Detectives on the East Coast of Demerara are still trying to come up with a motive and possible suspects in the murder of 89-year-old Millicent Cummings, whose battered body was found under a house at Cove and John early Friday morning.So far police have questioned several persons,Cheap Football Jerseys, including a man who first discovered the body.The man,Wholesale Jerseys China, Compton Hope, who lives in a property aback of the house, saw Cummings’s body but went away to work, and only returned hours later to give a statement to the police.Millicent CummingsYesterday, this newspaper revisited the scene and discovered that Cummings was definitely killed at the same spot where her body was discovered.There were blood stains spattered on the wall, which suggested that she was bludgeoned while lying on the ground.No one heard the elderly woman’s screams, not even a man who lives upstairs in a section of the house under which her body was found.He too was questioned and subsequently released.Police sources have said that the man claimed that he only learnt that Cummings had been killed under his house when he came downstairs and saw other persons in the yard.The other persons were neighbours who had responded to the alarm raised by Compton Hope.Hope said, yesterday that he was trying not to be late for work on Friday morning when he saw the woman’s body lying on the ground under the house which he had to pass to access transportation.He said that although he noticed that the woman was semi nude, he walked past the body thinking that it was just another destitute, who was probably drunk and had sought refuge in the yard.Hope said that he was in such a hurry that he did not notice the pool of blood under the elderly woman’s body although the place was bright enough.He called out to his neighbour and told him that a woman was lying under the house and advised him to “check it out”.Hope subsequently caught a vehicle and went to work.It was while at work around 07:30 hours that he received a telephone call from his sister who informed him that the police wanted to question him about a dead woman.He said that he was shocked to learn that the woman was the same person whose body he had casually walked past earlier that morning.“I never thought that what I saw was so serious. I thought that the woman would’a just get up and walk away. That’s why I left and went to work.”On the advice of his sister he subsequently went to the police and gave them a statement.“Looking back at it, I think I should have stayed back because it was a really serious matter. I don’t know her. I did see that her bottom was kinda exposed but I thought she was drunk.”Relatives claimed that it was not unusual for the elderly woman who lived alone to be out of her house at some strange hours of the morning.One relative,Blank Jersey, who lives in South Ruimveldt, in the city, told Kaieteur News that she would sometimes turn up at her house at 05:00 hours in the morning.“I think she was very na?ve,nhl jerseys outlet, because she would tell us that no one will do her anything because everybody in the area knows her,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys,” the relative stated.Investigators will be hard pressed to solve this particular murder, given the insensitive nature of the crime.They have not found any murder weapon which they believe is a blunt object,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, judging from the wounds observed on Cummings’s body.A post mortem examination will be carried out on Cummings’s body tomorrow.

–? strategies to improve sector high on two-day agendaMembers of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum (CFF) yesterday met at the Ramada Georgetown PrincessMinister of Agriculture, Noel HolderHotel,Cheap NHL Adidas Jerseys, Providence, as part of a two-day exercise to discuss emerging issues and to recommend strategies to combat current challenges being faced within the fishing sector.The CFF, the Ministerial Council and the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Secretariat, are the three bodies that make up the CRFM.The CRFM was officially inaugurated on 27 March 2003,Wholesale Jerseys, in Belize City, Belize, where it is also headquartered following the signing of the “Agreement Establishing the CRFM” on February 4, 2002.The mechanism, according to its website, is an inter-governmental organization with its mission being to “To promote and facilitate the responsible utilization of the region’s fisheries and other aquatic resources for the economic and social benefits of the current and future population of the region”.Its members are Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia,Cheap Jerseys, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and the Turks and Caicos Islands.Guyana’s Minister of Agriculture (MOA), Noel Holder, during his address welcomed the representatives and spoke of the important, direct role that the fisheries sector plays in national food security.He said that in the Caribbean, the fisheries and aquaculture sector is a major economic contributor to domestic markets – almost US$420M in 2014.? He also regarded the sector as a significant employer with about 116,000 persons directly employed and over 225,000 indirectly employed.FISHERIES SUB-SECTOR’S CONTRIBUTION TO GUYANAHolder said that Guyana can boast that its fisheries sub-sector contributes about 9.4 percent to agriculture Gross Domestic Product (GDP); it collects approximately GY$30.7M in revenue from fees from licenses; and it adds GY$15 B annually to the foreign currency earnings through exports.In addition, the fishing industry employs approximately 15,000 people with 4,000 to 5,600 persons being directly employed in fishing, with many more benefiting indirectly through fishing-related industries.RISE IN DEMANDS AND SUSTAINABLE FISHING PRACTICESWith health awareness on the rise; consumers recognising the health benefits in consuming fish, the demand for fish is increasing and the global marine production is being pressured to satisfy this demand even with aquaculture production also contributing.“It is our duty to supply wholesome fish and fish products to meet this demand;Representatives of Member States during the forum yesterday at the Ramada Georgetown Princess Hotel, Providence. (MOA Photo)however we must ensure that it is done in a sustainable way so that future generations can enjoy the same benefits we now have,” Minster Holder pointed out.“We in Guyana are committed to the sustainable management and advancement of the sector, and we are committed to working with our partners to ensure that we fish responsibly and practice sustainable fishing practices.”Some of Guyana’s initiatives he listed included,Cheap NFL Jerseys Online, the introduction of a Harvest Control rule, where Trawlers are allowed to fish for only a certain amount of days annually; the use of Vessel Monitoring Systems on the trawling fleet so that they can be monitored on a 24 hrs basis; and the formation of a Seabob Working Group, which comprises members of the Fisheries Department and stakeholders from the Trawler Association.The Seabob Working Group is working together to attain the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for the Seabob industry,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, he said.In addition, the minister stated that there will be an increase in Monitoring Control and Surveillance of Artisanal vessels to ensure that they are in compliance with the rules and regulations as indicated in the Fisheries Act of 2002.“With this move we hope to reduce accidents and robbery at sea and we will be working along with the Coast Guard in patrolling our EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone)”CHALLENGESThe Minister continued, “apart from the dwindling marine resources, the sector (also) faces other challenges which I am sure are common to the Region. Adverse climatic conditions and the increasing presence of seaweed, hampers the fisher folk’s ability to fish or make it more dangerous to ply their trade. Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported fishing and robbery at sea also pose serious challenges,”However, he said that he is happy that the Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy (CC