Mazaruni River mishap…The body of a 27-year old woman who perished in the Mazaruni River last Saturday was brought to the city yesterday for a proper burial and family members are not too satisfied with the answers they got surrounding the circumstances of her death.Although the relatives of Felicia Jack, are convinced that she died by drowning, there are still lingering suspicions that they want cleared up.Dead: Felicia Jack For one, there are reports that Jack and another female were clinging to a haversack after the boat they were travelling in capsized while navigating the Cidoku Falls, but a male subsequently pulled the other female to safety leaving Jack to perish although he was aware that she could not swim.This is according to Jack’s brother, Edward Frank,Authentic NFL Jerseys,who had travelled to the interior to recover her body.Jack’s body was found on Sunday, a day after she drowned, but was taken to Issano and left lying in a boat until relatives picked it up and brought it to the city.There are also reports that persons were attempting to bury the body immediately after it was found on Sunday, although decomposition had not yet begun.“When we went to the body (Monday), she was still under a tree in a boat cover up by she self,” Frank related.He said that he and other family members who had travelled to the interior then tried to contact the police at the Issano Police Station but no one was there, since apparently they were avoiding being near the body which had by now begun to smell.At the station they met the captain of the ill-fated boat and enquired from him what had transpired on Saturday.Frank said that the boat driver explained that they were going up against the falls when the engine shut down,NFL Jerseys Sale, causing the boat to topple.According to Frank,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, the captain informed that there were seven persons in the boat comprising five males and two females, including Jack.According to Frank, his sister was wearing several pieces of jewellery when the mishap occurred, none of which were recovered.His suspicions grew after he learnt that the boat captain had earlier solicited sex from his sister but was met with a blunt rebuke.This, he said, was confirmed by the other female who was in the boat and who survived the ordeal.Frank said he also learnt that his sister had warned the captain not to take the route where they would encounter the falls, since there was another safer option.But her advice was unheeded.“Before, he ask Felicia if she could swim and she tell he no, and he mustn’t go up the falls,Cheap Football Jerseys China, leh he go around. But he still go up de falls.”“When she fly out de boat,Wholesale Jerseys USA, she try fuh hold on pon a man haversack but he loose off de haversack and she and she friend hold on together. The same captain come back now and save de other girl and loose Felicia fuh go down,” Frank said.According to the dead woman’s sister, had it not been for the man who had employed Jack,Wholesale Jerseys Supply, her family might not have known about her death until long after.Jack said that from reports he received, his sister’s employer managed to obtain a telephone for her relatives and informed them that they should travel as quickly as possible to the area to recover her body since there were attempts to bury it.Kaieteur News understands that the dead woman’s relatives paid in excess of $250,000 to bring her body out from the interior for burial which will take place today.

By Ralph Seer amWell, well, things are really heating up at the Linden Commission of Inquiry, so much that some people are being frustrated that the COI is not going the way they anticipated. Frustration has begun to set it on the forces that oppose the PPP Government.Many are realizing that political rhetoric and evidence are completely different.As I was writing this article I am reading that Nigel Hughes has quit the Commission of Inquiry. This has caused me to rewrite this article, and I will tell you the real reason why Hughes is a quitter.My attention was drawn this week to an article in the letter column of Kaieteur News titled” Keep a close eye on the Linden Commission”.The letter was authored by some twenty-three persons. Some of the names I recognized as prominent Guyanese including an old journalistic friend of mine. About eight of the signatories had the prefix Dr. and included a Professor whose books I enjoyed reading as a youth and some other distinguished Guyanese.You would expect a fair, impartial and if not objective missive on the issues before the COI. Instead this group of intelligent individuals descended into veiled attacks on the integrity of some Commission members and sought to tell the Commission where their sympathy should lie.When it comes to politics, academic excellence does not necessarily translate into objective thinking or analysis. It is clear which side of the political fence this group that calls itself, “The International Committee in Continuing Defense of Linden” sits on. This group of intelligent people takes issue with Home Affairs Minister Roche for what it terms his disregard for the Rule of Law”.But in the same breath,Cheap NFL Jerseys, the members embrace Member of Parliament Desmond Trot man’s disregard for the Rule of Law by openly encouraging protesters to break the law. They questioned why one Commissioner showed disapproval of the actions of Trotman. This is clearly a distortion of the facts. The Commissioner questioned why a Member of Parliament, and a lawmaker at that,Jerseys NFL Cheap, would encourage people to break the Law.To quote,? “The Committee welcomes MP Trotman’s candid defence of the only rights available to the powerless