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With his vested interest in the four stalled Local Government Bills,Air Max 1 Atmos, necessary for the holding of Local Government elections; Social Activist Mark Benschop yesterday mounted a one-man protest demonstration outside the offices of the Attorney General.Benschop erected one placard carrying the words “Release the Bills, Mr. AG.”Nineteen years after the last Local Government Elections were held in Guyana, the National Assembly unanimously approved a suite of legislation to pave the way for a fresh round of elections.Mark Benschop in protestHowever, it has been 27 days since the four Local Government Bills were passed, yet they have not been assented to.The House approved the Fiscal Transfers Bill,Nike Air Max 2018 Womens, the Municipal and District Councils (Amendment) Bill,Huarache Shoes For Men, the Local Government (Amendment) Bill and the Local Government Commission Bill. This was after a 12-year period of attempting to reform the process.The Constitution has provided the president with a 21 days period for his assent to a Bill. The President has to act on or before those allotted days have elapsed and has the right to withhold his assent and return it to the National Assembly. If a Bill is not assented to, it remains ineffective.Both parliamentary oppositional parties have expressed concern about the status of the Bills and have questioned the legitimacy of the hold up.Benschop yesterday called for the government to stop the “questionable delays” to have the Bills assented to.He said that he was made to understand that the Bills “are just sitting on the AGs desk’ and that there is no interest to have them assented and eventually come in to effect.Benschop said that in his view,Cheap Air Force 1, this move by the government is a clear and classic display of its arrogance and disrespect to the Guyanese people.The activist said that he finds it hard to understand, why after having the Bills passed through parliament, they are now held up at the AG’s chamber for correction.He pointed out that the National Assembly is the sole entity that can,Nike Air Max Zero Mens, by law, correct any Bill that has been passed and said that what the government is bordering on is illegality.Benschop said that the government is sending a clear signal that it is not interested in the holding of Local Government elections.Benschop said that his simple call is for the Bills to be removed from the AG’s desk,Adidas Ultra Boost Shoes Cheap, sent to the Office of the President and “let Ramotar announce the date for Local Government elections…let’s restore democracy and power to the citizens of Guyana.”The Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman had signaled his intention to write the President on the pending pieces of legislations.He told Kaieteur News that he has to first consult with the Clerk of the National Assembly,Nike Air Max 1 Womens Sale, Sherlock Isaacs, and will then proceed with his endeavor.
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By Zena HenryThe issue of recycling and reusing has been brought to the fore, time and time again,Adidas Superstar Shoes For Women,Three of the attractive reusable bags.in a bid to encourage the conservation of the environment. Locally, stakeholders have devised many ways to promote greener societies and the reusable bag initiative is just another way to achieve this.During the holidays especially, Guyanese shoppers were encouraged to make a significant and positive impact on improving their environment when they shop.Under the Clean Green Guyana Campaign,Nike Off White The Ten, being administered by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, and funded by the Inter-American Development Bank, shoppers at major supermarkets received attractive and sturdy reusable bags in which to place their groceries and other purchases instead of putting these in plastic bags that harm the environment.According to a research report by the Local Government Ministry, it was shown that a significant proportion of waste generated in Region Four in Guyana, on the whole, comprises non-reusable,Nike Vapor Max Plus Triple Black, single-use products, including plastic bags,Cheap Air Max Shoes With Free Shipping, plastic bottles, and Styrofoam containers.Such non-reusable waste was said to make up approximately 10 percent of the waste from Guyanese households, the largest proportion after biodegradable or organic waste that makes up about 50 percent of household waste.“These non-reusable plastic items are devastating to the environment and are stressful to the solid waste management system both because of their volume and the fact that they photodegrade,Air Max 90 Black And White, breaking down into smaller,Air Max 97 Undefeated White, more toxic petro-polymers which eventually contaminate soils and waterways.”Disposable plastic bags are especially visible and dangerous threats to the environment that frequently appear in the litter of many Region four communities. Supermarkets and other enterprises distribute these freely to customers who have come to expect being provided with plastic bags when they shop. It was stated, however, that by using a reusable bag such as the ones being distributed under the ‘greener’ initiative,Buy Air Max 95, shoppers may help mitigate the serious environmental threat that plastic bags pose.It was pointed out, that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) estimates that using a reusable bag can save the use of six plastic bags a week or 288 bags a year.“The reusable bags are currently being distributed at all branches of Bounty, DSL and Survival supermarkets. Shoppers who receive a bag are encouraged to take this bag with them whenever they shop, to place their purchases in, rather than in plastic bags.”Besides making a very important contribution towards a clean and green Guyana, it was pointed out that shoppers also have the chance to win a hamper this month every time they use their reusable bag.“The Ministry of Local Government, through the Clean Green Guyana Campaign encourages all Guyanese to play their part in making the environment clean and green by using a reusable bag instead of plastic ones when shopping.”Guyenterprise will provide additional information to persons wanting to be part of the reusable bag initiative.
