“Scrap Iron Dealers have been stealing important assets and converting them to their own use,” said Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali when he commented on the challenges faced in the quest to improve the sewerage system.According to Ali, these persons have been making a handsome profit from the items that are crucial to the upkeep of the system. And it has been observed that the theft has been widening in its scope, he added.“We have written on this matter extensively but it is widening…They are stealing our galvanised pipes that protect the connections in the distribution network and they are now stealing air valves.”“We can’t put a security at every air valve but these are important components to keep the system working.”According to the Minister,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, the misuse of the system because restaurants are not implementing grease traps, the abuse of citizens who dump of garbage into manholes are all challenges that are faced by the water sector.Efforts will be made to have regulations in force to ensure that they are enforced in the coming year.But in order for any preventative plan to work Ali said that the involvement of the citizens is very essential as they would be instrumental in reporting any illegal acts.“People need to protect these assets that are there for the benefit of the communities.” And to boost the anticipated citizens’ cooperation, the Minister disclosed that plans are afoot to battle the challenge with even more vigilance on the ground.He said that next year the Guyana Water Incorporated a pilot plan that will see the formulation of a Community Rangers Programme,Wholesale NFL Jerseys Online, which will be streamed through the various Neighbourhood Democratic Councils.The programme he said is geared at addressing issues of tampering,NFL Jerseys Cheap, theft, wastage of water among other issues that have plagued the sector over the past year.Minister Ali had said that failure to adhere to the GWI call for the use of grease traps is likely to see at least five major businesses in the city being taken before the courts.An additional 20 medium to small-scale businesses could experience a similar fate,Wholesale Jerseys China, he had disclosed.The move to the courts, he said, comes as part of the water company’s enforcement efforts to ensure that restaurants and other similar businesses in the quest to preserve the sewerage system in the city use grease traps.A number of defaulting businesses were identified earlier this year and warned about their failure to use grease traps, according to the Minister, a development, which had prompted a public awareness education programme.Following the public awareness period,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Ali disclosed that letters were sent to businesses that continued to default. “Among the number of defaulting businesses that we found a number had taken corrective action…but there are others that haven’t taken heed.”As a result,Jerseys NFL Cheap, he noted that measures have already been put in place to deal with those businesses that have not taken corrective action.

Challenges government to foot medical expensesIt is the opinion of the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is engaged in a “cover-up” rather than an investigation of the brutality to Colwyn Harding.This, the body says it has concluded after an alleged eyewitness of the incident came forward and disclosed that he was asked by some police ranks not to give a statement.Colwyn Harding on his hospital bed yesterdayThe body voiced that it is therefore calling for the appointment of a respected and independent person to investigate all aspects of the matter and for vigorous implementation of all the recommendations such an investigation might produce. Additionally, it is calling for sustained public vigilance over any subsequent proceedings while recommending that the Government assume all costs of medical treatment required for the full recuperation of the young man.The eyewitness, who identified himself as Stephan Joseph Phillips called ‘Muslim,’ told Kaieteur News that he,Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping, along with his 17-year-old son,Wholesale Authentic NFL Jerseys, was detained at the Timehri Police Station from November 14 to 15,Cheap Jerseys Authentic, around the same time Harding was brought to the station.According to the GHRA, the reports of the brutality dealt to the young man extend the perception of a “supposedly disciplined services” being out of control. It said that such efforts at “cover-up” undermine the credibility of the upper echelon of the Guyana Police Force.The body added that the police’s efforts to defend themselves against charges of negligence and laxity in responding to the original allegations of the assault are not convincing. “Police officers allegedly present when the beatings and sexual assault took place apparently took no responsibility to either stop the assault, to assist Harding to get prompt medical attention, nor to report the incident to higher authority,” it said.Describing it as “a belated scramble”, the body pointed out that the investigation by the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) was only prompted by interventions from the press. “In other words,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, extreme physical brutality, an offense which merits years in prison if committed by a civilian – let alone the allegations of sexual assault – was treated as a routine disciplinary incident when involving a police officer.”The GHRA expressed that another reason for the failure to report could be the perception that such reports are unwelcome by superiors. It said that the state of things internally in the GPF, and in the event it is more widespread than it seems, suggest that the institution is beyond internal reform. “Where the vitality and vision for renovation is to come from is unclear, but it seems safe to say that it will not be from within the GPF or the political party sphere,Cheap NFL Jerseys,” the body posited.It added that it deems calls for the resignation of the Commissioner of Police and the Minister of Home Affairs as “understandable” and identified that bodies such as the Police Service Commission and the Police? Association, which should be channels for re-vitalizing the GPF, are moribund.“The only guarantee of re-invigorating the GPF with standards of integrity and professionalism is greater direct public involvement in decision making at all levels of public life.” The body made reference to an attempt, almost a decade ago, to renovate the GPF as an institution, noting that the opportunity was lost when the “watered down” recommendations produced by the Disciplined Services Commission were “kicked into the long grass” by Parliament.With respect to the SWAT team,Jerseys NFL Wholesale China, the Human Rights body posited that here is not where priority should lie but at instilling respect throughout the Force for the Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials and the Minimum Standards for the Treatment of Prisoners. It opined that Senior Police officials and politicians responsible for law and order should regularly and publicly promote and implement these standards.“The total silence by senior authorities on these standards send a signal to lower ranks that use of excessive force is no big thing.” As such it is calling for a process of renovating the leadership of the GPF in a manner which underlines and “ring-fences” professionalism from political party interference.”

