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– corporation says move is to “consolidate” The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has announced plans to start moving the LBI estateGuySuCo’s Finance Director, Paul Bhimoperations to Enmore, East Coast of Demerara, but the move is not going down well with the unions.According to the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE), a delegation met with GuySuCo officials on Tuesday to discuss finalizing the integration of the East Demerara estates.The unions say the closure of the LBI operations would result in over 800 workers being deployed to Enmore estate.“It is doubtful that the deployed workers would be offered regular and full work at Enmore as is the present case at LBI. In this regard, account must be taken that similar operations at Enmore Estate have their own full complement of employees, a situation likened to that at Uitvlugt, where Wales Estate workers are to be channeled according to a statements by high-placed authorities, and promised regular, permanent employment.”The unions complained that at the meeting, the corporation did not inform the unions when the operations are to be closed, nor was vital information about the employees’ future given.“It is a similar experience to that of Wales where the company,Wholesale China Jerseys, to date, has failed to provide full information on the status of the future of 1,700 workers from Wales Estate.”But GuySuCo’s Finance Director, Paul Bhim, noted that LBI factory has been closed for a number of years now.“The factory is already closed. We are consolidating the field and other administrative operations with Enmore where the factory is. The fields required to grow canes will still be doing that.”The union delegation to Tuesday’s meeting with GuySuCo included shop stewards of Enmore and LBI Estates.“The corporation at the meeting informed the two unions that the company has decided to have the operations of the Field Workshop, Mill Dock, Field Lab,?Stores, and Administrative Offices that are based at LBI Estate be merged with similar operations at Enmore Estate during this year,” a statement from the two unions said yesterday.Both bodies said that the announcement came as a surprise.The sugar corporation is facing opposition from its unions after announcing plans to shift key operations to Enmore.“When the LBI factory was closed and its workers were transferred to Enmore factory, both unions were assured by a member of the current Interim Management that there will be no closure of any other department after the closure of the factory. Thus,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, it was never expected that the corporation under the same management could decide to dismantle the costly buildings at LBI Estate, and end the operations which it approved about five years ago.”The unions believed that from the explanations by GuySuCo, it could be concluded that the areas being closed would essentially mean the closure of the entire estate.“LBI will thereby cease to exist. The company, in effect,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, is using the term “consolidation” as a guise for the complete closure of LBI.”The unions drew a parallel to the consolidation of Wales estate.“It is recalled that on January 20, 2016 when GuySuCo officially advised the unions on the Wales Estate closure and in keeping with the Termination of Employment and Severance Pay Act Section 12(3)(b) that it would meet with the union to fulfill the one month’s notice period regarding the workers who would be deployed to Uitvlugt Estate and those who would be made redundant.”The unions said that GuySuCo,Cheap Jerseys, however,China Jerseys, did not meet the two unions, and on March 22,Cheap Jerseys From China, 2016, the Corporation informed GAWU that 105 workers are to be made redundant.“Prior to the corporation’s letter, 15 workers were deployed to Uitvlugt Estate and 67 temporary workers were deprived of their jobs without any compensation. It is to be noted that these actions are being taken before December 31, 2016 – the date announced by the Ministry of Agriculture for the closure of Wales Estate.”The unions were adamant that the actions violate the law and norms of such situation.GuySuCo, a state-owned company, has fallen on hard times and facing financial difficulties.It has for over a decade been falling behind production targets with consecutive Governments being forced to plug billions of dollars annually to keep it afloat.The David Granger administration had sacked the entire board and its boss, Dr. Raj Singh, when it took office last year May.The industry managed t

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The Mayor and City Councillors (M&CC) of Georgetown is once again giving defaulting taxpayers an opportunity to honour their civic obligation and pay their rates and taxes, interest-free.Over the years, delinquent taxpayers have been responsible for the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars of council’s revenue.Ever since,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, officials of City Hall have extended the waiver on taxes to citizens with the hope that it would lead to the collection of much needed revenue,Wholesale Jerseys China, and alleviate municipality’s burden in fulfilling its numerous financial obligations.There has been a number of amnesty programmes aimed at encouraging defaulting property owners in the city to pay their dues.M&CC Public Relations Officer Debra LewisAccording to Debra Lewis, M&CC Public Relations Officer, this year’s amnesty will be granted from September 1- 30.Lewis noted that while residential properties will receive 100% amnesty on interest, companies and businesses must apply to the council for between 50% to 75% amnesty on tax interest.“Property owners are advised to check with the City Treasurer’s Department so that they can be guided on the use of the facility offered,Jerseys Wholesale,” she explained,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, adding that the council has taken into consideration the socio-economic issues of citizens in Georgetown,NFL Jerseys China, which can affect their ability to honour their civic obligation.“Also,Cheap Jerseys From China, the Council is cognisant of the fact that many of the property owners are pensioners and retired public servants,” Lewis added.The Public Relations Officer reiterated that all properties used solely for public religious worship, those properties used exclusively for the purpose of education, burial grounds, cemeteries or crematoriums are also exempted from paying property taxes to the council.