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The Rotary Club of Demerara is celebrating its recent 20th anniversary. Recently,Nike Air Max Zero White, it hosted an anniversary which featured Rotary District 7030 Governor Hervé Honoré as the keynote speaker.Members of the head table at the Anniversary Dinner.For years,Nike Roshe Run Online Shop, Rotary has been accredited as one of the most outstanding service organisations worldwide. What separates Rotary from the rest is not only its belief in “Service above Self” but the way Rotarians worldwide have transformed the lives of everyone they touch.The Rotary Club of Demerara joined the Rotary International family on December 9,Air Max 97 NZ, 1993. Rotary,Billy Price Jersey, which has a global membership of 1.22M, is an organisation whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.The District Governor who hails from Martinique affirmed that “in Rotary we have an international network of motivated women and men who try to improve everyone’s life around us.” He said that Rotarians share also five core values, amongst which are service,Air Max 90 Black And White Mens, camaraderie, integrity and leadership.Honoré said, “Youths aren’t our future; they are the leaders of today and the support of young people is evident in the club.” The club was urged by the governor to continue to support the youth, increase their membership and further the march on the path to making a difference.He presented the club with an annual form banner for its sterling contribution since it was recognized as the third club in the district with the highest contribution to the Rotary Foundation.Rotary Demerara acknowledges their support.Club President Osbert James affirmed that in the 20 years of existence,Nike Huarache Shoes For Sale, the club managed to distinguish itself by being the first Rotary Club in Guyana to break the “men only” mould and admitted women into its membership.President Ossie, as he is popularly called, reflected on the events that led up to the club being chartered. The club was sponsored by their brother club ‘The Rotary Club of Georgetown Central’ under the guidance from Past Presidents Leslie Chin, Mike Davis and Azeez Hussein.The President reflected that about ten years ago, his very energetic and altruistic members had the vision to adopt the community of Kuru Kururu on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway. The community has seen improvements in its educational facilities and has benefitted from the constant medical checks performed on the residents.Rotary Demerara has hosted annual career fair/talks with secondary school students and has extended to the Georgetown Prisons where it conducts a literacy programme.Gift of Life is one of the most outstanding projects of the club which exemplifies the goodwill of the Rotarians of Rotary Demerara. The project was designed primarily for the treatment of children with heart ailments. Sherryann Martin, one of the beneficiaries, is considered an adopted child of Demerara’s Rotarians.Rotary is an organisation which believes in the power of youth and as such, Rotary Demerara moved to sponsor the Rotary Club of Linden some four years after its charter. Marcel Gaskin, Assistant District7030 Governor and Past President of the Club, commented on the journey this club had taken in redefining the image of Rotarians in Guyana. “Apart from the fact that it was the only dual gender club, it is safe to say the Rotary Club of Demerara has redefined what it was to be a Rotarian in Guyana.”During the evening of entertainment and fine dining,Cheap Nike Air Max 2018, the Rotarians took time out to award the club’s supporters which included RAM, a visiting Rotary Club from Scotland, Coordinator of the Kuru Kururu Reading Project, Dr. Debra Patterson-Skeete (also a Rotarian) and the manager of the Pegasus Hotel.
