Gordon Williams was placed on $100,000 bail yesterday by Magistrate Priya Beharry, when he appeared in court,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, to face charges of stealing from a vendor.On August 11, in Georgetown, Williams of Second Street, Alexander Village, stole a haversack containing the cash as the vendor; Dereck Pertab,Cheap Jerseys From China, was unloading garden produce and other items from his minibus in the vicinity of the Bourda Market.The charges further stated that while the vendor was not looking,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Williams reached into the front seat,Wholesale Jerseys Cheap, grabbed the haversack,Wholesale China Jerseys, and sprinted away.According to the reports, the vendor realizing what was happening gave chase with several other persons,Cheap NFL Jerseys, but failed to apprehend the accused who it was said dashed into a yard and removing the cash then left the bag on the ground.Williams pleaded not guilty to the charges.The matter was reported to the police and Williams was arrested by police shortly after.He will have to return to Court on November 9.

Guyana has a plethora of practicing professionals, but according to the country’s Official Gazette, few had their tax compliance certificate issued to them within the first three months of the year.The Official Gazette of Guyana, dated April 17,Wholesale Jerseys From China, published the names of all of the professionals who were recipients of tax practice certificates between January 1 and March 19.Guyana has a battery of lawyers who ply their trade on a daily basis but in Georgetown there were only 19 persons named.Among the names on the list of Attorneys-at-Law with their certificates to practice were Members of Parliament Bibi Shadick and Moses Nagamotoo.Some of the other names appearing on the list include Gregory Gaskin, Robin Stoby, Kashir Khan, Robin Hunte, Nicole Pierre,China NFL Jerseys, Jamela Ali and Rosemarie Choo among others.Glaringly absent were the more high profile lawyers such as Bar Association President Teni Housty,Wholesale Jerseys China, Nigel Hughes, Basil Williams, Anil Nandlall, Hukumchand and Bernard De Santos among others.For New Amsterdam, there were only four Attorneys-at Law, none for Linden, one for Corriverton and two in Anna Regina.As it relates to Medical Practitioners, there were 28 registered for Georgetown, nine in New Amsterdam, one for Linden, three in Corriverton and none for Anna Regina.In the field of Accountants/Tax Consultants, only eight were recipients of Tax Practice Certificates in Georgetown, while there was one other in Linden.Six Land Surveyors were issued with certificates for Georgetown and one Surveyor in Linden.Surprisingly also was the fact that there was just one engineer for the entire country who had a Tax Practice Certificate,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, namely Walter Willis.In February this year, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) had threatened to take legal action against professionals, including lawyers and doctors, who operate without their practice certificates.A Tax Practice Certificate is valid for one calendar year and is renewable annually.All applicants must uplift and complete an application form from the Compliance Section, Tax Operations and Services Department,Wholesale Jerseys From China, G.P.O Building or any Regional Branch Office.The First Schedule of the Tax Act Chapter 80: 01 categorises professional groupings and charge professional fees based on this.Professionals are also required to have a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) and should submit all outstanding returns in accordance with Section 60 of the Income Tax Act, and pay taxes due including advance taxes and the requisite professional fee.Category A of professionals include- Accountants, Auditors, Legal Practitioners, Medical Practitioners, Architects, Dentists and Optometrists who must pay $250,000 for the practice certificate; Category B- Engineers and Veterinary Surgeon – $150,Adidas NHL Jerseys China,000; Category C- Physiotherapists, Pharmacists and Surveyors – a sum of $75,000 is required.“rofessionals who qualified within three years preceding the date of the application for the practice certificate are permitted to pay $25,000 and shall thereafter be liable to pay the full prescribed fee.