whose financial ability to sustain life was under threat…It is always the democratic right and duty of the population to protest.” .What a load of hogwash, this coming from group of educated people.Listen up, the people of Linden were asked to pay a gradual increase in their electricity rates to bring it in line with what the rest of Guyanese throughout the country pays, it was simple as that,Cheap MLS Jerseys, this affected their ability to sustain life?What a joke. People have a democratic right to protest WITHIN the law. One must remember the protesters were given permission by the police to protest, but how were those rights exercised?Blocking a main highway bridge from commuters, refusing lawful police orders to remove, looting, burning down Government buildings as well as privately owned ones, robbery on commuters passing through, highway banditry and extortion committed on vehicle owners passing through Linden. Is this the kind of protest that this group of educated people supports?My question to this group of distinguished Guyanese; “If it was okay for the MP Trotman and other organizers of the protest to ask or encourage protesters to break the law then by extension shouldn’t they also bear responsibility for the damage and destruction in the aftermath?”This Committee went on to criticize Home Affairs Minister Rohee’s actions (which I will deal with later) and had the audacity to suggest how their findings should be. “The Commission cannot be seen making a case for the authorities…If anything it should lean in sympathy towards the victims” What an insult to those distinguished Caribbean jurists. I expressed the view before that the opposition is not satisfied with the way the evidence has been going so far.Nigel Hughes just quit the COI. Why would anyone be surprised? I said before that the death of the three young men will take a back seat to political agendae. Hughes had a political agenda. We need to flash back to last July in the aftermath of the protest and the death of the three protestors.The opposition and mainly by the AFC and Nigel Hughes screamed loudly for an International commission of inquiry. President Ramotar wisely agreed. The terms of reference and the jurists were agreed upon.What the opposition parties, including Nigel Hughes, failed to understand is political. Rhetoric and producing evidence are two completely different things. Hughes seems to be obsessed with Rohee, and appears to want to place the deaths of the three men squarely on the desk of Rohee.Hughes got confused. Hughes the politician went to the Commission of Inqui

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is paying keen attention to matters related to the possiblePPP General Secretary, Clement RoheePro-democracy alliance between A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC).This was made clear as the Party held its most recent press conference at Freedom House,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Robb Street Georgetown.The press conference was hosted by General Secretary, Clement Rohee. At that forum,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Rohee dedicated an entire press statement to address the cons of an AFC/APNU alliance. He said that his Party has been noting the ongoing “political meandering” between the AFC and APNU on the issue of the formation of a pre-election pro-democracy alliance.Based on all the “notes” PPP has been making over the past few weeks,Wholesale Jerseys, Rohee has been able to point out that “one bone of contention seems to be who should lead the alliance.”The General Secretary said that it appears as if the AFC is “determined to have the number one spot in the presidential race even though it is by far the most junior party in terms of membership and influence.”Rohee added that the “Leader or Nothing advanced by the AFC” reminds the PPP of the stance adopted by the People National Congress (PNC) Founder Leader,Cheap Jerseys 2018, Forbes Burnham during the mid-1950s “when he made a grab for the leadership of the PPP.”Speaking as if he was privy to inside information, Rohee said that the PNC is in a “serious dilemma on how to treat with the demand made by the AFC. Indeed,China Jerseys, it certainly would have a lot of explaining of its sell out position to its membership.? This would be seen not only as?spineless on the part of Granger and the leadership of the PNC, but also as a sell out to the AFC which has a mere seven seats in Parliament as opposed to the PNC’s 26.”Rohee told the media that the AFC would not escape the “wrath” of its membership and supporters for reneging on an earlier commitment that it will never enter into any electoral alliance with the PNC.The General Secretary then put on his historian cap to say that Guyana does not have a good record when it comes to coalition politics as the “first coalition government involving the PNC and the United Force (UF) ended in an abysmal failure even though the coalition succeeded in the removal of the PPP from office in 1964.”Rohee said that it is “interesting to see how these secret talks will play out.” He questioned “Would the APNU play second fiddle to the AFC which apart from being the new kid on the block is lacking in seniority and mass appeal?”Asked why the keen interest in the internal affairs of APNU and AFC,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, especially with regards to the possible alliance, Rohee said that that is what politicians do.Pointed to the fact that no other political Party bothered to pay such keen attention to the PPP’s internal affairs, Rohee said that this is so because the other parties lack capacity to analyze what is happening in the PPP and are too busy with their internal ramblings.

