoe is not a member of the PNC/R and is not permitted to represent the party's interest when it comes to staging protest marches in the city.

"Anyone knowing the structure of the party will know Bynoe is not a leader within the party", he said.

According to Corbin, the group had applied to the Commissioner of Police for permission to conduct a protest march on Wednesday, but did not get a response. He said the protesters who were already organised, went ahead and proceeded to the city.

Corbin contended that because law enforcement officers were not present to monitor the march, the situation erupted into chaos.

"Notwithstanding the fact that our people are hurting, we cannot condone the death and destruction that took place (Wednesday). We wish to convey our deepest sympathy to the families of those who were killed, those injured, and who were beaten and had their business places looted and destroyed", he said.

PNC/R leader, Mr. Desmond Hoyte who returned home Wednesday night after undergoing medical check-ups in the U.S., said his party had planned to stage a four-day march which was due to begin yesterday. However, the march did not go on because up to yesterday, the Police had not responded to the application, he said.

In view of the CARICOM Summit being held in Georgetown, Hoyte said the Police would see that as the ideal circumstance to justify refusal of permission for any march.

He said the PNC/R will march whether permitted or not.

Leader of illegal protest to be charged
`That place is sacrosanct and should always be protected regardless of the costs. We would not allow that situation to be manifested again. The Office of the President must not be regarded as an ordinary office and I consider it an affront to this entire country for those elements to attempt, even attempt, to enter that building' - Police Commissioner Floyd McDonald
By Neil Marks

LEADER of the group of illegal protesters which attacked the Presidential Complex on Wednesday, Phillip Bynoe, is to be charged, Police Commissioner Floyd McDonald said yesterday, assuring such an action will not happen again.

"We acknowledge the right to protest peacefully, but we cannot and will not condone any conduct deemed at disrupting the activities of this country", McDonald declared at a news conference.

Two persons were shot dead after a group invaded the Office of the President in New Garden Street, Georgetown, and the top cop said those who survived "are lucky to be alive". Eight persons were wounded, while 17 were arrested, he said.

"That place is sacrosanct and should always be protected regardless of the costs. We would not allow that situation to be manifested again. The Office of the President must not be regarded as an ordinary office and I consider it an affront to this entire country for those elements to attempt, even attempt, to enter that building", McDonald told reporters.

He said that the Police are "well equipped" to deal with any future protests and at the same time guarantee the safety of the foreign delegates in Guyana attending the 23rd Heads of Government Conference of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), as well as all the conference venues.
McDonald said it is apparent that the tent that was erected for about a month now in front of Prime Minister Sam Hinds' residence on Main Street, Georgetown, served as a staging ground for Wednesday's protest action.

Police removed the tent on Wednesday evening, as members of the group threatened persons at the nearby Main Street Plaza Hotel and "were bold enough" to threaten to burn down the building.

"At that stage, the Police couldn't sit idly by, so we moved and dismantled the tent," he said.

An eyewitness denied claims by persons who were under the tent that Policemen beat, kicked and harassed senior citizens while dismantling the camp.



She said that at around 16:00 hrs a sizeable number of those who were protesting gathered at the site "to eat". This could be confirmed by the numerous food boxes left scattered after the tent was removed Wednesday night.

The eyewitness told the Chronicle that some of the "young men" started threatening foreign guests of the hotel. "We ain't want y'all in we country", she recalled the rugged-looking youngsters saying.

She said that as soon as law enforcement ranks turned up at the site, members of the group ran under the tent and started singing "gospels".

The lawmen retreated from the area, but the protesters again started taunting the hotel's guests, the eyewitness said, reporting that one young man came out with a gasolene tank in one hand and a shiny object in the other and threatened to burn down the hotel.

"We gon burn y'all out tonight, we gon burn y'all down to the ground", she remembered the protesters saying to persons at the hotel.

Shortly after, she said members of the Police Tactical Services Unit returned to the site and dismantled the tent, but they did not touch any of the protesters, as some of the women later claimed on television.

The protest march organised by Bynoe was illegal as the permission he sought from the Police was denied.

Several persons were beaten and robbed along the route of the protest that kicked off from the East Coast Demerara village of Golden Grove. Notably, McDonald said that two of the vehicles used in the protest action were registered in the name of the Linden Power Company with which Bynoe is affiliated.

The Police Commissioner said that the march to the city was not stopped as the Police were mindful of "much more harm" than was eventually done on Wednesday.

