– crops destroyed, death threats allegedly made ?An ongoing feud between farmers at Friendship, East Bank Demerara,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, escalated this week with one man accusing some members of the New Friendship Farmers Coop Society of destroying his crops in an effort to force him off his land.The matter reached the police on Sunday after Rafeek Kabool, who is farming about an acre and a half of land in the Friendship backlands, alleged that some co-op members, with whom he has had a dispute, hacked down several of his plantain and sweet potato plants.Kabool claims that he is now fearful for his safety, since he is often alone on his farm,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, which is located in the Friendship backlands. The farmer estimates that he suffered some $300,000 in losses.But Chairman of the coop society Philbert Blair refuted the allegations and accused Kabool of being the one who has been inciting trouble.According to Blair, Kabool is not a member of the co-op society,Wholesale Jerseys Group, but has been occupying land that belongs to another member for the past three years.Rafeek Kabool among some of the damaged plantain treesBlair said that he and other members gave statements to ranks at the Grove Police Station in response to claims by Kabool that farmers with whom he has a dispute destroyed his crops.The group chairman told Kaieteur News that Kabool had sent his false claims of victimization to senior Government officials and to the Ethnic Relations Committee, after it was found out that he was illegally occupying farmland.“We sent letters (in response to the allegations) to the President, to the Minister of Agriculture.” According to Blair,NFL Jerseys China, Kabool “could not go back to them again”,Cheap Jerseys From China, after the allegations were investigated and proved to be unfounded.Blair said that that the farmer’s group might have considered including Kabool among its membership, but claimed that many of the members are reluctant to do so.The group chairman said that members will be meeting today to make a final decision on the matter.Kabool, who took Kaieteur News to view the damage, claims that the farmland he now occupies belonged to an uncle. He claims that he has been on the land for about 15 years.“I am not a member (of the coop society) but me uncle is a member,” he said.The farmer said that the dispute between him and some members began around 2005, when he protested the confiscation of land from another farmer.Kabool identified two senior group members as being among those who have been targeting him, and claimed that a series of incidents followed.The farmer said that around 2005, a former employee of one of the farmers chopped him with a cutlass while he was leaving his farm with some produce. According to Kabool, he managed to wrest the cutlass from his assailant and took the weapon to the Grove Police Station. The man says he also got a police medical. However, no one was charged.He claimed that on another occasion, someone destroyed his boat engine and made off with his boat.According to Kabool, on Sunday, someone informed him that several of his plants had been destroyed. He said that on visiting his farm, he discovered that someone had chopped down about 200 plantain trees on his land. Some of his sweet potato plants had also been damaged.

Those venting their concerns and making requests of the country’s political leaders via the People’s Parliament, are describing their actions as their right to freedom of expression and their freedom to assemble.People’s ParliamentThis is also the route taken by the People’s Parliament in defence against a notice which was sent by the Ministry of Housing’s Central Housing and Planning Authority for their removal from the park they occupy opposite Parliament Building.Frederick Kissoon,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, one of the persons associated with the People’s Parliament said that last Thursday the notice was received in a container stuck in the gate at the park’s entrance.The notice said that the People’s Parliament had 72-hours to remove all belongings in and around the newly constructed park. The notice was reportedly made under the Town and Country Planning Act Chapter 20,Cheap China Jerseys, and sent by the Central Housing and Planning Authority.In an interview with BTV’s Mondale Smith’s “News in Conversation,” Minister of Housing Irfaan Ali said that the People’s Parliament was impeding on the rights of others. That right, he said,Cheap NHL Jerseys China, was denying other persons access to the park since the placards,Soccer Jerseys China, signs and other notices posted by the People’s Parliament were occupying space.The Minister said that the People’s Parliament was destroying the newly done lawn and taking away from the beauty of the park.He claimed that the city was being steered into a tourist destination and the park would become one of the city’s highlights. Minister Ali said it would be unfair to have persons, day and night at the park with old shoes and other items desecrating the area.The People’s Parliament however approached the High Court with an injunction challenging the removal of the people-oriented group. Attorney-at-law Christopher Ram told Kaieteur News that the organization submitted that persons had their right to freedom of expression and freedom to assemble.Ram said the injunction was not granted but it is his understanding that the Housing Ministry does not have the right to evict those posted at the People’s Parliament. He instead said that his clients had every right to remain and continue the work they have started.According to Sherlina Nageer, freedom could be expressed with the use of the placards and notices that the organization uses to show its concerns and requests.? Nageer said that the People’s Parliament has been accused of littering and defacing the park.She said it was also rumored that a generator had gone missing from the area. “All of this is false” she said. According to her,NFL Jerseys China Cheap, the People’s Parliament is kept cleaner than the Parliament Building area. The woman showed a garbage bin at the location and revealed that she would regularly pick up “sweetie wrappers” since heavy garbage is no feature at People’s Parliament.Nageer opposed the Housing Minister’s argument that persons were destroying the park’s lawn. She said that the park’s sprinklers cannot reach certain sections of the area.Nageer said that the People’s Parliament however started the signing of petitions almost two weeks ago. She said over 5000 signatures were received in a short time, supporting certain changes necessary for the society. She said some of those concerns were “Police Reform” and “Local Government Elections”.The People’s Parliament however said they will keep up their work as they are acting in the interest of citizens. Several persons not attached to the organization have expressed kudos to People’s Parliament and have urged them to, “Continue the good work.”

