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Government has dispelled speculations that there may be another stint at the Presidency for former President Bharrat Jagdeo.Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon,Cheap Jerseys, yesterday asserted that it is not a feature that is embraced by the current Donald Ramotar administration. Dr. Luncheon was at the time responding to queries about whether former President Jagdeo can be re-elected.“I think it will be fair to say that the intent behind a term limited presidency embraced by this administration,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, does not allow us opportunities to exploit loopholes…It is definitely not a feature for us, maybe some other jurisdiction or some other government, but the intent of term limited presidency that we agreed to, we will continue to embrace,NFL Jerseys Wholesale,” Dr. Luncheon told the media.Senior Counsel and Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarrran, in his weekly column, had noted that there might be a loophole in Constitution, giving former Presidents another term to rule, having already served two consecutive terms.Ramkarran was a long standing member of the governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP), up until he resigned after a fall out with the party.Ramkarran had pointed out that the provision in the Constitution that prescribes term limits for presidents does not use the word “consecutively” and this has given rise to speculation that it allows a President to serve only one term or two consecutive terms and return after a lapse of one or more terms and seek re-election.He said that this speculation turns on the meaning of the word “re-election” in the provision.Ramkarran explained that since a re-election can only come immediately after an election, therefore re-election means re-election to a second consecutive term.”In his interpretation of the provision said, “A re-election cannot come after a lapse of one or more terms because that would be an election…Since a President can only be re-elected only once,Wholesale MLB Jerseys 2018, it means that he can only serve two consecutive terms at one time.”As such he concluded that,http://www.soccerpro.us.com/Croatia/, “the provision does not preclude a President being elected again after a lapse of one or more terms as this would be an election and not a re-election.”A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) at its most recent press engagement had refutedRamkarran’s interpretation of the constitutional provisionThe Leader of the 10-party coalition, Brigadier (rtd), David Granger, told media operatives, “The APNU takes an English Language constitution; that is the word ‘re’ means ‘again’ and if a person cannot be re-elected then that means he cannot be re-elected AGAIN. Our position is that Mr. Jagdeo is not eligible to be re-elected. He is not eligible to be elected ‘AGAIN’.? We do not support any interpretation which allows Mr Bharrat Jagdeo to be elected ‘AGAIN’ as President of Guyana…Any president,” the APNU said.

– Second lawyer recuses selfThe murder trial of 52-year-old Charles Albert called Charles Greaves, has been adjourned again.The trial was expected to get underway yesterday?in the Berbice High Court before Justice Dawn Gregory and a mixed jury. Yesterday’s adjournment was because the second lawyer who had been assigned to the matter has recused himself from the trial.Attorney at law Raymond Ally yesterday told the court that he will no longer be conducting the trial for the defence.? The matter has been adjourned to tomorrow for the accused to get another lawyer or the case may have to be aborted.Earlier attorney at law Joewair Misir had recused himself from the matter after indicating that he would not be able to continue the trial,NFL Jerseys China, because he would be out of the jurisdiction.State prosecutor attorney at law Renita Singh had only read the indictment and the mixed jury was sworn in.Greaves,Adidas Marek Mazanec Jersey, a former security guard of the Mayor and Town Council,NFL Jerseys Online, Corriverton, and of Scottsburg, Corentyne, Berbice,Wholesale Soccer Jerseys Authentic, is alleged to have killed his daughter Rowletta Onica Greaves,NFL Jerseys Supply, 32, on December 12, 2011

PARIS (Reuters) – World leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen linked arms to lead more than a million French citizens through Paris in an unprecedented march to pay tribute to victims of Islamist militant attacks.Commentators said the last time crowds of this size filled the streets of the capital was at the Liberation of Paris from Nazi Germany in 1944.People march against terrorism in Paris, France, yesterday. (Atentado,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Terrorismo,Wholesale Jerseys, Francia) EFE/EPA/IAN LANGSDONPresident Francois Hollande and leaders from Germany, Italy, Turkey, Britain as well as Israel and the Palestinian territories moved off from the central Place de la Republique ahead of a sea of French and other flags.Seventeen people, including journalists and police, were killed in three days of violence that began on Wednesday with a shooting attack on the political weekly Charlie Hebdo, known for its satirical attacks on Islam and other religions.Giant letters attached to a statue in the square spelt out the word Pourquoi?” (Why?) and small groups sang the “La Marseillaise” national anthem.“Paris is today the capital of the world. Our entire country will rise up and show its best side,” Hollande said.At least 3.7 million people took part in silent marches throughout the country, the biggest public demonstration ever registered in France. A total of 1.2 million to 1.6 million marched in Paris and a further 2.5 million in other cities, the Interior Ministry said.The marches mostly proceeded in a respectful silence,Cheap Jerseys From China, reflecting shock over the worst militant Islamist assault on a European city since 57 people were killed in an attack on London’s transport system in 2005.The attackers, two French-born brothers of Algerian origin, singled out the weekly for its publication of cartoons depicting and ridiculing the Prophet Mohammad. The bloodshed ended on Friday with a hostage-taking at a Jewish deli in which four hostages and the gunman were killed.Some 2,Wholesale Jerseys Authentic,200 police and soldiers patrolled Paris streets to protect marchers from would-be attackers, with police snipers on rooftops and plain-clothes detectives mingling with the crowd.German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi were among 44 foreign leaders marching with Hollande.Merkel walked to Hollande’s left and at his right was President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali, a country where France intervened to fight Islamist rebels two years ago to the day.In a rare public display of emotion by the leaders of two powers, Hollande embraced Merkel, her eyes shut and forehead resting on his cheek, on the steps of the Elysee before they headed off to march.Renzi said the fight against terrorism will be won by a Europe that is political, not just economic.“The most important is the Europe of values, of culture, of ideals and that is the reason we are here,” Renzi said.Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu – who earlier in the day encouraged French Jews to emigrate to Israel – and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas were also present and walked just a few steps from one another.“In the same way that the civilized world stood today with France against terror,Cheap Adidas NHL Jerseys, so it must stand with Israel against terror,” Netanyahu said at a ceremony in a Paris synagogue.

