A 29-year-old deportee from the United States will be spending the next five years behind bars. He will also have to pay a fine of $30,Cheap Jerseys China,000 after he was found guilty on Friday of trying to ship 525 grams of cocaine to the United States.Beoraj Rayon Persaud appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged with trafficking in narcotics.The man who resides at 52 Station Street,Cheap Jerseys Online, Kitty was detained on January 16 by Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks on duty at Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC). He tried to post a box containing 16 pairs of jeans. The man had concealed the drugs in the waist and zipper of each item. Persaud was nabbed when he tried to post the box containing the drugs.It is understood that while at the Post Office the employees felt the bulge in the waist and zipper of the pants. The postal worker on duty indicated to his superior that he felt the pants contained drugs and checks were made leading to the discovery of the prohibited substance.According to the CANU prosecutor on February 25 the defendant had been granted bail in the sum of $400,Cheap Soccer Jerseys,000. While on bail he had gone to the post office and threatened the staff about having his money returned for shipping the items.In offering an explanation to the court the man said that he was at home when a friend had called him from a waiting taxi and had asked him to post the items on his behalf.The man told the court that he had not even had the opportunity to eat his curry fish as he was detained the same day by the ranks. The defendant was unable to produce the unnamed individual who he claimed asked him to mail the package.Photo in Sunday as imprisoned cocaine smuggler 2Caption: Persaud being taken away to serve his sentence

Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, appeared to have mobilised two different groups of Amerindians against each other yesterday in efforts to silence the Amerindian People’s Association (APA), which has been voicing its concern about the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS).The Minister refused to talk with Kaieteur News about the reason for her protest. Norman Whittaker,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, a senior functionary within the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, said that he was not authorised to speak to this newspaper.Whittaker said that he was organising transportation for the Amerindians who were pulled together to be part of the protest.Sukhai told nightly newscast, Capitol News, that she was at the protest in her capacity as an Amerindian leader and as an ex-officio member of the National Toshaos Council.However, a group of Amerindians boarded a bus operated by the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs at the end of the mid-morning protest while some others joined a taxi.The protest was held outside the Regency Suites Hotel, Hadfield Street, Georgetown where the APA is holding a five-day workshop to educate Amerindian leaders and members of its executive on the basics of climate change. Amerindians board a bus after protesting against the Amerindian People’s Association. Jean La Rose, Programme Administrator of the APA,Wholesale Soccer Jerseys, said that some Amerindians have claimed they don’t understand the whole discussion on the Low Carbon Development Strategy or REDD (the United Nations scheme under which rich countries propose to pay poor countries to avoid forest destruction).She said that such basic words as carbon and greenhouse gases are not understood by some, prompting the APA to hold the workshop. She said that she was surprised that the government that preaches democracy would criticise and condemn “people who sit and exercise their right to information.”Those attending the APA workshop include elected Amerindian leaders, Councilors, community leaders and executives of the APA.Minister Sukhai seemed not too interested in the reason the APA was holding its workshop. When a member of the APA came out to show her documents pertaining to the discussion,NFL Jerseys China, she refused to accept it and told the executive to take the document to her office.“We are trying to educate our people so they can make informed decisions and choices. The government should have been doing that first instead of going on a promotional tour and dangling the carrot in-front of them and how much money we will get out of the LCDS,Cheap NFL Jerseys China,” La Rose declared.Sukhai, in an interview with the state-owned NCN,Cheap NFL Jerseys, which was shared with Kaieteur News, lambasted the APA for writing to the aid agency in Norway regarding its concerns about the LCDS.The LCDS forms the basis under which the Norwegian Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to give Guyana US$250 million in five years if it were to protect the rainforest.Sukhai also expressed displeasure that the APA has also cited concerns over Amerindian land issues. She said that within the past 10 years, the government demarcated 70 of 97 titled Amerindian villages.La Rose countered that Amerindian land issues have been ongoing over decades. She said that the suggestion by the government that there are no land rights issues at this time is not true.“Minister needs to go back into her office and look at these documents and really plan a strategy of action to deal with this issue rather than go out on the road and picket something (by which) we are seeking to educate our people,” said La Rose.La Rose said that she was saddened that those who were part of the picketing exercise were picked out of the Amerindian hostel.The APA has of recent been incurring the wrath of Government after it issued a March 9 statement following a workshop.In a statement, the Amerindian leaders said that their first and foremost priority is for immediate measures to secure traditional lands and territories.“We underline that fair and transparent policies and actions to resolve our outstanding land claims must be put in place as a priority before the implementation of extractive industry projects, LCDS/REDD+ or any other project that may have direct or indirect impacts on our traditional lands, territories and resources.”

