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Clevon Romero and his colleague, Edward Castello,Cheap NFL Jerseys, both of Lima,Cheap Jerseys From China, Essequibo Coast, were each sentenced to 20 years in jail by Justice Franklin Holder, at the Suddie High Court.Castello and Romero were jointly charged with murder in 2012,China Jerseys NFL Wholesale, of the then 66-year-old Herman Ramnarine. They first appeared in the Anna Regina Magistrate’s court.Ramnarine was discovered by his wife Hemiwantie Ramnarine, with his hands bound behind his back and a piece of cloth tied to his throat in the bottom flat of their Lima Dam residence on October 25, 2012.Before Justice Holder handed down his sentence to the duo,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Castello and Romero were asked if they had anything to say. They both responded in the negative.Both men who are in their twenties were represented by Defence Attorneys, Dexter Todd and Latchmie Dindyal. During the initial hearing of the matter they recorded not guilty pleas.Castello and Romero invaded the pensioner’s Lima Dam house on October25, 2012,NFL Jerseys From China, minutes before midnight. The men carried out a robbery attack on Ramnarine and left him for dead in the lower flat of his house before turning their attention to his wife,Wholesale NBA Jerseys China, Hemiwantie Ramnarine who pretended to be dead.She was eventually hospitalized for the injuries she sustained.The men reportedly stole $250,000 and phone cards. A post mortem revealed that the pig farmer died of strangulation.The couple operated a small shop.

Government is looking to embrace a public/private approach as it seeks to encourage more air traffic to these parts, a move which comes in wake of plans by Delta Airlines to depart the local skies.Delta Airlines in a statement earlier this year cited a significant decline in passenger loads and by extension loss of revenues as the primary reason for its departure. The company’s General Manager,Wholesale Stitched Jerseys, Sarah Lora, in the statement said that “Delta Airlines will close its station in Georgetown, Guyana, discontinuing flights between the John F. Kennedy International Airport and the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.”This move which was described as a “difficult decision” is expected to take effect from May 6, 2013, thereby allowing the airline to better focus its resources on profitable markets, said Lora.At a press conference at the People’s Progressive Party, Robb Street, Georgetown, headquarters,NFL Jerseys Outlet, yesterday Minister with responsibility for Tourism, Industry and Commerce,Cheap Jerseys China, Irfaan Ali,China Jerseys, said that Guyana was a very important market to Delta Airlines. “It was operating at an approximately 89 per cent load factor. We now know internationally they are looking at many markets that they are operating at 90 per cent.”Expressing his opinion yesterday, the Minister said that a number of “airlines that are merging are looking for the more short high-end market where you have more business class short-end market.”Moreover, he noted that it is important to make a few proactive moves in the local airline industry and “I want to deal with this holistically…one is that we need to get into the South American market. We see Guyana has the ability to be what Panama is for navigational traffic when you look at where we are located in South America and there are a lot of interest,” said Minister Ali.He said that last year Virgin Atlantic had had discussions; several meetings with Government and there were also similar discussions with Jet Blue. Government had also made initial contact with other airlines including West Jet and Air Canada,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, informed Minister Ali yesterday.In order to ensure a holistic approach is realised, the Minister emphasised the importance of the public/private collaboration even as he revealed that “we are putting together a team comprising of Government and the private sector to go to Atlanta where many of the corporate head offices of the North American based airlines reside to have face to face meetings with top executives.” This move is expected to forge agreements which will allow for added airlift to Guyana.Although Caribbean Airlines was recently bestowed with the Flag Carrier status, the airline has however not been able to effectively take charge of the local skies. This is particularly since there has been a tremendous response to the drive by the Ministry of Tourism’s Rediscover Home Campaign, according to Minister Ali,Cheap Jerseys 2018, who informed that while the airline “did its best to put on four additional flights, it still did not have enough flights to bring persons into Guyana.”The local skies are also currently being attended to by Suriname Airways.

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…parents rent homes for school childrenThe main road leading to the Santa Rosa Secondary School in the Kumaka District,Cheap Jerseys, Region One has become increasingly deplorable over the last few months due to the inclement weather.That situation has since forced a number of students to either stay away from school or to traverse by boat daily.Parents are currently forced to rent houses especially for children at the Kumaka district, since some students are refusing to utilise the dormitory which was constructed to accommodate children especially from the far flung areas.One of the students, Annalise Nelson,Wholesale Jerseys Online, a 16-year-old fourth former of the Santa Rosa Secondary School said that because of the current deplorable state of the mud road she was forced to move to Kumaka.This move,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, she said,Cheap NBA Jerseys China, will afford her enough time to reach to school.This student said as a norm she would wake up as early as 4:00 each morning. “The weather is extremely bad in Waramuri. The road is in a terrible state and the bus is stuck many times causing us to panic most of the time.”The 16-year-old added that many of her colleagues are apprehensive of plying the road due to the desolateness and bushy area. Her parents, she said,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, were forced to rent a house in Kumaka some six miles from Santa Rosa in order to guarantee her regular attendance to school.Another student,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys, Corretta Thomas, said that she has acquired temporary relocation to Kumaka since the deplorable state of the road.? Other students from the Hymara area have also moved to Kumaka. The remote Amerindian community of Waramuri is located ten miles from Santa Rosa Secondary School.A regional administration official said that maintenance works on the road are scheduled to begin next year.