He said permission was not granted for it as the Police wished to concentrate its energies on the CARICOM summit and because of previous statements by Bynoe and other politicians.

McDonald did not name the other politicians, but spoke of statements they made to remove the Government and others such as "bad boy against bad boy" and "shoot and shoot back". He said these comments were misleading and triggered the "nonsensical conduct by those protesters".


Portrait: CARICOM Heads of Government posed yesterday for the official summit portrait on the lawns of State House following a luncheon hosted by President Bharrat Jagdeo (seated third from right) on the occasion of the Twenty-third Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government. Seated from left are Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr Keith Mitchell; President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide; CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr Edwin Carrington; President Jagdeo; Deputy Barbados Prime Minister Billie Miller and Prime Minister of Jamaica, PJ Patterson. From left (standing) are Suriname President, Ronald Venetiaan; Prime Minister of St Lucia, Dr Kenny Anthony; Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves; Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Patrick Manning; Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands (an associate member), Derek Taylor and Prime Minister of Belize, Said Musa. Missing from the photo are Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Lester Bird; Prime Minister of the Bahamas, Perry Christie and Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Dr Denzil Douglas. Dominica and Montserrat are not represented at the Heads of Government summit. (Photo by Ken Moore)


The protesters who stormed the Payless Variety store on Regent Street and set it afire, also did not spare the firemen and policemen at the scene.

McDonald reported that one fireman was pulled off from a Fire Service vehicle and soundly beaten and policemen had to go to his rescue.

One policeman on the East Coast Demerara was beaten with a baseball bat and robbed of $18,000.

"He wasn't armed, luckily (for the protestors) he wasn't armed", McDonald stated, also reporting that two other policemen received serious injuries.

As the fire razed the Payless store and caught on to the Fullworth's store, some of the protesters went to the bus parks, "robbing people and creating mayhem", the Commissioner reported.

The Police had to go to the rescue of some 15 workers who were trapped inside a building on Regent Street by the protesters.

Later in the evening, two buildings - Courts Furniture Store on Regent Street and the Caribbean Chemicals building on South Road were set afire by incendiary devices hurled into them. The fires were extinguished and no major damage resulted.

McDonald said the Police will continue to maintain vigilance on the streets, noting that so far security arrangements for the CARICOM summit have run smoothly.

"We would not allow them (the protesters) to do what they like in this city or any other part of this country. Because this country belongs to all Guyanese and no one group should think that it has the right to inconvenience anyone in this society. We will maintain our vigilance and we would ensure that peace and tranquility is maintained," the Police chief stated.

Meanwhile, McDonald said that the Opposition People's National Congress Reform (PNC/R) has not been granted permission to hold any protest action. The party had applied for permission for marches yesterday right on to Sunday.

July 4th. 2002
Police on high alert after violence
-- two shot dead as group invades Office of the President compound

THE station wagon which was set afire at the junction of New Garden and Regent Streets.
THE Police were last night on high alert and security and patrol arrangements by the Police and Army were intensified in Georgetown following the shocking midday invasion yesterday of the Office of the President compound by illegal protestors - two of whom were shot dead, nine injured and several arrested - and the burning of two Regent Street stores.
The last incident up to press time was an attempt to burn down the Courts Furniture Store and Caribbean Chemicals on Regent Street. One of the show windows of Courts was smashed, Police said.
At the time of the lunchtime attack on the Presidential Complex, President Bharrat Jagdeo was attending the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Civil Society Encounter at the Ocean View Convention Centre, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara.


POLICE on patrol on Regent Street yesterday.
In a series of events that started before sunrise, hundreds of protestors from Mr. Phillip Bynoe's People's Solidarity Movement, aligned to the main Opposition People's National Congress/Reform (PNC/R), eventually made their way to the Office of the President, where a group stormed through the gate of the compound while ministers and other officials of the Government were at work in their offices.
The Office of the President reported that the guards at the gate were assaulted and the group of criminal elements stormed into the compound. Warning shots and continuous appeals from the security ranks on duty failed to prevent the invasion, it said.


A MEMBER of the Police Tactical Services Unit instructs the arrested group who stormed the Presidential Complex.
Sergeant Lewis, the officer in charge of the Presidential Guards at the New Garden Street sentry point was beaten and had to be hospitalised because of the injuries to his head, the office said.
The protestors forced their way into several offices, concentrating on the Accounts Department. The Office of the President said several staff members and work-study students were threatened, held at knifepoint and robbed.
The group then began to carry out an indiscriminate destruction of equipment, furniture and parts of the offices.