The Ministry of Labour has been unable to establish the level of unemployment in Guyana and is working feverishly to ascertain this information.Labour Minister Dr. Nanda Gopaul made this revelation at his Ministry’s year-end press conference on Wednesday at the entity’s boardroom. He said that the necessary figures will be provided when the Bureau of Statistics completes compiling data of the census conducted in 2012.Labour MinisterDr. Nanda GopaulHowever, the Ministry’s Central Recruitment and Manpower Agency has been helping to link persons seeking employment to companies. From January to November 29 this year, the agency registered 4,Cheap NFL Jerseys China Stitched,000 persons and placed nearly 3,000 workers in various sectors.The Minister said that it is important to note that in 2013 there were more employers clamouring for workers than the agency has been able to register. Essentially,Jerseys NFL Cheap, there have been fewer applicants for jobs on the labour market.The job areas that employers are seeking to fill are commercial workers such as sales personnel, clerical staff and security personnel. The agency has been unable to meet those demands for employers.The Minister did not say, and perhaps because information from the census is unavailable, whether persons are no longer seeking jobs. As such, these persons are no longer on the unemployment list.Another issue addressed is underemployment and unemployment of thousands of University of Guyana graduates. Somewhat offering a solution to this problem, the Minister opined that persons applying to the University should pursue programmes in Information Technology, Mathematics and Natural Sciences where jobs are available.He noted that it is unfortunate that for a number of years, persons have graduated from the University with Bachelor of Science Degrees in Business,Cheap MLS Jerseys, Sociology,Cheap Jerseys China, Political Science and other related fields, but there are few jobs available in those areas.Dr. Gopaul said that graduates are not registering with the agency. He said that owing to technology the agency has regionalised the registration of applicants in one central database. As such,NFL Jerseys From China, the agency could tell the level of unemployment.

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…they were caught with ganja and cell phoneAppearing before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Providence Magistrate Court on Wednesday, last, was Claude Melville who was charged with possession of narcotics.It is alleged that on October 27,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, last, Melville, who is a prisoner of the Timehri Prison, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was found with three grammes of cannabis in his possession at the prison.Melville pleaded guilty.According to Prosecutor Corporal Gordon Mansfield,cheap jerseys authentic, Melville and five other prisoners were sent to the Guyana Defence Force compound (Camp Stephenson) located at Timehri, East Bank Demerara,NFL Jerseys Supply, to do prison work.Upon their return to the prison, a search was conducted on all six prisoners and traces of seeds and leaves,Chris Culliver Dolphins Jersey, which were suspected to belong to cannabis, were found on Melville.Magistrate Lovell was given the option of paying a fine of $30,000 or serve two months’ imprisonment.Also appearing before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell was Dennis Simon, another prisoner of the Timehri Prison.Simon was called to answer to the charge of taking a prohibited article into prison. It is alleged that on October 27, 2010,Authentic Jerseys Cheap, Dennis took one black Motorola cellular phone into Timehri Prison without lawful authority.He pleaded guilty but sought to offer an explanation.He told Magistrate Lovell that he is currently serving a four-year sentence at Timehri Prison and that he did not take the cellular phone into the compound. He further said that the phone was “already in prison” and that other prisoners were utilising the communication tool at various times.The prisoner told the court that he and a particular officer at the prison often had dis-agreements and that when the police found the cellular phone they began “running through the numbers”.He explained to the Magistrate that when the officer recognized a number to be that of Dennis Simon’s girlfriend, the officer said “We got him now”.Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield told the court that a search was carried out in the prisoners’ dormitory and the cellular phone was not found there.However, when searches were carried out on each prisoner, the cellular phone was discovered on Dennis Simon’s person’.Magistrate Lovell sentenced Dennis to three months’ imprisonment to run concurrently with his four-year sentence.