By Latoya GilesSharmine Mc Kay Pandemonium broke out last evening at the Georgetown Public Hospital as the relatives of 32-year old Sharmine McKay had their worst fears realised. McKay had died and news of her demise sent shock waves within her community and family.Mc Kay was stabbed multiple times about the body last Wednesday night,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, allegedly by her reputed husband,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Marlon Braithwaite. The blade of the knife had broken and was left stuck in the woman’s abdomen.She sustained stab wounds to the head and hand, and abrasions to the face and arms. McKay had told this newspaper that Braithwaite had also thrown kerosene down her throat.According to a relative who was at the hospital last evening,Cheap Jerseys Store, the blade was removed from Mc Kay’s abdomen, but that the injured woman was still complaining about a “burning sensation” in her stomach.“Although they tek out de blade from she belly, Sharmine was still crying out for this burning sensation in her stomach, and we ask de nurse and she told us that she was being treated for that,Cheap Jerseys China,” the relative explained.The alleged attacker was charged and remanded to prison last Friday. Police sources said that since McKay has died, Braithwaite would be charged with the capital offence.McKay was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, on Wednesday evening by neighbours who discovered her lying in a pool of blood on her front steps.Neighbours said that after discovering McKay’s body, they quickly wrapped her with pieces of cloth and rushed her to the hospital.As the neighbours were attempting to lift the injured woman off the steps,Jerseys NFL China, McKay turned and asked if they could have taken the knife out of her since it was still lodged in her abdomen.Neighbours had also told this newspaper that the woman’s clothing and some articles in her home were all soaked with kerosene, prompting them to think that the suspect was attempting to burn the victim and the house. Another neighbour who was present at the hospital,Wholesale Jerseys Store, told Kaieteur News that McKay had endured an abusive relationship with the suspect for the past two years.Recounting to two weeks back when Braithwaite allegedly lashed McKay in the face with a cutlass .The woman subsequently reported the matter to the police”. He was later charged and remanded.However, the suspect was granted bail in the High Court and was out on the streets.McKay’s death added to the growing list of domestic cases which have been spiraling out of control.

-six GRA offices countrywide conducting examinationsMiners who were worried that they would have to bring their All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) down to the city to have it registered have some respite with the announcement that six areas can be used now to do so.According to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA),Authentic NFL Jerseys Wholesale, examinations of the ATVs can now be done at its offices at Lethem,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Corriverton,NBA Jerseys China, Anna Regina, Linden, New Amsterdam and Bartica.Owners will have to walk with their necessary import documents to have the ATVs registered with a deadline set for Monday.According to GRA,Wholesale Jerseys China, riders of the unregistered vehicles found operating after then without the necessary road use licences could be prosecuted by police.Some time back,Wholesale Jerseys China, authorities had announced that owners of ATVs must have them registered at the city’s Smyth Street offices but this had not gone down well with miners who cited logistical and other factors of coming to Georgetown.The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association (GGDMA) has met with the Ministry of Home Affairs to explore ways to work out how the registration process could be done.There are literally hundreds of the ATVs in the country and it is used mainly in the hinterland areas which are more inaccessible to other vehicles.While some of the ATVs are believed to have been smuggled from neighbouring countries into Guyana,cheap nfl jerseys online, still many have been imported legally and never registered since its use is not allowed on the main roadways.Depending on weight, GRA will be charging upward of $2000 for an annual road licence in addition to the necessary duties and taxes.

