By Sharmain CornetteDefaulting rate payers have not been coming forward to make their payments to City Hall,Stitched Jerseys, a state of affairs which now sees the municipality reaching out to some Government and business entities to pay-up their third quarter instalments.According to Public Relations Officer, Royston King, aside from the municipality’s indebtedness to waste disposal contractors, the city entity is still saddled with other financial obligations such as utilities and other overhead expenditure.As such, he noted the sustained operation of the municipality is completely dependent on the willingness of tax payers to honour their civic responsibility.“People are just not coming forward to pay-up their rates and taxes as we had anticipated and this is a matter of concern to us,” King related.The municipality currently owes waste disposal contractors – Cevons Waste Management Inc. and Puran Brothers Waste Disposal Service – about $75M. This amount,NFL Jerseys Outlet, according to King, represents monies owed to the contractors for the past three months.But despite the current challenge, King disclosed that residents of the city have been very co-operative and have been refraining from dumping their refuse on parapets and pavements as well as in each other’s yard.Since the onset of the dilemma, the municipality has been urging residents not to put out their refuse receptacles as they would not be picked up as usual. In addition, residents were advised that they could transport their refuse themselves to the Le Repentir Dumpsite.According to King, the council’s consideration of having the municipality use its own resources to undertake the task of garbage disposal in the city is becoming more financially feasible and could very well become a reality.Currently, the municipality has engaged cleansing workers attached to the Solid Waste Management Department to keep sections of Central Georgetown in an acceptable state, King said.“With the aid of the cleansing workers we have managed to keep areas such as Robb and Regent Streets in a good, clean condition as well as the Stabroek area.”Last week,Discount NFL Jerseys, King had disclosed that the municipality was reviewing its contractual arrangement with garbage disposal contractors in wake of the decision made by the contractors to withdraw their service from the city entity. However, he did note that currently the alternative waste disposal plan will not be extended to the outer reaches of the city.Currently,Cheap Jerseys From China, the municipality’s capacity is severely impaired, according to Deputy Mayor, Robert Williams, due to the fact that it is being starved of more than $66M which it should have garnered from commercial operations in the city over the past three years.And this dilemma he had disclosed is likely to continue until the new Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Valuation Roll is put into place.Williams disclosed that following a survey carried out by the municipality in the areas bordered by Vlissengen Road, Water Street, North Road and D’Urban Street, it was discovered that a number of properties have been transformed to commercial operations.“These properties are recorded in our database as residences, but are now being used as businesses, be it auto dealers, restaurants, salons,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, all sorts of things. So they are recorded by us as having to pay 40 percent of their assessed value, but are in fact businesses that should be paying 250 percent, and this has been happening over four to five years,NFL Jerseys China,” Williams divulged.According to the Deputy Mayor, in such areas, the municipality should have been collecting some $18M per year but is only in receipt, if it is paid at all, of a mere $5M per year.“When you assess on average going back three to four years, it is over $66M we should have garnered for commercial operations in these areas but we are only getting $24M under the base document we have which is residential,” Williams opined.

Police have recovered a boat and engine in Aruka Creek,Cheap Jerseys USA, Cuyuni,Cheap Jerseys,Friday night. The boat,Cheap Football Jerseys, fitted with a 75-horse power engine,Discount Football Jerseys, was stolen from the Wakenaam Police Station recently.Reports disclosed that Police Corporal Caesar and Detective Constable Adolphus of Mabaruma Police station recovered the missing vessel and apprehended two men. The suspects were identified as Mohave Boodram and Rohan Kallicharan.The men are now assisting with investigation pending charges.

