– “There are a lot of loopholes in the story being told”- police sourceInvestigators probing the multi-million-dollar robbery which occurred outside the Bourda Post Office, last Wednesday, are confident that they are on the right path in solving this case.The Bourda Post Office, where the robbery took place.They also believe that they have their eyes on the “right set of people.”Kaieteur News was told that investigators are working with information that the robbery might have been a conspiracy between a group of people known to the Guyana Police Force.A senior investigator said on Friday that the heist may have been planned a few hours before the actual attack was carried out.He also confirmed that the police escort remains under close arrest while the driver attached to the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) is in police custody.The two individuals were allegedly dumped on Cemetery Road along with the Post Office van. This was after three armed men jumped into the van while it was outside the Bourda Post Office and drove off with the money,Supply Cheap Jerseys, police escort and the driver.The cop was allegedly relieved of his rifle.The incident occurred as unsuspecting pensioners were lined up waiting for their monthly allowance.Yesterday, the police source said that they believed that while the three gunmen jumped into the van and escaped, there might have been other suspects around the area.“There were people in the line informing the suspects when to approach and we are sure of that. We are getting information that a call was made by a known individual, and this was seconds before the bandits carried out their brazen attack,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping,” the source said.He added, “This is a strange robbery. No one made any sounds. No one saw any weapons. This thing happened and a man, who was standing right next to the vehicle,Cheap Jerseys Authentic, didn’t know it was a robbery. There are a lot of loopholes in the story being told.”The police in a release said that three men armed with handguns held up a police escort and the driver of a GPOC motor vehicle.According to the police, they were in the vehicle outside the Bourda Post Office located on Regent Street, while in the process of delivering money to the entity.“The perpetrators took away the policeman’s G3 rifle with 20 rounds and then entered the vehicle and forced the driver to drive away, with the police rank inside,” the police stated.The men,cheap nfl jerseys sale, the police said,Wholesale China Jerseys, abandoned the vehicle along Cemetery Road, Georgetown and took away $90M that was in the vehicle and escaped, along with the policeman’s firearm.At the scene on Wednesday, two street dwellers said that they noticed two well dressed men standing on the northern side of Regent Street.The eyewitnesses said that another was in the line standing among the pensioners who were waiting to collect their cash.“The two was over there watching over. After,Cheap NFL Jerseys, the bus pull up and the escort and the money man carry in the two bag” one of the eyewitnesses said, it was then that the bandits pounced.They said the bus driver had left his door open and the well dressed bandit came and stood by the bus. Shortly after, the accomplice jumped in the passenger seat and the well dressed bandit hopped into the driver’s seat and drove off.The eyewitnesses told this publication that the third bandit hopped into the bus and they sped off through Orange Walk, Bourda.Divisional Commander, Clifton Hicken could not be reached for a comment yesterday.

Shot: Yadram Rooney called ‘Don’…shooting victim awaits surgery“I think we need justice. Number one,Cheap Jerseys, we don’t know the person name who shoot him. They are just saying he is an inspector. I don’t know if he is still in the lock-ups because I saw him yesterday in the police vehicle.“They bring him back and show him where the incident happened,” said Diana Khan, the sister of Yadram Rooney, 30, called ‘Don’ of Lot 364 #2 Village, East Canje,Cheap Jerseys From China, Berbice, who was shot.The family wants a thorough investigation into the unlawful manner in which Rooney was shot, allegedly under the orders of his former boss, Zameer Salahdin.The owner of Energy Plus Gas Station at Chateau Margot,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, East Coast Demerara had initially accused Rooney of embezzling $7M.Rooney’s sister added that the gas station owner then changed that figure to $800,000 on Tuesday evening.“I can’t see you want kill a man for $800,000. If you know he stole the money, why is it that they didn’t come and make a report at the station? Why are you determined to shoot a man?”Khan stated that the family suspects something. “I think from my point of view,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, the boss paying from (name given) come right down. Because I can’t see if a man do a crime, he [the boss man] go in the lock-up at 8pm on Tuesday night. Nine o’clock I was at the station on Wednesday and he was out driving the car. He drive out of the station. I saw him with my two eyes. I even speak with him,” she said.The families said that the gas station owner should have gone to the Central Police Station and made a report before taking matters into his own hands and bringing policemen to shoot their relative.The Rooneys will be contacting the Police Complaints Authority.His sister said that the family has made several attempts to recover Rooney’s cell phone,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, I.D. Card, ATM Bank Card and an undisclosed sum of cash that Rooney had on his person during the confrontation with the men on Tuesday.They said that the police have refused to release the property. “They said that they can’t give it to us.”Khan refuted newspaper reports that stated that her brother attacked the men with a piece of wood. She said that they [the men] took the wood and pushed it under his back to lift Rooney up to drag him out of the yard.His mother, Monica Rooney, was present at the scene and said that she preferred to see her son to die in front of her than the men to take him to East Coast Demerara where she believed they would have killed him.On Tuesday last, about 18:35 hrs, a police Inspector attached to the Tactical Services Unit (TSU), along with the gas-station owner and the driver of a fully-tinted vehicle that had the words ‘Full Alliance’ and ‘Boss man’, pounced upon Rooney in the vicinity of his home, near to the Fort Ordnance Primary School, where a confrontation ensued.The Inspector discharged his weapon, hitting Rooney in the vicinity of his left armpit. Rooney had to be immediately taken to the New Amsterdam Hospital for medical attention.The Inspector is based on the East Coast of Demerara and he travelled to Berbice under the orders of the gas station owner to confront Rooney about stolen cash. Rooney had been working at Energy Plus for over three years.Rooney was transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital on Thursday due to his worsening condition.Up to press time,Cheap Jerseys Store, Rooney was still to undergo surgery to remove two bullets from his body.

