– elderly couple in property disputePolice are investigating allegations by a 63-year-old man that he is the target of a murder plot in which his estranged wife has twice tried to have him killed.The man, who is from the Corentyne, has said that he only escaped death because the individuals that his wife hired were confidence tricksters who pretended to be hit men. The alleged plot is said to be linked to a property dispute.But the man says he has received reports that his wife is making a third try at getting him killed. He fears that he might not be so fortunate this time around.He had initially complained that police did not appear to be taking his allegations seriously.A senior police official confirmed yesterday that detectives have received a detailed report from the man, and that they intend to question his wife about the allegations.“He came and gave us a detailed statement day before yesterday… we are checking out that matter.”The official said that the couple was previously before the court.Describing himself as a domestic violence victim,Wholesale Jerseys China, the man told Kaieteur News that he has been married for some eight years to his second wife. He said at the time, he was a multi-millionaire, and that the couple had a joint bank account.“We were living very, very good,” he said. “And then it take a sudden turn.”That “sudden turn,Cheap Wholesale NFL Jerseys,” according to him, happened four years ago. He claimed that without his knowledge, his wife withdrew all the cash from their joint account.She also took him to court to get half of their assets. According to him,Wholesale NFL Jerseys China, a Judge gave him the matrimonial two-flat home at Berbice, while she was given a Jeep. He also agreed to give her $300,000.“She said that the marriage would work if I gave her the Jeep and $300,000 and that she wouldn’t torment me anymore. I gave her the Jeep and promised to give her the entire $300,000 in a year.”But he said he still wanted the marriage to work, and took his spouse on a vacation to the US.But when they returned to Guyana the wife still demanded the $300,000 he had promised and when a year passed and he hadn’t delivered it all, she took him to court.At this time, the marriage had deteriorated to the point where they were living in separate sections of the home.Then, according to the man, she tried to have him killed.‘HIT MEN’He said that last year,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, two men snatched him from outside his home and took him by vehicle to the back of a Corentyne community.But he said that the men then explained that his wife had hired them to kill him, but that they had no intention of doing so.“They told me to cooperate with them. They said that they didn’t want to harm me, they just wanted her money.”So, according to him, the men tied him up,Discount Football Jerseys, threw tomato paste on him, ordered him to lie still, and took photographs of his ‘ bloodstained body,’ to give to his wife. They then untied him.He said that the bogus ‘hit men’ also promised to give him a recording of themselves and his wife, but never did.He said that the following day, his wife discovered that he was still very much alive. She flew into a rage.“YOU AIN’T DEAD?”“She see me and she start cursing on the road,” he said. She say, ‘You ain dead? They ain kill you?’”The man told me that he visited a Berbice police station and told a senior rank about the plot on his life. He also showed the cop the photographs of his ‘body.’ But he said that the policeman chased him out of the station and told him not to return.“He said that he can’t believe that this woman would do that because he knows her very long.”He claimed that his wife made a second attempt on his life a few months ago.Again, he was at home when two men came calling at his gate. He said that the men showed him a forged affidavit that his wife had produced in court when she was seeking spousal support. He claimed that the men also produced a recording of a conversation between them and his wife.Like the first two ‘hit-men,’ he said that the visitors revealed that they were hired to abduct and kill him, but had no intention of going through with the plan. “They said that they were con-men, not hit men.”He said that the men took him to a house on the East Bank of Demerara. Again, he was tied up and had to pretend to be dead. This time, his wife sent one of her friends to see his ‘body.’ Photographs were also taken of the ‘corpse.’After the wife’s friend saw the ‘body’, she reportedly contacted the wife by phone and said “give the people the money, the man is dead.”He was told that his wife handed over $2.2M to the ‘hit men.’According to the man, the next d

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, yesterday expressed the administration’s dissatisfaction with the progress Synergy Holdings Inc is making with the construction of the road to Amaila Falls.According to Dr Luncheon,Cheap China Jerseys Authentic, Makeshwar ‘Fip’ Motilall, is “hopelessly behind” schedule and they have suggested that he start to contract out certain components of the project.He said that he believes that the consultant, Walter Willis, mirrors the sentiment of Cabinet and explored options for the completion of the roadway.Dr Luncheon did state that no effort is being spared by the administration to get Synergy Holdings to complete the road,Cheap NFL Jerseys, according to design. Motilall was also responsible for the road design.The Cabinet Secretary said that this concern has led to suggestions and “even demands for them to contract out components of the road way.”As it relates to penalties he said that this would come into play at the end of a contract when the enormity of the failure to abide by the terms could properly be assessed.At the end of February last, Dr Luncheon had told media operatives that “the government couldn’t help but be was concerned about the delays,” as these relate to the construction of the Amaila Falls Road Project currently being undertaken.At that time Dr Luncheon had said that Motilall should be very worried because the design of the contract stipulates stringent penalties.