– Country’s GDP, drainage and irrigation at stakeLeader of the Opposition,Wholesale China Jerseys Free Shpping, Bharrat Jagdeo has warned that his party will oppose any moves to privatize the sugar industry.On Wednesday last, the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report into the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) was laid in Parliament. One of the report’s recommendations was to have GuySuCo sold to private buyers, even indicating that such buyers were already identified.But, during a recent press conference,Jerseys NFL China, Jagdeo, a former President of Guyana, referenced the fact that, should the industry come to a halt, it would have a systematic impact on the entire country.“We will vigorously oppose any plans to dismantle GuySuCo,” he said. “This is a sector that has a major systematic impact. There are few sectors in the country that have (such) a system wide impact.”According to Jagdeo, this impact encompasses not just the thousands of people who are involved in the sector and the country’s employment figures, but also Guyana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and foreign currency earnings.He stated that too much, including the country’s drainage system was at stake for GuySuCo to be entrusted into private hands.“If GuySuCo was not there, the entire drainage system along the East Coast (of Demerara) and the country (would be compromised). The maintenance costs will have to come to the Government to drain those lands.”GuySuCo has been a major facilitator of drainage and irrigation services for its own crops. But,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, by extension, the corporation’s services benefit other agriculture enterprises and residential communities.The much awaited GuySuCo report has recommended privatization of the sugar industryLast year, Dr. Clive Thomas, who is the Chairman of GuySuCo, had posited that commercialization of GuySuCo’s drainage and irrigation facilities could provide much needed revenue for the deeply indebted corporation. As of December 23rd,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, 2015, GuySuCo’s debt stood at some $78.6B.“It would be a huge (fiscal) bill to do that,” Jagdeo continued. “GuySuCo provides a service to the villages sometimes that is not quantified. So (what) if we transfer GuySuCo to private hands, (and) after one year, they don’t make money and they shut down?”The former Head of State expressed his worry that any potential private owners of GuySuCo would do just that,Wholesale NHL Jerseys, “as in private enterprise,Wholesale Jerseys Store, sustaining an investment is determined by profits and not philanthropy.”Over the years, GuySuCo has been under fire for producing sugar at double the cost it was being sold for. One specific area of expense has been the significant amount of cane, at one time over 20 tonnes, needed to be grinded before one tonne of sugar can be produced.The COI report had found that the best thing for the government to do, now that GuySuCo is at a “point of no return”, is to sell. It was even reported that there have already been expressions of interest.“Based on both the financial and economic analyses, the only rational conclusion which can be drawn is that which the COI had arrived at by consensus. The Government needs to decide urgently whether it can afford to continue, repeatedly, funding GuySuCo from the National Budget (via bailouts) in order to remain as a producer of raw bulk sugar for export.”The report had also said that “to repeat such bailouts and expect different vastly improved results from GuySuCo would be irrational.”According to the COI, in light of this, GuySuCo remaining state-run in its present form/structure is “strategically unacceptable”. Further, it was stated that it would be an inefficient financial and economic decision if the government chooses to hold on to GuySuCo.“A decisive shift to private ownership and control of the assets now employed in sugar production has to be an essential element of any long-term resolution of the present paradoxical situation.”By consensus, it has been recommended that GuySuCo be sold as soon as possible.The report stated, “The process should start as early as practicable and aim to be completed within three years.”The COI recommended that the State should divest itself of all assets, activities and operations currently associated with GuySuCo.? Nevertheless, it did recommend another bailout.“Financial support in the short term will be needed and this should be provided by the government in a timely basis.”“In the interval, as the privatization process is awaited, the new management of GuySuCo must focus on basic essentials to rehabilitate the fields, factories and infrastructure of Guy

Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder was yesterday reportedly admitted as a patient at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) to have a heart rhythm disorder remedied.This publication was reliably informed that the Minister, who is currently in his late 60s, had complained of chest pains at the weekend and was initially taken to the St Joseph Mercy Hospital at Parade Street, Georgetown, for medical attention.He was yesterday transferred to CHI,China Jerseys Wholesale, a public/private entity which operates out of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.Although CHI officials were tight-lipped yesterday, this publication was able to confirm that the Resident Cardiologist there, Dr. Mahendra Carpen, who has expertise in the area of Electrophysiology,Cheap Jerseys China, was slated to attend to Minister Holder’s condition.Electrophysiology is a procedure that caters specifically to heart rhythm disorders,Jerseys NFL China, which is in essence an abnormal variation from the normal heartbeat.Correcting a heart rhythm disorder is deemed a relatively simple procedure which would require the Cardiologist bringing the heart rhythm back to normal.With radio frequency energy, experts the likes of Dr. Carpen are able to burn specific conduction parts of the heart that cause people to have fast or slow heartbeats that constitute the cardiac abnormality.An expert in the field related yesterday that,China Jerseys, “when a patient suffers a heart rhythm disorder it can be frightening.” It was however pointed out that such disorders can be common as an individual becomes older. The condition is usually not life-threatening, the official assured.According to reports reaching this publication, the Minister had in the past suffered a similar cardiac-related episode at which time he was treated overseas. Reports suggest that he had on occasions attended cardiac clinics at CHI.Minister of Health, Dr. George Norton, in an invited comment yesterday disclosed that despite suffering a repeat of the disorder, the Agriculture Minister is in a stable condition at CHI. He however noted that it is expected that Minister Holder will remain at CHI until today to allow for further observation.In an official comment on the Minister’s condition, Director of Public Information, Imran Khan, confirmed that Minister Holder had complained of some chest pains and is being kept at CHI for 24-hour observation. He said that the Minister was admitted yesterday and is expected to be discharged today.“He is alert and well and talking and walking, so he is not in any danger,China Jerseys, but they have kept him for observation as a precautionary measure,” said Khan as he added,Cheap China Jerseys, “It is not a grave situation.”Khan however noted that because of the Minister’s hospitalisation he would not have been able to attend yesterday’s sitting of the National Assembly during which the 2015 National Budget was presented.Holder was appointed Minister of Agriculture earlier this year following the victory of the coalesced A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change at the National and Regional elections on May 11, 2015.