The Prosecution in the case against 18-year-old Kevin Simon is seeking the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) following strong representation by attorney at law Nigel Hughes.Simon is the young man who was initially charged with provoking a breach of the peace, to wit, showing his middle finger to President Bharrat Jagdeo’s passing convoy on August 8.Kevin SimonWhen the matter was called again yesterday at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Judy Latchman, a new charge was read to Simon,Cheap Adidas Hockey Jerseys, this time substituting the allegations against the President for one against an Inspector of the Presidential Guard.Hughes objected to the young man having to plead to the new charge, arguing that he had already pleaded not guilty to the previous charge.This was put to the Police Prosecutor in the matter,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, who requested time to seek the advice of the DPP.Simon was initially remanded to prison twice when the previous charge was read to him. However he managed to secure bail in the High Court in the sum of $5000.Yesterday his lawyer approached the court for him to be sent on self bail and the Prosecutor had no objection.The matter was then put down for October 11 at the same court.Simon, of South Ruimveldt, is accused of making the obscene gesture while travelling in a truck on the main East Coast Highway.The young man, a porter on a water delivery truck,Cheap Jerseys Outlet, is on the other hand contending that he was merely hanging his hand against the breeze when he was accused of the act.He was detained at the Sparendaam Police Station for an entire day and night before being taken to court.The matter has attracted countrywide attention,Wholesale Jerseys From China, with even President Jagdeo stating that he was unaware that the young man was actually charged.In fact the president had pointed out that it should have been the driver of the Canter Truck in which Simon was travelling,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, facing the court.Incidentally,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, the driver was charged for failing to adhere to the Presidential convoy’s siren.

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AFC Presidential Candidate, Khemraj Ramjattan(This is the second in a series of articles featuring Presidential Candidates of the main political parties ahead of this year’s general elections. This week, the Alliance for Change’s Khemraj Ramjattan makes startling revelations of inner workings of the ruling PPP, from which he was ousted, and how he plans to bring about change in Guyana if elected.) When the Alliance for Change (AFC) emerged as a political party with progressive thinkers Raphael Trotman and Khemraj Ramjattan, many hailed it as the Third Force to raise Guyana out of decades of political morass, characterised by hostile politics and a continuing racial divide that stifled real development.It achieved a feat that is unheard of in Caribbean politics. Within just seven months of its formation, the AFC faced the electorate, and a whopping 28,000 votes came in.“It was fantastic,” Ramjattan says, the excitement was as fresh as when the results were announced in August 2006.Ramjattan had become an outspoken advocate for change within the corridors of Freedom House, which housed the ideologues of Marxism, Leninism and Communism of the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP).Trotman, touted as one of the bright stars that could reverse the fading fortunes of the People’s National Congress and do away with its old style of politics, was disenchanted when his ideas fizzled into thin air.A propitious meeting in Helsinki, Finland organised by the World Bank, to which Ramjattan, Trotman, and Working People’s Alliance Parliamentarian Sheila Holder were invited, proved to be just the platform they needed to discuss the idea of a brand new movement that would be distinctly different from the PPP and PNC, which would seek support from ethnic bases and preach reconciliation and harmony.The trio returned to Guyana after the conference, and had discussions with others who were excited about the birth of a new political entity.What shocked Ramjattan the most was the sheer number of Guyanese businessmen who were ready to support the idea and dole out the cash to get the movement on the road.The idea now developed, Ramjattan and Trotman, together with Holder, were determined to do away with the racial politics that have dominated Guyana since 1955 when two factions of the PPP developed, with Afro Guyanese supporting Forbes Burnham and Indo Guyanese supporting Dr Cheddi Jagan.Ramjattan and Trotman decided that they could best erase the ethnic sensitivities by choosing to rotate who would be presidential candidate, and to even split terms as president, if the AFC were elected to the seat of government.The way it would work is that no one candidate would always run for the presidency, but that the party would put up a candidate from a different ethnicity (from the dominant Indo and Afro Guyanese population) at every election.As a result, Trotman ran for the Presidency in 2006 and now its Ramjattan’s turn.“When we made the arrangement we had indicated as a method to take care of ethnic challenge, the ethnic fears and the ethnic insecurities.”If they were to win the seat of government, one of them would be president for the first half of the term, and the other the second half. The same principle would apply if they were to lead the opposition and they had to decide on an opposition leader.“If Burnham and Jagan had worked out a rotational principle they could have led the country and not cause the divisiveness of the Burnham and Jagan factions.”But this time around, Trotman is not Ramjattan’s running mate. Trotman decided to forego his Prime Ministerial nomination to make way for a woman, Sheila Holder.Listening attentively at a community meeting“It was very magnanimous on his part,” Ramjattan says of Trotman’s move.Many see it as a sort of downward slide for the AFC, given that the seats which the AFC earned in the National Assembly were primarily because of Afro-Guyanese votes – mainly because of Trotman as the Presidential Candidate. Ramjattan finds that argument “fallacious.”“I am very confident that it was the concept of new party and the principles that we stood for that got the votes; it was not personality,” Ramjattan asserts.But he admits that the AFC did not get a sizeable amount of Indo Guyanese votes, mainly because, the PPP “scandalised” the AFC as just another PNC, and so a lot of the disenchanted PPP Indo Guyanese supporters chose not to vote for the AFC but to stay home.Ramjattan sees evidence of this in the fact that the PPP received 50,000 less votes in 2006 than it did in 2001.This time around, Ramjattan is confident that the AFC will attract more Indo Guyanese votes, and if the AFC does not win the seat of government,Cheap Jerseys China, at least it will cut down the majority the PPP has.More than anyone else in the AFC, and perhaps no one in other political parties, has faced the constant attacks of the PPP than Ramjattan. He has eve