– victims point cops to prime suspectA snapshot of the local pornographic siteJust how well do you know your Facebook friends, or your regular friends, for that matter?A Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) woman (name withheld) said that a man who had befriended her on a social media website just over three months ago,China NFL Jerseys, downloaded pictures of her and posted them to a local pornographic site, www.Guyanaporn.com.Thirty-three other women, including teenagers around Guyana have also reported that they too have had the same experience.Two senior police officials have since confirmed that the complaints are being investigated.One of the officials said that it was brought to his attention a little over a month ago.“One young lady came into us and said that her pictures were not only stolen and posted on the site, but they were also photoshopped onto a nude body,” the police official said.He added, “The young lady told us that she suspects an individual and she provided us with photographs and a telephone number for that person, but when we tried to contact the individual,Cheap Jerseys, his phone was turned off.”Kaieteur News understands that police detectives have since been monitoring the site which has over 2000 active members.“According to information we received, there are men who go on Facebook and look for girls and then they photoshop the pictures and post it (the pictures) on the site along with the girls’ names and other personal information,” the police source explained.This newspaper managed to locate six women, who had their photographs stolen, photoshopped and posted on the site.The victims are between the ages of 14 and 28 years of age, from Mon Repos, Annandale and Better Hope on the East Coast Demerara (ECD); Parika and Leonora on the West Coast Demerara (WCD); and Craig, on the East Bank Demerara (EBD).WHEN IT ALL STARTED…One of the victims, who lives in Parika, explained that “Sometime in early August, I was at home and I started receiving strange messages from different men. Some of them were from Guyana and some from different countries.”She further stated that she ignored the messages, but around midnight the following day,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys, a man called her from India and inquired about her rate for an hour.“I was like… ‘what are you talking about?’ but I couldn’t really understand his accent, so I hang up and I immediately called one of the numbers that I received a message from. The person on the other end of the line told me that my number, name and picture were on a porn site, and he gave me the name of the site. I went on the site and created an account and there I saw my face on a nude body,” the woman explained.She added that she made a police report the following day.“When I went home, I went again on the site and I started calling all the numbers that were listed for other girls. These women were speechless when I called, some of them even cried.“They had absolutely no idea Guyana had a porn site. I arranged a meeting with four of the girls and we sat down and compared her Facebook friends and we noticed that we all had one person in common,” she explained.Kaieteur News was told that the “suspect” who goes by the name “Mr. Exposer” on the porn site was then contacted.“I message him and said, Mr. Exposer,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, your sick game is over! We are going to the police if you don’t take down the pictures you posted.He did not respond to the message but when I went back onto the site, he had already removed the pictures. That is how we confirmed it was him.”‘MR. EXPOSER’ EXPOSED…“We have no idea who this Mr. Exposer is. He sent me a Facebook request but I did not accept, but he still went ahead and posted my profile photo on the porn site,” a 15-year-old victim who resides in Leonora stated.Another victim,Wholesale Jerseys China, a 26-year-old Craig resident, said that the “suspect” messaged her on Whatsapp and identified himself (name given) from Eccles, East Bank Demerara.“He said that he got my number from a broadcast message and that he would like to be my friend, but I blocked him.About a week after I blocked him,Supply NFL Jerseys, strange men started to message me, and then a young lady called and informed me that my number was on a porn site. She then told me that several other women have experienced this, and they suspected someone.Then she sent me the name and number and when I checked, I realized it was the same guy who had messaged me.”INVESTIGATIONS…After it was confirmed that almost all of the women had this one Facebook friend in common, the mat

The Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) through its General Secretary Clement Rohee has expressed “great” concern with A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) over what it feels is the opposition’s non responsiveness to the invitation of the Finance Minister for consultations on the 2014 National Budget.General Secretary of the PPP Clement Rohee“Due to its antics the APNU has been offering a plethora of excuses for the 2014 budget,Cheap Adidas Hockey Jerseys, first they were not invited,Cheap China Jerseys, then when the APNU leader [David] Granger directed Member of Parliament [Carl] Greenidge to engage, he said he needed more information and then finally it was that ‘it was too late for consultations’” said the General Secretary.“It is evident that Granger had instructed Greenidge to engage in consultations but Greenidge chose to disobey him… a high act of indiscipline,Wholesale China Jerseys, to save face Granger, instead of disciplining Greenidge,? made the excuse that it was too late for consultations.”He also articulated that the answers provided by the Opposition were “flimsy” excuses and geared towards political grand standing as opposed to serving their constituents and the nation as a whole.“It is quite comical that the APNU only a few weeks ago declared boldly that 2014 is the year of the workers, yet weeks later when the workers interest would be best served by budget consultations they choose to turn their backs on the very workers” said the PPP.The General Secretary in a press conference yesterday expressed that the annual budget is the single most important government intervention that impacts significantly the lives of the country’s workers and their respective families. He added that for the Opposition to therefore not engage in budget consultations is a “dereliction of duty” to the workers and constituencies that elected them.Rohee said there is no indication to show that APNU will change their position with respect to the cutting of the Budget since he said the party has publicly announced areas they will be targeting in 2014. Some of those areas he said would be the Government Information Agency (GINA),Cheap Jerseys, National Communications Network (NCN),Wholesale NFL Jerseys, “sugar and the flagship projects as usual.”He however stated that flagship projects such as the Marriot and Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion will go ahead and the Opposition is fighting a losing battle.“I see no indication of the opposition shifting their position because were they to admit and recognize in fact that these projects are going ahead notwithstanding the position they took on these matters,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, I think they will look bad in the eyes of their supporters so they obviously have to keep on with the same position” said Rohee.The party said it believes in consultations and is encouraging all stakeholders who have been invited to 2014 budget consultations to take the opportunity to “engage the Minister of Finance to the fullest with respect to the ideas and negotiate on behalf of their constituents.”

