The five men accused of kidnapping a prominent Mahaicony rice farmer and a pump attendant were charged with two counts of kidnapping and have been remanded to prison until September 14.Appearing before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court, the five, 49-year-old Roger Persaud called ‘One Hand’, Denwick Booker also known as Gary Booker,Cheap Jerseys Paypal, 29,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Michael Payne, 35, Suresh Hardowar, called ‘Boyo’, 23, and Dwayne Johnson also known as Dwayne King, 18, all of Haslington on the East Coast of Demerara, were not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge.The men were represented by Attorney James Bond.In requesting that reasonable bail be granted, Bond stated that the men were severely beaten by the police. He suggested that the magistrate use her discretion in granting bail, something that she is allowed to do, according to Bond.He said his clients pose no flight risk and can present themselves to the police at anytime. The Prosecutor objected to bail and noted the serious nature of the offence. He cited Section Nine of the Kidnapping Act that states the charge to be a non-bailable offence. The prosecutor said he was unaware of the men being beaten by the police and told the court that Dwayne Johnson was handed over to the police by public-spirited citizens who may have inflicted his injuries.The Magistrate denied bail and transferred the matter to the Mahaicony Magistrate’s Court.In light of the alleged beatings the men received by the police,NFL Jerseys Cheap, the men’s attorney requested that his clients receive urgent medical attention. The magistrate told the attorney that such a decision should be made by medical personnel at the prison.The five shabbily-dressed men appeared in court under heavy security and to a packed courtroom.It is alleged that on September 9, the five men kidnapped Mahaicony rice farmer, Parsram Ramnarace and Patrick Skeete. The men had demanded $12M for Ramnarace’s release. A call was made to the rice farmer’s brother who notified the police. Police ranks responded quickly and swooped down on the farm that Ramnarace was being held. Two of the men, Roger Persaud called ‘One Hand’ and Suresh Hardowar, were arrested.Following their arrest,Cheap NBA Jerseys China, in the Letter ‘T’ Estate,NFL Jerseys Outlet, Mahaicony/Abary backlands, East Coast Demerara, police were able to round up the three remaining suspects between Wednesday afternoon and early Thursday morning.One of the men was held by villagers with a bag of wet clothes, hours after two of his accomplices were captured.He was handed over to the police after reportedly receiving a sound thrashing.Police in a press release had stated that at about 01:00h Thursday, ranks in the ‘C’ Division,NFL Jerseys From China, East Coast Demerara, arrested the remaining two suspects on the Mahaicony Public Road.Reports reaching Kaieteur News had indicated that the kidnappers snatched attendant Patrick Skeete around 03:00 hours, as he was guarding a pump in the rice field located in the upper Abary Creek. They tied him up and waited, knowing Ramnarace would have arrived at daybreak. The drama then unfolded.

Contractor striving to meet November deadlineThe Black Bush Polder roads in East Berbice, which were supposed to have been completed at the end of 2011, are seeing intense works after the last extension granted to the contractor. BK International,Discount NFL Jerseys, the said contractor, had written to the Ministry of Public Works last November asking for another extension to the April 4 deadline. But this deadline was missed. The new deadline is November this year.The US$6.6M (G$1.3B) project has seen several delays and residents, especially farmers in Black Bush,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, are wondering if ever the road will be completed.Cement shortage and poor weather conditions were cited as excuses for delays to the completion of the project.April 2012 was the new date given to facilitate the installation of 80 pipe culverts, which were not in the initial design, along the 34.5 kilometres (km) of roadway. The project is 60 percent complete and the contractor will likely be on target if the new completion date is November.To date, the contractor has installed 52 pipe culverts,China NBA Jerseys, erected five concrete bridges and paved16.5 km of roadway. Currently, preparation works are ongoing to construct another 14 km.The area is a mainly a farming one, with rice and cash crops the mainstay of many families.During a visit to the region on April 5, President Donald Ramotar and Minister of Works, Robeson Benn toured the Black Bush Polder Road to inspect the ongoing works. Later that day, at a press conference,Wholesale China Jerseys, Ramotar announced that the contractor would not be able to meet the April 4 deadline, but assured “they [the contractors] are working very hard to catch up…and we looked at some areas where remedial works had to be done”. “It (the road) should have been completed yesterday (April 4) — that was the original schedule,Cheap Jerseys Paypal, but I’ve seen they have revised the finishing time for the road to November this year…so I am very optimistic they will finish the extension this November and we hope that this will be a very good road for the people of Black Bush and I will check it back in November”.Benn blamed the inclement weather and a modification in the design of the road on the delays. He added that there had to be a one-metre widening of the road, since considerations were made for passage of trucks.During a visit to the Lesbeholden Polder in Black Bush this past week,China NFL Jerseys, Kaieteur News observed men working on the road. Some machines were parked along the roadway while some were in operation. Sand-filling was being done to some sections, while widening seemed to be in progress on another section.Kaieteur News visited BK International’s Tarlogie Processing Plant on the Corentyne to have some updated information on the road project but Operations Manager Lionel Kandasammy was not in office. Project Manager Julian Archer was also nowhere to be found and several efforts to reach Bridges Engineer Sunil Ganesh, proved futile.