The piece of land in Moruca from which a single parent was evicted has been transferred to the Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai, according to a document seen by Kaieteur News.Sukhai had sought to distance herself from the land grabbing row at Santa Rosa,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Moruca in the North West District, but an agreement shows that she accepted the land rights for the disputed land.? The dispute surrounds a piece of land, with a house, which Sukhai’s stepfather,Cheap Basketball Jerseys, Leonard Torres,Cheap Stitched MLB Jerseys, was claiming.The house was occupied by one Melanie Torres at the time the dispute arose; the lady has since been evicted.Now, the Torreses are planning to challenge the claim of transfer to Sukhai and are seeking a piece of the land for the young lady to build a house.They hope for an impartial hearing of the case since there is a new Toshao in the village. A public meeting is planned for early next month at which the Torreses plan to let their case be heard.In a document seen by Kaieteur News, Sukhai signed and accepted the land as a “gift” on February 17th, 2012, from her stepfather Leonard Torres. The land measures a quarter of an acre. Strange enough, the witnesses to the transfer agreement signed with a date almost two years earlier than the date the agreement was made.The transfer agreement bears the stamp of the Santa Rosa Village Council with a date of February 16, 2012.On September 16, 2005, the Santa Rosa Village Council granted Melanie Torres permission to have a plot of land at San Jose, Santa Rosa, to build her home. It is the same place, the Village Council noted, where the woman was living for 24 years.The woman had left the area for a short time, and returned,Cheap MLS Jerseys, only to be told that she can no longer live there.The Village Council held a meeting on January 11,Authentic Jerseys Cheap, 2012,Cheap Jerseys Free, and Minister Sukhai had asked Ms. Yvonne Pearson, the then Chairperson of the National Toshaos Council (NTC), to intervene on her behalf since, as Minister of Amerindian Affairs, she could not represent the interest of her father because of the conflict of interest issues that could arise.At that meeting, it was decided that the house and land legally belonged to Leonard Torres, and that there was no record to show that the land was transferred to anyone, previously. This is despite the fact that Melanie Torres has a signed letter by the Village Council showing that she was given permission in 2005 to build a house on the land on which she was living for 24 years previously.There were concerns from the Amerindian People’s Association that the Minister used her powers to intervene in a matter in which she is involved, displaying glaring conflict of interest.The APA claimed that the Minister used her powers, by asking the NTC to intervene, so the case could go in her favour.

The Guyana Defence Force is in the process of dispatching an investigative team, headed by a Lieutenant Colonel and Guyana Police Force ranks to the Cuyuni district to investigate allegations that some rogue soldiers raided the mining operations there and relieved miners of various amounts of raw gold.Chief of Staff Commodore Gary BestThe allegations were carried in an article in the Monday edition of Kaieteur News in which a local miner claimed that five soldiers from the GDF base at Eteringbang carried out the act.The GDF in a press release yesterday stated that it “acknowledges the report in the Kaieteur News dated Monday January 28, 2013. The COS has already started to speak to miners in the area and will dispatch an investigative team headed by a Lieutenant Colonel and Guyana Police Force ranks immediately to the area.”According to the local miner, on Friday last,Supply Authentic NFL Jerseys, the ranks landed at the Julian Ross Landing, Devils’ Hole, Cuyuni and appeared to have one purpose in their minds-—banditry.“They did not come with any police,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, no Immigration, no GGMC personnel,Cheap Jerseys From China,” the miner told Kaieteur News.He said that upon arrival at the landing, the soldiers confronted some small time drug pushers, seizing their drugs,China Jerseys Cheap, which they consumed in the full view of the public.This high seemed to spur the soldiers on to greater heights,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys, for they began harassing persons including women, who voiced their objection to their actions.The miner related that the soldiers became even more determined to carry out their mission, and they managed to force the owner of an all-terrain vehicle to transport them to an area where several Brazilian mining operations are taking place.There they allegedly relieved several camps of raw gold before making their way back to their camp.The local miner yesterday informed this newspaper that he did make contact with Commodore Gary Best and he was assured that no effort would be spared to bring the perpetrators to justice.The GDF in its statement is calling on the mining community to cooperate with its investigators so that it can get to the bottom of the allegations.“The GDF wishes to categorically state that any GDF ranks found culpable of this dastardly act will face the full brunt of Court Martial Proceedings or the Civil Law. Further, the Guyana Defence Force intends to ask for the maximum penalty for anyone found guilty.”The GDF is assuring miners of all nationalities that soldiers are not authorized to conduct any mining operations except with the permission of the Chief Mining Officer.However, the GDF said that no such mining operations are currently authorized.“In this regard the mining community is advised that the Force will not tolerate its ranks committing offences and wishes to assure all miners that there must be no fear of recrimination by anyone in the Force.? Any suggestion of recrimination by any serving rank must also be reported and those involved will also face the full brunt of the law.“ This is a very serious matter and it will have the full rigor of our investigations,NFL Jerseys Cheap Wholesale,” the army statement said, adding that the GDF is committed to making the mining community a safe zone so our citizens and international investors can ply their trade peacefully.”