Police have identified the suspect who shot and killed a mini bus passenger on Saturday night and injured a Special Constable during a row over whether a window in the vehicle should remain closed.Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed that investigators know who the gunman is and are trying to track him down.Meanwhile, the man he shot in the head is yet to be identified.The second victim, Special Constable,Wholesale Basketball Jerseys,?Randolph Williams was treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), and sent away.The brazen killing occurred on the Demerara Habour Bridge at around 18:00 hrs on Saturday.There are reports that after killing the passenger, the gunman calmly walked a short distance before entering a car.A worker at the bridge said yesterday that when the incident happened, the driver of the mini bus drove to the outpost and informed the Special Constables, who were on duty.“He was advised to take the man to the hospital and the bridge was immediately closed off so that the police can find the person if he was still on the bridge,” a source explained.“A car stopped and a man come out the car and attempted to walk away,Cheap NFL Jerseys, so the worker at the bridge stopped him.“The person had no idea that he was the shooter. The man (suspect) then pushed the gate and run away.”As the suspect was fleeing, the passengers in the mini bus were reportedly shouting for someone to stop him, but the Special Constables were unarmed at the time.Armed ranks are usually stationed at the location.Williams,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, who was in the seat behind the driver, recalled that the row between the two men began when the suspect asked the other to shut a window, since it was raining.However, the man refused to close the window,Wholesale China Jerseys, since he claimed that the suspect, who was sitting behind him, “was smelling.”The suspect reportedly warned the other man that he (the victim) didn’t know who he (the suspect) was,NFL Jerseys From China, and reportedly mentioned the nickname ‘Gangster.’The row reportedly continued as the bus was heading to the eastern end of the Harbour Bridge, and the driver eventually stopped and told the two men to disembark.However, after exiting the bus into the rain, both men immediately rejoined the bus.According to Williams, the victim opened the window, while the suspect slammed it shut.Shortly after, Williams heard a gunshot. This was followed by a second shot, which grazed him.While the shot passenger collapsed in the bus, which had stopped, the gunman exited and headed east.Meanwhile,Soccer Jerseys China, the unidentified man, who was shot in his head, was rushed to the East Bank Demerara Regional Hospital, (Diamond Diagnostic Hospital), where he was pronounced dead.

– maintains he was WPA memberBy Sunita SamarooA day after she testified that lone murder suspect, Gregory Smith, was made a scapegoat by the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Anne Wagner maintained that her brother was a member of the said party and had not been operating as a secret agent for any other entity in those days.Wagner made the assertion while under cross examination by People’s National Congress (PNC) lawyer, Basil Williams during the Commission of Inquiry into the death of WPA’s leader, Dr. Walter Rodney.On June 13, 1980 Dr. Rodney died when a “walkie-talkie” exploded in his lap in the vicinity of the Georgetown Prisons, Camp Street, Georgetown. This was shortly after he reportedly uplifted a device from Smith and was testing it.Nearly 35 years later, Wagner returned to testify that Smith, a former Sergeant of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), had not been an agent of the ruling party – the People’s National Congress, the then Prime Minister, Forbes Burnham or the State.She maintained too that the late politician’s death was an accident which was caused by his negligent handling of the device he had. Her brother, she said, had handed Dr. Rodney a triggering device, but Dr. Rodney had not used the device as instructed.Political Activist, Dr. Walter RodneyWagner made clear her belief that the PNC government had not killed Dr. Rodney.The witness had previously testified that on that fateful night,Cheap Jerseys Online, the late Politician set out to further his cause by “any means necessary” and had earlier recruited Smith to build a triggering device for a bomb.The 72-year-old woman had told Commissioners that as far as her brother knew, the explosive was to be used on a building and Dr. Rodney could not ascertain whether anyone would be hurt in the process.Wagner, who migrated to the United States of America in 1970, testified for the third time before a High Court Library packed with reporters, family, lawyers and political activists. Her tale was based on conversations she had over the years with her brother.The witness authored ‘Assassination Cry of a Failed Revolution: The Truth about Walter Rodney’s Death’ with her brother and the book has come under intense scrutiny by lawyers during the inquiry.It was under Williams’ questioning that the witness confessed that when she embarked on producing and publishing the book,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, she had no experience in writing books or investigating stories.Moreover, she told the commission that in her dealings with her brother she did not require him having his signature affixed to his manuscript; something she did not believe she needed to have.Williams probed too whether the witness was told by the Commission that she needed signed supporting statements for each chapter of her book, and she said she was not told so. She said too that she was surprised by the apparent need for signed statements.Author, Anne Wagner (centre) flanked by Gregory Smith’s wife, Debra Johnson and son, Aubrey Johnson. At far left are Wagner’s sons and husbandIn fact, Wagner said she had no idea that her book would have been the focus of the cross examination. She said she had no inkling that that would have been required of her. The witness said that had it not been so,Cheap NFL Jerseys, she would have walked with the necessary documentation.She was asked when her brother recounted his experience in relation to the book, whether she had additional information that what he had told her happened in 1980, and she said no. “I had no cause to doubt him or double check him on anything,” the Commission heard.The chapter where Smith spoke of an imposter coming to his home indicating that he was his son came under question. Smith had not seen the boy since he was nine, but they had a photograph.The Commission heard that when he saw the person,China Jerseys Wholesale, the individual bore some sort of resemblance, but eventually he realised the person was an imposter.Wagner was questioned extensively about how she went about verifying the stories told to her by Smith. These are stories of specific instances where these events and threats to his life took place in Cayenne.Lawyer for the WPA, Christopher Ram pointed to a chapter that was written by Smith’s wife, Debra Johnson, in Cayenne, where she recollected certain events. In her piece she set out a specific timeline.Counsel questioned that the portions by her match the portions that have been added to Smith’s chapter, but were not present in his manuscript.Essentially, Ram probed whether it was taken from the wife’s piece and placed in Smith’s chapter, but Wagner maintained that she had not changed anything, and there was a piece of the manuscript that she had not brought to the Commission.Counsel probed wh