Police have arrested and jointly charged two men who allegedly posed as cops and carried out a series ofOrin Arthurrobberies at Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, on March 18, 2015, during a bogus road block.Yesterday, Rayon Paddy, 26, of 278 South Ruimveldt Park, and Orin Arthur, 25, of Block X Diamond, East Bank Demerara,Cheap Jerseys From China, were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’Court.Eight charges were read to the defendants and they pleaded not guilty to all.Particulars of the first charge alleged that on March 18, last, at Mahaicony, being in the company of another and armed with a gun, they robbed Ishmael Subhan of $900,000 cash, one Alcatel cell phone valued $10,000 and a wallet valued $1,500.The second charge stated that on the said day at the same location, they robbed Ravindra Mohitram of $10,000 and one wallet valued $1,500.It was further alleged that on March 18, last, at Mahaicony while armed with a gun, they robbed Anand Rahaman of one Samsung cell phone,NFL Jerseys China, $15,000 cash and a wallet valued $1,500.The duo was also charged for having eight grams of cannabis in their possession.Further, after a raid was conducted at a house in the Diamond Housing Scheme, the police instituted four more charges on the defendants, ranging from narcotics possession to gun and ammunition possession.It is alleged that on March 27, last, at Diamond the men had one gram of cocaine in their possession.Rayon PaddyThe duo was additionally,Wholesale Authentic NFL Jerseys, charged with having seventeen .223 round of ammunition in their possession, without being the holders of a firearm licence.They were also charged with having 12 live .32 rounds in their possession without being the holder of a firearm licence.Moreover, it was alleged that on March 27, at Diamond, they had a .32 pistol without being the holders of firearm licence.In addition, Paddy was charged separately for escaping from lawful custody. The charged stated that on January 27, at Georgetown,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys, while being in the lawful custody of Constable Kevin Austin, under investigations for armed robberies, he escaped.Paddy denied the allegation and explained to the magistrate that the policeman took a bribe from him to remove his handcuffs and shackles.He then alleged that the officer said to him to “Do wah yuh gotta do”, after he removed the items.Police corporal Bharrat Mangru told the court that on the day in question around 21:00hrs, the victims who are employed at Mohamed’s Farm at Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara, were on their way to Berbice to deliver products to customers. As the victims were on their way to Georgetown, they were stopped by the defendants along with other men dressed in police uniforms at Mahaicony.Mangru added, that the men told the victims to exit their vehicle and ordered them to lie in the trunk. The victims complied and the defendants then drove the vehicle further up the road, abandoned it, then made good their escape with the articles.He added that the victims managed to bore a hole in the vehicle and freed themselves. The matter was reported to the police and after intensive investigations a raid was carried out at the house in Diamond, where the defendants were found.Subsequently, an identification parade (ID) was conducted and Paddy was identified as the one who wore the navy blue uniform, while Arthur wore the traffic police uniform.The prosecutor objected to bail citing the seriousness, prevalence and penalty the offences attracts if the defendants are to be found guilty. He argued that the defendants are flight risks, explaining that if they are to be granted bail,Cheap NFL Jerseys, there is a likelihood that they might not return to court to stand trial.Mangru further informed the court that investigations are still ongoing and there is a possibility that other charges might be instituted. Lastly, he stated that no special reasons were advanced to the court for the men to be granted their pre trial liberty.Arthur’s Attorney Paul Fung-A-Fat requested that his client be released on bail since he is not a flight risk.Nonetheless, counsel’s bail application was declined and the men were remanded to prison.The offences that occurred in Mahaicony were transferred to the Mahaicony Magistrate’s Court for April 8; the remaining charges laid in Diamond will be called again at the Providence Magistrate’s Court, on April 7.Paddy will return to the Georgetown Magistrates Courts on April 17, for the escape from police custody charge.The men were arrested around 20.30 hrs, on Friday last, during a police raid in Diamond Housing Scheme.? Paddy had escaped from custody last January after being

