Recently recruited Chief Executive Officer of the Alliance For Change, Peter Ramsaroop,Cheap Jerseys China, yesterday slammed the recently released International Monetary Fund (IMF) report on Guyana.According to Ramsaroop, the unknown source that came to Guyana to prepare the report basically took the Finance Minister’s 2009 Budget presentation and “turned it into his report.”The economist who has been recruited by the AFC said that what the IMF did not address was Guyana’s excessive tax system, the narcotics economy, development issues and job creation, among others.He said that in the report was the 3.1 per cent economic growth, but refrained from what was the facts, that bauxite was down by seven per cent,Wholesale Jerseys, “diamond was down…forestry was down.”According to the AFC CEO, his party disagreed with the International Monetary Fund’s report calling for more data on how the body realized the report. According to Ramsaroop, the IMF also needs to address some other issues that did not form part of the report.Leader of the party, Raphael Trotman, added that the IMF also should speak with the AFC given that when teams from financial institutions travel to Guyana they hold meetings with a selected few. “That is disappointing in that, there are other points of view that need to be heard and taken into account before preparing such reports.”He also drew comparison to the IMF outlook as against the Economic Intelligence Unit’s on Guyana, which paints a completely different picture on what is taking place in the Guyana economy.The party’s Vice Chairperson,cheap nfl jerseys, Sheila Holder, who was also at the press briefing, took the opportunity to point out that there was no resident representative for the IMF in Guyana – who would be more hands on and au fait with the issues.The IMF report for 2008 on Guyana had stated that despite external shocks and social pressures, macroeconomic stability was preserved in 2008.The report pointed out that higher growth is projected for 2009, with a recovery in sugar output expected to offset a slowdown in the other sectors of the economy.Guyana’s first quarter sugar production has already met a shortfall of some 6,000 tonnes.The report also pointed out that lower oil import prices would compensate for a decline in commodity export prices in 2009, but locally,Cheap NFL Jerseys Supply, gasoline prices have recommenced a marginal upward trend forcing at least one minibus association to threaten an increase in fares.The report did point out that Guyana still faces other significant challenges, including lower worker remittances in 2009 and preferential sugar export prices in the years ahead.According to the report,Wholesale NBA Jerseys, its Executive Directors noted that, by implementing prudent fiscal and monetary policies,Wholesale Soccer Jerseys, the Guyanese authorities had maintained macroeconomic stability in 2008, despite external shocks and social pressures.Its directors observed that direct spillovers from the global financial crisis on the banking system have so far been limited and the banks remain well capitalized and profitable, and the financial system is sound.

Marital Dispute ends in stabbingEdward Dash in the GPHC nursing his wounds. In the early hours of yesterday morning, the quiet village of Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara, was shaken by what the residents of the area described as an attempted murder. Exactly what transpired in the house at Lot 17 Young Street, Den Amstel is uncertain, but at present Edward Dash, 37, and his wife of eight years, Dawn Dash, 36, are both lying in the wards of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) nursing stab wounds about the body, which each of them saying the wounds were inflicted by the other.Edward Dash,NFL Jerseys China, who is a miner and works in the interior,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, said that the night before his wife’s phone rang and she answered it. He asked her how come her phone was always ringing.He claimed that she was to go to Barbados with some other man, who is said to be a friend of her family. Residents of the area told this newspaper that she had already purchased an airline ticket to Barbados.Edward said that he had no problem with her leaving,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, as they were married but not really in a relationship since they had an argument some time in August.Dawn, who is a member of the Special Constabulary,Cheap Jerseys From China, affirmed that they had an argument, and said that they had not been intimate since they had that argument. During that argument she said that he had hit her. She added that she had lodged a report at the Den Amstel Police Station.The miner maintained that he did not care if she left, but said that he had only requested that she return his seven-year-old son, Edward ‘Junior’ Dash, who was living with her (Dawn) brother in Sophia. Dawn also has two other children, aged 15 and 17, from a previous relationship. They are said to be living in Linden with members of Dawn’s family.Dawn explained that she sent their son to live with her brother in Sophia, because Edward is often in the bush working and as such could not be there to take care of the little boy. She said that her husband knew where their son was and even accompanied her when she had initially taken him there.She added that she had never prevented Edward from seeing his son.