The trial of the five men accused of robbing and terrorizing Land Court Judge, Nicola Pierre and her husband, Mohamed Chand,MLB Jerseys From China, continued yesterday with the prosecution witnesses being cross-examined by Defence Counsel Adrian Thompson.So far, six witnesses have testified in the matter. These are the Land Court Judge and her husband; security guard Ron Peters; Phillip Lewis, who was shot during the incident; Police Constable Kerwin Peters and Assistant Superintendent of Police, (ASP) Simeon Reid.Although the witnesses were grilled by Attorney Thompson, who is representing two of the defendants, Samaroo and Narine, they maintained their stories. Most of the questions directed to the witnesses were based on various identification (ID) parades in which they participated.The first person to take the witness box was Peters, who was the security guard on duty at the home of Pierre and her husband when they were attacked. When the lawyer told Peters that the police told him who to point out on the parade, Peters told the court that he had no help from the police in identifying one of the suspects. He denied the suggestion.Warren McKenzieThe witness explained that he positively identified the number one defendant, Premnauth Samaroo as one of the men who was part of the robbery. Peters agreed with Thompson that the men escaped after the ordeal.Questioned as to how far the men were away from him, Peters replied 80 feet and pointed out an estimated distance to Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul. After this, the lawyer suggested to the victim that he was unable to properly see the men because the place was dark at the time.However, Peters did not agree with this suggestion. He related that there were lights on when the robbery occurred.When the Land Court Judge testified last week, she had told the court that she had done two ID parades via Skype video calls with ASP Reid who is attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).Under cross-examination, she maintained that she had done two ID parades but explained that she was not able to identify anyone on the first parade. On the second ID parade,Cheap China Jerseys, she said, that she pointed out the person holding number one. That individual turned out to be Nicholas Narine,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, the number three accused.When asked by Attorney Thompson if she had ever given a statement to the police with a description of the suspect, the witness replied “yes”. Pierre said that in her statement she described Narine as being of mixed race, not taller that six feet and medium build. She said, too that at the time of the invasion on her home, he was wearing a red and white T-shirt and short pants.Land court judge, Nicola Pierre and her husband Mohammed ChandAt this point,Wholesale Jerseys, Prosecutor Nigel Hughes provided the witness with her statement and instructed her to locate where the description of the man was written. This was subsequently read out aloud to the court.Going through copies of the various statements, Thompson suggested to the witness that she had mistakenly picked out his client on the ID parade. To this, Pierre responded, “I am not mistaken.” In response to an earlier question, the Land Court Judge related that only she,NFL Jerseys Outlet, ASP Reid and the suspects were a part of the ID parades.Pierre’s husband Mohamed Chand was last to take the stand. When questioned by Thompson as to whether he had done an ID parade, the witness replied in the affirmative.According to Chand, he had done two ID parades by the same means as his wife. He explained that he pointed out Narine on the second parade while Millington was picked out on the first.This witness did, however, accept that he did not provide the police with a description of the perpetrators in his statement.Several other witnesses are scheduled to testify when the trial continues today in the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court. These include ASP Reid, who will continue giving evidence. The ASP had started his testimony last Thursday and was scheduled to continue yesterday. However, he was excused by the court to be part of a special investigation.Premnauth Samaroo; Damien Millington, 22 of Lot 118 Caesar Street, Agricola Nicholas Narine, 18, also of Caesar Street Agricola; Anthony David, 28 of 63 Hadfield Street, Stabroek and Warren Mc Kenzie, 22 of Lot 18 Brutus Street, Agricola are jointly facing three charges, two for the offence of robbery under-arms committed on Pierre and her husband and another for the offence of discharging a loaded firearm at security guard, Ron Peters.Pierre, Chand and Peters have so far positively identified four of the defendants (Samaroo, Millington,<a href="http://www.nhljerseych

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Leader of the APNU+AFC coalition, Brigadier David Granger (rtd), and party member Catherine Hughes, promised to review Guyana’s burdensome tax system, if elected to office after the May 11 General and Regional Elections.This, the candidates promised, at a forum hosted by Guyana Women Roundtable (GWR) and Guyana National Youth Council (GNYC),Wholesale Jerseys, at the Theatre Guild Playhouse, Parade Street, Georgetown, where they addressed issues affecting mainly women and youths.The pair was responding to a question posed by a member of the public,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, who wanted them to address the 30 per cent Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax, 16 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT), and heavy import duties for used vehicles which currently oppress tax payers.The coalition’s presidential hopeful explained that his party (APNU), had examined this possibility before,Cheap Basketball Jerseys, and had even teamed up with the Alliance for Change (AFC),China NFL Jerseys, during the “short life” of the tenth Parliament, to propose a reduction for VAT.He added that the proposals were never approved by the executives. “We have made proposals for the raising of the income tax threshold with respect to PAYE, and we have been told by the executive that they would elect a Tax Reform Commission, since 2012/2013.” Granger lamented that the “Tax Reform Commission” is yet to be implemented.Under an APNU+AFC government, Granger assured that a credible Tax Reform Commission would be instituted, and income tax would be increased, thereby decreasing PAYE and reducing VAT. He added, “Both the APNU and AFC have committed to, and are very likely to reduce the tariffs on used vehicles.”Granger explained that he was unable to provide specifics as to the new percentage that the coalition is looking at with respect to VAT and PAYE,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, without consulting his partner. He said, “The coalition only signed the Accord on February 14, and some of these decisions have not yet been addressed”,Cheap Baseball Jerseys, consequently, he refrained from making such an announcement at that time.Hughes, in keeping with the theme of the forum, advocated that under the coalition, there would be the implementation of a tax credit system for employers that are willing to provide in-house day care facilitates for female employees.She explained that the role that women play in this country is very important to her party. Hughes said, “When it comes to the tax system, we’re saying that, for employers, we want to be able to create a facility where a woman does not have to worry about the care of her children.”She went on to address what she referred to as Guyana’s very “archaic banking facilities”, and the need for increasing micro credit financing.“Banking system is not friendly enough to women…” she recalled an incident where she went to the bank to borrow “a very small amount of money”, and had to wait three months before the transaction was completed.To this, Hughes stated, “This is not just Guyana but all over the world. Women have the highest repayment schedule. She explained that in order to face this challenge head on, the diplomatic community and local authorities would have to get involved.

The Ministry of Education is collaborating with the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs to improve sports facilities in the hinterland.Minister within the Ministry of Education, Nicolette Henry, explained that the collaboration is through the Ground Enhancement Project.She said that the project aims to ensure that facilities in the hinterland are functioning effectively so that students and residents in the area can use them. “I have received from the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, a list of over 50 facilities that we intend to support with regard to finances,” Henry said.She added that the enhancement is not only in the area of sports,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, but also for others -recreational and otherwise.Also speaking on the issue was Director of Sport, Christopher Jones,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, who highlighted that even though the government is hoping to establish multi-purpose centres across the country, the hinterland is the first target area and hopefully,Jerseys NFL Wholesale China, this can be effected before the end of the Government’s first term in office.He noted that the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs is currently working with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) to identify and develop the football talent in the hinterland. “Work has already started in terms of identifying those hinterland communities that have the talent, with the view of extracting and exposing them to the nation and the region as well,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping,” Jones said.Jones added that the GFF is looking to see whether or not its international governing body, FIFA,jerseys cheap nfl, is prepared to fund facilities in those outlying areas.Reflecting on his visit to Upper Mazaruni,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Jones stated that the talent in the hinterland is exceptional and at times, surpasses that on the coastland. Jones was accompanying President David Granger on the visit. (GINA)