… IMF measures saved Guyana – Dr Yesu PersaudBy Gary EleazarDespite the Global Financial Crisis that wreaked havoc on institutions regionally,Cheap Jerseys Online, internationally and locally with the Colonial Life Insurance Company,Wholesale Jerseys From China, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr Yesu Persaud, yesterday informed shareholders that the bank recorded its highest profit ever.Dr Persaud was at the time addressing the Demerara Bank Limited 15th Annual General Meeting at the Grand Coastal Inn where he informed the shareholders that they scored better than any other commercial bank in Guyana as it relates to returns on assets. This could also be the case regionally, he added.The year was such an excellent year for Demerara Bank that Dr Persaud announced favourable dividends to be paid to the shareholders.In his presentation Dr Persaud outlined to the shareholders the genesis of the financial meltdown pointing out that it was the rigid measures that were put in place by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to cause commercial banks to be regulated by the Central Bank that saved Guyana from an even more dire fate as a result of the crisis.According to Dr Persaud it was an,Wholesale Jerseys 2018, “excellent year for Demerara Bank.”The Bank’s Net Profit increased from $750M in 2008 to G$818M in 2009, representing an increase of close to 10 per cent above the previous year.Last year,Wholesale NFL Jerseys China, the Bank achieved a Profit Growth of 33.92 per cent and prior to that we had achieved a profit growth of 97.87 per cent.“Considering the challenging global environment and our selective risk appetite, the results are excellent.”He explained that the pivotal marker in assessing a bank was the return on average assets which this year was 3.02 per cent which he described as outstanding considering the international standard of one per cent and which is the best among all the commercial banks in Guyana.The returns on the bank’s return on Shareholders’ Funds were 23 per cent,Cheap Jerseys From China, which Dr Persaud said was good in comparison with other commercial banks.Deposits at the banks moved to $21.2B to $24.9B, which represented an increase of nearly 18 per cent over the previous year with savings deposits up, from $6.6B to $8.8B.It was however noted that with the surge in deposits and lack of opportunities in new investments, the main focus of the bank’s operations now would be advances.Investments increased from $6.8B to $7.3B but Dr Persaud emphasized that their investments are secure in that the Bank has a policy of ensuring that they pursue minimal risk investments.Net Advances went up from $6.7B to $8.7B, which shows a rise of 29.8 per cent over the previous year.The net non-performing advances is recorded and verified by auditors as $90M as on 30/09/2009 which reflects one per of the bank’s Gross Advances “which is even better than the internationally accepted level…Our net non-performing Advances is lowest among all the banks.”Earnings per share also escalated by nine per cent over the previous year.Forty-one per cent of the bank’s advances were financed out of our capital and with 44.8 per cent of the assets being liquid.He added also that based on net worth of $3.6B,NFL Jerseys Supply, the bank’s capital adequacy is to 28.36 per cent which is 3.2 times more than the required level.“This capital adequacy gives us good scope for development in the next four to five years.The Chairman noted in his report expansion of the Bank’s branch network one branch in 2004 to four branches presently with a Branch at Diamond scheduled to open sometime in June 2010.