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Tuschen West cattle farmers have risen in defence against Minister of Housing Irfaan Ali, calling him a liar. The farmers are furious that the Minister,Nike Air Max Shoes For Men, on May 3 last, denied meeting with them over the confiscation of cattle land for the purpose of housing development.The farmers charged that the Minister promised them alternative land to rear their cattle; but to date they are yet to occupy the location. They said that the Minister took their land for Tuschen Housing Scheme Phase Two and after meeting with concerned farmers on several occasions chased them out his office.The Housing Ministry’s sign placed after the scheme was built on alleged cattle lands.Minister Ali through the State’s newspaper said,Adidas Nmd r1 Women, “I never spoke to anyone. No one came to my office.” He said in the article that the allegations made against him by the head of the Tuschen West Cattle Farmers Association, Deonarine Cheddie,Nike Air Vapor Max Flyknit Women, were false, since he never uprooted cattle farmers in Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo.The farmers, angry at the Minister’s response, said that they were concerned that they might soon be out of business since part of the grazing land was confiscated by the Housing Ministry and the other portion is currently under threat for more housing developments.The farmers’ representative, The Tuschen West Cattle Farmer’s Association, said that grazing land was handed over by previous Agriculture Ministers, but the Ministry of Housing charged that the original agreement for the farmers to have the land was a mistake.Association head, Deonarine Cheddie, said that on July 9, 2003,Air Max 97 Undefeated For Sale, the Tuschen Cattle Farmers Association was registered with 16 members who owned some 250 cows. The farmers had been using the said land to rear their animals and it was late President Cheddi Jagan, who related to late Agriculture Minister Reepu Daman Persaud that he should work towards farmers attaining the land.Cheddie said they however got no official documentation for the land but on July 11, 2005, the association wrote to former President Bharrat Jagdeo for the granting of the land and Minister Satyadeow Sawh subsequently wrote the association on July 22, 2005 to say, that a successful meeting was held with the farmers and the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission would be visiting the area for an occupational survey. This was done on July 27, 2005 and paid for by the association—the cost was $48,Adidas Ultra Boost Shoes Cheap,500.Despite showing the Housing Minister the documents from previous arrangements including the Lands and Surveys document,Nike Shox Gravity Black, Cheddie said they were told that “Lands and Surveys made a mistake.’ Three days later the Ministry started bulldozing and scaring off the cows,Epic React Flyknit Womens, some of which were never retrieved.Cheddie said that the farmers were however assured that another plot of land would be made available for them at Zeelugt. To date that has not been fulfilled.The farmers further charged that the remaining 89 acres of land is too small for the animals to graze and the cows end up on the road or in the Housing Scheme. Farmers then have to pay $8000 to retrieve one cow.
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A prima facie case has been made out against two of the alleged arsonists in the July 2009 torching of the Ministry of Health main office in Brickdam.Colin Jones and Clayton Westford are accused of deliberately setting fire to the MOH headquarters in July of 2009. The duo made another appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Westford and Jones stood before Magistrate Judy Latchman.Attorney -at- Law,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, Michael Somersall is representing Westford.Somersall made a no case submission on behalf of the accused citing the lack of evidence from the fire department. He stated that at no time did any individual of the department participate in giving evidence. Somersall also pointed out that the proof to support the theory of arson was never tendered before the court.The lawyer also spoke of the fact that then Minister of Health,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Leslie Ramsammy, in giving his evidence,NFL Jerseys Cheap, stated that he was the last person to leave the building, prior to which he had consumed hot and cold beverages. The Minister, he recounted,Cheap NHL Jerseys China, could not say what was used to prepare the beverages.Magistrate Latchman overruled the lawyer’s submission and stated that a prima facie case was made out against both defendants. She however deferred her final ruling until June 17.The blaze which destroyed the entire building at the Ministry of Health on July 16, 2009 was labeled as act of domestic terrorism by law enforcement authorities.The fire, believed to have been sparked by channa bombs,nba jerseys discount, completely destroyed the Ministry of Health’s main building and an annexe at Brickdam in the wee hours of the aforementioned date. It devoured records, vehicles and a string of key divisions,Jerseys Wholesale, which was a major blow to the health sector. Following the inferno,NFL Jerseys China, a bottle containing channa, combustion fuel and a wick was reportedly recovered from the crime scene.