Satrohan ‘Andrew’ Mannaru, 21, was on Monday charged with the murder of 14-year-old Indranie ‘Cynthia’ Basdeo.? The man appeared before Magistrate Fabio Azore at the Whim Magistrate’s Court, Tarlogie, Corentyne and was remanded to prison. He is required to return to court on November 1, 2011.Basdeo,Cheap China NFL Jerseys, a high school drop-out,Wholesale NFL Jerseys China, of Lot 74, South Mibicuri, Black Bush Polder, was allegedly stabbed by Mannaru under her left breast on Friday during the Inter- House Sports at the Mibicuri Secondary School.Indranie 'Cynthia' BasdeoHe was said to have been stalking the teenager for weeks and finally got his chance to unleash terror at the school sports. He reportedly confronted her and faced resistance. He allegedly pulled her hair and stabbed her several times.Mannaru then held onto the girl, according to reports, until she bled to a point of no return but was pounced upon by Basdeo’s brother-in-law, Arnold, who managed to wrest the murder weapon from him. The girl died on her way to the New Amsterdam Hospital.According to her father, Mahesh Basdeo,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Outlet, the results of the post mortem conducted by Government Pathologist, Dr. Vivekanand Brijmohan found that the teen died from puncture to the heart and hemorrhage.He chronicled a series of events which drove fear into his family to avoid Mannaru at all costs, since he, on prior occasions, made death threats to the girl and her father. “He [Mannaru] held her on the dam a few weeks ago,Jerseys Cheap, and they took him to the station. He told the policeman he goh bore me and me daughter,” Basdeo told Kaieteur News.He noted that they were forced to take her out of school for fear of her being stalked all over the village by the individual. The family even sent her away to an aunt who resides at #65 Village,China NFL Jerseys, Corentyne, where she stayed for “quite some time”,NFL Jerseys China, but then returned recently to Black Bush.Basdeo said that Mannaru saw his daughter at the Black Bush Mandir and “liked her from then”.He added that the girl had not yet attained the age of consent, but did not rule out the idea that the boy and his daughter could have gotten married once she turned 16. However, this did not go down well with Mannaru.“He ain’t want wait and after the father [Mannaru’s] come and buse me up one day, I told him to forget the idea. Me never talk back to he and he never talk back to us,” Basdeo posited.Basdeo was described by other relatives as “the most beautiful girl who lived in Black Bush Polder”. She will be buried at the #55 Village, Corentyne cemetery at 14:00 hrs, today.