She is intelligent, assertive and like doing things on her own. Sixteen-year-old, Sarah Hakh, Abrams Zuil’s former student, who copped 16 distinctions at one sitting at this year’s Caribbean Examination Council, graduated amongst loud praise while receiving top honours, on November 10, last at the school’s 23rd graduation ceremony.Sarah HakhThe rice farming community of Essequibo,Cheap NFL Jerseys, and moreso Guyana, was again placed on the academic map, due to the hard work and diligence displayed by Ms. Hakh.The event which was believed to be the largest graduation exercise held in the school’s auditorium, featured loud cheers and an outpouring of praise for Ms. Sarah Hakh as she frequented the stage to collect her prizes from her graduating class of 2012, parents, senior members of the Department of Education,Jerseys From China, The Regional Democratic Council,Nike NFL Jerseys China, head teachers of other Schools in the Region and current students of Abrams Zuil Secondary. They expressed their delight at Hakh’s extraordinary performance.Guest speaker of the event, Dr. Yesu Persaud, drew comparison to Guyana in the early years under the sugar cane plantations from which our ancestors came and the present.Persaud urged politicians and leaders to ensure the expectations of the graduating class of 2012 are met, while showering praises on Ms. Hakh and her former school,Wholesale Jerseys, Abrams Zuil Secondary.Former student and pastor, Aotto Christiani, charged the graduates to make good choices. He left them with ‘control’ as their watchword for them as they go about their new life whether in the world of work or furthering their Education.In her valedictory speech Ms. Sarah Hakh expressed gratitude to her parents,Cheap Jerseys 2018, Mr. Nazeemul and Mrs. Shareeda Hakh,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, who she said were always there for her to lean on.“Be who you are and say what you mean because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”Hakh also implored on her fellow colleagues to smile because it has happened and chill out before you burn.Some 109 students graduated. Ms. Hakh copped the best Academic, Best all round, Best Business Stream, Best in Guyana and the Caribbean Awards. She was also awarded prizes for outstanding performance in the Guy Aid Essay competition and for her participation in sports.

A total of 17 agencies that represented 45 percent of the sales for Guyana Stores Limited (GSL) were closed or ceased to exist at the time of privatization; when the company was sold to Royal Investments Inc.Head of NICILWinston BrassingtonThis came out came out during the testimony of GSL’s Chief Executive, Tony Yassin when he continued his evidence before Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire at the High Court yesterday.? Yassin explained that after he had taken control of GSL he later found out that the agencies which made up some 45 percent of GSL’s sales were not in existence, although they were supposed to be part of the privatization deal.The company’s CEO said that he was able to ascertain his losses by the financial information from 1991 to 1997 which was provided in the information memorandum of March 1999. The memorandum showed the actual sales and profit contribution for agencies in each of the division’s that were closed.Yassin had identified, during his evidence-in-chief, the 17 agencies that did not exist when he took over the company.He said that after assuming control of GSL he came across correspondences relating to the said agencies. He told the court that he came across a correspondence from one Mr. Fries who was at the time the CEO for GSL,NFL Jerseys Store, to Mr. Winston Brassington, Head of the Privatization Unit of National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL).The correspondence, he said, spoke about the change of leadership at GSL and the continued service of the franchises. Fries was at the time seeking a reaction from Brassington to give to the franchises who were inquiring about the new shareholders seeking to acquire GSL. The content of this letter was never made available to him, Yassin said.Another correspondence that Yassin spoke about dealt specifically about attached documents, but those attachments were not made available with the correspondence.At this point,Cheap Jerseys From China Online, lawyer for Yassin, Senior Counsel Edward Luckhoo, sought to tender a document claiming to be the attachments that the correspondence spoke of. Attorney for NICIL, RafiqTurhan Khan however objected saying that it cannot be ascertained that the documents were the actual attachments, but claimed that if the defense was seeking to tender the documents as those which were discovered, he had no difficulty with that. The documents were later tendered.Another correspondence dated November 9, 1999, came from one Mr. Valdez to Mr. Fries. Valdez was of Perkins Latin America; one of the closed agencies.? Fries had later written Mr. Brassington about Mr. Valdez’s inquires regarding service to the new investors, but none of this was related to Mr. Yassin until he discovered them in the company records after he had already purchased GSL.Yassin reiterated, when asked, that before the agreement of sale for GSL, neither Brassington nor his agents made available correspondence or provided any information of the agencies that were closed or ceased to exist. When asked by Mr. Luckhoo, Mr. Yassin said he attempted to resuscitate the Perkins agency, but was unsuccessful.Mr. Yassin later explained that he used figures from the information memorandum that was provided on GSL to calculate his losses as a result of the non-existent agencies. Luckhoo then tendered that document with the sales, profit and projected loss for the agencies, which included an individual summary for each of the divisions, with their respective agencies.Mr. Yassin then said that an excess of one billion dollars was lost in profits after explaining the contributions the agencies that were closed or ceased to