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For the second time in two weeks, police on the West Coast of Demerara are faced with another brutal case of rape and murder.The partly nude body of 40 year-old Afroze Ali, called Aunty ‘Lizzy’, was found in a Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo Cemetery at around 11:00 hours yesterday.It is strongly believed that Ali was raped and strangled.Ali’s relatives learned of the gruesome discovery from a drug addict known as ‘Sunny’, who has since vanished from the area.The police were informed and after a thorough search,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, the body was found.One of Ali’s sisters told Kaieteur News that she was at home when she received a phone call from another relative who said that Ali was dead.“Sunny go home by mommy and tell she that ‘Lizzy’ dead and deh in the burial ground and we send a boy fuh check to see if is true because we didn’t believe.”Afroze Ali’s body is covered with a piece of cardboard at the Zeelugt cemetery yesterday shortly after the discovery.The woman said that she still decided to visit the site where her worst fears were confirmed.This publication was told that the killer or killers began digging a shallow grave near where the body was found but for some reason apparently abandoned that plan.“Like the people start digging a shallow grave and they had a set of card board which they use fuh put she pon fuh lay down…all she clothes went throw near to she and the person had some jhandi food.”Residents said that ‘Sunny’, who had discovered the body walked away when persons started questioning him about the discovery.“This man does sleep in the burial ground. He does smoke up and so on and it is strange that he find the body because the cardboard we find ‘Lizzy’ on is the same piece of cardboard he does use fuh sleep on.”‘Sunny’ has still not been located.Ali was last seen alive on Saturday at around 18:00 hours after leaving her home. Relatives say it was customary for the woman,wholesale jerseys, who was suffering from depression, to wander off for days before returning home.According to relatives they were not worried when she failed to return home on Saturday night, since they assumed she had gone on one of her many walking sprees.Ali is survived by her four children. Her husband was murdered some 13 years ago.“Is years now she like this. Since her husband dead, she does just go and walk, but she does always come back.”Police, along with undertakers from the Ezekiel Funeral Home removed the corpse as dozens of residents gathered at the scene. The police were seen removing what appeared to be pieces of the woman’s clothing and food from the area.As police continue their investigation into this incident,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, residents, more so females,Cheap Stitched Jerseys, said they are fearful that a rapist and killer is on the loose. Only on New Year’s Day last,Cheap Jerseys Online, an elderly woman, who lived almost a mile away from Zeelugt was found murdered in her home. The woman, Bebe Jahooral Banu, 65, was found in the bottom flat of her two storied house. A post mortem examination revealed that the woman was raped and strangled. To date,Authentic NHL Jerseys, police are yet to locate Banu’s killer. One man was arrested but subsequently released.

Four proposals submitted by companies or individuals to operate the US$4M entertainment complex of the Marriott branded hotel being constructed in Kingston, are currently being evaluated by National Industrial & Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) and Atlantic Hotel Incorporated (AHI).Head of NICIL and AHI, Winston BrassingtonThis is according to Winston Brassington, head of NICIL, who said that the tenders or proposals are being evaluated in consultation with Republic Bank Ltd and Marriott Hotel because the selected bidder would be operating a casino.Brassington, who did not want to disclose the names or jurisdictions of the bidders, confirmed that local companies have responded to the numerous advertisements.The number of independent entities evaluating the tenders is questionable since AHI that owns the hotel and entertainment complex was created as a private company by NICIL.There is seemingly no difference between the two entities in terms of leadership. NICIL’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer/Company Secretary, Marcia Nadir-Sharma is also the Company Secretary for AHI, which is also headed by Brassington.According to Brassington, the Marriott Hotel is not being funded by the Consolidated Fund but with moneys from NICIL.The political opposition has argued that the money earned by NICIL is in fact state funds and should be turned over to the Consolidated Fund.Brassington however has argued that only dividends payable by NICIL should be deposited into the Consolidated Fund.With AHI being a private company it does not have to follow public procurement procedures that would have required the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board evaluating the tenders.According to Brassington, the criteria being used to evaluate the tenders was set out in the package issued to anyone looking to be an operator. He said that broadly speaking Government was looking to confirm that the potential operators are committed and able to make the outfitting investment.Deputy Chief Executive Officer of NICIL and Company Secretary of AHI,Wholesale Jerseys China, Marcia Nadir-SharmaIn addition, the potential operators had to submit conceptual designs of the entertainment complex “to show they have a concept of what they are looking to do with some level of details”. He added that they had to provide financial projections.“These projections were at least in accordance with our feasibility projections because we want to know that the expected cash flow from the entertainment complex will be consistent with our business plan,China Jerseys,” he explained.Brassington said that information provided would allow Government to judge the potential operators on technical and financial capabilities to undertake this project with respect to both resources and technical people, who would operate the casino.Last year,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, reports of Government deciding to separate the Marriott Hotel from the casino,Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping, night club and restaurant were rejected by the Opposition.A Partnership for National Unity’s Parliamentarian, Joe Harmon,Wholesale Jerseys China, had blasted Government for wanting to separate the Marriott Hotel from its main revenue earners.He had said that the money being invested in the hotel should have been spent on something else to the benefit of the public.“Instead of investing into the Marriott,NFL Jerseys China Online, the government should have built a new harbour bridge which is very critical,” Harmon stated.Harmon believes that the move is in keeping with a “bigger and grander” financial scheme to steal the public’s money.