Leader of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Brig. David Granger has applauded the steps taken by the Education Ministry to implement more significantly the Technical and Vocational Education Training initiative (TVET), while citing the need for more to be done.TVET is a module of learning that focuses on acquiring knowledge that has more to do with practical work-related skills, with the impetus of trying to improve on the productivity of persons looking to diversify within the realm on hands on learning.APNU Leader, David GrangerIn a recent interview with this newspaper the Opposition Leader said “I applaud the measures being taken in Technical and Vocational Educational Training,NFL Jerseys Authentic China, TVET, as it’s called. We have to look at that. During the (election) campaign,Cheap NFL Jerseys, I called for more agricultural institutes. Every Region should have an agricultural institute because every Region is agriculture based and particularly for the Hinterland residents they need to be trained in skills which could keep them employed in their Regions”The focus on the initiative comes at a time when unemployment in Guyana is at an inclining 21 per cent, with a sultry air of tension prevailing among youths not having avenues for employment.Granger said that the crux of the matter concerning youth employment has to be dealt with from the education perspective.“The education system needs to be placed on a firmer footing to make sure that more students complete Primary and Secondary Schools. Right now the dropout level is so high and many of the dropouts are semiliterate and semi numerate,China Jerseys Free Shipping, so in fact, they are not capable of getting jobs or getting employed in certain types of jobs,Cheap NHL Jerseys, so we need to fix the education system first.”To further supplement the education system Granger cited the need to look “at a series of economic enterprises such as agro-processing,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, which can help them to process the agricultural produce to value added products. So there is a nexus between TVET and agricultural education and employment. I believe that is one of the means that could be employed.”Education Minister Priya Manickchand speaking on TVET, outlined what she anticipates from the offering at the secondary level. These include students having a deep interest in pursuing further studies, students certified as being competent,NFL Jerseys China Online, students being able to continue their studies in the institutions built to facilitate TVET, and that they leave certified and competent at that level, and are absorbed into the workforce of the country so that they can contribute to Guyana’s continued development.

By Michael JordanThe Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended disciplinary action against several ranks from the Leonora Police Station in connection with the November 2014 beating to death of fisherman Asif Rahim Khartoon.Asif Rahim KhartoonA senior police official confirmed this yesterday while saying that the disciplinary action has been recommended for “a number of subordinate officers and constables.”Asked whether the disciplinary action could include charges,Wholesale Jerseys China, the official said that the Police Act (Chapter 17:01) allows for such a measure.This is in sharp contrast to Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority Cecil Kennard’s recommendation, that manslaughter charges be instituted against a civilian who had allegedly beaten Khartoon.This reportedly happened while the two were handcuffed at the Leonora Police Station.Kennard had told Kaieteur News that there was “clear evidence” that the prisoner “was the assailant.”“I recommended that he (alone) be charged with manslaughter,” Kennard told Kaieteur News.But Kennard had also recommended that no charges be instituted against the police ranks who arrested the fisherman, since Khartoon’s wife was unable to identify the rank that she claimed assaulted him.“In my view, if the policeman (who allegedly struck Khartoon) was identified, both the policeman and the civilian should be charged, but the policeman was not identified,” Kennard said.However, the Police Complaints Authority Chairman had stressed that the DPP’s decision was final.Kennard made the recommendations before sending the file to Crime Chief Leslie James on December 23, 2014. That document was subsequently sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on January 7.Kaieteur News was unable to ascertain whether the DPP’s report contained any information about the prisoner who allegedly assaulted Khartoon.Police have been unable to locate the civilian.Kaieteur News understands that the civilian was arrested on November 22,Wholesale Authentic China Jerseys, 2014, after he allegedly paid a West Coast Demerara restaurant owner with counterfeit money.He was taken to the Leonora Police Station and handcuffed to Khartoon, who was detained on the same day. But the restaurant owner reportedly then told the police that he was unwilling to pursue the matter, and the civilian was subsequently released on cash bail.It was reportedly only after Khartoon succumbed, and