By Leonard GildarieOver the last week or so, the debate has been raging over the current lumber shortage and what measures should be taken in the short, medium and long term to address some of the key issues affecting the logging business.The outcome, if the current suggested measures by the stakeholders are adopted, will have far-reaching consequences on the way homes are built in Guyana.But before we delve into that, readers as normal would have been asking questions about one issue or the other.One city resident has a small shop in the midst of Georgetown. He wants to sell beers and other alcoholic beverages, but was unclear on the procedure. He has called several different departments, but no clear answers were given.I managed to grab hold of the very helpful Royston King, Public Relations Officer of the Mayor and City Councillors of Georgetown (M&CC).If the businessman wants to sell liquor with no consumption at the business place, he will just have to apply for the licence at the Guyana Revenue Authority. However, once there are intentions to have drinkers at a few tables,Wholesale China Jerseys, there is the need for toilets and other considerations.The businessman will have to apply at the M&CC, along with a plan showing the additions of the toilet(s) and other renovations.According to King, the M&CC’s involvement is purely from a sanitation and health perspective.The actual licence will, however, have to come from the competent authorities, in this case, most likely the GRA.There is a move now to reduce the usage of current popular species of lumber to lesser used ones.Another reader living overseas wondered how long it will take for a certificate of title to be issued. From my information,Cheap NFL Jerseys, the Housing Ministry has put measures in place to fast-track the titles of land allottees who have applied for a mortgage. This may take up to a month.In the case of others, who are not taking a mortgage, the process may be between three to six months. That is according to my information.Now back to the business at hand.There were two meetings over the last week to address the lumber shortage with some loggers and sawmillers claiming that the shortage was a perceived one.However,China NFL Jerseys, players in the industry including loggers, the Guyana Forestry Commission, architects, contractors and sawmillers among others,Wholesale Jerseys, are now tasked to come up with ways to prevent the situation recurring.To be frank, I think it is a stupid problem to have trees here and there is a shortage of lumber.However, this article wants to examine a little more closely the suggestions on the table that will affect the industry.The first glaring one is the increased usage of woods other than the popular ones. Traditionally, Guyana has been accustomed to using greenheart, kabakalli,Wholesale Jerseys, purpleheart, mora and wallaba, as well as several others.But these woods are fast depleting and just not readily available anymore. Because many contractors are just not aware of the options of using other woods, and the fact that sawmills and lumberyards don’t stock these so-called lesser used woods, the idea has fizzled. Maybe, also, there were suspicions and little confidence in some of the woods. It was suggested that a comprehensive television and media educating campaign be launched.GFC says research has found many woods to be ideal for certain applications. Some woods are right for indoors while some are not. I heard an interesting story of Barbadians loving the purpleheart. Now, if you know purpleheart, it would be considered almost a sin to paint it. It has to be stained or protected with a sealant at the very least. Painting it is like hand-painting your new car.Bajans do that. The wood is in high demand there because contractors demand that. There is an urgent need to re-educate the contractors who unfortunately, though invited, were not at the meeting on Friday.Then there was the suggestion to have homes in standard sizes like 30, 40 or 50 feet in length. I am not sure how this will go down on the populace who want to build a home that for argument sake is 34 feet in width. But the arguments for justifying this stance are solid. Your contractor would go to a particular lumberyard and sawmill and order 16 feet, 19 feet and some other uneven numbers in wood.The folks are saying that government should adopt a policy of standard sizes and different grades of wood. While the consumer will pay a little more, it will reduce wastage from the end of the sawmills and lumberyards,Cheap Wholesale Jerseys, and probably bring the price down because of this.Standard size of wood has been a prac

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