“I tell she fuh just leff de little boy and mek yuh heights. I tell she I gun tek care of he and she could leave. I ain’t got no problems,” said Edward.Edward said that when she began to stab him, he knew that she wanted to kill him. After being stabbed, Edward said that he lost consciousness. He added that she had stabbed herself, so as to throw the blame away from herself and to him.He added that once he had lost consciousness, she placed the knife in his hands, after she had stabbed herself about the body.“She had fuh put it (knife) in me hands. When I de drop down I didn’t holding no knife,” Edward said. He continued to say that once she had finished inflicting wounds on herself, and placing the knife in his hands, she lay down and played dead till the police had arrived on the scene.Dawn told a different story. She claimed that she was talking on her mobile phone to a friend in Barbados. She noted that she had never been unfaithful to her husband.She left the room they were in, still talking on the phone, and Edward followed her and began to hit her about the head with a hammer.She said that she cried out for murder and screamed for help.She said that she fell to the ground, and her husband went into the kitchen and returned with a kitchen knife and began to stab her all about the body. She said that she played dead on the floor, adding that she is sure that if she had not played dead, she is sure that her husband would have killed her.Dawn said that despite the fact that she was playing dead on the floor, she maintains that she was conscious throughout the entire ordeal. “I jus lie down, and play like I dead. If I nah do dah, I sure he woulda kill me,” said Dawn.Dawn said she received approximately 22 stab wounds about her body,Wholesale Jerseys, including two to her neck and numerous others to her stomach and back. She noted that she received multiple wounds to her head, inflicted by her husband with a hammer. Despite his reports, she said that she never stabbed him. The wounds to his chest, she said, he inflicted on himself, after he had stabbed her, and she had played dead on the floor.When the police arrived on the scene, they were forced to break into the house, which was locked up and had grilled windows.The couple’s neighbours and friends, in Den Amstel, described Dawn as ‘a lawless big woman.’ Edward’s relatives, who were present at the hospital,Jerseys NFL China, added that Dawn wants to be with Edward when he h

Police are trying to trace the owner of a .38 revolver that was found on a former member of the Guyana Defence Force around 22:40 hrs on Friday.According to reports,Cheap Jerseys, police ranks were on patrol in the vicinity of Meadowbrook Gardens when they observed the ex-solder standing by a lamp-post and acting in a suspicious manner.The suspect was searched and the unloaded .38 revolver was found in his underpants.He was detained and is to appear in court this week.

The police have arrested two men for allegedly harbouring notorious Agricola gang member, Jermaine ‘Skinny’ Charles, who escaped from the Sparendaam Police Station on Wednesday.The men, Rawlwyn Evans and Shawn George, are suspected to have provided a haven for Charles, who is charged with multiple murders including those of five Kaieteur News pressmen.Evans is the brother of? murder accused Quincy Evans, who is charged with Skinny for a series of murders.They are suspected to have kept him at their home at 111 Third Street Agricola, East Bank Demerara in the wake of his escape.The suspects were questioned yesterday at CID headquarters, Eve Leary and subsequently taken to the Brickdam Police Station for further questioning and detention.Unconfirmed reports state that Charles’s reputed wife was also arrested yesterday for questioning. Charles remains at large and investigations are ongoing.Charles escaped through a hole in floor of the lockups some time between midday and 16:00 hours on Wednesday after appearing in the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court for the preliminary inquiry into the death of former Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh, his two siblings, Pulmattie Persaud and Rajpat Sawh, and security guard Curtis Robinson.Charles and his accomplices,Wholesale Football Jerseys, Dwight Da Silva and Quincy Evans, are charged with the murder of Kaieteur News pressmen Mark Mikoo, Chetram ‘Boyo’ Persaud,NFL Jerseys China, Richard Stewart, Eion Wegman and Shazim Mohamed at the Kaieteur News printery at Eccles,cheap nfl jerseys, East Bank Demerara on August 8, 2006.They reportedly pounced on the five pressmen at about 22:10hrs and allegedly shot each in the head before making good their escape. They were later arrested at a hotel on South Road.Charles is also charged with the murders of Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh, his two siblings, Pulmattie Persaud and Rajpat Sawh, and security guard Curtis Robinson.It is alleged that on April 22, Charles murdered the four persons at the Minister’s home at La Bonne Intention,Authentic Jerseys From China, East Coast Demerara.The charge surprised many since the police had issued bulletins for several suspects for the murders and Charles was not one of them. Charles was adamant that he did not commit that murder. He had even cried on the day the charge was read to him.Charles is also accused of murdering Bagotstown businessman Wordsworth Grey who was shot dead on the night of the Kaieteur News execution-style killings.On that charge he is jointly charged with Delwyn Carrington, ‘Nasty Man’,NFL Jerseys Supply, Dwight Da Silva and Quincy Evans.Charles and John are charged along with another accused, Devon Cambridge, who is now deceased, on a robbery under arms charge.Charles and DaSilva are jointly charged with the murder of Bagotstown businessman, Barbot Paul.He is also charged with the shooting to death of Guyana Defence Force private Gilford Henry.Charles is also charged with the murder of 12-year-old Kevin Brown, who was shot while exiting a bathroom at his stepfather’s McDoom home.It is alleged that two men shot Paul in his head, chest and right side on August 6, 2006.Charles is further charged with the murder of 23-year-old Devon Charles,Cheap Stitched Jerseys, who was killed on January 23, 2005.