Urgent rectification required? – PAHOThe Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has revealed that the central Georgetown sewerage system is in imminent danger of total collapse, which could result in the outbreak of communicable diseases, inclusive of cholera.This was noted in the recently prepared GWI Short/Medium Term Strategy Plan.However, in its strategic plan for the sanitation sector in Guyana, PAHO noted that this scenario can only be avoided through immediate implementation of works on the system.“There are many serious problems with the existing system. Damage to the pumps is common, with two main causes. During the frequent failures of the surface water drainage system during periods of heavy rainfall, the dry wells in which the pumps are located become partly flooded, and as such the electrical components in the pumps’ equipment are damaged,” PAHO noted.It was explained in the sanitation plan that the other major cause of damage has to do with the misuse of the sewerage system by some of the population, with large solid pieces of rubbish being dumped into the sewers. As a result, there are rarely more than 15 to 24 pumps operating at any one time.According to PAHO, it is not uncommon for these defects to result in raw sewage seeping onto the surface,Cheap Stitched Jerseys, causing unacceptable smells and health hazards.“There are also defective smaller sewers that leak into the open trench system of surface water drainage in Georgetown, contaminating the surface water,Wholesale NFL Jerseys Authentic,” PAHO stated. It was explained that the tariff that has been set for the sewage charges is far too low to meet the running costs of a properly functioning system, which is the responsibility of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).According to PAHO, domestic annual charges of G$5,400 are less than a quarter of the operating costs, and major hotels only pay G$25,000 per year.“If consideration is given to expanding the Georgetown system, or to develop new systems at other urban centres, then the issue of financing must be faced realistically.”It was noted that it would be a major multi-million-US-dollar project to extend the system,China NFL Jerseys, and running costs would also be several million US dollars annually.?Meanwhile, the strategic plan also pointed to the issue of the impact of untreated sewage being pumped several hundred metres offshore into the mouth of the Demerara River.PAHO stated in the plan that the degree of dilution should be sufficient to prevent contamination.? However, it was explained that local concentrations at the outfall will be much higher,Stitched Jerseys, and marine life can be attracted to the organic waste,Cheap Jerseys, thus seafood may be contaminated.There are concerns about the integrity of the outfall pipe,Cheap NFL Jerseys, which according to PAHO is known to have had leaks and cracks in the past, and it may very well be that not all sewage is delivered to the main river stream.?The central sewerage system serves approximately one-third of the Georgetown population. The existing system consists of 24 pumping stations and 24 wells.

Centenarian Viola Shaw passed away on Wednesday last. She was 102. ‘Auntie Viola’ as she was fondly referred to, was a resident of the Bryer’s Senior Citizen Home on Robb Street.Mrs. Shaw was very contented in her love for God as she had said that it was because of her contentment in him, that she was able to live such a long life.Life was not always a bed of roses for her as she suffered major childhood losses and was also robbed of quality secondary education. However, according to the pleasant centenarian,Cheap NFL Jerseys, God’s favour was upon her life as he continuously made provision for her throughout her many decades of living.She was predeceased by her parents,Cheap NHL Jerseys Online, only sister and husband.With nothing close to ingratitude, the Centenarian had oftentimes prayed to God to be taken to rest, but apparently he was not ready for her as he paid her his deaf ears.Her death came almost four months after she celebrated her 102nd birthday.Shaw was born to Joseph Phillips and Annette Gill,NFL Jerseys From China, in New Amsterdam, Berbice, on Thursday April 17, 1913. She was the first of two children.According to her in an interview with a Kaieteur News reporter in April, she was always the object of affection for everyone she came into contact with.Being the lovely child that she was, a lot of persons were interested in taking her from her father after her mother had passed away while she was yet a toddler.In a bid to remain in custody of her and her younger sister, her father had brought them both to Georgetown, when she was only eight years old.After relocating she had to be transferred from the Chapel Congregational School in New Amsterdam,NFL Jerseys China, to St. George’s School. Unfortunately she was unable to complete her secondary education as she was forced to take up employment with a friend of her father’s.“I didn’t have much education because I was living with people, and working with them, but God gave me a brain and I remember things very well” said the enthused Mrs. Shaw in her last interview with Kaieteur News.On her first employment with the D’Andrade family, she did the ironing of the family’s clothing before she went on to being a maid at Associated Industries Limited (Ainlim).It was while she was employed on her second job, that she met her prince charming who she then married.She was presented with a house by her employers, where she lived for a number of years. However, her family after considering her aging, had placed her in the Mercy Hospital, but she had to leave after sometime because the hospital’s bill had became too hefty.Leaving the hospital was very hard for her as she had developed a bond with the nurses there; they had became close as family.She then became a resident at Bryer’s Senior Citizen Home,NFL Jerseys Outlet, under the care of Ms. Sonia Wills, where she lived for just over a year before passing away. She was a parishioner at St. Sidwell’s Anglican Church.The funeral of Viola Shaw will be held on Monday,China Jerseys Free Shipping, August 10. Her body will be at the Sandy’s Funeral Parlour before being taken to the St. Sidwell’s Anglican Church for a service. Interment will be in the churchyard.

