–?? ?Teen remains in a critical conditionWhile 17-year-old Quinn Neblett, who was shot twice by a police rank Thursday night, remains a critical patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), his family has hired a lawyer to prove that the teen was wrongfully shot.Neblett, of Sussex Street, Albouystown was reportedly shot to his abdomen and left leg around 09:15 hrs on Thursday in an unoccupied house at Lot 21 Independence Boulevard. He is a patient in the hospital’s High Dependency Unit.Attorney at Law Nigel Hughes and the injured man’s relatives met with eyewitnesses yesterday at the scene to discuss what really transpired that night.Injured: Quinn Neblett“I met with the eyewitnesses and what I understand is that around 04:00pm on Thursday, a police officer, who was in civilian clothes and off-duty, got into a fight with one of the residents. During that fight, the officer was injured. He left and returned later that evening with his squad,Cheap Jerseys From China, which is not the regular squad in this area,” Hughes explained.He continued, “There was a driver and five police officers armed with semi and fully automatic weapons. When they came here (where the officer was injured), there were a few persons along with Neblett around here. When Neblett saw the police, he clearly said, ‘He aint tekking any lock up tonight’ because he hadn’t done anything and he left and went west of that yard.”According to Hughes, he was told by eyewitnesses that the five officers searched the building and then left and went through the passageway where the 17-year-old ran. “They went down there and shot him at point blank range. There are six bullet holes through the walls, clearly from semiautomatic weapons.”“It is clear from those circumstances that Mr. Neblett could not have been a threat. After shooting him,Wholesale Jerseys NFL, they took him to the hospital and returned to the scene in a different vehicle 45 minutes later and picked up the spent shells,” the lawyer stressed.Hughes said that the move made by the police officers to remove the spent shells from the scene was an attempt to cover up their wrongdoings. He added that no police officer visited the scene or met with the injured man’s relatives since the incident.Eyewitness recalledAround 04:00pm on Thursday, an eyewitness, who refused to give her name,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, explained that the injured teen and some friends were liming next door to where the incident occurred. “The police officer and another guy had some problem some time back and (Thursday) he (policeman) saw the boy in the unoccupied house and choke he.”According to the eyewitness, after the officer choke the guy, they started to fight. “After we see that, we run in the building to part and the boy juck the officer with a knife. When Neblett see, he run away and people in the area see and they thought it was him who juck the police.”She said that later that night,NFL Jerseys Outlet, the teen returned and about seven persons from the neighbourhood sat on a bench (next door to where the incident transpired) and they were discussing what went on earlier in the day when they saw a police vehicle pull up.“After he (Neblett) see the police, he and some other boys run to the back and the police them go in the building and search then they went to the back where them boys run and start to shoot rapidly,” the eyewitness related.She then explained that she saw the police officer bringing the teen out from the pathway with blood pouring from his abdomen. They put him in their pickup and took him to the hospital.Police statementPolice in a statement said that on Thursday, Police Constable 21510 Thorne, who was dressed in civilian clothing, was attacked by three men armed with knives during a robbery attempt at Hunter Street,Wholesale Jerseys, Albouystown.“Constable Thorne put up a resistance during which he managed to escape but was wounded to his right arm and left leg. He was treated at the GPHC and sent away,” the release stated.It further explained that later that day, Thorne, while being taken home in a police mobile patrol vehicle, spotted the suspects at James Street, Albouystown.“As the ranks approached the suspects, they ran in different directions and were pursued on foot by the ranks. Constable 21148 Wilson caught up with one of the men who attacked him with a knife and wounded him to his left arm. The rank was forced to resort to the use of force and discharge two rounds at his attacker,Cheap NFL Jerseys China,” the release explained.Yesterday, the eyewitnesses along with Hughes and the injured teen’s relatives visited the Ruimveldt Polic

By Rustom SeegopaulThe Ogle Air Traffic Control Tower was unmanned yesterday.The Ogle Airstrip Air Traffic Control (ATC) Tower was yesterday unmanned,Cheap NFL Jerseys, as three of the controllers reported sick and the others were unwilling to work above and beyond the call of duty, largely due to a situation where monies are owed to them by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).Given the lack of personnel in the ATC Tower yesterday,Cheap NFL Jerseys, incoming and departing aircraft from Ogle apparently followed local procedure, which they normally do when the ATC Tower at Ogle is unmanned.They contacted the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, to plot their flight paths, but this was only done when they were airborne.One controller at CJIA said that this placed additional pressure on the controllers there, because of the reduced time to plot the flight plan.He said that when the air traffic controllers are on duty at Ogle, they would file the flight plan even before the aircraft starts up.It was a similar arrangement when aircraft sought clearance to land at the Ogle Airstrip.Speaking with staffers of the Ogle Airstrip, this newspaper was told that different radio frequencies are used between Ogle and the CJIA. The air traffic controllers at the CJIA switch between frequencies when the Ogle ATC Tower is unmanned and they would communicate with the respective aircraft.This results in an added workload for the already overworked air traffic controllers at Timehri.Added to this, it was reported that, oftentimes, the ATC Tower at Ogle is unmanned between 06:30 and 07:00 hours if the air traffic controllers are late for work.The Ogle Airstrip does not operate after dark.Owner of Roraima Airways, Captain Gerald Gouveia, in an invited comment, said that the ATC Tower at Ogle not being manned by any air traffic controllers was not unusual.? “You have to remember that Ogle is not an international airport, and the incoming flights will just make contact with Timehri,” said Gouveia. “So, it’s not really that big of a deal.”Repeated attempts to reach the Director of the GCAA, Zulficar Mohammed, for a comment proved futile, and the Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn, said that he would not comment on the issue until he was fully briefed on it some time today.The air traffic controllers had been threatening strike action over monies owed to them by GCAA.They accused the GCAA of unfairly deducting various sums from their pay packets. The GCAA had said that funds were not immediately available,Cheap Jerseys From China, and that the matter would have been resolved as soon as the administration had attended to the GCAA bank balances.The air traffic controllers sought the intervention of Minister Benn, who ruled that,Cheap NFL Jerseys, instead of paying some members of staff monies dating back to several years, he would have paid a non-prejudicial, one-off bonus.Since this sum would have represented a decrease in their emoluments, the Guyana Association of Air Traffic Control Officers (GAATCO) rejected the offer and threatened industrial action. Some of the workers immediately reported sick.Following this,China Jerseys Free Shipping, the Government decided to pay the air traffic controllers.The air traffic controllers are contending that, after they agreed to resume duties, Minister Benn reneged on his commitment and decided that there would be no increase in their remuneration.There were reports that the GAATCO had signed to this effect, but officials of this entity debunked such rumours, saying that they had never seen, much less agreed to, the arrangement.This is just another one of the problems facing the ATCs of Guyana, adding to the deplorable condition of the equipment in the ATC Tower at the CBJ International Airport.A near mid-air collision of an outbound Caribbean Airlines (BW 484) aircraft and an inbound Delta Airlines (DAL 383) flight prompted an investigation into the workings of the ATC Tower at Timehri, and it was discovered that much of the equipment at present in the ATC Tower, including the electronic displays for the barometer, temperature and wind gauges, is reportedly not working.The Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) at the airport is also said to be unserviceable. The runway lighting control panel in the ATC Tower is also said to have been unserviceable since 2004.The equipment is expected to arrive at the middle of this year,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, following a tender for an approximate cost of $666 million.In addition to replacing equipment in the ATC Tower at the airport in Timehri, the bid also includes training for