Robeson Benn will be acting as Minister of Housing and Water until January.Yesterday, Minister Benn, having been told of his additional portfolio, following Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, visited the two branches of the Housing Ministry.Minister Robeson BennEarlier in the day,Wholesale Jerseys USA, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon,Wholesale Jerseys Online, was asked if anyone was nominated or appointed to the position and he avoided the question.Harrinarine NawbattHe, however, told the media that former Minister of Housing and Water,Cheap Jerseys From China, Harrinarine Nawbatt, has already taken up his position as Guyana’s Ambassador to Brazil,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, replacing Ambassador Cheryl Miles.He added that Nawbatt has begun functioning as Ambassador to Brazil.On Wednesday, speaker of the National Assembly,Wholesale Jerseys Outlet, Ralph Ramkarran,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping Store, announced that Nawbatt had tendered his resignation to the National Assembly and as such his seat has been declared vacant.

Women living between Alberttown, Queenstown and Kitty may now have a safer Christmas, following the capture yesterday of a man suspected of carrying out a spate of knifepoint attacks on women in these areas.The alleged serial robber being taken into custody.The man, who identified himself to police as Devon Morrison, 22,Wholesale NFL Jerseys China, was captured shortly after 08.00 hrs in Queenstown,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Georgetown, after slashing a woman and snatching her handbag.His arrest was due to the quick response of security guards attached to a mining company in the area, backed up by police ranks involved in the Operation Dragnet anti-crime fight.Video footage of the arrest suggests that the robber had an accomplice,Cheap NFL Jerseys, who is seen pulling down his cap and sneaking away from the area.According to reports, a woman had just left the compound of a Queenstown mining company when the thief slashed her hand and grabbed her bag.He then fled through an alleyway that labourers were cleaning.But security guards from the mining company gave chase, though they were forced to fire in the air because of the presence of the cleaners in the alley.One of the guards eventually nabbed the robber, who still had the victim’s valuables.It was then that some members of the cleaning gang confronted a guard who was holding the suspect and forced him to release the thief,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, who sought refuge in a nearby schoolyard.By then, police ranks had arrived, but the same cleaners refused to disclose the suspect’s location, choosing instead to whisper to a reporter on the scene: “He safe.”The ranks eventually found the hiding thief, even as his alleged accomplice managed to slip away from the scene.Police sources said that while the suspect was being taken away, at least five other women spotted him and identified him as the same man who had recently robbed them at knifepoint. The victims are said to be from Alberttown and Kitty.The suspect reportedly gave the police several addresses, including Linden,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, Kitty and Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara.

By Zena HenryMembers of the Walcott family of 638 Hibiscus Street, West Ruimveldt, areThe fire quickly engulfed the family’s property.counting their losses after a mid-morning fire completely destroyed the five-bedroom one-flat concrete house that they once occupied. The fire’s origin is so far unknown but initial reports are that the blaze started right after electricity would have returned to the area subsequent to a power outage.Just after 11:00 hours, a female neighbour reported seeing smoke emanating from the rear of the building. The neighbour was alerted by a visiting friend and an alarm was raised.The neighbour, who asked not to be identified, said that “within no time at all,” the blaze consumed the entire structure. She attributed this to a strong wind blowing at the time.It was explained that some eight persons occupied the family house,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, since visiting relatives are in the country for an upcoming wedding ceremony. They would have arrived in Guyana about a week ago. At least two persons were said to be in the home at the time of the incident. ThePolice investigators take reports while the Walcott family members grieve the loss of their home.distraught and upset relatives refused to speak to the media.In a report to fire investigators, a relative was overheard saying that she was at the time sewing in preparation for the wedding when the electricity had returned. She said that there was a blackout,Wholesale China Jerseys, and when the electricity returned,NFL Jerseys Outlet, flames were noticed coming from a section of the house.The occupants had to run to safety as the blaze quickly spread. They saved absolutely nothing. Another relative who arrived on the fire scene sometime after the blaze was over was heard saying on her cellular phone that “everything is gone.” The woman who cried uncontrollably said that she received a phone call saying that her house was on fire. She said she quickly picked up her children from school and raced home, only to find that the property was completely razed.Some residents were quite upset,Authentic China NFL Jerseys, because according to them, the fire station is located a few blocks away from where the fire occurred, yet they took some time to respond to the emergency call. They claimed also that the fire tender sped to the fire scene but had little water,NFL Jerseys From China, with poor pressure to counter the blaze. It was alleged that several minutes later another fire tender and water tanker arrived on the scene before the firemen could have effectively tackled the inferno.The thick dark smoke was seen as far as South Ruimveldt. As news of the fire began to spread, residents and curious onlookers began to converge on the scene. The building was destroyed in less than half an hour.

