Eighteen-year-old University of Guyana student,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, Priscilla Jagnandan,Jerseys China Wholesale, of 2811 Youth Place, South Ruimveldt Gardens, was yesterday placed on $550,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, after been slapped with multiple traffic charges ranging from causing death by dangerous driving to breaching insurance.Priscilla Jagnandan The teen’s stepfather was also charged and was placed on $75,000 bail.It was alleged that Jagnandan, on May 9,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, on the Mc Doom Public Road, drove motor vehicle PKK 7639, in a dangerous manner and caused the death of Walter Wilson. She was not required to plead to the offence since it was indictable.Another charge states that on May 9, at Mc Doom, she drove motor vehicle PKK 7639 with only a provisional license thus failing to be with an experienced driver. It was further alleged that Jagnandan on May 9,Cheap Jerseys Store, drove motor vehicle PKK 7639 and failed to clearly display two red “L” conspicuously on the vehicle as was required by law.A third charge states that on May 9 at Mc Doom she drove motor vehicle PKK 7936 failing to have enforced insurance for third party risk. She pleaded not guilty to those three charges.Her stepfather, Olatocumbo Sam, 40, a Technical Director at the Ministry of Education was also charged with breaching insurance.It was alleged that on May 9, being the registered owner of the vehicle, he permitted Priscilla Jagnandan to use the said vehicle without having enforced insurance for third party risk.Both Jagnandan and Sam were represented by attorney at law Glen Hanoman. In a bail application the lawyer stated that contrary to what the police are claiming Jagnandan had an experienced driver in the vehicle at the time of the accident.The lawyer claimed that the investigating ranks told that person who was female that if she said that she was in the front seat she would have been charged.Hanoman further stated that the charge of dangerous driving may not stand up because the pedestrian may have been at risk.However Police Prosecutor Denise Griffith asked that bail denied on the dangerous driving charge and the matter to be transferred to the traffic court.The prosecutor,Cheap NFL Jerseys, rebutting Hanoman, said that the person who was in the vehicle at the time of the accident was seated in the back and the law clearly specifies that the experienced driver sit in the front seat.She added that Jagnandan left the scene of the accident and only reported the matter a day after it happened.The prosecutor explained that adults must be responsible when it comes to certain matters. She also disclosed to the court that the injured man had to be taken to the hospital in the defendant’s vehicle which was driven by a passerby.However attorney at law Glen Hanoman interjected and stated that the decease was taken to the hospital by the defendant’s step father. He added that both defendants went to the police voluntary and the police demanded money from them.The lawyer added that Jagnandan was treated and sent away from the Georgetown Public Hospital.Prosecutor Griffith again interjected and told the court that neither Jagnandan nor her stepfather never took the deceased to the hospital and they did not report the accident within the stipulated time, thus making them liable to those charges.Jagnandan was granted $400,000 bail on the causing death by dangerous driving charge, and placed on $50,China NFL Jerseys,000 for each of the other charges.Her stepfather was placed on $75,000 bail for breaching insurance policy. They are both expected to make another court appearance on May 22, 2009.On the eve of his brother’s wedding, 69-year-old Walter Wilson was killed on the Mc Doom Public road after he was struck by the defendant’s motor vehicle.According to reports, Wilson, of Blueberry Hill, Linden, was attempting to cross the public road around 23:00 hrs after he had left his brother’s residence in Mc Doom.He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he died.

There is a lot of “monkey business at Best Village, West Coast Demerara. This monkey business is concentrated at Lots 10,Jerseys NFL Cheap,11,Cheap NFL Jerseys Supply,12,13 and 14 Best Village.Kaieteur News was told that a large number of monkeys live in some trees behind houses in the area and are an inconvenience. They are usually “up to mischief”.According to one affected resident,Cheap NFL Jerseys, whenever his wife cooks and strains the rice, she leaves it in the receiver in her sink which is situated outside of their house.He said that the monkeys are so presumptuous that they literally fetch the bowl with the rice away and eat it.Another neighbour stated that these monkeys vary in sizes. Some can even be seen carrying their babies on their backs while they are swinging from tree to tree and jumping about in her yard.Yet another resident complained that the monkeys “trouble” all the fruit and vegetables in her kitchen garden and even pick the fruit off all the trees in her yard.The monkeys seem to possess human qualities,Cheap NFL Jerseys, according to the residents,Wholesale Jerseys, since they appear to know that they are committing mischievous acts because they “laugh” and “smile” at the neighbours while they are making their “getting away”.According to one housewife, the monkeys in question are making her life miserable and uncomfortable. She cannot leave foodstuff or any eatables in the open.The monkeys go so far as to climb her stairs and stop at her doorway. They even go in her kitchen quarters by her sink to see what is left there.Kaieteur News understands that these monkeys have been living in the trees for a long period of time; however, it is only of recent that they have started behaving this way.They have now gotten accustomed to eating people’s food and since they cannot have access to the food where they are located, they chose to steal from the residents’ yards and houses.As the days go by, more and more people are afraid to leave their doors and windows open,Cheap NFL Jerseys, because the monkeys will enter to steal and destroy their belongings. Others are afraid because the number of monkeys present in the area is multiplying.as they reproduce.When these animals become agitated they can harm and even bite residents and their children, the people say.

