As Government continues its reforms of the gold mining sector, one of the major issues it is dealing with is how to halt the leakages in relation to declarations.File photo: GGMC officials and police a few years ago in a controlled exercise in a Brazilian mining camp.Gold declarations, from projections, are targeted at an unprecedented 550,000 ounces this year. More than 150,000 ounces is expected to come from two foreign-owned companies – Guyana Goldfield Inc. and Troy Resources – which started operations last year.The rest will come from the other smaller operators who are expected to contribute at least 430,Wholesale Jerseys,000 ounces.The issue of leakages and smuggling reared its head last year with Government insisting that it was losing out significant revenues from the seven percent in royalty and tax it loses every time an ounce of gold is not declared.In his recent budget presentation, Finance Minister Winston Jordan echoed what senior Government officials have been saying – that at least 15,000 ounces of gold is being smuggled out weekly.The smuggling reports had sparked a multi-agency probe that later saw the involvement of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the US.From indications,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, it appeared that much of that smuggled gold was making its way overland to Suriname and then onwards to the US, Europe and even Asia.But it also seemed as if a significant amount is making its way to Brazil, one of the three countries that border Guyana.Although there is little data released over the years, it is a known fact that hundreds of Brazilians live and work especially in the gold mining areas of Guyana. It is not known how many have been granted citizenship or work permits.According to officials, Brazilians have been making declarations,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, with even Brazilian dealers licensed to do business. The declarations are significant,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, but still nothing compared to what is not being declared.With Guyana’s gold mining areas located between Regions Seven and Eight, mines officers are stretched thin to patrol and monitor the numerous camps that dot the areas. This, coupled with corruption with mines officers and other officials, has been posing problems for authorities like the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), to determine how much is lost.According to knowledgeable insiders, with the informal setting of the gold camps and water landings, Brazilians especially have been trading gold with third parties and others for fuel and ration.“So there may not necessarily be smuggling, but this gold being exchanged for services and fuel and food and spares and things like that, is not showing up in the system. So you will have many cases of people (Brazilians) collecting cash from selling gold and with poor record keeping, it is difficult to estimate what is slipping through.”Brazilians, too,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, may not be too interested in smuggling gold directly to Brazil. With exchange rates, it is better to sell the gold in Guyana than taking a chance and smuggling it overland, where robbers and police checkpoints may prove a deterrent.It is what happens to the gold that is traded for fuel and other goods that worry authorities. Most of this gold, it is strongly believed, makes it way to persons in the smuggling business. With Suriname’s taxes lower than Guyana, persons have been making significant profits taking the chance of getting it there.The David Granger-led administration has been attempting to put a clamp on it, with the US keeping a close eye on the traders and others.A list of the persons believed to be involved has been handed to the Government with a special department established to address issues of compliance.Over the weekend, Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman, said that the finishing touches on a Compliance and Inspectorate Division of the Ministry of Natural Resources are being applied, with the body to become operational shortly.The division, he said,Jerseys From China, will monitor the work of Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Guyana Gold Board, Guyana Forestry Commission, and miners and loggers, to ensure strict compliance with the laws and regulations.It will be headed by Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes.In recent weeks, the issue of non-declaration was again raised after it was disclosed that Chinese-owned logging company, BaiShanLin, was involved in gold mining, but has yet to declare an ounce despite getting hundreds of ounces each week from its operations in the Ekereku area, Region Seven.The situation has raised q

Arrangements were being made yesterday morning for relatives to claim the body of the Guyanese national who took ill aboard a Delta Airline Flight and subsequently died on Tuesday in San Juan,Wholesale MLB Jerseys 2018, Puerto Rico.This newspaper had reported in its Wednesday’s Edition (October 20, 2010) that an elderly passenger had died on board the flight.However, Delta Airlines Spokesperson, Carlos Santos, ascertained yesterday that the passenger did not die on the aircraft.Although unable to divulge certain information which was deemed confidential, Santos told this newspaper during a telephone conversation yesterday that the passenger, an elderly man, had become ill aboard the flight DAL 384 which was destined for the John F. Kennedy International Airport, United States.Due to the passenger’s illness, Santos said that the flight was re-directed to San Juan,Cheap China Jerseys, Puerto Rico,NFL Jerseys From China, where paramedics attended to him. He nonetheless succumbed to his ailment, a condition which Santos could not have pronounced on yesterday.Santos said, “We are making arrangements for family members to go to Puerto Rico and claim the body…At the moment there isn’t much information that I can disclose because this is confidential information about our passenger.”He revealed, though,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, that although the flight was forced to divert to Puerto Rico, some of the passengers were able to board other flights Tuesday that were en-route to the United States.However,Cheap Jerseys NFL China, a remaining 50 passengers were accommodated overnight in Puerto Rico at the Best Western Hotel.They were able to travel to the United States yesterday morning.A total of 184 passengers had left Guyana aboard the Delta aircraft which would normally fly directly to the United States mainland. However due to the ailing passenger,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, the aircraft which left the Cheddi Jagan International Airport some time after 08:00 hours Tuesday, landed in Puerto Rico around noon.