Leader of the Alliance For Change, Vice President/Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, has vowedMinister Khemraj Ramjattanto investigate allegations of his tax records being illegally copied.Ramjattan is now seeking answers from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) as well as from other senior Government officials.Ramjattan’s party is a critical part of the coalition Government that won the General Elections last May. The other part of the coalition is A Partnership for National Unity (APNU).Moses Nagamootoo,China Jerseys NFL, a senior AFC official, is the current Prime Minister. A number of other party officials hold key ministerial positions.Over the weekend,Wholesale Jerseys, former tax chief, Commissioner-General, Khurshid Sattaur, alleged that after the new Government took office in May, several files of taxpayers were photocopied- including that of Ramjattan.The person who allegedly handled the files was said to be a senior GRA official.Sattaur has threatened to reveal names.The Commissioner-General was terminated last week by GRA’s Board of Directors, for a number of breaches, including allegedly sharing confidential information with an Embassy official and receiving over $12M in pension payments when he should not have received it.Sattaur has denied it all, issuing a number of statements over the weekend to clear his name.The photocopying of confidential tax files, especially if not for official reasons, would raise troubling questions,Wholesale Jerseys Cheap, especially as motives.Questioned about it yesterday, Ramjattan said that he is not sure if the allegations of photocopying are true,Former tax chief, Khurshid Sattaurbut the Minister is intent on finding out.“Very surprising to me if it is happening. Whosoever the people are, they should not have done that. I don’t know if it is true what he (Sattaur) is saying. As I have said, I don’t know if he feels a little bad about me, as indeed when I had indicated to him I know nothing of his termination…and now that he has been terminated, he may have got angry at me and such thing…”Ramjattan said that in addition to checking with the GRA’s Board, he will try to find out from Sattaur himself.“This is very improper and if not very illegal…if indeed it is true. Doing that to a senior official of Government… if they wanted to peruse my file for any legit purposes they have to get my consent.”Ramjattan made it clear that reasons have to be advanced for pulling his files and whatever the reasons are,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, his consent had to be sought first.“I am not so certain if it was legitimate. The insinuations are that it would certainly look illegitimate. I don’t know why they would want to pull my file.”The Minister, insisting that his tax file could stand up to scrutiny, said that it was part of exhibits in a court case filed against GRA a number of years ago.Government had been moving to introduce measures to ensure lawyers and other professionals pay more taxes before their practice certificate can be issued.But it was challenged by a number of lawyers.“All my returns, when I was cross examined, all the taxes paid… the compliance certificates… the receipts of payments…were tendered as exhibits in the matter before the then Chief Justice Carl Singh…”GRA has strict controls in place to monitor its records.Ramjattan noted that during the court case he had insisted that he paid more taxes from his legal practice than Ashton Chase, SC, who was representing GRA.These and other documents are probably part of the file.“I am very concerned and startled by the revelation and I want to know what is the purpose behind it all (the photocopying).”Currently strict systems are in place at GRA that controls the access of confidential files of taxpayers.Yesterday, Commissioner General (Ag), Ingrid Griffith, was unable to say what prevailed before she took over GRA in December when Sattaur was sent on more than 200 days of administrative leave, pending an audit of the authority.The official was unwilling to discuss measures but admitted that there are checks and balances in place to ensure the control.Over the last two weeks, GRA’s Chairman,Authentic Jerseys From China, Rawle Lucas, has also been speaking about the need to improve systems to ensure the confidentiality of taxpayers’ information.