“The penalties are quite significant and will be enforced for not meeting the drop dead date.”Senior Engineer at the Ministry of Public Works,Wholesale China Jerseys, Walter Willis,Wholesale NBA Jerseys, at that time had told this newspaper that there were no delays as such but rather lost days which had to be given back to the contractor.Willis pointed out that the first notice to proceed was given in October 5, for some sections of the road. On January 11 the next notice to proceed was issued and this section entailed virgin forest.Willis confirmed that some 15 per cent of the road has already been completed.The breakdown of the project awarded to Synergy Holdings Inc states that the upgrade of 89km of road will cost US$3.9M; the 110km of virgin roadway, US $7M,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, the two pontoon crossings or a bridge will be US$1.5M and ‘T’ line clearing is said to be US$3M.Hand in Hand Group of Companies is the company that has backed Synergy Holdings Inc. with the US$3M mobilization and security bonds which were a prerequisite to securing the recently awarded Amaila Falls Road contract.The road that Synergy Holdings is building is to pave the way for the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Project which is described as just part of a larger effort to revolutionise Guyana’s power generation infrastructure.The storage dam site would be located near the top of Amaila Falls and would impound the waters of both the Kuribrong and Amaila Rivers.The Amaila site is located on the Kuribrong River, a tributary of the Potaro River in West Central Guyana. The nearest point of access is the airstrip at Kaieteur Falls on the Potaro River,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, approximately 15 miles to the south.An overland trail exists from Kaieteur to Amaila. Access is also provided overland by an all-weather road through Tumatumari on the Potaro River and on to Mahdia and Kangaruma.River access along the Potaro-Kuribrong Rivers to the foot of Amaila Falls involves several portages around rapids and waterfalls.The road from Tumatumari was recently extended to Mahdia/Kangaruma that brings the project closer to the site but approximately 30 miles of additional roads will need to be built to the top of Amaila Falls.

The Ministry of Health has engaged an innovative method to address the problem of overweight and obesity as part of the chronic diseases challenge that Guyana faces.The efforts, according to Minister Leslie Ramsammy, will take on the form of a communication campaign and represent an attempt to help persuade people to adopt certain lifestyles that would lend to them being healthy.The programme will be aided by 12 women, who the Minister said have decided to join a gym and have opted to change their diets and endeavoured to lead Guyana in losing weight.“They will be publicly checking their Body Mass Index (BMI). So we will have the pleasure of working with them monitoring their weight loss and efforts to gain a BMI that is within the recommended rate.”It was just last year that Minister Ramsammy had announced that more than 50 percent of the Guyanese population is overweight, a dilemma which according to him is not restricted to the adult population. He had revealed that some 15 percent of the school-aged population alone are overweight.? And it is a near impossible task these days to identify individuals with the recommended BMI of at least 20, Minister Ramsammy disclosed. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the prevalence of overweight and obesity is commonly assessed by using BMI which is defined as the weight in kilograms divided by the square of one’s height in metres (kg/m2).? A BMI over 25 kg/m2 is defined as overweight, and a BMI of over 30 kg/m2 as obese. These markers provide common benchmarks for assessment,NFL Jerseys Outlet, but the risks of disease in all populations can increase progressively from lower BMI levels.Obesity, the Minister said, is often rooted in the diet that people prefer to consume over the recommended daily diet. “Sixty-three percent of us do not include enough fruits and vegetables in our daily diet and we have changed the way we do things. Manufacturers are now trying to put things in cans because we don’t want fresh fruits and vegetables,” the Minister asserted.In addition, he noted that if persons are consuming more than they are burning, the excess will undoubtedly be converted into fat, thereby lending to obesity. Obesity, according to the WHO, has reached epidemic proportions globally,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, with more than one billion adults being overweight – at least 300 million of them clinically obese.And this state of affairs, WHO has revealed, is a major contributor to the global burden of chronic disease and disability. Often co-existing, in developing countries, with under-nutrition, obesity is a complex condition with serious social and psychological dimensions, affecting virtually all ages and socio-economic groups.Increased consumption of more energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods with high levels of sugar and saturated fats, combined with reduced physical activity,Wholesale Jerseys China, have led to obesity rates that have risen three-fold or more since 1980 in some areas of North America, the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands,Cheap Jerseys, Australasia and China, according to WHO.The obesity epidemic is not restricted to industrialised societies; this increase is often faster in developing countries than in the developed world.Obesity and overweight pose a major risk for serious diet-related chronic diseases,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, including Type Two diabetes, cardiovascular disease,Sale NFL Jerseys, hypertension and stroke, and certain forms of cancer. The health consequences range from increased risk of premature death, to serious chronic conditions that reduce the overall quality of life. Of special concern is the increasing incidence of child obesity, WHO has emphasised.