The Presidential guards then discharged rounds during which a man and a woman were shot dead. A black handle knife was discovered in the waist of the deceased man, Police said.


THE Accounts Department of the Presidential Complex after it was stormed by the group of protestors.
Seventeen persons who were part of the protest were arrested and are in custody, Police said.
Nine persons who suffered gunshot wounds had to be treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital, the Ministry of Health reported. Five of them were admitted to the hospital.

Those injured were: Germaine Fraser, 25, of Beterverwagting; Orland Caesar, 25, also of Beterverwagting; Tracy Hopkinson, 29, of Plaisance; Ralph Caesar, 30, of Linden; Mark Lewis, 29, of Golden Grove; Bryan London, 19, of Paradise; Andy Williams, 32, of West Ruimveldt; Kelvin Nicholson of Melanie; Clint Fletcher, 32, of Linden.

In a statement, Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy lamented that the health sector was again severely challenged as a large number of persons from the unruly protest had to be treated by the hospital, while still taking care of genuinely sick persons.

A `station wagon' was overturned and set on fire by protestors at the junction of Regent and New Garden Streets.

Down Regent Street, several huge stones and other debris were thrown on the road.

Shortly thereafter, Police reported that a group of protestors broke down the door of the Payless Variety and Gift Store on Regent Street, looted and then lit the store afire. A car parked outside of the store, which belonged to the store's owner, was also turned over and shoved on the pavement in front of the store. It caught afire as the blaze spread.

The fire soon caught on the Fullworths General Store next door. The store was gutted, except for the front half of the bottom and middle flats of the store. However, only a small quantity of goods from the ground floor was spared.

Though there were complaints that the Fire Service was slow to arrive on the scene, their actions, aided by others, helped to avert damage to other stores, including the newly opened Bounty Meat Centre.

Police said the driver of a fire tender which was proceeding to the scene of the fires was assaulted and some of his gear stolen while a wheel of the vehicle was punctured.


The gutted Payless Variety and Gift Store as the fire spreads to the Fullworths General Store.

At the fired razed on, panic gripped Regent Street as the overhead electric wires started sparking and persons ran in fright in all directions.

As they are forced to do every time there is a protest, Regent Street stores shut their doors. Shutters were rolled up, iron doors were slammed in and plyboards, where not already, were quickly put on to protect glass show windows.

Up to dusk, some stores were still busy putting protective measures in place.


Invaders: Some of the protesters who invaded the Office of the President (OP) yesterday
being led out of the compound to be taken away by the police. Two protesters were shot dead in the Accounts Section of OP after threatening staff there. (Office of the President photo)

At around 14:00 hrs Police said, a vehicle owned by a Professional Distribution Investments was attacked and looted while on Oronoque Street during which a quantity of cash and cigarettes were stolen.

Police reported that the driver, salesman and another occupant fled the scene and the vehicle was later towed away by its owners.

The bus and taxi parks were also virtually cleared as the events unfolded. At least one taxi service cancelled its services for a while. When it resumed service, its customers were mainly those who wanted to be taken out of town.

The march, led by Bynoe, who has publicly indicated his alignment to the PNC/R, moved off at around 06:55 hrs from Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara.

However, the string of criminal activities started three hours before, when a fire was lit on the Victoria Public Road by criminal elements, Police said. The fire was extinguished by the Police.

Shortly after, Police said another fire was lit on the Golden Grove public road by "criminal elements" from a crowd of about 50 persons who, "while enjoying the spectacle of their unlawful actions", chanted "More fire, more fire". This fire, too, was extinguished by the Police.

Then at Belfield public road, a blockage was erected, "again by criminal elements" who placed the shell of a motor car across the road, Police said. The blockage was removed by Police.

During the march to Georgetown, which apparently grew in size from village to village, Police said, two citizens, one from Good Hope and the other from Success, were among those robbed "by criminal elements" who were in the illegal procession led by Bynoe.

Police said that in the first incident, a 42-year-old woman of Success was robbed of her gold chain and pendant valued at $16,000. The woman was a passenger on a mini-bus which was proceeding slowly along the Coldingen Public Road when another woman approached her and snatched the chain and pendant she was wearing around her neck. The robber reportedly dissapeared back into the procession, Police said.

In the other incident, which occurred at about 09:25 hrs, a 32-year-old man of Success Village was robbed of his bicycle valued at $8,000. Police said four men from the procession went into his yard, beat him and his wife, then rode out the yard with the bicycle. The attackers threw his wife on the ground after the beating.