It is highly unlikely that a patient on antiretrovirals (ARVs) could develop a resistance if he or she is unable to take the recommended medication over a 24-hour period. In fact there may be no side effects over a two-week long period. This assertion has been made by National Aids Programme Coordinator, Dr Shanti Singh, who revealed that “I think that 12 or 24 hours is too short…”She disclosed that in very mature treatment programmes,China NFL Jerseys, one of the strategies that is employed is a feature called structured interruption of treatment. According to her,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, doctors have been known to introduce a strategy whereby patients who have been on antiretrovirals for a number of years are given a drug holiday, because the body has to do extra work to be able to process the ARV medication. This process, she said,NFL Jerseys Outlet, could be as long as two weeks, and still it has been proven that the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in patients will not become resistant to the recommended treatment when reintroduced.Guyana’s stock of Efavirenz, one of the drugs used to treat HIV patients, had become depleted due to a shipment problem, according to Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy. That problem has since been rectified, and the local sector currently has a sufficient supply which will last until next year.According to Dr Singh, the patients using Efavirenz in the local treatment programme are probably the most controlled as they are the patients with very low viral loads. The HIV viral load is an important measurement of the amount of active HIV in the blood of someone who is HIV positive, and also indicates if a patient’s medication regimen is working. With a low viral load, HIV positive patients are less likely to infect others. However,Wholesale NFL Jerseys China, Dr Singh said that transmission is not impossible, although the risk may be deemed minimal.A deliberate drug holiday, Dr Singh said, is a proven strategy that can help patients to “really take a little break and come back re-energised” to be able to adhere better to treatment.“So, a slight interruption, if there were any interruptions, for any patients would not necessarily result in HIV drug resistance.”The recent drug shortage was in fact a learning experience to the Secretariat as according to the Programme Coordinator, it was discovered that in order to make informed decisions, all of the necessary information must be available.“I think we had somewhat of a challenge when there were bits and pieces here and there,Cheap Jerseys China, but we did not have all of the information. The other thing that I have learned from the colleagues that I have consulted with is that experience really counts.”According to Dr Singh, she had to consult with not only colleagues who work in United States-based programmes,Wholesale NFL Jerseys Online, but also those who work in programmes all across the world, including countries such as Nigeria, Uganda and Botswana. She related that they were able to extrapolate from their experiences in similar settings to Guyana, and to offer advice.“I think the real challenge for me was knowing that we really had limited options…The options are limited because of how tight our treatment guidelines are, and we have really made our treatment guidelines specific in the first place, so that we get good adherence and compliance to prescribing practices…”Guyana’s decision to have a control mechanism in place was geared at restricting or decreasing HIV drug-resistance among patients, without anticipating that a drug shortage was imminent, Dr Singh disclosed.