allegations of assault were leveled against the police, that the restaurant owner and one of his female employees claimed that they had seen the civilian beating Khartoon while the two were handcuffed together.However, police were unable to locate the civilian at the address that he had given them. There are suggestions that the man went into hiding after learning of Khartoon’s demise.But the fisherman’s wife, Soorsattie Chandrapaul, alleged that she saw a police rank strike her husband on the back with “a long gun” after arresting him at his home. However, the widow said that the arrest occurred at night and she was unable to identify the police rank. She said she refused to participate in an identification parade on the grounds that she could not pick out the policeman.In the report sent to Justice Kennard, Khartoon’s wife allegedly stated that she heard her husband saying “police ah beat me”, and described the rank as being a “short, stocky man”.Khartoon, 38,Wholesale Jerseys Authentic, of Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara, died on November 27, 2014, from injuries he sustained while in custody at the Leonora Police Station. A post mortem examination revealed that he died from multiple injuries to his head, face, chest and other parts of the body. While police suggested that the prisoner sustained his injuries at the hand of a fellow inmate, the dead man’s relatives claimed that police ranks inflicted the injuries.Police had stated that he was arrested shortly after midnight on November 22, 2014, following investigations into a report that he had assaulted his reputed wife, Sursattie Chandrapaul.“During efforts to arrest him,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Asif Rahim Khartoon resisted,NFL Jerseys China, but was eventually subdued and taken to the Leonora Police Station.”“At the station he made no complaints against the arresting ranks. At the Leonora Station, Asif was kept on the bench handcuffed to another man in custody whom he later reported had allegedly assaulted him,” the release stated.“Asif was subsequently taken to the Parika Police Station that Saturday where he was kept in the lockups. He was charged with assault and brought to the Leonora Police Station on Monday November 24,<a href="http://www.cheapnfljerseysfreeshipping.us.co

Greenheart Street, once famous for the neatly lined range houses stretching from Arvida Road (Republic Avenue) to David Rose Avenue, has slowly been changing over the years. Many persons who once resided in those range houses have been buying out their ‘portion’ and building new houses.Today only a few ranges are left standing on Greenheart Street. The last one to go in recent times was not replaced by another dwelling place or more modern home, but by a spanking multimillion-dollar entertainment hot spot which incorporates an ultra modern night club and restaurant and catering centre.This exquisitely beautiful place in the heart of Linden, has not only transformed the Greenheart Street landscape, but has modified the concept of entertainment in Linden.Standing majestically amongst the more modest buildings, this edifice screams class, and whispers elegance. On a tour of the facility recently, I was almost at a loss for words, or rather I was thinking of all the adjectives to describe it-but somehow they all seemed inadequate; which probably says it all, real class cannot be described, it has to be experienced.Already, Lindeners have begun to experience this touch of class, ever since the official opening of the L&L Club,Wholesale Jerseys From China, which coincided with the opening of Linden Town Week.But although L&L on Greenheart Street is virtually brand new, the building that is L&L had become a household name in Linden over the last few years with a smaller and far more modest facility on Potaro Road. That facility however was not owned by the Melvilles, but was rented by the couple.Entertainment wise however, the concept is the same, albeit on a higher and classier level. Thus Lindeners, friends,Cheap Jerseys Paypal, visitors and tourists can still enjoy the famous L&L karaoke and sample their delectable cuisine.Proprietors Lennox and Linda Melville,China Soccer Jerseys, an overseas-based Linden couple, have just embarked on a mission to excite the Guyanese palate for good food,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, and penchant for clubbing with a taste of international class.In a recent brief interview, when asked why the decision to establish such a facility in Linden, when many people are of the opinion that the town is in a state of economic depression, Lennox Melville responded.“This is home; this is where I came from,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, and I believe in this place. I am proud to be a Lindener. I remember the days when Linden was the place where everybody wanted to come to, I think we can go back to those days, but we have to seize the opportunity to invest and invest wisely.”Judging from the majestic edifice that is the L&L Club this investment is certainly a huge one. But for Lennox Melville it is all worthwhile; it is what he and his wife Linda does best-entertain people and indulge them in sumptuous delicacies- at a reasonable price.L&L comprises two floors,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, with the club on the ground floor, and restaurant and catering facility on the upper floor.This Club could be described as one of the best in the country, and the restaurant with its cosy and welcoming atmosphere and spacious balcony, is like home away from home.The Melvilles also own and manage a similar facility in New York, which caters mainly to the Guyanese populace over there.(Enid Joaquin)