GRA staff help businessmen fleece $150M in taxes – Customs sourceThe recent discovery of forged signatures on a number of Tax Exemption letters at the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) may have uncovered more than $100M in taxes being evaded,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, officials say.Earlier this month,Wholesale China Jerseys, GRA announced that it was investigating two officers after a number of letters granting duty free concessions were found to be forged. The concessions were for All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) and other heavy duty vehicles used in the mining industry.A major scam involving duty free letters for ATVs may have caused GRA to lose millions of dollars in taxes and duties.The tax agency said that the fake signatures were affixed to Remission of Duty Letters (commonly referred to as CG or Tax Exemption letters) used for issuing duty-free concessions for the ATVs and the mining equipment. Under normal circumstances these vehicles would have attracted concessions for eligible applicants.GRA, at the time, also said that it would appear to be more a case of officers being paid in order to avoid complying with the necessary documentary requirements, commonly referred to as ‘expedition’ inducement.However, insiders are insisting that the letters and signatures were not forged, that they are the real things but were granted illegally to importers, mostly city businesses.The ATVs (four wheel motorbikes) are being sold in some cases for as much as $3M. They are used mainly in the mining and agricultural areas in the hinterlands. Farmers and miners are the ones that would have to apply for the tax waivers.They would have to submit approval documents from the relevant agencies and ministries, including the Ministries of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission, among others, to GRA where they will be checked before approval is granted.According to GRA sources, in all likelihood the supporting documents were not submitted and as a result GRA system managed to pick up the scam.It is believed that GRA may have lost as much as $150M in duties and other taxes.Since the investigation started,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, one of the officers implicated has been transferred.Earlier, this month, GRA said the detection was made as part of the routine system of checks and balances in place to prevent such occurrences.The officers were found culpable but denied the allegations. But according to GRA, irrefutable evidence from the records of the Division which facilitates tax exemptions, has implicated them.GRA’s boss, Khurshid Sattaur said that while the agency would never be able to avoid the occurrences, “we can however detect them,NFL Jerseys Authentic China, weed out the corrupt elements and take them to task swiftly.“Fortunately all of these irregular situations leave an audit trail that not only identifies the officers involved, but more importantly, the taxpayer who would have paid the inducement to corrupt the system.”Such acts, GRA pointed out, are typical of the practices engaged by some elements of the private sector, who seek to evade the payment of their fair share of taxes.It noted that this leads to the GRA being accused of being corrupt or harbouring corruption. It is also too early to precisely determine the level of revenues involved, if any.When all the evidence has been gathered, the matter will be placed in the hands of the Guyana Police Force for full investigation,Cheap Hockey Jerseys, GRA said.“I hope and would expect that the guilty parties, both the officers and the businessmen, are charged and placed before the court,” Sattaur had said in the statement.

…and $30,000 fineCity Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday sentenced a father of two to four years imprisonment after she found him guilty on a drug trafficking charge.Jailed: Lloyd SadlooLloyd Sadloo, 34, of Beterverwagting,Wholesale Jerseys Authentic, East Coast Demerara, was held by police with 1.452kg (3.2 lbs) of cannabis sativa (marijuana) in his possession for the purpose of trafficking on October 20, 2015 at Eccles, East Bank Demerara.According to court facts, police ranks attached to the Narcotics Branch of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), were on patrol when they noticed Sadloo and others acting in a suspicious manner while in a car.The ranks ordered the men to stop, but they sped away,Soccer Jerseys From China, which led to a chase by the police along the East Bank Demerara thoroughfare. A mobile MMC Security Service patrol also pursued the men, but the driver lost control causing that vehicle to overturn.Police fired warning shots at the men,Wholesale NFL Jerseys Online, who stopped the vehicle they were travelling in. When the police searched the vehicle the illicit drug was found in a bag on the floor next to where Sadloo was sitting. The men were apprehended and the vehicle impounded.At a court hearing yesterday, in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, Sadloo was called on to lead his defence. He elected to give an unsworn testimony and denied ownership of the drug. He also denied telling police “officer is three pound of weed I just buy”.At this point, Police Prosecutor,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Vishnu Hunt submitted that a prima facie case had been made out against Sadloo. Hunt argued that all elements of the offence were proven, after relying on evidence given by police officers. Hunt pointed out that the prosecution’s evidence was never challenged by the defence.The prosecutor asked the court to rely on the oral statement Sadloo made at the time police busted him with the prohibited substance.At the conclusion of the prosecutor’s submission, the Magistrate adjourned the court for a short while to make her decision. The Magistrate told the court that after revision of the evidence throughout the trial,NFL Jerseys From China, she was satisfied that Sadloo had knowledge of the drug. She said that she was also satisfied that he was in control of the drug and that he possessed it for the purpose of trafficking.As such, she underscored that the court found him guilty as charged for the offence.Having considered all mitigating factors, the quantum of the drug and the need to prevent others from contemplating the offence,NFL Jerseys China, Sadloo was sentenced to four years in jail.In mitigation, he told the court that he has two girl children. He also disclosed that he was convicted before for illegal firearm and ammunition possession.Earlier on during the hearing, Sadloo had begged the Magistrate to make a decision in the case after the jubilee independence celebration. He told Magistrate Latchman that he wanted to experience and be a part of the milestone. (Feona Morrison)