A 21-year-old murder suspect,holesale NFL Jerseys, who believed that he was unrecognizable, was arrested yesterday when he walked into a police station—more than a month after he allegedly murdered a dredge owner in Port Kaituma, Region One,Cheap Jerseys Store, with the help of his father.Kemo Scott was in the company of a female when they were stopped at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara for a traffic offence. The female was the driver of the vehicle.A brave Scott walked into the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station to assist the female in settling the matter, not knowing that he would have been arrested right there for the murder of 32-year-old Ryan English, a dredge owner.Kaieteur News was reliably informed that while Scott was in the station,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, a police rank recognized him and pointed him out to his colleagues. He was then arrested.The dredge owner died on September 4, last,wholesale jerseys, two days after he was allegedly stabbed by Scott and his 44-year-old father, Shurland Mohan Scott,CHeap NFL Jerseys China, who was charged for the murder on September 7, last. The younger Scott had been on the run since then.According to information received, English and the younger Scott were reportedly imbibing alcohol at a shop in Port Kaituma when an argument ensued, which later resulted in English sustaining a small chop wound to the head.Kaieteur News understands that the two men had a previous disagreement and while consuming alcohol, they were taunting each other about the issue—this resulted in the suspect getting angry and attacking the dredge owner.English’s wife,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, Lashana Nichols, had explained that when her spouse was chopped to the head, he went further up the backdam, less than a mile from where he was drinking, to meet with his attacker’s father and complain to him about what his son had done.“When he reached to the camp to complain to the boy’s father, the man hold his two hands and his son come and start chop he (English). The workers dem who were in the camp run away because of how they were chopping Ryan,” Nichols said.This newspaper was told that the older suspect had sustained a chop wound to his hand in the process.He was arrested at the scene while his son fled and remained at large until his arrest yesterday.

After being on the run for some three weeks, Compton Aaron, who was wanted by police,Cheap NFL Football Jerseys, was captured on January 3,Wholesale China NFL Jerseys, last,Cheap Jerseys Store, and charged with attempted murder of his wife and two children.Reports are that the 44-year-old suspect was placed before the court on Monday last at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court where he appeared before Magistrate Thajnarine Ramroop.Aaron allegedly attempted to torch his wife,Cheap Soccer Jerseys Free Shipping, Ann Simon, and his sons Osafo and Prince on December 18,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, last year.The charges were indictable and Aaron was not required to plead.He has been remanded and is expected to make his next court appearance on February 5.On December 18 last in the early hours of the morning, the man allegedly sneaked into the home of his estranged reputed wife, Ann Simon, and set her alight after dousing her with gasoline.The couple’s two children, Osafo and Prince Todd, who were asleep on the floor also sustained burns and had to be hospitalised along with their mother at the Fort Wellington Hospital.Simon sustained severe burns to her chest while the two children’s feet were badly scorched.The woman had recalled a life of beatings at the hands of the suspect who she said is reluctant to maintain his children.A few months ago,NHL Jerseys From China, the couple was engaged a bitter fight during which the suspect brutally assaulted Simon, causing her severe injuries to her face.

…to make it 7th town,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, Bartica-Potaro road a highway The riverain village in the Cuyuni Mazaruni, Bartica, came alive on Sunday as leaders and thousands ofPresident-in-waiting, Brigadier David Grangerparty supporters for the recently formed coalition, A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) made their way to the community centre ground for a grand rally.Hours before the start, hundreds of eager supporters lined the streets decked out in yellow and green. Some even donned the party flags and had creative hairstyles to suit.Supporters drove around the avenues in Bartica waving flags from their decorated vehicles while others stood waiting long before Presidential candidate,Cheap NFL Authentic Jerseys, Brigadier David Granger and Prime Ministerial candidate, Moses Nagamootoo arrived.It was clear that the scores of vehicles with patrons waving Guyana flags as well as green and yellow flags were heading in one direction: towards the Bartica Community Centre Ground, the place where party candidates were set to tell them exactly what they would do if elected to govern.The evening was one of cultural presentations and speeches from supporters as well as party members. Toshaos and representatives from several Amerindian Villages from Upper Mazaruni came forth and endorsed the coalition.Bartica television producer and broadcaster, Edward Persaud,Cheap China Jerseys, who was previously associated with the incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC), sent a recorded endorsement that was played and greeted with excitement by attendees.Granger was the last to address the crowd which swelled to about 6000.Toshaos and representatives from several Amerindian villages who endorsed the coalition.He took to the stage from which he told the roaring crowd of plans to make Bartica safe and to boost the economy.The Presidential Candidate committed to ensuring that the community of Bartica gains township status under an APNU+AFC government. He said that it has been too long and Bartica, one of the oldest villages in Guyana, was one that deserved it.The party devised plans for better health care, reliable electricity, proper roads, a modern ferry stelling, improved security, proper garbage collection and disposal, and incentives for the gold mining sector.Granger told the crowd that he and his party have heard their cries and will act on them.“I want to see Bartica as the capital of this region,” he said. Barticians must benefit from good infrastructure such as a state of the art stelling, good roads and street lights.He said on May 26, 2016 the country will be 50-years-old and Bartica will be a town before that, one that would have its own Mayor. The crowd roared.? “This village is 170-years-old.”He said that Bartica is older than Linden, Anna Regina?and Corriverton and it deserved town status. He said, the “PPP is holding you back” and there needs to be a plan to move the community forward.Granger told thousands that the coalition’s first plan is to make Bartica safe. He said that members of the Guyana Police Force need to be better paid and the Commander for ‘F’ Division needs to be living in Bartica.“The APNU+AFC will make Bartica safe and secure. There will be no more massacres here because you will have a better police force,” he said, partly in reference to the killing of 12 persons, including three policemen, on February 17,NFL Jerseys China, 2008.He said the Divisional Commander for the interior would be re-located from his city-based headquarters to Bartica. “He must pack his clothes at day clean on May 12, and get ready to relocate. He cannot run Bartica and Region Seven from Rabbit Walk (Eve Leary)…He has to be among you and know your cares and concerns,” he said.He reiterated that other crime-fighting stimulus measures would include equipping the police with All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) and higher salaries.He said that his second plan is to make the Bartica-Potaro Road a highway and a network of roads between Bartica and Annai would be completed and reduce dependence on the stelling and ferry service.“You cannot develop this region without infrastructure. You can’t hide from it. Infrastructure is investment. It will pay for itself…if you want to win the riches of this region you have to provide roads,” he said.Education was also high on the APNU+AFC agenda. “If you want to develop this region more quickly you have to solve the problem of education. Your economic plan is based on the resources you have right here,” he said.Granger continued his crusade for improved education to increase the chances of employment rather than being exposed to human trafficking, teenage pregnancy and the harms associated with the goldfields.The APNU+ AFC Leader stres

