At present there are 177 pending inquests being conducted at the various magistrates’ courts across Guyana and the magistrates are working feverishly to reduce this number, according to Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.The acting Chief Magistrate explained that of the 177 inquests, 163 are pending for fixture, 14 are part heard matters and 17 were disposed of. Of the 17 which were disposed of,Wholesale Basketball Jerseys, three were done in the Georgetown Magisterial District, three in the Corentyne Magisterial District, one was done in the West Berbice District,Wholesale Football Jerseys, seven in the West Demerara Magisterial District, and three in the East Demerara Magisterial District. No inquests were done in the Essequibo and Berbice Magisterial Districts.Of the 163 that are pending, Georgetown has 10,NFL Jerseys China, Corentyne has 19,Jerseys NFL China, Berbice 14, West Berbice nine, Essequibo 39, East Demerara has an astonishing 61 and West Demerara 11.The Chief Magistrate explained that there is a procedure before an inquest is ordered. She said that the first step is with the police,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, who would prepare a file with all the relevant information.That file would be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice. Once the DPP recommends that the inquests should be done the files are forwarded to the courts and the magistrates would take over from that point.She said that once all the information is present in the file all parties are summoned to court for the inquest.The inquest which takes the form of a trial is to establish or determine how,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, when and why an individual died. In some cases it is also done to determine an individual’s identity. An inquest is usually done when the person’s death remains in doubt even after a post mortem examination was conducted.Several persons are part of an inquest. These would include the magistrate, prosecutor and in some cases lawyers. These are independent judicial officers. They would investigate all of what was compiled in the file by the police.It was further stated that an inquest should be done when a doctor had not seen or had been attending to the person within 14 days before or after the death.Some legal officers have stated that the police are selective when dealing with inquests.? After the inquest has been completed the person who is tried would know if he or she is at fault for the person’s death.Some prominent lawyers are of the view that inquests do not apply to everyday persons, but are selective.One lawyer said that the magistrates are stressed with doing their daily matters and inquests place another burden on them, they contended. The lawyer explained that although it is mandated by law for an inquest to be done into every unnatural and unexplained death the judiciary and magistracy lack the manpower.He said that magistrates and judges daily work load already stretch out the court and adding inquests would only deepen the problems within the judiciary.

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Errol Hanoman,NFL Jerseys China Online, in an invited comment has conceded that while there is a shortage of cane harvesters in the sugar industry, the magnitude of the problem varies from estate to estate.As it relates to the solution, namely the mechanisation of fields, Hanoman said that the conversion of fields to more machine friendly layout is in progress.According to Hanoman, all new fields, such as the Skeldon and Blairmont expansions, aredesigned for mechanisation.He noted,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, too, that the Skeldon development is expected to be completed by the end of next year and in the following year, the new factory will receive its full cane supply,Sale NFL Jerseys, to wit, 1.2 million tonnes.The corporation’s CEO said that all existing lands across the industry which are suitable for mechanisation will be converted by the end of 2014.He noted also that from 2015, onwards,Jerseys NFL China, 44 per cent of the total harvestable area will be capable of being harvested mechanically but the remaining 56 per cent, being Dutch Beds,Cheap Adidas NHL Jerseys, will be cut manually but loaded by the mechanical cane loaders.The CEO also disclosed that it is intended that full manual cut and load will cease by the end of the 2014 crop season.Over the years the sugar industry’s production level has been plagued by numerous strikes by cane cutters.Last month during the Guyana Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) congress, President Bharrat Jagdeo called on sugar workers to report more often to the cane fields and to help push the Skeldon sugar factory to full operation in order to ensure the survival of the sugar industry.He said that the government’s commitment to the industry is evident in the investment of US$212 million for various projects, including the construction of the new state-of-the-art Skeldon sugar factory.“This is not gaff; this is US$212 million,” he told delegates at the opening of the 19th triennial congress.He told sugar workers that they have to pull their weight. He bemoaned the fact that attendance has been poor.Jagdeo also expressed concern about strikes by sugar workers, saying that while the government defends the rights of workers to strike, they must utilise the grievance procedure.Jagdeo said that while sugar workers want more pay and additional benefits, they must face the reality that GuySuCo is suffering “huge” losses.He did not agree with GAWU President that poor management by British-turned-South African firm, Booker Tate,cheap nfl jerseys china, was responsible for the declining production over recent years. Instead, Jagdeo said that the changing climate, resulting in increased rainfall, was a factor that needed to be considered.GuySuco, last year, turned out its lowest production in 18 years – 226,267 tonnes, GAWU President Komal Chand said. GAWU represents most sugar workers in the country.Chand laid the blame for declining production on the poor management of Booker Tate, saying that a factor such as worker absenteeism is not a new complaint against workers. He said this was also a concern in 2003/2004, but the industry still produced over 300,000 tonnes of cane sugar.President Jagdeo urged sugar workers to return to that production level as a way of helping the industry out of its position of loss.