A convoy of yachts will be gracing Guyana’s shores as they make their way from Trinidad and Tobago to French Guiana, as part of the Nereid’s Rally.The first of seven vessels arrived yesterday while the remaining yachts in the fleet will sail up the Essequibo River by Wednesday, and will be welcomed in grand style at the Hurakabra River Resort, owned and operated by Mr. Christopher Nascimento and his wife, Gem.This welcome activity, sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism is being facilitated through an inter agency collaboration with the Coast Guard, Customs and Immigration, the Guyana Police Force, MARAD and other Private Sector stakeholders.The joint approach being employed is in keeping with Tourism Minister Irfaan Ali’s commitment to ensure that all systems are in place to make the inaugural event a success, with safety,China Jerseys Cheap, security and ease of access of principal importance.He said too that the Ministry’s aim is to use this event to catapult the Yacht Industry in Guyana and to harness the influx of yachts to develop the necessary infrastructure to further supportTHAG President Mr. Christopher ‘Kit’ Nascimento addressing the gathering in Chaguaramas last month.the industry.A second convoy is expected in October; this will be led by former international sailor,Cheap Jerseys China, Simon Wall.When the vessels arrive,Cheap MLB Jerseys Authentic, they will make their way to? Bartica, at the center of the confluence of three great rivers, the Mazaruni, Cuyuni and Essequibo, some 40 miles up the Essequibo River; this is an official port of entry and welcomes the arrival of cruisers.Meanwhile planning for this highly anticipated event began months ago and a team travelled to Trinidad and Tobago, in early August, to promote the event and to encourage maximum participation from yacht enthusiasts there.Guyana a safe HeavenDuring the meetings with the yachtees in Trinidad, GTA Marketing Manager, Mrs. Carla Chandra and now Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana President (THAG) Mr. Christopher Nascimento made presentations on Guyana’s Tourism Product including visitor tips and travel information such as visa and customs clearance- which are to date, the most efficient and straightforward in the Caribbean.Cruisers may now sail up the Essequibo River, about a four-hour motor sail from the estuary, to clear customs, immigration and health authorities within an hour of checking in by completing the simplest of customs clearance forms to be found at any cruising destination in the Caribbean and South America.Close to 50 persons attended the session and almost all the participants there expressed excitement at the possibility of sailing into the mighty Essequibo River, which is featured prominently in the third Edition of the Chris Doyle Cruising Guide for Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Guyana.Doyle,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, regarded as the guru of pleasure cruising in the Caribbean and North Eastern South American, decided to feature Guyana in his guide.The Doyle Guide (www.doyleguides.com) provides full chart and waypoint navigational advice on approaching the Essequibo River and sailing upriver to Bartica and the attractive anchorages in the vicinity off Baganara Island Resort,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Hurakabra River Resort and the Shanklands Resort.Addressing this aspect of the journey, Mr. Nascimento?? provided details about technical sailing information for the Essequibo including tide, draft, waypoints etc.The Baganara and Hurakabra Resorts, in particular, now cater to receive cruisers anchored close off-shore. These resorts are exceptionally beautiful nature destinations which offer exceedingly comfortable and well appointed accommodation, jungle walks, birding, beach front dining, well stocked bars, recreation facilities,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, water sports and dingy docking.