A top police official has confirmed that two ranks at the Bartica Police Station are being investigated for allegedly beating a 28-year-old man while interrogating him about a stolen computer.Cedric Babb, of Fourth Avenue, Bartica, has alleged that three CID ranks struck him in the stomach with a piece of wood and placed his head in a plastic bag until he lost consciousness.Babb said that the beating occurred last week Thursday in a room at the Bartica Police Station. He alleged that the assault continued even as he repeatedly denied having knowledge of the stolen computer.Babb, who was hospitalised for a day, said that he subsequently identified the three CID ranks while giving a statement to the officer in charge at the Bartica Police Station.Contacted on Monday,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, a senior police official confirmed that Babb’s allegation is being investigated, but said that Babb had only implicated two police ranks.The officials also confirmed that Babb was hospitalised but a doctor who examined him found no injuries.According to the official, the accused ranks have denied Babb’s allegation. A report on the incident is expected to be completed on Friday.Babb,China NFL Jerseys, who said he is a carpenter,Wholesale Jerseys, alleged that his troubles began last week Tuesday when he went to the Bartica Magistrate’s Court on charges that he had bought two stolen cell phones.After speaking with an attorney, a CID rank reportedly told Babb that he wanted to see Babb in his office.According to Babb, the rank accused him of buying a stolen computer, an allegation that the Bartica resident said he repeatedly denied.Another CID rank then allegedly informed Babb that he was being charged with break-and enter and larceny and ordered him to sign a statement,Nike NFL Jerseys China, which Babb said he refused to do.“He say ‘well take off yuh belt and shoes, yuh going in the f—ing lockups,” Babb saidShortly after, Babb said he was placed in the lockups.On Thursday, he was taken to a room that was occupied by three CID ranks, and again denied buying the stolen computer after the ranks began interrogating him again.Babb alleged that at that point, one of the policemen began to hit him.“A short one start cuffing me in me belly and saying ‘where the computer deh?’”“After they start cuffing me, they put a plastic bag over my head.” Babb said that he began to have difficulty breathing and tore off the plastic bag.However, the policemen, he alleged, tied another plastic bag over his head and he eventually lost consciousness.The policemen reportedly revived Babb by throwing water on him and the brutal interrogation continued as he sat in a chair, he said.“They pick up a wood and hit me in my stomach and I fall out the chair and start hollering.”Babb said he later learned that persons who had heard his screams informed his relatives,Sale NFL Jerseys, who were outside the station.Babb alleged that after questioning him further, the CID ranks put him in the female lockups, to ensure that no one could see his condition.But he said that they eventually took him outside the station and he managed to signal to relatives that he had been beaten.According to Babb, he was again taken to a room where the ranks attempted to make him sign a statement, which he refused to do.He was then taken back to the lockups, although he was suffering from severe stomach pains and was bleeding through the nostrils.The man claimed he was finally released after his father contacted the officer in charge at the station.He alleged that it was only then that the police took him to the Bartica Hospital, where he was admitted. Babb said he remained there until Friday.“But then they lock me up again, and say that I telling people that police beating me.”According to Babb, he was eventually released on $50,Jerseys NFL Wholesale,000 station bail but was informed that he would be charged.The allegations of police brutality come at a time when police rank at the Leonora Police Station are under investigation for torturing a 14-year-old boy and refusing to inform his relatives of his whereabouts.

