A suspect in the murders of two policemen in the north Pakaraimas area almost two months ago was detained by police during a raid in the area yesterday.The police said that its ranks conducted a raid on a mining camp at Karisparu, North Pakaraimas where they found 176 pieces in Ibigel brand explosives.Also during the search four Brazilians were arrested, one of whom the police had an interest in,China Jerseys Online, in the murder of Police Constables 19510 Marlon Letlow and 21320 Ledon Aaron.Marlon LetlowOnly Friday last Acting Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell in an invited comment said that they are still investigating the matter and were working on new leads.The bodies of the two ranks were found at Paramakatoi, North Pakaraimas,NFL Jerseys Cheap, on October 17, 2012,Jerseys Cheap NFL, after they had left the Kato Police Station on patrol duties on October 14, 2012.Reports are that the men went out on a routine patrol on Sunday October 14th and were returning to the Police Station when they were attacked.Aaron’s remains were found at around 16:00 hours on Wednesday October 17 at Paramakatoi,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, North Pakaraimas,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, a short distance from the crashed All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) that they had left the police station with.His .38 service revolver has not been recovered.Letlow’s remains were found in a clump of bushes several hours later on the same day with his weapon, and a magazine with eight live rounds, close by. His body bore at least two gunshot wounds and other marks of violence.Ledon AaronEight spent shells and one 12 gauge shotgun cartridge were reportedly found at the scene.It is believed that the attack on the police ranks was retaliation from Brazilian miners, whom they had reportedly “shake down”.

– cops still to locate ‘Rebecca’ The reputed wife of Rafeek Mohamed is refuting reports that he was a thief, but says she has no idea how he ended up at Ruby, East Bank Essequibo with a bullet in the head.Rafeek Mohamed, 39, was found on the foreshore on Thursday, December 19, two days after he left his home at Drysdale Street, Charlestown, allegedly to look for a daughter he had not seen in years.He had been shot at close range to the head and pellets retrieved during a postmortem revealed that the injury was inflicted with a shotgun. Relatives positively identified the victim from the tattoo ‘Rebecca,’ that was imprinted on his left forearm. Police were up to yesterday still looking into the slain man’s background for clues to his murder.Some of Mohamed’s neighbours had claimed that he was a thief but the slain man’s spouse,Cheap Soccer Jerseys Wholesale, Chandroutie Sammy, who had initially declined to speak to Kaieteur News, described him as an honest and hardworking individual.“He’s not that type of person; he’s not a thief; he works hard to earn a dollar,” she said.Ms. Sammy and other relatives said that Mohamed sometimes offloaded fishing vessels at the Meadowbank wharf, and the couple would also “walk and sell” clothing.Chandroutie Sammy said that she last saw her spouse around 11:00 hrs last week Tuesday, December 17. It was then that he told her that he was going “somewhere on the West Coast” to look for his 16-year-old daughter from another relationship.Mohamed had tattooed Rebecca’s name on his arm and often spoke about her, though he apparently hadn’t seen her for some time.? Sammy and Mohamed also had three small sons. Ms Sammy said that Mohamed told her and the boys that he was bringing Rebecca home for the holidays.Kaieteur News was told that Mohamed had US$100 and some $30,Jerseys NFL China,000 in local currency in his possession when he left home. “He was happy; he said that he was going to buy a table set for me,” Ms. Sammy said, adding that her husband was also wearing a silver ring and a watch with a green canvas band.The woman reportedly spoke to Mohamed around 11:30 hrs that Tuesday on his cell phone and he told her that he was in a bus heading up West Coast Demerara. However,Wholesale China Jerseys, when she called again, she only received a voicemail, and she failed to reach him for the rest of the day.Sammy said that she became even more worried when Mohamed failed to turn up the following day. However,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, at the time, she was only fearful that her spouse had returned to Rebecca’s mother.The woman said that she contacted a relative who advised her to report her spouse missing. But on Wednesday, December 18,NFL Jerseys China Cheap, Ms. Sammy’s sister told her that a body had been found and that the victim had ‘Rebecca’ tattooed on one arm. “From the time I hear that I know is Ravi,” she said.No money was found on the victim and the ring and watch that he was wearing were also missing.Police said that they have been unable to locate the mysterious daughter ‘Rebecca’ that Mohamed had planned to visit.Mohamed was laid to rest yesterday.

The news of an increase in tuition fees has taken students of the University of Guyana,(UG) by surprise. According to an email disseminated to students by the UG administration department,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, yesterday, the Finance and GeneralThe University of Guyana Turkeyen CampusPurposes Committee of the University had approved an annual five per cent increase in the tuition fees effective for 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 Academic Years.The email stated that the annual tuition fee for the 2016/2017 Academic Year is therefore $168,000 instead of $160,000. The information continued that “the university advises all students that all invoices will be amended accordingly.“The difference, without penalty, becomes due and payable on or before November 15, 2016. The facilities fee remains unchanged,” the email said.Back in 2014, UG had announced a tuition increase, something the administration had wanted to do for some time.The University administration had explained that the tuition hike “has become necessary due to the rising cost of providing quality education not only in Guyana but worldwide.”Additionally the administration has cited inflation as negatively affecting the allocation to the University from the Government, thereby “making the current tuition fees paid by students unsustainable and unrealistic.”It should also be noted that when fees were reinstated in 1994,Wholesale Jerseys From China, it was the understanding that adjustments would have been made to reflect the change in the exchange rates.The university said that the “added revenue will be used to create new academic services and facilities, help hire new faculty and expand and improve programme offerings in general, to improve the quality of services offered by the University.”According to the UG administration, there were only certain programmes where the tuition fees will not be adjusted. However the fee was doubled to almost half the initial amount in some instances.“As it pertains to the continuing students, their fees will be incrementally adjusted from the effective date of 2014.”Therefore according to the Council,NFL Jerseys China, continuing students in the year 2014 saw their old fee of $127,000 increase to $130,Cheap Jerseys Outlet,000 in 2015; it increased further to $145,000 and then to $160,000 this year.Additionally, the council announced that the various miscellaneous fees which were previously paid will be replaced with a Facilities Fee of $50,000.New students (Guyanese) are required to pay $210,000,Sale NFL Jerseys, inclusive of the Facilities Fee for most programmes,” the university had stated.

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