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The Department of Education in Region Six was not responsible for the placement of students who sat the 2009 National Grade Six Assessment.This statement comes in the wake of allegations made by some parents who are dissatisfied with the schools awarded to their children.Last week, one woman spoke of ‘corruption’ because her child was placed at a lower school than another with a similar amount of marks.Region Six Education Officer, Shafiran Bhajan said that placement across Guyana was done by the Central Ministry. She indicated that this year there was no cut point for entry to secondary schools.In Region Six, schools were basically ranked based on their performance at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examination (CSEC) for three consecutive years.In Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne) there are three Grade ‘A’ secondary schools – Berbice High School (BHS), New Amsterdam Secondary School (Multilateral), and the J.C. Chandisingh Secondary.The Grade ‘B’ institutions are Berbice Educational Institute (BEI) and Tutorial Academy in New Amsterdam along with the Corentyne Comprehensive, Skeldon Line Path, Skeldon High, and Tagore Memorial on the Corentyne.All other schools including the Canje Secondary are classified as ‘C’. The community High Schools are in the ‘D’ category. However, from September, all Community High Schools would be upgraded, since the students would be writing the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate Examination.Though there was no cut off point,China Jerseys Cheap, students who attained 514 and above were placed at the country’s top institutions such as Queen’s College, Bishop’s High, St. Stanislaus College, St. Rose’s High and St. Joseph High in Georgetown. Some of the candidates were also offered places at the President’s College.Those gaining marks between 513 and 431 were alternately placed at the Berbice High School, New Amsterdam Secondary School, and the J.C. Chandisingh Secondary School.Those who scored between 430 and 385 were sent to the ‘B’ schools and below 384 – the ‘C’ institutions.Mrs. Bhajan said that there was a certain criterion for placement that was used. For instance, a candidate may have the marks for an ‘A’ school but live a far distance from an ‘A’ institution. In this scenario, if the student’s score is above 514, then that child would be offered a place at the President’s College. However, if it is below then the placement would be at the closest school to home that suits the marks.Overall, Mrs. Bhajan is heartened by the performance of the candidates in East Berbice /Corentyne at this year’s assessment.A nine percent increase was recorded in the region.Of the 3,105 students who wrote the examination, 2,Cheap Jerseys From China,721 were awarded places at discreet secondary schools. This represents 88 percent, an increase over the 79 percent in 2008, “We are very happy that we have 89 percent of our students awarded places at discreet secondary schools. The performance has really improved overall.”Last year 2,966 wrote the said assessment and 2,333 were placed at secondary schools.The National Grade Two Assessment accounts for five percent of the marks for placement to secondary schools, while the National Grade Four Assessment – ten percent and the National Grade Six Assessment – 85 percent.In 2008, 633 candidates were placed at primary tops (the secondary level of a primary school) and this year the figure stands at 384.Those who were not awarded discreet secondary schools are placed at Primary tops. These institutions are at Yakusari and Belvedere on the Corentyne, Cumberland, Rose Hall Estate in East Canje,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Overwinning and Edinburgh on the outskirts of New Amsterdam and at Plegt Anker and Schepmoed Primary School on the East Bank of Berbice.The Corriverton Primary Top and the Trinity Street Primary Top were upgraded to Skeldon High School Annexe and the Vryman’s Erven Secondary Annexe respectively.The Primary Tops serve as feeders for some secondary schools. For instance, if a student from the Overwinning Primary School performs at the expected level at the National Grade Nine Examination, then that child is placed at institutions such as Vryman’s Erven, Tutorial Secondary Schools or the Berbice Educational Institute, and in exceptional cases, higher institutions.There are also the tech-voc schools for those who lack an academic inclination. The Manchester and Port Mourant Community High Schools were used as pilot programmes for this aspect.Of the 79 students who were placed at top schools in Georgetown (514 marks and above) Cumberland Primary School got 20, Corriverton, Cropper and Port Mourant Primary School seven each, St. Therese’s and All Saints six each, Skeldon four, Fraser’s and S

