The man whose nude body was found on the Georgetown seawalls on Wednesday has been identified as 52-year-old Andrew Erskine of Lot 93 Subryanville.Relatives identified the body yesterday at the Lyken Funeral Parlour.A sister told Kaieteur News that her brother had been unemployed for several years,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, suffered from depression and had tried to commit suicide on several occasions. She said that her sibling was also in the habit of hanging out at the seawalls.The woman said that she last saw Erskine at around 13:30 hrs on Tuesday. “I left for work and when I returned he was not there,” she said.? Esrkine’s relatives decided to check at the Lyken Funeral Parlour yesterday after learning that a body had been found at the seawalls.She described her brother as an easy-going individual while expressing puzzlement about his apparently violent demise.Erskine was found dead at around 12:00 hrs Wednesday on the Georgetown seawalls,Cheap MLB Jerseys, in the vicinity of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Police Force. He was nude and his privates were missing. The body also reportedly bore other marks of violence.A vagrant found the corpse and immediately informed the police. A source said that when the vagrant walked into the police station,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, ranks attempted to put him out,Wholesale Jerseys From China, thinking it was a “joke” but after a senior officer intervened,Wholesale China Jerseys, two police ranks went to the scene.

With a high-end market in focus, the Government is gearing to direct greater attention to the tourism sector. Among the focal areas are eco-, nature and adventure tourism, which according to Minister with responsibility for Tourism, Irfaan Ali, are areas that normally attract tourists with the resources who operate at a very high level.“We are focusing heavily on tourism…we are going to put as much energy into tourism and we are working closely with the Tourism and Hospital Association of Guyana (THAG),Deion Sanders Falcons Jersey,” Ali related during a recent business forum at the Guyana International Conference Centre.He revealed that Government’s objective is to ensure that Guyana’s tourism sector competes with the rest of the Caribbean, and hopefully within three to five years, try to overtake what is happening in the regional sphere.A focus on the high-end market is strategic, since according to Ali,http://www.airmaxfantasy.us.com/670-New-Balance/, that market controls most of the spending in the tourism sector.Speaking to the existing tourism situation,Cheap NHL Adidas Jerseys, he disclosed that for this year there has already been an 18. 9 per cent increase in arrivals. He added that in August alone,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, when the ‘Rediscover Home’ Campaign was launched, there was a marked increase in arrivals when figures are compared to last year.“We have seen tremendous improvement in occupancy of rooms and we have also seen a shift in terms of the numbers coming out from different regions,” he related.The United States, according to Ali, accounted for some 57 per cent of tourists, while those visiting from Canada were just about 14 per cent. Estimates from the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana and the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA), reveal that in Georgetown, there was a near 70 per cent occupancy rate thus far for this year, while in the Rupununi, there was a perhaps 90 per cent occupancy rate.The occupancy rate, the Tourism Minister said, reflects an increase in room usage in Guyana from 750 in 2007 to 2,616 in 2012. This development, he opined, is poised for improvement with the coming on stream of the new Marriott Hotel, which according to him, will add tremendously to the tourism industry.Ali also eagerly pointed to the Ogle International Airport, which he regarded as one of the showpieces of Guyana’s expansion and development, even as he highlighted that it is one of the busiest in the Caribbean.“The last figures suggest that there is flight movement every four minutes and that has since improved tremendously…we have even seen an addition to the fleet,” he added. This, according to the Minister is coupled with the introduction of private jets for the first time in Guyana.These measures aimed at bolstering tourism come at a time when the Housing Sector is showing signs of continued growth,Cheap Jerseys China, said Ali, who also holds responsibility for the Ministry of Housing and Water. He pointed out that Government has its sights on about 30,000 house lots, which will be targeted for distribution over the next three to four years.“This, as you know, will also add to economic growth and expansion,” Ali assured, noting that despite the fact that the global recession had impacted most countries of the world, Guyana was able to sustain economic growth of approximately five per cent over the last five years.

With Chief Justice (Ag) Ian Chang likely to proceed on pre-retirement leave sometime before the end of the year, the post will not be vacant as many have surmised.Rather it is only the post of a substantive Court of Appeal Judge which will be vacant.The situation arises since there is already in place a substantive Chief Justice, Carl Singh, who has been acting in the capacity of Chancellor of the Judiciary and the situation now leaves the President and Leader of the Political Opposition in a tricky position.This is the observation of eminent legal luminary Ralph Ramkarran.The former Speaker of the National Assembly, who had also served in the now ousted Peoples’ Progressive Party for a number of years, made his views known over the weekend through his writings published on his conversationtree.org media outlet.Chang is substantively a Court of Appeal Judge, who has been acting in the capacity of Chief Justice for more than a decade now.According to Ramkarran “when,Cheap Jerseys From China, therefore, Chief Justice (Ag) Chang retires, the President has two options, namely, to require the acting Chancellor to resume his substantive post as Chief Justice and appoint a Chancellor or, appoint a Chief Justice.”Should the President adopt the first option of appointing a Chancellor, then he will face substantial difficulty, according to Ramkarran.He believes that there is no one in Guyana, in the private bar who would be age qualified and willing, or in the judiciary, who is currently qualified,Cheap Jerseys 2018, save for the two judges of the Court of Appeal.“Even though both (Court of Appeal Judges) are experienced and distinguished judges, the issue of seniority will arise for consideration, as Chancellor (Ag) Carl Singh is senior to them both and has already established a track record in Guyana and the Region.”Ramkarran has also suggested that the administration should quietly set aside the bad idea of advertising in the Caribbean region for candidates to fill vacant judicial posts in Guyana where there are qualified Guyanese at home.He weighed in also on what he believes to be a second option available to the President, namely to appoint a person to the post of Chief Justice and leave the acting Chancellor in situ (in place).According to Ramkarran, it may well be that this was the option that the Attorney General (Basil Williams) was hinting at when he spoke of the impending retirement of Chang.Ralph RamkarranWilliams during his publicly reported announcement,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, referred to the appointment of a Chief Justice and that he had discussed it with the President.“If this is the option,Cheap NFL Jerseys, the candidates who immediately come to mind are the judges of the Court of Appeal….If handled correctly, the exercise of this option can set the course of the judiciary on a stable trajectory for the next fifteen years.”According to Ramkarran, utilizing the second option also creates the possibility that the more than decade long impasse with the confirmation of the appointments of Chancellor and Chief Justice will be eventually resolved.He noted too that the Constitution requires the agreement of the Leader of the Opposition to the appointments.Former Opposition Leaders, Desmond Hoyte and Granger at the time, have declined to give their consent to the confirmation of Ian Chang and Carl Singh.The result, according to Ramkarran, is that they had to be appointed to acting positions where only consultation with, and not the consent of, the Opposition Leader, is required.“This state of affairs is widely recognized as being bad for justice and can adversely affect its impartial dispensation…Notwithstanding this unwholesome situation, this issue remains unresolved.”According to Ramkarran,China NFL Jerseys, “If the President chooses this option, he will obviously be recommending someone in whom he has confidence and whose appointment he would want to be confirmed by the consent of the Leader of the Opposition.”As such the former speaker believes, “an opportunity therefore exists for the Leader of the Opposition (Bharrat Jagdeo) to take the high road and consent to the President’s nominee, once the nominee is qualified, as I have no doubt he or she will be.”According to Ramkarran, “If the Leader of the Opposition does so, the President should likewise bring to an end the sorry state of affairs where Guyana has had an acting Chancellor for more than a decade and confirm his appointment.”