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) coast guard rescued a fishing boat and its five crew members on Friday after receiving reports at the Rosignol Police Station at 14.45 hrs.According to the Agriculture Ministry, reports began circulating Friday morning about a missing fishing boat from the Rosignol area. Indeed,Cheap Jerseys NFL China, the Fisheries Department of the Ministry of Agriculture received a formal report from the owner of a fishing boat about 15.15 hours the same day that he had lost contact with his crew and boat.The owner reported that the boat with five crew members left on June 7,Wholesale Jerseys China, last at 6.00 hours and was expected back at 19.00 hours the same day. However,China Jerseys, the boat and its crew did not return at the expected time and he had not heard from them.At 7.00 hrs on June 8,Cheap Jerseys Paypal, another boat with a crew went in search of the missing boat and crew. The search boat returned at approximately 14.30 hours on Friday,Wholesale Jerseys 2017, and reported that they found no signs of the missing vessel.A report was lodged at the Rosignol Police Station at 14.45 hours and with the Fisheries Department at about 15.15 Friday afternoon. The Fisheries Department immediately contacted the GDF Coast Guard.However,Cheap Jerseys, the fear that the crew was attacked by piracy was allayed when the boat was located around 16.45 hours with its crew intact and unharmed. It turned out that the boat was not attacked by pirates, but had experienced engine trouble. The boat was assisted back by another vessel from the Rosignol Fisherman’s Cooperative Society.

Though the duration of his suspension is uncertain,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, a check at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s CourtMagistrate Alex Mooreyesterday revealed that the responsibilities of controversial Magistrate, Alex Moore, had been transferred to Magistrate Sueanna Lovell.Magistrate Lovell normally presides over the Mahaica and Mahaicony Magistrates’ Courts. Sparendaam has been added to her plate since Moore, who had been sitting there, was suspended by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).Lovell yesterday continued with Moore’s quota of work and has set dates for the continuation of matters. She also heard new cases. Moore’s workload will be shared by Magistrate Zamina Alli,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, who is assigned to Cove ‘n John and Vigilance Magistrates’ Courts.Yesterday, the Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) said that it is concerned about the impropriety perpetrated against businesswoman Seerojanie Singh, allegedly by Magistrate Moore during the hearing of a case on November 12, last, at the Sparendaam Court.Singh, who resides and operates her business at Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara, told Kaieteur News that she appeared before Moore after being cross charged with a man for using abusive language.The woman explained that the case against her was dismissed and as the matter against the man continued to be heard, the Magistrate, with the file before him, confronted her about each of the alleged abusive words which stemmed from the encounter.She explained that he questioned both the defendants about the documented profanities and degrading demand for sexual favours.The IAC,Authentic Adidas Hockey Jerseys China, in response, has condemned “the acts allegedly perpetrated by those who are supposed to protect against such actions. It becomes worrisome when those tasked with such responsibility would allegedly indulge in such inhumane behaviour.”This,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, the IAC opined, can only lead to an intensification of the erosion of trust in some who are so charged with the responsibility to protect and serve.Such an act, the committee said,Jerseys NFL Cheap, must not be allowed to go unnoticed. The organisation has therefore called on the relevant authorities to leave no stone unturned in determining the truth. More so, the IAC urged swift and thorough investigations into this horrific incident.The IAC said it remains adamant that the right to due process by every citizen must be observed by those entrusted with such responsibility and issued a call on civil society to emphasise same.By way of complaint, the businesswoman approached the Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, and wrote to the Chancellor of the Judiciary as well as to Ombudsman,Wholesale China Jerseys, Justice Winston Moore.The JSC suspended the Magistrate, to investigate allegations of inappropriate behaviour made by the East Coast Demerara businesswoman. He will be afforded a hearing with the JSC.The decision to suspend him was taken last Friday and took immediate effect.