On Friday last the Linden Fund trust hosted another round of its Linden Media Forum, where Interim Management Committee Chairman Orrin Gordon, presented the topic, “The State of the Linden Community”.Orrin GordonGordon during his presentation posited that Linden was once a beacon in Guyana,China Jerseys Cheap, but unfortunately that is no longer so.He noted that the topic was a very provocative one, that brings out ‘raw emotions of nostalgia,” and sometimes disdain.Gordon highlighted several issues which he said were troubling, including widespread unemployment and underemployment.He posited that Linden is a community where 89 percent of works contracts go to contractors outside of Linden, many of whom bring in their own workers, and materials, and are guilty of substandard and shoddy work.Underscoring his point he alluded to the $200M contract for the laying of pipelines in Block 22, Wismar, where the contractor ‘made a mess’ of it, but yet was awarded other contracts in places such as Amelia’s Ward.Linden contractors were only awarded the smaller contracts, he added.Gordon said that the community is presently between a rock and a hard place because on the one hand contractors outside of the community are getting the cream of the contracts, despite the fact that many of the projects are substandard; while the contractors in Linden who receive the smaller contracts sporadically, are also guilty of some amount of substandard? work because more often than not, they try to maximize on the profits on the projects , because they are awarded contracts so few and far in between.Colossal evilHe emphasized that many of the social ills the community suffers,Cheap NFL Jerseys, spiral out of prevalent and grinding poverty- which he called ‘a colossal evil’, and added that less than 40 percent of the population lived in the ‘comfort Zone”.The IMC Chairman said that “we need ‘new money’ coming into the community.”According to Gordon a lot of money passes through the town- about US $10M on a weekly basis, and that is just from logging and gold mining.He noted that the Gross Domestic Product of the Town is around US$900, which is less than 50 percent of the national average.Gordon in highlighting the sad state of the local economy, pointed out that the community is often maligned to donor agencies, hence the dearth of opportunities available.He posited that instead of Linden being a transshipment point,Cheap China Jerseys, it should be a destination, where commuters from interior locations could come and conduct business, and where a shuttle system could be effected that would benefit the bus operators from places such as Mahdia and Lethem, as well as those from Linden.“After four years, a Board cannot be established for LEAP’s successor LEN. This is a travesty. President Ramotar had promised to install a Board over a year ago, but to date nothing has been done.”Gordon highlighted several other issues, including garbage collection and disposal, flooding and erosion and issues relating to the environment generally.He asserted that in the past, the sanitation of the town was ‘revered’- one of the best- as there was order and regularity in collection and disposal of refuse, and vector control was also done frequently.The present plight of the cash-strapped municipality was also emphasized, with Gordon pointing out that only sixty percent of property owners are paying rates and taxes.He added that of the 40 percent, many, like those residents in Amelia’s Ward and Block 22, are not even on the tax roll. Gordon said that because of the limited revenues garnered,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, there was only so much that the Council could do,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, considering that rates and taxes account for only $20M of its revenue, when employees’ wages double that amount.In reference to the media forum,Wholesale Jerseys China, Gordon posited that it was long overdue; as “such conversations are important in every aspect of our lives.” He however expressed the hope that the sessions would not just be ‘talk shops’ but forums where problems could be highlighted and suggestions made for the implementation of solutions.After the almost hour long presentation, members of the media were afforded the opportunity to ask questions.Most of the questions centered on environmental issues, and lands allocation.The Linden media forum is a component of the broader based Linden Community Forum, which is expected to promote and facilitate dialogue and community participation for the development of Linden. (Enid Joaquin)

Five lucky persons walked away with US$2010 each when the Money Gram “US$2,010 for 2010” Christmas Promotion culminated last Wednesday.From left: CEO Deo Persaud with winners of the 2010 promotion The winners were Damion Hinds of 195 Norton Street,Wholesale NHL Jerseys, Parbati Tickapersaud of Blairmont,Jerseys NFL Cheap, Tiffany Griffith of 548 Determa St. Linden and Lyndell Black of 11 Somerset Court.Chief Executive Officer of Neal and Massy Group Guyana,China Adidas Hockey Jerseys, Deo Persaud,Wholesale MLB Jerseys, said the promotion dealt with sharing with customers and the wider community at large.The winnings could not have come at a better time for one of the winners,Wholesale Hockey Jerseys 2018, Lyndell Black,Wholesale Jerseys USA, a resident of St. Lucia and a Lecturer at the University of Guyana, who plans to donate a percentage of her winnings to the Haiti fund.The Neal and Massey CEO expressed his gratitude to the winners and added that in the whole Guyanese have shown their hospitality toward Haiti very positively and the Neal & Massy Group will also play its part.