Four more witness were called to testify when the trial of murder accused ?Khemraj Gopaul of Angoy’s Avenue continued on Wednesday at the Berbice High Court before Justice Winston Patterson and a mixed jury.Gopaul who stands accused of the August 17, 2005 murder of Nethu Singh, the sister of his son’s mother, is being represented by attorney at law Mursaline Bacchus in association with Attorney at law Perry Gossai.When the matter continued, the first to the witness stand was Dr Vivekanand Brijmohan who performed the post mortem examination. Attorney at law Bacchus asked the doctor why the post mortem report was undated, to which the doctor replied that he did not check if it was dated, but knew he signed it. He said that he did not rely on an analysis report to give the cause of death. That he did based on observation and his vast experience.The doctor was asked a series of questions in relation to the use and storage of cyanide – the make-up and components and different forms of cyanide – as well as what similar circumstances can cause death by poisoning. During his testimony, Dr Brijmohan admitted that some of the questions could best be answered by an Analyst or a Toxicologist.The next witness to take the stand was former detective constable Leslie Junior who testified to assisting with the investigation and to witnessing the post mortem which was conducted on August 19, 2005, and which determined that the cause of death was cyanide poisoning.The detective also stated that Dr. Brijmohan removed some stomach contents and some body parts (Kidney, Heart, Lungs and Liver) from the deceased, which were given to him and subsequently taken to Georgetown to be analysed.The former policeman under cross examination by Attorney Bacchus could not remember if the contents were marked with police seal LJ BD 51 seal 29 or LJ BD 52 seal 29. However, under reexamination by Prosecutor Attorney at Law Dionne Mc Cammon,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, he stated that he could remember marking the latter number on the exhibits and admitted that “there must have been a mix-up somewhere”.Also giving evidence was another former detective, Rohan Ragunandan,Authentic China Jerseys, who stated that after receiving certain information he arrested the accused and later held a confrontation between the accused and Devi Singh. ?He also told the court that he visited the scene of the alleged incident and conducted further investigation.?Ragunandan said that he also collected a multi-coloured box marked ‘Swizzle Fruit Punch’ which he secured and which was later taken to be analysed in Georgetown.The final witness appearing Wednesday was police analyst Superintendent Stephen Greaves.He gave a lengthy narration of his qualifications and experience, stating that he has more than 21 years of practice and has conducted analysis on more than 2500 bodies.Greaves then testified that he conducted tests on both the stomach contents and the body parts of Nethu Singh and found that they contained cyanide. He then conducted a test on the box marked Swizzle Fruit Punch and found that that also contained cyanide.Under cross examination by Attorney at Law Bacchus, the policeman admitted that he is not a Toxicologist and does not have a degree, but an associate degree in Clinical Chemistry. He was being furthered grilled when an adjournment was taken. He will have to return to court today for further cross examination.The state’s case is that on the day in question, Devi, the mother of Gopaul’s son, and Preya, her sister, were at a shop in Angoy’s Avenue, where they saw the accused. Gopaul then gave Preya a box of juice to give to his son,Wholesale NFL Jerseys 2018, Reynard Singh, and a Motorola cell phone and a black charger to give to her sister,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys, Devika Alexander.While on their way home the siblings met their sister,Cheap Jerseys Store, Nethu Singh, who took the juice from her sister (Preya), punched a hole on the box and took a sip of the contents. A few minutes after sipping the liquid, Nethu Singh clutched her throat and fell to the ground and started to call for water. At the same time she started to froth at the mouth and her body started to contort.Her parents were summoned and she was rushed to the New Amsterdam hospital where she died on the same day.So far the prosecution has called 12 witnesses including three of the deceased woman’s sisters including his former reputed wife Devi, her sisters Preya and Devika Alexander. Anjanie Jaigobin, the dead woman’s mother, her uncle Lakeram Babulall, Roslyn Lepps, an aunt-in-law and two police officers, detective assistant superintendent of police McAllister and detective corporal Chetanan S