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Sean Griffith also known as “Chicken” appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday to answer to the charges of assault causing actual bodily harm and robbery under arms. While the accused was not required to plead to the latter offence, he insisted his innocence when he pleaded not guilty to the assault charge.The 42-year-old man who resides at 170 Amelia’s Ward,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Linden, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.Allegations against Griffith read that on October 9 last at Konawaruk, Potaro, he robbed Chandrapat Bahadur, the General Manager (GM) of S and D Jainarine Mining Enterprise,Cheap NFL Jerseys, where he was previously employed.The defendant worked with the company but was fired after a misunderstanding at his job. It is alleged that he stole 15 ounces of raw gold valued at $4.5M belonging to the company’s owner, Deonarine Jaipersaud.The court heard that on the day of the incident,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, armed with a gun, Griffith stuck up the GM and other workers as they returned from a “wash down”,NFL Jerseys Outlet, heading back to their camp. The defendant had reportedly dealt the workers lashes with the weapon, following which he took the gold away from Bahadur.Police in the area were subsequently alerted of the incident and a search for the suspect was conducted. Those present were told that 11 ounces and 64 grains of the mineral were recovered after the man’s apprehension.In another charge,China Jerseys Cheap, Griffith was further accused of causing bodily harm to Steven Atkinson. The prosecution objected to bail,NFL Jerseys From China, stating that according to information, the accused had threatened the life of the company’s owner and they were of the impression that if the man were released he may cause harm to the virtual complainant.Griffith thereafter was remanded for the offence . The matter was transferred to the Mahdia Magistrate’s Court where the accused will make his next appearance on October 19.

– JSOG top man is Best Cop for 2008– slain constable gets posthumous award for braveryAssistant Superintendent of Police, Lyndon Alves, a senior operative of the Joint Services Operations Group (JSOG) which was set up to hunt down the now dead Rondell Rawlins and his gang, won the coveted Best Cop award at the annual Police Awards ceremony held at the annex of the Police Officers’ Mess, Eve Leary yesterday.Alves won the award from a very competitive field, given that many other ranks played their part in the significant reduction in criminal activity during this year.Best Cop Assistant Superintendent Lyndon Alves receives his plaque from the Commissioner. Apart from the subsequent killing of Rawlins and several members of his notorious gang, Assistant Superintendent Alves also led the JSOG team which killed two bandits and captured several others following the brazen attack on the Wales Estate payroll two months ago.He was the leader of the team that was responsible for the discovery of a cache of weapons and ammunition in a barrel on Regent Street.Notably absent from yesterday’s public recognition ceremony were ranks from the police traffic department which has been able to significantly reduce road fatalities this year.But, according to a senior traffic official, the ranks will be publicly recognised at a special function to be held before year-end.Speaking with reporters immediately after the ceremony, Alves said that he was moved to ‘up his game’ following the massacre of 11 persons including children at Lusignan, for which Rawlins and his gang were the prime suspects, and in the wake of the Bartica massacre that claimed 12 lives,wholesale nfl jerseys, among them three policemen.He said that after visiting the scenes at Lusignan and later at Bartica he and his team were determined to rid the country of the elements that were responsible.According to Alves, since the establishment of the JSOG,Wholesale China Jerseys, members of the public have been showing great confidence in the unit, and have been passing on information which has enabled the ranks to succeed in the mission.Mrs. Doreen Glasgow, mother of slain Constable Oslen Glasgow, collects the posthumous award from Acting Commissioner Henry Greene.But he too would be among the first to admit that the work is not yet over.“As the Commissioner alluded to in his speech, there are several others (criminals) that we are still pursuing relentlessly,” the Best Cop awardee told the media.He advised that his recent successes came from hard work, commitment and discipline.Alves thanked God, his colleagues and members of his family, who were constantly holding their breaths every time he left for work.In a feature address to the gathering, Acting Police Commissioner, Henry Greene, declared that the force has been able to make Guyana safe again.The Commissioner was referring to the success of the police in 2008, during which they were able to significantly dent the notorious Buxton/Agricola gang which had terrorised the country for almost five years.“The majority of us…have continued to make Guyana safe, make Guyana proud as a country, where people from all over the regions are happy to come,” Greene said, while noting that the Guyana Police Force will be hosting next year’s Association of Commissioners of Police Conference along with a number of other events.The Commissioner pointed to an article by Kaieteur News columnist ‘Peeping Tom’ in which members of the security forces were called upon to ‘earn their bread’,China Jerseys NFL Wholesale, meaning that the one-off one-month payment that they get at the end of the year was not an absolute right.Greene said that this helped to motivate members of the force who went after the criminal elements with a vengeance, accounting for the putting of more than 27 gang members behind bars and eliminating several others who chose to engage the security forces in armed confrontations.Greene said that, following the successes of the security forces, the ‘Peeper’ changed his tune.“He said that the Commodore must get promotion, he said the Commissioner must get confirmed, he said the police must get the one-off money. We have worked to deserve it,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping,” Greene said,Cheap Jerseys, referring to the customary end-of-year extra month incentive.Pointing to the recent success in Berbice, when three of the Buxton gang members, Cliff Chichester, James Gibson and Cranston Gill were killed, Greene said that, although many persons had claimed that the men were being erroneously targeted, the circumstances of their deaths proved otherwise.He said that the battle is not over, and the police are wary that the remaining elemen

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