–set to continue multi-year agreement discussion with Govt.Teachers should be given the right to support the work of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) if they so desire. However, they are not always granted this privilege, at least not without a fight. And GTU is prepared to battle for the rights of its teachers.According to President of the Union, Mr. Mark Lyte, “We have had challenges for the deductions for dues. Teachers have applied several times but still can’t get things going.”He was at the time explaining the process of becoming a member of the GTU even as he highlighted the obstacle preventing teachers from doing so.The application process,Cheap NFL jerseys China, according to him,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, entails teachers writing to their respective Regional Offices requesting that the Regional Executive Officers make the necessary Union fee deductions.“On many occasions the deductions are not made for reason(s) that we don’t know; so there is frustration on the part of the teachers who are desirous of becoming members of the Unions,NFL Jerseys Outlet,” related Lyte.He is however hopeful, that this would be one of the issues faced by the GTU during the past year that will be urgently addressed in 2016.Currently the Union represents some 7,NFL Jerseys China,000 teachers spread across 39 branches who teach in the public education system. And once the issue of the stalled deductions is addressed more teachers will be granted the privilege to solidify their membership with the Union.Lyte is optimistic that this matter could be addressed under his tenure. He was elected to be president in 2014 replacing Colin Bynoe. And Lyte told this publication that he is definitely vying for the presidency again this year.The GTU is slated to conduct its biennial conference next April. The results of an election will be announced determining whether Lyte will continue at the helm. The election is usually held prior to the conference which is expected to be held in Bartica.Among his projections for the New Year is the completion of a constitutional reform for the GTU. This, according to Lyte, will include improving some areas that have been identified for attention such as the mode of elections.Once he is re-elected, Lyte has plans to develop and complete a five-year strategic plan to help chart a guided way forward for the GTU. The GTU President is hoping to be a part of continued discussions with Government regarding the multi-year agreement that will govern the remuneration package and other benefits for teachers. “We want to cross all the T’s and dot all the I’s in 2016 regarding this multi-year agreement,” said Lyte.Soon after assuming the position of President, Lyte had touted a 20 per cent across the board pay increase as suitable for public school teachers.The last multi-year agreement was inked with the previous Government – the People’s Progressive Party/Civic – in 2011 and will expire at the end of this month. The agreement was one that catered to a five per cent pay hike for teachers at the beginning of each year during the life of the agreement.But Lyte had earlier informed this publication that continued negotiations will not only address an increase in salaries,Jerseys NFL Cheap, but also other benefits that the Union believes teachers should be entitled to.“Our focus is not only on salary issues but also on non-salary issues as well,” said the GTU President who noted that the proposed package for teachers will include duty free concessions, allowances for head teachers and principals.Although Lyte hasn’t revealed the details of the agreement being proposed by the Union he had however earlier told this publication, “We are also looking to include incentives for the lecturers at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) and the technical institutes because they are our members as well, and we intend to bring them on board in terms of the benefits we expect them to have.”He’d intimated too that “We are looking to put a complete package together that will help the Ministry focus on the welfare of our teachers.”This move is imperative,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, Lyte had insisted since the Union is cognisant of the fact that the teaching profession has become very stressful and that teachers should be properly compensated for their efforts.Lyte had even then revealed the GTU’s intention to not make the craft its proposal without the input of teachers.He noted, “We are allowing for the input from all levels of teachers. We are going on the ground to our various branches to hear what teachers would want us to include in their pay package.”

– Teixeira hopeful that opposition pushes through, Granger wants to take his time? ?Guyana missed the August, 26 deadline that was purported to have been set by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF). Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall says that Guyana will now “surely” be blacklisted.At that time the AG spoke nothing about Guyana being given another chance to get its act together. In fact, the Minister had said that Guyana will be sanctioned based on the report he submitted; the one which didn’t indicate that Guyana enacted the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act.Presidential Advisor, Gail TeixeiraHowever, last Thursday, Presidential Advisor Gail Teixeira, at a Government’s post Cabinet briefing said that Government is now “cautiously optimistic” that the Opposition will have a change of heart and quickly pass the? Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act.Teixeira said that Nandlall briefed Cabinet about the most recent developments subsequent to his presentation to CFATF.According to Teixeira, the AG disclosed that CFATF had deemed the report incomplete. She said that incomplete designation was due to Guyana’s inability to pass the Bill in the Tenth Parliament of Guyana for the stipulated time.The Presidential Advisor said that despite being apprised about the current situation regarding the Special Select Committee on the Bill, CFATF still insisted on a definitive date from Guyana at which Guyana will enact the Bills.? Teixeira indicated that that date must be set so that a new report can be submitted before November when CFATF is scheduled to meet again.Teixeira opined that the recent past behavior of the Opposition in general but especially with regards to the Bills does not say well for the future.She said that in the meantime, however,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, while CFATF noted favorably the non legislative interventions by the executive which accounts for 20 percent of the recommendations by CFATF, further progress is being urged.Teixeria,China Jerseys, as the Chairman of the Special Select Committee set up to fine tune the Bill, said that as soon as the recess comes to an end she will be convening a meeting with the hope of reaching an agreement.But on Friday last,NFL Jerseys Outlet, A Partnership for National Unity Leader,Cheap Wholesale Jerseys, David Granger said that APNU is not bound by “these bogus deadlines that the government keeps coming up with. We are bound by the precepts of good governance; and we want to ensure that the errors of the existing financial intelligence unit and the existing act do not repeat the flaws.“We now have an obligation to the people of Guyana to ensure that any amendments clog the loopholes and give the people of this country an act that is more or less water proof…We are taking our time to ensure that we listen to civil society so that we can get the best…We are not going to be rushed into making another bad Act. We have too many of them already.APNU Leader, David GrangerGuyana missed the August 26 deadline after the Opposition members, who were all in attendance at a Special Select Committee meeting, moved a motion to adjourn all meetings at that level until October.The motion was moved by APNU member and former Minister of Finance, Carl Greenidge. It was seconded by Alliance For Change (AFC)’s Khemraj Ramjattan.Members of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), at that time,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, told Kaieteur News that Guyana is already “dark gray listed” and that the Government itself is linked to acts of money laundering. It was also noted that the party doesn’t believe that the August 26 deadline really did exist.Further,Discount Football Jerseys, Greenidge asserted that “Government itself is tainted by criminalities that bedevil our system…The PPP have been accused, and in some cases, proven to have associations with people who have been charged with all sorts of criminalities like fraud and money laundering? in the United States. The government is very friendly with these types of people.”Only after the work of the committee is completed and a revised Bill presented to the National Assembly along with a report from the committee, can the Bill be voted upon and passed.