CHESNEY VILLAGE, ALBION – The residents of Chesney Village on the Corentyne are still trying to come to grips with Saturday night’s reign of terror.Yesterday some of them condemned the slothful attitude of ranks at the Albion Police Station.Mohanie Ramkellawan and her grandson Ravie RamkellawanMany of them claimed that if ranks had responded promptly the robbers in Saturday night’s incident, which left one villager dead, could have been apprehended.The bandits attacked three homes, each of which supported a shop. Two of these homes are side by side and a street separates the third.The incident started about 19:00 hours on Saturday just as a 53-year-old businessman Amarnauth Jaggernauth of Back Street,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, Chesney was about to close his premises for the night.Four masked men, who carried a shotgun, a handgun, and cutlasses,Wholesale China Jerseys, approached him and discharged a round from the shotgun, hitting him in the abdomen and thighs.The robbers then took him to his home and held his wife hostage. They allegedly made off with his licensed revolver, a quantity of ammunition, $500,000,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, jewellery and phone cards.The next stop the bandits attacked was Jaggernauth’s next-door neighbour – Maniram Doodnauth. That family had already fled their home after hearing the gunshots. The gunmen rummaged through the home and took two mobile phones and jewellery.The homeowners later said that no cash was stolen as was reported in some sections of the media.As the bandits were leaving the Doodnauths, they discharged another round from the shotgun, in the process, striking 34-year-old labourer Ganesh Ramkellawan in the chest. At the time the man was by his gate. He was subsequently pronounced dead on arrival at the New Amsterdam Hospital.The police in Berbice later recovered five spent and one live 12-gauge cartridge from the scene.According to the residents, Chesney is a closely-knit community. “We never expect something like this to happen in Chesney…unbelievable. It is always calm in Chesney.”At the home of Maniram Doodnauth, the family is now living in fear and said life must go on but some changes should be made.Generally, the people in the community are calling for streetlights in that part of Albion. They also want a police presence. According to them, the Albion Police Station is about ten to 15 minutes away and as such an outpost should be placed at Chesney or there should be frequent police patrols.One resident said, “When anything happen and you call police, they don’t reach in time.”Yet, the very residents are claiming that this is the first major incident for their little community situated a stone’s throw from the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s Albion Estate.They claimed that on Saturday night,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, the police ranks responded more than 30 minutes after the incident. Another thing they are saying is that the detectives did not bother to search the community that night for the bandits choosing instead to take statements.“All them asking yuh is, ‘Wha yuh loss?’ If them did come within a ten or 15 minutes them would get them thief man.”Another said, “Robbery nah nuttin’, man get kill is nah nuttin’ but when husband and wife get story, then them a come. Robbery nah important. The police seh them ain’t know where Chesney deh.”The dead man, Ganesh Ramkellawan, was father to eight-year-old Ravie Ramkellawan.At his home,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, his mother Mohanie Ramkellawan claimed that the police team arrived on the scene some 45 minutes after the incident.She recalled that she brought her husband from the United States to Guyana on March 13. He died soon after. “My husband died five weeks ago and so many people come here – space nah been deh,NFL Jerseys From China, now me pickney dead and nobody come. Everybody ah seh them ‘fraid fuh come nighttime. I was depending on my son, now he gone.”She said she would have expected the late arrival by the police ranks back in the days when there were no telephones in the community. “But not now! The police nah come from Georgetown to look fuh the bandits, they coming from here in Albion. Is Albion (Police Station) we call.”The grieving mother said the image of her dead son would remain with her. “If he had a broken foot I woulda mend he…but what am I going to mend now? We didn’t know when he was shot. When we come over back he was already dead. He use to stand up by this very gate and smoke he cigarette. Me woulda content if me did get to give me son a spoon of water fuh the last.”According to police repo

Passenger traffic at Guyana’s main Port of Entry – Cheddi Jagan International Airport — rose by six percent for January 2016.The airport’s statistics department revealed that 17,728 passengers arrived last month compared to 16,667 passengers for the same period in 2015.According to Ramesh Ghir, CJIA’s Chief Executive Officer, the proliferation in passenger numbers is due to leisure travel and increased business and tourism activities.Analytical data also indicate that the airlines – Caribbean Airlines,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, Dynamic Airways,Sale NFL Jerseys, COPA,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Suriname Airways, Fly Jamaica and Insel Air – have recorded increases in passenger movement for the month.“Our forecast for the next few months indicates there will be a huge influx of visitors to celebrate our Golden Jubilee activities in May. Management for its part will be working to advance our infrastructure and services provided including Immigration and Customs to ensure a smooth process through the terminal building,Wholesale NFL Jerseys,” Mr. Ghir added.Meanwhile,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, in anticipation of a modernized terminal building and extended runway,Cheap Adidas Hockey Jerseys,? the CEO along with other Government officials have been aggressively courting a number of North American and Latin American airlines to ply the Georgetown route.Airline executives look for unserved destinations with enormous potential and Guyana is one such destination due to heightened investments in oil and precious mineral explorations. Such investments attract yielding premium passengers which serve as a bonus for airlines serving any route.