City Hall has upgraded its revenue collection system with the reintroduction of computers at the Treasury. It replaces the manual system that was ceased in December last year; according to Deputy Mayor Robert Williams.He said that any person who visits the Treasury would be able to receive a print out of their taxes owed.He added that demand notices would be produced for all 28,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping,000 property owners,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, and action would be taken on large property owners who have not sought to benefit from the concession given December last.The Deputy Mayor revealed some have changed the use of their properties from residential to commercial and are paying residential rates,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, and documentations are in process for the different forms of actions that will be taken.

By Kiana WilburgAs if the astonishing scales of corruption within the departments of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) weren’t enough to leave forensic auditors disturbed, they stumbled onto evidence which showed that the entity was illegally operating an accounting system.The forensic auditors of Nigel Hinds Financial Service noted in its recently released report on GEA that the entity was using an accounting software called “Peachtree” to automate and manage its accounting functions.However, the agency does not have a licence to use Peachtree Accounting Software. The auditors found the use of the software in this manner to be illegal.They recommended that the agency immediately purchases a licence to legalize the current use of its Peachtree accounting software.There were also a number of other irregularities found within GEA’s financial systems. The auditing team noted for example that GEA has been incorrectly recording funds that it collects from oil companies on behalf of the Government of Guyana as revenue on its financial statements.The auditors noted that the International Accounting Standard #18, Paragraph eight states that, “In an agency relationship, the gross inflows of economic benefits include amounts collected on behalf of the principal and which do not result in increases in equity for the entity. The amounts collected on behalf of the principal are not revenue. Instead revenue is the amount of commission.”The report of the forensic auditors said that the monies paid to GEA for fuel imported by GEA on behalf of the Government of Guyana should be treated as Accounts Payable instead of Revenue.It said that when GEA remits the monies to the Government bank account, it is incorrectly recorded on the agency’s financial statements as “Office and Administration” expenses, instead of as an offset to accounts payable.The audits also found that GEA accepts payments for fuel from Rubis Guyana Inc.,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys, Sol Guyana Inc., and Guyana Oil Company Limited. It noted however that premium charges were granted to the Guyana Oil Company Limited.The team of highly qualified forensic auditors emphasized that there was no basis for this premium financial package.The current premium charges are as follows:? US$1.995 per barrel of gasoline,Cheap Jerseys From China, US$0.21 per barrel of diesel, $US0.525 per barrel of Kerosene and for fuel used by aircraft.…Invoices were kept out of accounting systemForensic auditors have found that the Guyana Revenue Agency (GEA) has been using a highly compromised manual system to prepare and issues invoices for licences. These include wholesale,Cheap Jerseys From China, retail, import,NBA Jerseys From China, export, bulk transportation carriers,NCAA Baseball Jerseys, and storage licences.The auditors noted that the annual revenues generated from licensing fees averaged $25 Million for the years 2011 to 2014; amounting to over half of GEA income, when fuel marking fees are not considered.They asserted that the generating and issuing of invoices for licencing fees are not governed by a standardized system and are not integrated in the agency’s accounting system. “For example,NFL Cheap Jerseys, an invoice is only issued when requested by customers or when management elects to issue.”The auditors in their report emphasized that this undermines the accounting department’s ability to effectively and efficiently monitor the financial transactions pertaining to revenue generated from licensing fees.In their report, it was recommended that the invoicing process of the Licencing Division be computerized in such a way that it is integrated with the accounting system of GEA. The forensic auditors of Nigel Hinds Financial Services said that the integration will allow for improved recognition of revenue, accounting of receivables and the monitoring of licence holders.The auditors also stressed that customers should not have the option of determining whether they want an invoice or otherwise. Instead, they said that invoices should be issued to all customers as a standard policy.