– President Jagdeo“The people of this country deserve no less” There has been a lot of pandering and consultations and it is now time to hold the Local Government Elections, President Bharrat Jagdeo said,cheap nfl jerseys, noting that eight years is enough time for an agreement to be reached.During a recent press conference, the Head of State said that enough time has gone in trying to satisfy every whim and fancy of the opposition.“It is time to bring an end to all of these concerns and hold Local Government Elections. The people of this country deserve no less.”Guyana, President Jagdeo said,NHL Jerseys From China, cannot claim to be a democracy and not have Local Government Elections held after so many years.“We will go to Parliament as many other countries do, table the Bill and have a public debate on it in Parliament.”The Head of State explained that following the debate in Parliament, the government side will concede for the Bill to be sent to a Select Committee in order to give the opposition another chance to be part of any ‘productive discussion.’Earlier in the year, President Jagdeo had said that he is ‘done’ with the approach that is being taken by both the PPP and PNCR members in getting the issue resolved.At the time,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, the President had said that he was going to make one more attempt to try and solve the outstanding issues with leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Robert Corbin.Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon at another press conference,NFL Jerseys Supply, recently, said that there remains a commitment to Local Government Elections in 2009 even as the Joint Task Force has been dissolved.Dr. Luncheon told the media that this commitment is not an isolated assurance but that it is also a reflection of the considered opinion and the decision-making of the Secretariat and the Commissioners at the Guyana Elections Commission.He added that if the Task Force continued in ‘its slow way of doing things’ there would definitely not have been any Local Government Elections until 2020.On March 13, last, GECOM was given the green light to begin producing new identification cards.Head of GECOM,Jerseys NBA China, Dr. Steve Surujbally was given approval with the support from the donor community to go ahead with the manufacturing of the new ID cards.These new cards will be distributed to persons on the National Registration List from the ages of 14 and above and not 18 as was previously done. In making a decision to move forward, the 2009 Local Government Elections commitment was the major rationale in such a decision, he had said.On February 25 last, the National Assembly approved $90M for the update and finalization of the voter’s list to host Local Government Elections this year.The money will be expended on purchasing life jackets,Cheap NFL Shop, torchlights and other gear to equip the 27 registration offices countrywide.The sum will also cater for the distribution of National Identification Card.

A former prisoner is claiming that he heard Colwyn Harding repeatedly screaming ‘murder’ after police? forced him into a cell at the Timehri Police Station, and says he later found the alleged sex assault victim bleeding and unconscious in the same cell.The man, who identified himself as Stephan Joseph Phillips,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, called ‘Muslim’,China NFL Jerseys, also claim that Harding later disclosed that he had been sexually assaulted by a policeman at the station.‘Eyewitness’ Stephan Joseph PhillipsPhillips came forward to speak to reporters yesterday and also to give a statement to Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes.Asked if he was aware of the alleged eyewitness, Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell told Kaieteur News last night that he was informed that Hughes “had a statement from someone and that they (investigators) were checking it out.”Phillips told Kaieteur News that he,China Soccer Jerseys, along with his 17-year-old son, was detained at the Timehri Police Station from November 14 to November 15 on a sex assault allegation at the same time that Harding was brought to the same station. According to the former inmate, he had known Harding previously by the nickname ‘Obama’, while Harding knew him (Phillips) as ‘Muslim’.Phillips alleged that on the day that Harding arrived at the station,Stitched Jerseys, he observed police ranks “tugging” at Harding to go into the lockups. “I ask he what happen and he say that the police come up and arrest he, along with some other suspect, at Timehri for some break and enter.”He recounted that they were placed in separate cells.“They place him in Cell Two, and I hear he hollering for ‘murder’, ‘murder.’ When they left I open the lockups (cell) where I was, and I go and open his lockups and I find he lying down and bleeding from his head, his foot and other parts of his body. He was unconscious.”Phillips said that he was the ‘prison orderly’ and therefore was allowed to move from one unlocked cell to the next.“Two days after, they come in about five o’clock in the morning and take him to court.”Phillips, who alleged that his son was also beaten by the police, said that he was eventually released without charges.According to Philips, he had decided to come forward with his story because Harding had mentioned his name “on the news”.