A toxic mix of gold, greed and alcohol has resulted in a spate of brutal murders in the interior, many of which are still to be solved.This has resulted in E and F Divisions having at least one murder every month for the year.The pattern began on January 11, when 14-year-old Elton Thompson of South Rupununi,Cheap Jerseys Online, was battered to death at Chinese Creek, Puruni, while he and another Guyanese were imbibing with two Brazilian nationals.Emanuel EvansOne of the Brazilians, identified as Frank Rebeiro, allegedly beat the teen to death during an argument. He was arrested and charged.In late February, the partially decomposed body of Andy Whyte, 40, was found on a trail along Eyelash Backdam in the North West District.The remains were found while police were probing a missing-person report made to Port Kaituma Police Station by Whyte’s reputed wife.Police were told that Whyte had left in the company of another man for Eye Lash Backdam and had not returned. Although an associate of the victim was detained, the case remains unsolved.In March, 36-year-old Conrad Semple went to the assistance of a woman who was being assaulted at Konawaruk.One of the woman’s assailants stabbed Semple in the back, and he succumbed on the way to the city.In April, a miner known as Shane got into an argument with another man at Pamela Backdam, Mahdia. The man retaliated by stabbing ‘Shane’ in the chest.The victim was taken to the Mahdia Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.An over-indulgence in alcohol is believed to have caused the murder of Moruca resident Charles Atkinson. His body,Wholesale Jerseys, with a gunshot wound, was fished out of a river in late April.According to reports, Atkinson and another man had consumed alcohol together prior to the shooting. However, they later began arguing and the ‘friend’ subsequently took out a firearm, shot Atkinson and threw his body into the river.The suspect fled but was later apprehended by residents.A few days earlier, miner Fabian George was hacked to death during an argument with another man with whom he was drinking at Kariako, Moruca.That suspect also fled but was subsequently arrested.The murders had led E and F Divisional Commander David Ramnarine to state that there seems to be a bigger problem than just law enforcement when it comes to the high incidence of murder in the interior.Alan Welch“It is clear that the tolerance level of these men in these mining areas is very low or limited and it also seems that their ability to restrain themselves from violent behaviour is directly affected by their consumption of intoxicating drink,” the Commander had told Kaieteur News.“To my mind this is a bigger social problem than just the effort of law enforcement,” Ramnarine said.But robbery appeared to be the motive for the death of 49 year-old Lawrence Martindale.In May,Cheap Stitched Jerseys, the fish vendor’s body was found at the Port Kaituma waterfront. He had been stabbed several times.The dead man’s wife said she had spoken to her husband who was a fish vendor hours before receiving the news of his death.According to the woman, Semple had related to her that he had already sold off a catch of fish and he would be posting some money to her the following day.In May,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, 20-year-old Berry Williams was brought out by two men from the backdam to the Mahdia Hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen.He was later transferred to the GPHC where he succumbed.A few days later, Arturo Castilla Balcazar, a Venezuelan shopkeeper, was shot dead at Eteringbang, near the Guyana/Venezuela border, allegedly during a dispute over raw gold. Reports are that Balcazar was shot while travelling in a boat with his wife and three other persons on the Guyana side of the border with Venezuela.A rank from the Guyana Defence Force was subsequently arrested and charged with manslaughter.In June, another foreigner—Brazilian Edel Alemba Passos, 51, –was stabbed to death at Ikawan, Cuyuni River,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, during an argument with another man.Then in late June, another miner was stabbed in the neck at Black Water, Mahdia.He succumbed while being transported to the Mahdia Hospital.The high price of gold has made tempers short, and in early July, a group of men clubbed 54-year-old miner Alan Welch to death at 14 Miles, Issano.The suspects are all part of a mining operation with which Welch had been working when he was killed.According to reports, Welch of Bagotville, West Bank Demerara, was bludgeoned to death by fellow miners using tree limbs and other pieces of wood after they accused him of stealing raw gold.In August,Ch

Skeldon workers, on a two-day strike over the firing of four of the colleagues, have agreed to end their action and were expected to return to work last night.According to Chief Executive Officer (ag) of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Paul Bhim, management of the Skeldon estate will now be prepared to talk to the workers and the unions.On Wednesday, skeleton staff comprising senior officials and others managed to grind several hundred punts of cane which were harvested but faced the threat of being damaged.GuySuCo had faced the prospect of losing more than $40M if the cane had spoilt, Bhim said yesterday.Yesterday, several of the factory workers on strike were gathered in front of the Skeldon estate and while they agreed to return to work last evening, blasted management and said the decision to send home the workers, including a Shift Manager,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, was an arbitrary one.The factory workers went on strike since Tuesday.The strike action stemmed from a fire on August 7 in the factory’s bagasse plant on a number of conveyor belts.Four persons, including the senior Shift Manager, the Boiler Engineer and a Belt Attendant were among those fired.Five other persons, including two senior officials were also suspended.The workers claimed that there were no fire alarms on the estate and there was only one fireman. Before,Cheap Jerseys Store, there were three of these workers on a shift. They also claimed that the number of fire extinguishers was inadequate and incapable of handling a significant fire, the magnitude of which occurred earlier this month.“The General Manager and the higher authorities must take the blame for what happen and they are trying to put the blame on the smaller workers… we are the scapegoats,Cheap Jerseys Online,” said one factory worker yesterday.Herman Kissoon, the fireman on duty the night of the fire, and one of those dismissed, said that he received word of the fire around 03:00 hrs while he was on duty in another section of the factory. The worker said, when he got the message, he raced to where the alarm came from.The workers claimed that there was no water in the hose system. By that time the fire was getting bigger and help was sought from the Guyana Fire Service.Plant Foreman, Vishnu Jagnarine, said that he was nowhere around when the fire occurred. He had worked the shift before and had left the premises some nine hours before the fire started. He said he was informed by the engineer around 03:15 hrs that there was a fire at the estate. He immediately went to the location where he assisted in quelling the fire.Workers’ representatives, Mangal and Jagdat Mohabir,Wholesale Authentic NFL Jerseys, were adamant that the workers were wrongfully dismissed and said that the union will not accept what was done to the workers. “They were not given a hearing… at no time were they a part of any investigation (the worker or the union) as to the cause of the fire. The workers were not given a letter. They were only told that they were either dismissed or suspended and they should leave.”Chairman of GuySuCo, Dr. Nanda Gopaul, on Wednesday,NFL Jerseys Supply, was clear in his message to the 100-plus factory who downed tools on Monday to protest the dismissal of four employees, “no talks until work is resumed”.According to the Chairman, by moving to strike actions, workers immediately breached the Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) which spells how grievances can be addressed.“I am very disturbed by the breaches in CLA and in the industrial relations procedures. We have taken steps to grind the harvested canes to prevent spoilage, and we will be doing so this evening (Wednesday night).”The official made it clear that GuySuCo and management of the Skeldon estate would be willing to have dialogue, as long as workers return to their duties.With factory workers on strike, harvesting work was also affected with management unwilling to bring in more punts of cane until there were assurances it would be processed.On Tuesday, GuySuCo issued a statement calling for workers to return to work since harvesting was in full swing.The Corporation disclosed that an investigation into the fire found gross negligence which resulted in the fire not being detected early, and it is estimated that millions of dollars will now have to be spent to repair the damage.A total of nine employees were disciplined.GuySuCo, in pointing out that the incident occurred on the same day the estate was slated to commence its second crop production for the year, disclosed that based on the extent of the damage, it was clear that the blaze actually started much earlier than the time it was first reported – in fact, three hours earli