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Head of State,China Jerseys Cheap, Bharrat Jagdeo,NFL Jerseys Supply, says that he does not believe that the deportee policy involving criminals from the United States will be changed when the issue is raised at the Caricom (Caribbean Community) leaders meeting with President Barrack Obama later this year.Jagdeo said that he was optimistic that what would be forthcoming from this new administration would be more information about the deportees. He said that he was also optimistic that Caricom countries could get assistance with the resettlement.“Outside of that I don’t see them stopping.”President Jagdeo is on record as stating that the country’s ratio of police to hard-core criminals was less than four to one.He is also on record as stating that many of the deportees have honed their criminal skills in the US and were returning almost invariably penniless,Supply Cheap Jerseys, to what was effectively a strange land.The President has been calling on several countries to review their deportation policy given its effect on countries such as Guyana.In 2003,Wholesale Jerseys From China, the United States deported 379 Guyanese and of these individuals, 38 were refused entry at the border; and 135 had been convicted for drug-related and other serious offences.President Jagdeo has always expressed concerns about the return of criminal deportees,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, many of whom the police believe have introduced new levels of violence in the commission of crimes such as kidnapping,Wholesale Jerseys, which has seen an alarming increase in recent years.“They lecture us on drugs and want us to fight drug trafficking more but when you look at the list of people that get sent back,NFL Jerseys Store, often it is a long list of drug traffickers.”According to a report by the United Nations High Commission on refugees, the issue of criminal deportees has been a source of tension between the United States and Guyana. Guyana’s refusal to accept criminal deportees had even led the United States to ban the issuance of visas to Guyanese government officials and their families in late 2001.That ban was lifted once Guyana agreed to accept 100 deportees in 2004.
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The possibility of a strong limit being placed on the number of subjects that students are allowed to write at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examination may soon be enforced.According to Minister of Education,Wholesale China Jerseys, Shaik Baksh, the Ministry is seriously considering making this move adding that “there will come a time when we will put a strong limit even for the talented students.”However, no policy has been formulated to discontinue the practice by students to write in excess of eight subjects. However, there are yet stipulations governing which students are permitted to write the exam, the Minister said.He revealed that only students who would have scored 75 percent or more of the marks at the Grade Nine Assessment would be given the privilege to write more than eight subjects at CSEC.“We are still allowing those talented students to write more.My own view in all of this is that students should have a clear limit,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, no matter how talented they are. Students should not be writing 15 and 16 subjects.”The Education Ministry had some time ago issued a circular directing that students write a limit of eight subjects with only a few exceptions.However,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, those writing more than eight are few in number,Jerseys Wholesale, Baksh added.“It is a very small number of students writing more than 12 subjects. The average is 10 subjects for most students but we would like the average to be eight since we would have sent out the circular.”The call to limit students to eight subjects has been a matter that was addressed at the level of the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) and is a state of affairs which is obtained at schools throughout the Caribbean.Baksh, just last year,China Jerseys Cheap, had had discussions with Chief Education Officers and Ministers in Trinidad, Barbados and Jamaica who have concurred that the move is an essential one.Moreover, Baksh said that the Ministry has issued an advisory to this effect to all schools.However, he noted that the ultimate decision will be that of the teachers who will determine, based on their teaching resources among other factors, whether students will be able to write more subjects.“The main idea is to limit the number of subjects students write at Grade 10; across the Caribbean it is eight subjects… I had thrown this out to all the students in Georgetown at a forum at Queen’s College and some of the students had stood up and asked if they had special talents whether they could be allowed to write additional subjects.“We listened to them, we listened to the voices of the youths and we said okay.”He said that it was deduced that those who performed well at the Grade Nine Assessment, that is attaining 75 percent or more of the marks required, will be permitted to write more than eight subjects.“Here again, we are going to leave it to the schools. We don’t want to tell you what subjects; you know that better than us.So after the Grade Nine you will give them additional subjects and you will make a determination whether they write 10, 12 or more subjects,” Baksh asserted.Nonetheless, he warned that teachers must seek to use discretion when making such decisions.“Don’t go to 16 and 18; we know much has been said about that…The teachers will have to be the ones to advise the parents. But we know there will still be some parents who will want their children to write 20 subjects but they don’t know the consequences of that. You have to educate them, persuade them…”“I know one school here in the city at Grade Seven they offer 14,Cheap NHL Jerseys, 15 and 16 subjects and I don’t see why.This is clearly an overload but this will be left to the teachers, we don’t want to dictate everything to the schools but at grade seven and eight you will determine for a rounded education how you approach it,Wholesale Soccer Jerseys, that is, how you structure it and so on.”However, the Minister noted that he is aware there will be those cases when parents would prefer to have their children write additional subjects outside of the public school system in defiance to the advice offered by teachers in the public system.In such instances, he noted that it will not be on any public based teachers’ conscience.But since the Ministry has a proviso in place, it has been decided that students who have the talent will be allowed to write as many subjects as they can handle at CSEC.The process will however be closely monitored, Baksh added.According to the Minister, parents as well as students must come to the realisation that “at the end of the day it isn’t about getting 40 subjects, it is about the education of the child, how meaningful it is in the long run.”
