Ballistics tests on warhead, shell incomplete-gunpowder found on victim’s neckThe Guyana Police Force is still conducting ballistics tests on a 7.62X 39 spent shell and warhead found at the Foulis, Enmore, East Coast Demerara home of murdered carpenter Vikesh Budhram. They hope these items will provide a clue as to the perpetrators of the execution-style killing.Kaieteur News understands that, so far, investigators have not been able to come up with a possible match to any other crime scene.Vikesh Budhram, 25,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, of 642 17th Street, Foulis, received a single gunshot wound to the neck from the barrel of an assault rifle while sleeping with his wife, Basmattie Rambharose,Wholesale NFL Store, and one-year-old daughter,NFL Jerseys From China, Rihanna.Budhram’s death bore the hallmarks of an execution, since the killers did not demand anything from the family, but fled immediately after the suspected hit.The incident occurred at about 23:00 hours on Saturday,Cheap NFL Football Jerseys, and although most of the occupants of the house were at home, only Budhram’s wife saw the killers.Police had stated that Budhram, along with his reputed wife and other family members, had retired to bed when his wife was aroused by the sound of a loud explosion in the bedroom.She observed two men running out of the room, and upon checking found that Budhram had been shot to his right side neck.Investigators believe that the killers gained entry to the two-flat house by removing a few louvre panes from a downstairs window.They then proceeded to the upper flat, and went straight to Budhram’s room, which is situated at the front of the house, where they shot him.A senior police official told this newspaper that detectives have completed taking statements from all the persons who were in the house at the time of the killing.The official said that,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, despite speculations,Cheap Jerseys From China, there is no evidence so far to suggest that the carpenter’s murder was orchestrated from within his home.The dead man’s wife, Basmattie Rambharose, had told this newspaper that she, her husband and their one-year-old child were asleep on their bed when the blast from the weapon rudely awakened her.“I just hear a hard sound and I get up and start to holler. I see two persons run out de room. I hold me daughter and den I shake he, an

A man who gave his name as Terrence Joseph yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to answer to a break and enter charge.The man, who the prosecution says had an accomplice,Cheap Wholesale Jerseys, is alleged to have stolen items exceeding five million dollars in value,China NFL Jerseys Cheap, from the home of Fizal Ali, on September 22.On the day in question, according to the prosecution, the man and his partner in crime were spotted at the virtual complainant (Ali)’s home in the process of taking the items away from the man’s house. The police were subsequently alerted and swiftly made their way to the location. On arrival, the officers noticed the two men,China Jerseys, and when they asked them to explain the purpose for their being at the location no valid response was given. The officers ultimately arrested them and they were taken to the station.The defendant when asked if he had accepted the charges laid against him told the court that he was not guilty. The man was asked his address and he stated that he resided at Plaisance Squatting Area. He also said to the court that he was a worker employed in the interior.The virtual complainant, when asked by the court to shed some light on the matter, indicated to the court that he knew the accused and he was not employed as a worker in the interior,Brent Seabrook Jersey, in fact, the accused regularly made his bed in front of his (Ali’s) property on the street corner.? Ali also told the court that the man would perform odd-jobs such as washing vehicles and domestic chores.The court was also told by the prosecution why the number two accused was not in court. The prosecutor, Lionel Harvey, stated that the day before, while the prisoners were being transported, Lance Duncan managed to escape from police custody; therefore the prosecution asked that an arrest warrant be issued for him.Some of the items claimed to have been stolen from the Ali’s premises included electrical appliances, a carpet, five air conditioning units, two sinks and one water pump.The 40-year-old accused who was present before the court made no attempt to clear himself of the charges read against him,Wholesale Jerseys China, he stood silent before the court answering only to questions directed at him.The prosecutor objected to any bail application that might be made on the man’s behalf saying that the accused gave no solid address and it is believed that if any bail is granted, the court may very well be seeing the last of him. He further requested that the man be remanded and an arrest warrant be issued for his co-conspirator Lance Duncan in an effort to bring the man to justice. Bail was denied.The matter is expected to come before the court at the next hearing on October 18.

Finance Minister Winston Jordan’s position that he is guided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the issue of wages and salaries for public sector workers is unacceptable and cannot be taken lightly. That is the position taken by the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC).The body is saying that government has to be consistent and the same measures used to give government members a hefty increase must apply to considerations for increases to all government workers.At his most recent press conference, Jordan said that before the next budget is presented, public servants can expect a top-up. He cautioned,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, however, that expectations for handsome increases need to be tempered.His warning in this regard comes on the heels of a report by the IMF.This report said that Guyana must be mindful of its increases in wages when one considers the extent of economic challenges facing the Government.The Finance Minister said that he agrees with the IMF position on this matter.GTUC President Lincoln Lewis“In the good times, paying exaggerated salaries has serious long and short term impacts. Trinidad and Tobago is feeling the effects of paying salaries which at one time seemed sustainable,” said Jordan.In response, GTUC’s President, Lincoln Lewis said that the IMF is a regulatory body and advises, rather than dictates to countries.“To take an advice as a mandate is to abrogate the responsibility to work with stakeholders in chartering a direction indigenous to the people’s needs.? The minister can well learn from history.”Lewis said that it would be helpful for Jordan is take heed of lessons that history teaches.In this regard, the trade unionist reminded of what occurred in 1999. He said that at the conclusion of the 57-day strike by public sector workers, the PPP/C administration conceded to go to arbitration.“At the conclusion of this exercise the arbiters led by Dr. Aubrey Armstrong awarded a 30 percent wage increase, which was far in excess of what was recommended by the IMF. The PPP/C administration went to the IMF and advised of the need to pay based on an agreement between the government and workers. This was accepted by the IMF, the Inter-American Bank (IDB) and World Bank,Jerseys From China, and the workers were paid.”Lewis said that the APNU+AFC administration is on record of saying that it is pursuing a Green Economy,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, which according to international standards, is measured on the Human Development Index (HDI).? He said that Jordan’s position is not in harmony with the road the government said it was going down.Further, he pointed out that when this administration paid Cabinet and Members of Parliament increases in 2015; such payments were justified based on the HDI.? The government and its spokespersons in justifying the increases did not make an argument on the strength of the economy to pay. The argument was premised on the social factors in society.“What the government did is use the factor in the HDI to pay themselves,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, but now the government is conveniently using the GDP as the instrument to determine how rank and file workers will be paid increase in wages and salaries. These double standards must not be allowed to permeate the society.”Lewis said that conscious of government’s argument in defence of the increase it gave to itself 2015, when the GTUC met with the Minister of Finance on the issue of budget consultation for 2016,wholesale nfl jerseys, GTUC deliberately structured its presentation based on the Green Economy and not the GDP.The GTUC said that the body was commended and the Minister referred to the presentation as “thinking outside of the box.”GTUC is an organization of national character and the presentation was made conscious of our role in shaping and influencing the national policies, programmes and laws that would redound to the benefit of workers, past, present and potential.The process of collective bargaining is constitutional and legal.? Section 23 (1) of the Trade Recognition Act speaks to the responsibility of the employer to negotiate in good faith with the workers’ representatives. In this case, more than ever the Government of Guyana is called upon to respect the law and the workers’ rights and negotiate with the public sector unions in good faith. The HDI index that was used to determine salary increases for Cabinet and Members of Parliament, who are government workers, must also be used as the barometer in determining wages and salaries for the remaining government workers.”