The number of vehicles crossing the 36-year-old Demerara Harbour Bridge is continuing to confound authorities.In February alone, the aging structure recorded an 8.7 percent increase in traffic.The aging Demerara Harbour Bridge is consistently hitting the 10,000 westernly daily traffic mark,Cheap Jerseys China, authorities say.According to the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) monthly report,Jerseys Wholesale, approximately 262,Supply Cheap Jerseys,544 vehicles traversed the bridge in February, compared to 241,606 vehicles for the same period in 2014.The report also revealed that for six days in February 2015 in excess of 10,000 vehicles traversed the bridge in the westerly direction – a milestone on the bridge.February 19 recorded the highest volume of traffic with 10,818 vehicles; followed by February 24 with 10,361 vehicles; February 21 – 10,241 vehicles; February 2 – 10,cheap jerseys,174 vehicles; February 14 – 10,173 vehicles and February 20 – 10,Authentic Jerseys Cheap,117 vehicles.Private Motor Cars (P) accounted for 51.55 percent of the total volume of traffic, followed by minibuses at 14.06 percent and hire cars at 13.31 percent.“The 10,000 plus figure was first recorded on December 21, 2013 when approximately 10,894 vehicles traversed the floating bridge (in the westerly direction).”Measuring 1,851 meters across,Cheap Baseball Jerseys, the floating bridge was declared opened on July 2, 1978 and is the main transportation link between the east and west banks of the Demerara River.With several new housing schemes on the West Bank of Demerara, Government has announced plans to build another crossing across the river.The Ministry of Public Works is currently studying over 20 proposals and finalising possible locations.

–??? five injuredFive persons were yesterday rushed to the Leonora Cottage Hospital following an accident on the Uitvlugt Public Road,Cheap Jerseys From China, West Coast Demerara.The damaged minibus at the Leonora Police Station. Reports are that a police pick up PKK 741 crashed into the back of a minibus PJJ 5718 just as the minibus stopped to put off a passenger.The driver of the minibus Neil Purai told this newspaper that the accident occurred just after 10:30 hours when he stopped at Church Bridge in Uitvlugt.According to Purai,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, his vehicle was stationary and a passenger was exiting the vehicle when he felt a heavy impact at the rear of his vehicle. The man said when he turned around the back windscreen was completely shattered and the passengers were all hysterical. He added that his conductor Abdool Azeez was among the five who were rushed to the hospital. He could not say the extent of the injuries the passengers received but noted that one woman looked seriously injured as she was unconscious.Persons who witnessed the accident told this newspaper that the police vehicle was speeding.Meanwhile a police rank who was on the vehicle told this newspaper that they were travelling slowly when the minibus just made a sudden stop in their path causing the collision.The police vehicle.Despite the police claims of the driver of the minibus being in the wrong,Cheap Jerseys, the driver was not detained to assist with investigations.

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Robert Corbin, has said that “the Judiciary itself is very deficient in dealing with matters of the State.”According to Corbin, it was one of the prime reasons why he opposed the appointment of the Chancellor.He said that he did not believe that the Chancellor would weigh heavily in favour of the citizens when it comes to issues dealing with the State“The judiciary has not been very helpful to the opposition in raising issues where the government has breached the law.”The Opposition leader also pointed to the fact that in seeking redress against apparent transgressions by the President,Cheap Jerseys, the Constitution gets in the way.The constitution itself states that the President cannot be brought before the court on anything that he does while in office, he said.Corbin did point out that there are provisions in the constitution to impeach or to remove the president from office,Cheap Jerseys From China, but because of the nature of the constitution, the support of members of the People’s Progressive Party would have to be sought for such a notion. “There is some bit of insulation in terms of how far you can go legislatively in sanctioning what the President can do.”The Constitution was promulgated in 1980 and has been in force for each President ever since. While in Opposition, the PPP challenged the excessive powers and the immunity clause that appeared to protect the president.President Cheddi Jagan had promised to effect the change. He never did. Neither did any of the Presidents since the PPP came to power. However, this is the most strenuous criticism against the powers vested in the President and his immunity.Corbin did point out that in the case of Guyana, “we have actually taken decisions made by the President to court so we have found a way to get around that (Absolute Immunity from prosecution). For example we have challenged the constitutionality of the Integrity Commission.”He said that one of the defences raised was that persons were appointed by the President and therefore, it could not be challenged. “We found a way around it; it is still a matter for the court.We are saying that we are not challenging the decision of the President; we are challenging those persons who have been appointed.“They are not constitutionally in office and therefore,Wholesale NBA Jerseys, they cannot perform functions since they have been flaws in the constitutional procedure prescribed for them to be appointed so we have gone to court in some cases.”He added, however,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, that his party, regardless of approaches to the courts, has no confidence that the judiciary will act swiftly in these mattersCorbin said that the Integrity Commission issue was filed since 2005 and the matter is still to be bought to a trial,Jerseys Wholesale, “even though all the pleadings and the request were filed since December 2005.”He said, too,Cheap Jerseys From China Outlet, that the government, when it recognized that the case perhaps might come to trial, sought to reconstitute the commission.The Opposition leader did point out that there were many problems within the judiciary that can be attributed to its slothfulness.One such problem, according to Corbin, was the shortage of staff to deal with the large volume of matters filed.He said that the problem also has to do with the slothfulness in which the very judges operate.Only recently the National Assembly had to pass legislation to have Judges write a decision within six months after the completion of a trial.Corbin also said that another damper was in fact with the integrity of the judiciary. “It has to do with the confidence litigants feel about the administration of justice.”