“So after I heard that, I decide to come forward. I decide to come forward because I know about the incident. I was the one who advised him (Harding) to go to the media. I came forward this morning. I come to the hospital, then I went to the lawyer’s (Hughes’) office.”Phillips also alleged that some police ranks have approached him and asked him not to give a statement.“All they are asking me is that Singh in problem and they don’t want me to go against him. I decided to come forward without them knowing because I know the pain he (Harding) went through. “Officials from the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) are conducting the investigation. Yesterday, an OPR investigator visited Harding at the Georgetown Public Hospital. He spent several hours questioning Harding in the presence of attorney Nigel Hughes.Brumell had told journalists on Thursday that the constable that Harding had accused has been placed under close arrest. He said that “about six to eight” other ranks, including an assistant superintendent, have been transferred from the Timehri Police Station to Georgetown.The Commissioner stressed that the investigation was still incomplete and that the accused ranks had denied forcing a baton up Harding’s rectum. Harding,NFL Jerseys Authentic China, he said, had also never indicated to police that this was done to him.Brumell had said that investigators were also to have visited the Georgetown Prisons, where Harding was remanded.A Prison official had told Kaieteur News that Harding never indicated that he had sustained any injuries, when he was brought to the penitentiary. The official also expressed doubt that the inmate was injured while he was incarcerated there.The official explained that prisoners being placed in the Camp Street facility are questioned as to whether they have any injuries. If the injury is not a serious one, the inmate is treated at the prison infirmary. In cases where the injury is severe, the prisoner is transferred to hospital,NFL Jerseys China, the official said.

Reports that current Registrar of the University of Guyana, Dr. Vincent Alexander,China NFL Jerseys, is likely to be sidelined for the position of Registrar, were effectively debunked by officials of the university yesterday.Public Relations Officer of the institution, Paulette Paul, in an invited comment yesterday revealed that at the moment Dr. Alexander is on end-of-contract leave as his contract is set to come to an end in April. The position of Registrar, she said,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, will be advertised shortly and Alexander like any other qualified individual could apply.Responding to reports that the advertising of the position was unusual as there have been other similar positions that were not advertised, Paul noted that “there will always be innuendos but the fact is that what the University’s Council is doing is the normal procedure.”Another senior official said that the last time that the position of Registrar was advertised was in 2009 which saw Alexander both applying and being appointed to the position. “This is not at all unusual,” the senior official asserted yesterday.However, there are speculations that Alexander’s return as Registrar could be under threat due to his role played in the recent General and Regional Elections as a Commissioner of the Guyana Elections Commission. He is reported to have had a crucial role in detecting an error in the tabulation of the results. Initially,NFL Jerseys Cheap, the People’s Progressive Party was given a one-seat majority but this was later reversed and combined opposition was given the edge.Speculations are that Alexander, like Frederick Kissoon, a columnist attached to this newspaper and a lecturer at the University for 26 years, has been a target for removal from the institution. Kissoon recently had his contract terminated,Jerseys Wholesale, a decision which was made at the level of the University’s Council. There have been suggestions that the move was strategic and was spearheaded by PPP/C members, who make up the University’s Board, during a recent meeting of the University’s Council.The University in a statement issued yesterday pointed out that the deliberations of its Council meetings are confidential, noting recent news items have claimed to report on deliberations of the meeting of the Council held last week Wednesday. “As has happened in the past,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, such statements contain errors of fact,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys, misguided deductions and information without a context for its evaluation,” the statement added.The Council said that while it did meet last Wednesday, among other matters it considered appointments that had been referred to it by the Appointments Committee as permitted by its statutes. In determining the matters before it, the Council was guided by the university’s normal considerations including the university’s rules on the recruitment of persons over the age of retirement; the academic qualifications of persons recommended for appointment; the academic record and performance details of the recommended persons; the proper instruction of students and the relative value of filling vacancies on a long-term or short-term basis.The Council of the University, according to the statement, “reminds the public that its deliberations are confidential and that the University does not disclose information that is privileged in its relationship with its staff, applicants for employment or other persons being considered for employment.”It was noted too that unofficial reports on deliberations of university committees, including the Council, must therefore be treated with appropriate caution.