Gov’t says cost bloated by price hikesThe government yesterday linked the bloating cost of the Amaila Falls Hydro Project to added interest costs and price hikes for materials that would be used in the construction. It said that it was not ruling out pushing more money into the project.President Bharrat Jagdeo, on Tuesday, stated that project could end up costing US$835M. This amounts to more than US$100M in excess of the cost that the developers, Sithe Global, had indicated earlier this year.In fact, the new price tag cited by the President is more than US$300 higher than the cost cited by the state-owned Guyana Chronicle earlier this year.On October 8, 2009, Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds, signed for the original developers of the project – Synergy Holdings – to transfer its 13-year-old interim licence to Sithe Global for the development of the Hydro Project.Since then, Dr Luncheon said there have been obvious price increases. He referred to price increases on commodities such as metals, steel and cement, noting that these price escalations feed back into an increase in the construction costs.He said also that the increased construction cost is linked to the financial arrangement that would attract a different interest charge.“The cost that originally was captured in the contract and the escalation of the associated and related costs for arranging the financing, interest,Cheap China Jerseys, insurance, those are responsible for driving up the costs to what it is today,Wholesale NBA Jerseys China,” Dr Luncheon told reportedWith a range of financiers involved in the project,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, Dr Luncheon said that “there are a number of interests that have to be reconciled” before financial closure could be met.The Chronicle reported on April 3, last, “The hydropower project is estimated to cost in the vicinity of US$450M,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, which includes US$305M for the plant, and approximately $140M for the transmission lines.”The Project will be financed through debt from the China Development Bank as per an agreed upon funding schedule over the course of the construction period, and equity from Sithe Global and the Guyana Government.Sithe Global expects to ultimately contribute around US$200 million of equity. The Guyana Government has said that it will use funds from the US$250 million forest-saving deal with Norway to invest in project. None of the funds under that deal have yet reached Guyana.However,Wholesale NBA Jerseys, Dr Luncheon yesterday did not rule out that the government could be prepared to raise the amount of funds it commits to the project given its importance to the government.“For us, this project is so integrally tied into the (ruling) PPP/Civic vision of Guyana and its economic development that a consideration such as that should not be excluded,” Dr Luncheon said when asked about the possibility of the government raising its equity contribution.He said that the government anticipates financial closure by the end of the year, “but I would be the first to concede we had similar anticipations earlier.”“We are more confident as we go forward and the parties who contribute to the financial closure are more and more now in synch and allowing us to be confident that we are looking at closure hopefully by the end of the year and commencement of construction activities early next year.”The Amaila Hydropower Project is a planned hydroelectric project (approximately 165MW capacity) to be located in western Guyana.The project also includes a new 270 km transmission line and new substations near Georgetown.Currently, nearly all electric generation in Guyana is provided through small units burning either diesel or heavy fuel oil.The planned Amaila Project is touted as a substitute for the expensive generation facilities.The developers say it would not only provide a clean renewable energy source, but also represent important foreign exchange savings for the country by reducing Guyana’s dependence on expensive imported fuels.This year, the Guyana Power and Light will spend US$100 million on fuel for the company.“The reliable and more economic source of electricity would also encourage investors to assess possible investments in the mining sector in Guyana, which has often been identified as having substantial potential,NFL Jerseys China Online,” Sithe Global says.Less than six months after Synergy Holdings under Fip Motilall realised he could no longer develop the Amaila Falls Hydro Project and agreed to have the licence granted to Sithe Global (October, 2009), Government awarded him a US$15.4 million contract to build roads and bridges le