Police reported that during the protests, ten incidents of robbery with violence were perpetrated on commuters and cash and other valuables stolen by criminal elements armed with knives, sticks and metal bars.

Meantime, the group of persons who had for weeks been encamped outside the residence of the Prime Minister on Main Street, Georgetown, were no longer in sight last evening.

The Police dismantled the camp and took the materials to the Brickdam Police Station.

The persons who were in the camp were seen headed to the environs of Stabroek Market after the camp was dismantled.

The removal of the tent left the area in a filthy state, with numerous disposable food boxes and other material scattered about, changing the face of an otherwise beautiful thoroughfare that is Main Street.

Office of the President says
Attack was step by PNC/R to remove elected government
THE Office of the President (OP) said it views with the greatest concern the attack on the Presidential Complex yesterday and blamed it on the main Opposition People's National Congress Reform (PNC/R).

"The OP condemns the blatant attack on the Presidential Complex and notes that the invaders, holding staffers at knifepoint, were actually demanding access to the first floor Confidential Secretariat of the President", OP said in a statement.

It called the attack unprecendented and said it must be seen as a step by the PNC/R to assassinate President Bharrat Jagdeo and remove the elected PPP/C Government from office.

The OP said "it wishes to state again that some Guyanese are being misled by the Opposition PNC/R and are being encouraged to rise up against the State."

It stated that yesterday's march and demonstartion was organised by the PNC/R and that it was illegal, as the Police Force did not provide permission.

"It should also be noted that the Opposition PNC/R has signalled its intentions to continue its reckless assault on constitutional authority, private property and innocent Guyanese by applying for permission for more marches in Georgetown on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday of this week", OP stated.

The statement said the Government is calling on Guyanese to soberly reflect on these developments, coming as they do in the context of the conduct of the PNC/R towards the elected PPP/C Government.

"The PPP/C Government is also again calling on the Opposition PNC/R to renounce its resort to terrorism and recommit themselves to dialogue with the Government", the OP stated.

"The Opposition PNC/R must know the local, regional and international implications of attempting to overthrow an elected government", the statement said.

PPP/C condemns invasion of Presidential Complex
THE governing People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has condemned yesterday's invasion of the Presidential Complex by protestors, dubbing it an attack by the opposition to destabilise the Government and disturb the current CARICOM summit in Georgetown.

The PPP/C put the blame on the main Opposition People's National Congress Reform (PNC/R) for yesterday's violent attacks in downtown Georgetown, which saw several incidents of banditry, the setting ablaze of two Regent Street stores, and the attack on the Presidential Complex, in which the officer in charge of the Presidential Guards there was wounded.

"PNC activist Phillip Bynoe led the invading gang who recently launched a racist attack on the current administration and squatted in front of the Prime Minister's residence. It must be noted that the PNC/R leaders Robert Corbin and Vincent Alexander had also been mobilising for (yesterday's) illegal activities", the PPP/C stated.

"The unrest in Georgetown resulting from the PNC/R organised illegal march and protest on the East Coast of Demerara and Georgetown is consistent with a pattern of destabilisation acts unleashed by that party following its defeat at successive elections since October 1992, when democracy was returned to the country after an absence of 28 years", the PPP/C said in a statement.

It stated that the PNC/R has consistently claimed that the elections were rigged despite the fact that all were declared free and fair by local, regional and international observer groups, and charged that the PNC/R is unprepared to accept the verdict of the Guyanese people.

"Its (the PNC's) 28 years of dictatorial rule is still fresh in the minds of Guyanese. And now that party seeks to subvert democracy from the Opposition", the PPP/C stated.

"The PPP/Civic therefore calls on democratic forces in Guyana and the world over, more particularly our CARICOM friends, to condemn these acts of terrorism and banditry unleashed by the PNC/R against the people of Guyana", the party stated.

That is correct sir, Anchor Baby as his new name was christened in Berbice this weekend should be asking the Joe Hamilton and Bynoe to apologize to Guyanese for their past terrorist activities.

Bynoe is also another bloody hands.

I hear ya BR, the PPP loves to label people as rejects racist this that the other the bottom line is their dirty laundry will need another 20 years to clean up.

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Originally posted by D2:

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Originally posted by albert:
Felix -Basil Scandal



Winston Felix

Why did the PPP not make a big fuss when it happened and summarily sack the Crime chief? We asked for it here to a man and woman.

