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Lewis Bacchus on Wednesday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Brendon Glasford to answer to the charge of assault. When it was over he walked out of the court a free man.The charge read that on November 25, last,Wholesale Jerseys China, at East Ruimveldt,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, he assaulted Lloyd McBean. The defendant pleaded guilty and asked to explain the reason for the plea when the charge was read to him by Magistrate Brendon Glasford at a sitting of the Night Court in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.Bacchus told the court that the McBean was in a fight with another man and he went to part them. That caused McBean to tell the Police how he was the one that assaulted him.Based on his explanation the court entered a not guilty plea.McBean an epileptic,Wholesale China Jerseys, in his testimony told the court that he is 31 years old and resides at Lot 170 Charlotte Street. He went on to tell the court that on the day in question,Cheap Jerseys From China, around 20:40 hrs he was sitting by his aunt with friends when the defendant came up to him with at Rambo knife and lashed him across his face and told him not to disrespect his mother.McBean told the court that the two of them started to fight and the defendant then dealt him 16 punches behind his head.McBean then made a report to the East La Penitence Police Station and Bacchus was arrested and charged for the offence.When it was time for the defendant to cross examine McBean,China Jerseys Cheap, he asked him how he can see behind his head to know who was hitting him since it was multiple people in the fight.Magistrate Brendon Glasford told the court based on that crucial question that the defendant asked and McBean being unable to answer,Cheap NFL Jerseys, the matter was dismissed.

A number of persons have reportedly confided that improper procurement activities have been occurring within the Ministry of Public Health. Consequently, Cabinet has called for an inquiry to ascertain the credibility of statements that suggest that there are issues with the Ministry’s procurement process.The foregoing was highlighted by Minister of State, Joseph Harmon during this week’s hosting of the Post Cabinet press briefing at the Ministry of the Presidency.Harmon disclosed that the issue of the Ministry’s procurement process was a matter that was raised at the most recent Cabinet meeting.According to the Minister of State, “what we have are statements (that) have been made by several persons that came to the attention of the Minister and so Cabinet decided that an investigation will be launched into these reports and into these allegations.”He however told media operatives yesterday that the important issue to understand in matters of this nature is that “when people make allegations they must be prepared to come and give that information to a properly constituted inquiry.”But according to him, “sometimes that is the problem that we have, that someone is willing to quietly whisper something in your ear,holesale NFL Jerseys, but they are not prepared to come to an inquiry to say this is what we have found,Cheap NFL Jerseys, this is what I know,Cheap Jerseys Store, and this is what I am prepared to say.”Against this background, Harmon said that the whole process of putting in place an inquiry to determine the truth of the matter could in fact prove to be a challenge. The potential challenge, however,Cheap Jerseys China, will not be a hindrance to the process,Cheap NHL Adidas Jerseys, according to Harmon, “because of the seriousness with which the administration views matters of this nature, the Cabinet has agreed to have an investigation launched into this matter.”A body to investigate the damning allegations is likely to be established by next week, Harmon said.Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton had told this publication that a recommendation was made for an investigation of the Ministry, and persons might have to be absent for that to be properly done. This publication has received word that among the persons likely to be sent on administrative leave to facilitate the investigation will be the Ministry’s acting Permanent Secretary, Mr. Trevor Thomas.However, the Public Health Minister after being pressed neither confirmed nor denied plans to send the Permanent Secretary on administrative leave to facilitate the investigation.He, however, divulged that the need for the investigation was prompted by “allegations of unwholesome activities with respect to procurement” that have surfaced.Just last year Government was forced to terminate the employment of former Permanent Secretary within the Ministry of Public Health,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Mr. Leslie Cadogan. Cadogan was first asked to proceed on accumulated leave in July and by September, following an investigation, his service was terminated.Thomas was since appointed to act in the capacity of Permanent Secretary.

The Guyana Government says that it plans to ask Argentina “on what basis” one of its state prosecutors claimed that Iran has set up terror cells here.“This is anticipated,” Dr. Roger Luncheon, the government’s chief spokesman said, yesterday, when asked if the Guyana Government would be seeking clarification from Buenos Aires.Alberto Nisman“The Argentine government has not submitted in any official way that they have evidence of terror cells set up here by the Iranians,” Luncheon said.Luncheon said that the regional trade and integration bloc, CARICOM,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, could also demand answers from Argentina on the allegations.“Those disclosures were the first that had been brought to our attention, indirectly, because I know for a fact that the Argentine Government and international bodies have not submitted to the Government of Guyana in any official way, that they have evidence or they have concerns about setting up of terrorist cells by Iran in Guyana,” he said.The state prosecutor involved is Alberto Nisman, who is investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people. Argentine courts have long accused Iran of sponsoring the attack.In a 500-page-long document, Nisman cited what he said was evidence of Iran’s “intelligence and terrorist network” in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile,NFL Jerseys Cheap, Colombia,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname – among others.Nisman said new evidence underscored the responsibility of Mohsen Rabbani, the former Iranian cultural attach? in Argentina, as mastermind of the AMIA bombing and “coordinator of the Iranian infiltration of South America,NFL Jerseys Cheap, especially in Guyana.”“I expect that not only?Guyana, I think those other CARICOM countries as well as those other non-Caricom countries that the Argentine prosecutor identified would all be interested on what basis these allegations have been made,” Luncheon said at the Presidential Secretariat.Only last Wednesday, Argentina promised closer ties with Guyana following the reopening of its Embassy in Georgetown.“With the reopening of our Embassy in Georgetown,China Soccer Jerseys, Argentina hopes to further strengthen our bilateral ties and develop areas of mutual cooperation. I pledge the total commitment of my government to work closely with the Government and the people of Guyana in the spirit of integration and very particularly,Wholesale Jerseys From China, within the framework of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR),” Ambassador of Argentina to Guyana, Luis Alberto Martino said.The first Embassy was established in 1980 but was closed in 1991.

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