exist would have made. He also singled out various agencies which would have contributed major sales and profits for GSL.? As a result,cheap nfl jerseys china, the company incurred those losses from the time GSL was purchased to date.Mr. Luckhoo, then asked Yassin if he gave in writing or otherwise any permission for the encumbrance of GSL and he replied in the negative. This encumbrance was in the form of dividends incurred before the purchase of GSL. The lawyer then asked Yassin if he knew where the money to pay the dividend was coming from before reference was made to the 1999 Annual Report which showed on page 15 a $300 M liability/loan.Further questions to Mr. Yassin by his attorney proved that he (Yassin) was aware of the source of the loan; Republic Bank.? When asked, Mr. Yassin said he had discussions with Mr. Brassington concerning the encumbrance of the loan and the assets of GSL. The loan, Mr. Yassin said, was subsequently removed by himself, GSL controller Mr. Sharma and Mr. Brassington.Mr. Yassin was also asked by Mr. Luckhoo if he would have signed the purchase and share sale agreement if the loan was included, Mr. Yassin replied in the negative. This w

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AG granted further leave to file responseThe matter for which two former Presidents have brought a legal challenge against the government over its decision to cap their unlimited benefits is set to be heard by the newly appointed Chief Justice, Yonette Cummings Edwards.Former President Bharat JagdeoThe matter came up for hearing before Chief Justice (Ag) Ian Chang at the Georgetown High Court, yesterday.According to the case filed on November 11, former Presidents Bharrat Jagdeo and Donald Ramotar are seeking to reclaim millions of dollars in benefits and other facilities that were capped on the coming into operation of the former Presidents (Benefits and other Facilities) Act of 2015.The Bill to cap the benefits was unanimously passed in the National Assembly, earlier this year at a time when the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, PPP/C refused to take up its seats.However, in the legal document,? the former Heads of State, are seeking a declarations by court that Benefits and other Facilities) Act No. 3 of 2015 do not retrospectively affect benefits which accrued to them under the Former President (Benefits and other Facilities) Act of 2009; an Order compelling the Minister of Finance and the Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority to provide forthwith to the Applicants the benefits conferred upon them by the Former President (Benefits and other Facilities) Act of 2009.At the initial hearing, yesterday, Attorneys representing both the former Presidents and the government were present.? The legal team for the government included Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, lawyers, Prithima Kissoon and Judy Stuart; Attorney Mursaline Bacchus appeared on behalf the Jagdeo and Ramotar.In her submission on behalf of the AG, Attorney-at-Law, Prithima Kissoon requested of the court further leave for an affidavit to be filed in response to the action.? She told the court that the Attorney General wished to make certain preliminary submissions in the case, on the matter of jurisdiction.Former President Donald RamotarHowever, the Chief Justice (Ag) declined to hear any aspect of the case. He informed the gathering that it would be senseless for him to hear part of the case, since he is set to proceed on pre retirement leave, from December 15.He noted that the new Chief Justice would be most suited to adequately deal with the matter.? Justice Chang subsequently, granted the Attorney General 21 days to file an affidavit in response to the court action.The case has been adjourned to January 28, 2016.At a press conference, last week, Attorney General,Jerseys NFL China, Basil Williams announced that the former Presidents are seeking to challenge the constitutional limit placed by the Former Presidents (Benefits and other Facilities) Act of 2015.According to the Writ, Jagdeo and Ramotar are adamant that the Act of 2015 should only affect the benefits of future Presidents; does not retrospectively affect benefits which accrued to them under the former President (Benefits and other Facilities) Act of 2009.Ramotar demitted office on May 16, 2015 and Jagdeo on December 3, 2011.? However, during the media conference,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, the AG noted that the issue is really whether this country could afford uncapped benefits for former Presidents which could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars annually.”The Bill to cap the benefits was unanimously passed in the National Assembly during the time when the People’s Progressive Party/Civic refused to take up its seats.The explanatory memorandum of the Bill says that it will repeal the Former Presidents (Benefits and Other Facilities) Act of 2009, and replace it to provide greater specificity.The burden that the lifestyle of former President Bharrat Jagdeo placed on the Treasury was the focal point of speeches presented by those who spoke to the Bill.Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan,Cheap NBA Jerseys China, was keen to note and repeat that the Act of 2009 will be repealed.Jordan also said that the size of the economy and the ability to sustain such open-ended and uncapped benefits, were ignored when Ramotar refused to assent to a similar Bill. He said that that showed narrow self-serving interest.Jordan made reference to the fact that between the period December 2011 and February 2014, Jagdeo racked up in excess of $45M on transportation,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, security and electricity bills within 27 months.Jagdeo’s total electricity bill for the duration amounted to over $9.8M. His average monthly light bill was $365,766 at the time. For transportation, he utilised over $15.2M. The State spent over $20.3M for his security over that 27-month period, an a