Chartered Accountant and Attorney- at-law, Chris Ram is convinced that Chief Justice, (Ag) Ian Chang? omitted or ignored certain aspects of law, when he handed down a ruling that paves the way for a person to serve as President of Guyana for more than two terms.Sharing his sentiments on the Ram and McRae website, Ram detailed that among other aspects of law, the CJ failed to address Article 65 of the Constitution in the ruling in the constitutional case, which was filed on behalf of Georgetown resident, Cedric Richardson.The Article speaks of Parliament’s powers to make laws. Article 65 of the Constitution stipulates that “Parliament may make laws for the peace, order and good government of Guyana.”According to Ram that Article was examined extensively in a highly respected decision of the Guyana Court of Appeal in A.G. v. Mohamed Ally (1987) 41 WIR 176 CA Guyana and was described by the then Chancellor Massiah as words which “do not define and set the limits of the categories of legislation which Parliament might properly enact, but merely state in short formulation, the fullness of Parliament’s legislative authority.”“At the very least, the Court should have offered some explanation for not considering these words,” he said. Ram said that compounding the error of omission, is that the decision also ignores the Constitution’s specific authority to Parliament to alter the Constitution.He noted that Article 66 of the constitution states that “Subject to the special procedure set out in article 164,Cheap MLB Jerseys China, Parliament may alter this Constitution.”“Mr. Chang has demonstrated a tendency to dissect and examine a single word of the Constitution – as he did in the Budget Cut Case – but yet ignores an entire Article or two!” Ram contended.The case was filed on behalf of Georgetown resident, Cedric Richardson.Richardson had sought an interpretation of the provisions in the constitution regarding the two-term limit for the Guyana presidency.He questioned whether a referendum should not have been held,NFL Jerseys Outlet, instead of the National Assembly having the powers to decide to limit the number of terms of a President to two.In 2000, the Guyana Constitution Reform Commission recommended a maximum of two terms in office for a President.The Laws of Guyana were changed in 2001, and assented to by former President Bharrat Jagdeo, which made it clear that,Cheap Jerseys USA, “A person elected as President after the year 2000, is eligible for re-election only once.However on July 9, the Chief Justice (CJ) ruled that the presidential term limit imposed by the 2001 amendment to Article 90 of the Constitution is unconstitutional, unless it is approved by the citizens in a referendum.The Chief Justice had ruled that the approval of the people through a referendum is needed for placing term limits on the Presidency and that the 2001 constitutional amendment is invalid and without legal effect.Chang,cheap authentic jerseys, in his ruling, asserted that: “There can be no doubt that Parliament could have altered Article 90 by two-thirds majority of all the elected members of the National Assembly.But in so far as those alterations diminished and further restricted democratic sovereignty which, under Article 164(2) was procedurally protected by the requirement of a referendum for its legal validity and efficacy, the holding of a referendum was required.”The Attorney-at-law pointed out page 8 of the ruling, in which the acting Chief Justice writes, “The articles of the Constitution having received the favourable vote of the electorate in a referendum represent the direct vote of the people.” “That is simply not true. The 1980 Constitution was never put to the electorate,” Ram added.He? noted that the CJ also ignored submission by the then Attorney General on the history of the Amendment and the words of the Leader of the House Mr. Reepu Daman Persaud in introducing Bill 14 of 2000 which was passed and assented to by then President Bharrat Jagdeo.He quoted Persaud as saying that “This Bill broadens the scope of democracy and removes certain powers which are considered dictatorial.”The lawyer also noted that submissions and cogent arguments made by attorneys involved in the case were strangely not mentioned in the 37 -page decision.Ram asserted that “these omissions and commission seem to be of sufficient significance as to undermine the entire ruling, suggesting as it does that the submissions and arguments of the defendants have so little merit that they do not even deserve an acknowledgment by the Court.”He noted further argued that it is hard to accept that Justice Chang really believes that Act 17 of 2000 setting term limits,C