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A 22-year-old mechanic is now in custody as the authorities investigate the alleged abduction and raping of a 13 year old school girl from the Upper Corentyne area.The 13-year-old girl,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, a student,Cheap Jerseys From China, was allegedly raped by a 20-year-old man after she allegedly ended up in a house with him at No. 77 Village on the Corentyne,NFL Jerseys Clearance, on Saturday.The girl,Stitched Jerseys, who lives with her grandmother,China Jerseys NFL Wholesale, allegedly disappeared from the home and went to Cummings Koker where she met the suspect who took her to the house at No. 77 Village,cheap nfl jerseys, Corentyne. There they were allegedly involved in sexual activities.The following day,Cheap Jerseys From China, the girl’s father got word of where she was and travelled to the location and collected her. The matter was reported and the suspect was taken into custody and is being investigated.The girl has since been taken for a medical examination.
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By Latoya Giles President Donald Ramotar yesterday insisted that Guyana must not and will not become a safe haven for criminals.The President made the statement in light of the recent news which surfaced that more than 20 gangsters were busted in New York for drug trafficking and other offenses, with some of the shipments passing through Guyana.The New York Mafia reportedly conspired with the Italian syndicate to traffic cocaine and heroin stashed in shipments of pineapples, frozen fish and other food.President Donald RamotarPresident Ramotar was at the time speaking at the Commissioning Parade for the Standard Officers Course #46, held at Camp Ayanganna. According to the Head of State, he has instructed the Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee to write to the United States and request information that they probably have.“We have also extended to them our full cooperation with dealing on the matter. This country will not become a safe haven for criminals,Cheap Wholesale Jerseys,” President Ramotar stressed.Opposition Leader David Granger, along with Members of Parliament Joe Harmon and Winston Felix immediately met with Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Brigadier Mark Phillips following the revelations.Granger told the media yesterday that the creation of a link between local narco traffickers and major international drug lords is more than a dangerous development.According to the Opposition Leader they had asked for the meeting with the Chief of Staff in light of the grave reports about linkages between Guyanese narco traffickers with the Italian mafia. He said that his party felt that it is a situation that requires immediate and forceful reaction by the government.Discussed in the meeting was the opposition’s willingness to lending support in whatever regard. Granger said that they can help strengthen the technical arm of the GDF, particularly aviation, coastguard and land assets to interdict narcotics and guns coming into Guyana.Granger further noted that the Chief of Staff has stated his intention to have discussions with his officers. He also disclosed that the Chief of Staff has already taken the guide from the Disciplined Services Commission, which calls for the strengthening of the Force’s technical arms.Granger stressed that there is need for the army to have more assets to help with the sea and aviation aspects of the force since they are largely insufficient to go after traffickers and protect Guyana’s borders.He believes too that the absence of a National Drug Strategy master plan is largely responsible for these types of occurrences.“There is no valid national drug strategy master plan. It expired in 2009 and the administration appears to be in no hurry to implement a new plan” he said,China NFL Jerseys, adding that “there is no justification for the absence of such a plan for five years.”Granger recalled that during the period 2000 and 2008 well known traffickers had brought sophisticated equipment into Guyana which led to the death of many Guyanese.He believes that there is a linkage between international drug lords and local traffickers and that large amount of drugs are being smuggled in and out of Guyana.On Tuesday,Cheap NBA Jerseys Wholesale, news surfaced that more than 20 gangsters were busted in New York for drug trafficking and other offences.The New York Mafia reportedly conspired with the Italian syndicate to traffic cocaine and heroin stashed in shipments of pineapples,Wholesale China Jerseys, frozen fish and other food.The shipments traveled through ports in Guyana, where Mexican drug cartel members facilitated deliveries,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, prosecutors said. The raids targeted a network of drug smuggling that stretched from Guyana to Italy to Malaysia to the United States.An undercover agent recorded alleged Gambino associate, Franco Lupoi, and others plotting to transport 500 kilograms of cocaine hidden in shipments of frozen fish or pineapples, according to court documents. Prosecutors found $7 million worth of cocaine hidden in crates of pineapples and coconut milk.In September 2012,NCAA Baseball Jerseys, Lupoi was recorded explaining to an undercover agent that he had contacts in Guyana who could arrange the shipment of cocaine to his contacts in Italy,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, court records state.
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