Political expediency and still paying the price for their failure to reform s Security Sector when they returned to office in 1992.

1. After so many rears in office, they are still muzzled and saddled with scoundrels like Felix , Greene and others who they continue to pacify with milk while trying to nurture and groom leadership from a limited pool with limited scope of real reform - likely motivated to have a pliable security force that they can manipulate to their benefit

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Originally posted by baseman:

WE know the killings were a major thrust by the PNC to regain power thru the "back-door".

Their aim was to push the Indo population to pressure the Govt to make a deal with the PNC.

Granted, there were several Indian-run criminal organizations involved in the crime spree, but this was just the cover for the PNC to act.

This was the antics used by the PNC back in the 60's claiming to bring peace and stability upon attaining power when it was clear, they unleashed the violence in the first place.

I'm no PPP man, but let's keep the facts straight. The violence were a product of PNC politics, and the nexus of PNC politics, security forces and criminal gangs.

Correct Baseman.

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Originally posted by Demerara_Guy:

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Originally posted by baseman:

WE know the killings were a major thrust by the PNC to regain power thru the "back-door".

Their aim was to push the Indo population to pressure the Govt to make a deal with the PNC.

Granted, there were several Indian-run criminal organizations involved in the crime spree, but this was just the cover for the PNC to act.

This was the antics used by the PNC back in the 60's claiming to bring peace and stability upon attaining power when it was clear, they unleashed the violence in the first place.

I'm no PPP man, but let's keep the facts straight. The violence were a product of PNC politics, and the nexus of PNC politics, security forces and criminal gangs.

Correct Baseman.

The PPP has adopted all of the methods of the PNC, Jagdeo has clearly stated that he looooooves the Burnham constitution as is and he sees nothing wrong with it. He went as far as to state that he does not know how one can run the country without it.

So any hooliganism you see the PNC using the PPP has adopted it wholesale today and the PPP has also brought the hooligans into freedumb house like Joe Hamilton, Bynoe etc. and these are the people that DG supports?

Do you support Joe Hamilton (House of Israel) and Blackie london's defender Phillip Bynoe DG? They are now fundamentally part of the PPP you cannot say you support the PPP but not these 2 chaps. Add odinga lumumba to that crew also. Thuggery wholesale all over the PPP.

Notice how DG gone quiet? this man used to be a profound PNC chap so now he must be very cautious about what he says about his former Kamerades.

This conversation clearly showed a collusion between the PNC/R's APNU and the criminal elements

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Originally posted by albert:
This conversation clearly showed a collusion between the PNC/R's APNU and the criminal elements

Have you seen the PPP's collusion with the PNC's criminal elements?

Odinga
Bynoe
Joe Hamilton - Bloody hands
Kwame......
Young thug Taps.

Shall we continue?

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Originally posted by Guyanese Patriot:


When you say lending vocal support, was it when these so-called freedom fighters were alive or was it at a funeral?

How do you or anyone else know that when someone was executed by the police or Phantom they were one of the so-called freedom fighters?

Do you know that hundreds of people were executed by the PPP sponsored Phantom Squad and the Police and were automatically labelled as either a freedom fighter or connected with drugs?? This is the reason you people are blinded. At one point in guyana, anyone who got killed were labelled by the government, police and newspapers to have links with the criminal underworld without even having a record or without even confirming.

My point is, the PPP allowed this to go unabated. Why during this crime spree the PPP never imposed a curfew? Why did they never admitted that crime is out of control? It is because all the crimes that were occuring was "Organized Crime" in which they knew who the players were.

Do you remember a few months back, there were a spate of executions and the police rounded up all the known drug lords and detained them for a little while and then let them go without charging them. Would it be same to assume that they were warned to tone it down?

People, wake up from your stupid slumber!

time for an english lesson

1. i specifically refer to those labelled as freedom fighters and not any other persons killed.

2. i specifically refer to fineman's gang.

3. i said i didn't care how these monsters died by its good they're gone.

4. i stated that the members of the pnc who were around at that time should apologise to the nation and tell us what happened or why it happened.

5. i said that the APNU should also apologise to the nation for their role in the mayhem.

6. i said that the PPP don't really want to investigate what happened because the present situation benefits them.

7. i said that Cheddi and Burnham were on speaking terms while the blacks and indians were killing each other (according to Joey).

Tell me which of my statements and can considered racist.

Blade, I was totally wrong for calling you and Baseman racist and I sincerely apologize.