More than 37,000 customers of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) were on Sunday forced to endure a prolonged power outage but according to the officials of the utility company, it was a necessary step as the company nears completion of the current upgrade of its distribution network.From Left: Andrew Jin, Kempton France, Gail Best, Colin Singh and GPL PRO, Shevion Sears-MurrayThe scheduled extended blackout saw Georgetown and sections of the East Coast and East Bank Demerara without power for several hours as technicians worked to link the brand new substation aback of the Sophia station to the main grid.Sunday’s city wide blackout was the last of its kind but this does not mean the end of scheduled outages in the near future.The GPL Infrastructure Development Progamme officials yesterday met with members of the media to provide an update on the works. Among them were Senior Divisional Director for Operations and Projects, Colin Singh; China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation representative, Andrew Jin Project Manager, Gail Best; and Operations and Planning Engineer for Systems Control at Sophia, Kempton France.Singh,Wholesale Jerseys, in providing an update on the works which is funded through a US$40M concessional Loan from the China EXIM (Export/Import) Bank, explained that the massive outage was to enable the “connection of the existing facility to the new facility as well as to connect a new substation being constructed at North Ruimveldt to the Sophia Substation.”The Infrastructure Development Programme entails the construction of seven new substations, the upgrade of three existing substations as well as the installation of some 96 kilometres of 69KV transmission cables.The substations allow for the step down of electricity from the 69,000 volts to 13,000 volts at the various points.Singh explained that Sunday’s exercise entailed a modification and expansion of the Sophia substation which serves as the hub for electricity distribution.A Chinese and local technician prepare one section of the 69KV cable.The Sophia works represented the second of the three upgrades, according to Singh. The first was completed last November in Edinborough, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Bank Demerara. The third is to be undertaken at Onverwagt in West Berbice. This is scheduled to commence in one week, according to Singh.He said that while there are some outstanding works still to be completed at Sophia,Cheap NFL Jerseys, there will not be a complete shutdown, as was the case on Sunday.It was explained that with the facilities coming on stream in Sophia, namely a “new sectionalized bus-bar,” the Power Company now has the ability to isolate sections of the grid for shutdown and as such, when necessary those locations would be isolated and taken offline as against the massive shutdown that obtained on Sunday.Project Manager, Gail Best, told members of the media that works on the ‘nerve centre’ for GPL in Sophia were largely successful despite some minor delays.This was in part due to weather and the testing of the system before going back online.She explained that weather played a factor given that technicians had to be working atop utility poles. “We had to take some pause.”The actual works had been completed just about an hour before schedule but it was the testing that caused the additional delays and this was completed by 19:00hrs at which point in time the system was repowered.She used the opportunity to caution customers that the “outage was just to allow us to progress from step A to set B.”According to Best,NFL Jerseys China, “It’s not the end-all of the outage, however with the sectionalized bus-bar that we have in place we wouldn’t be shutting down the plant ever again…we will be isolating sections to allow us to proceed with our works.”Operations and Planning Engineer for Systems Control at Sophia, Kempton France,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, informed members of the media that with the new distribution network in place, an immediate benefit to consumers would be the supply of a much more stable supply of electricity.At present GPL utilizes very long feeders from Sophia to as far as 20 miles along the East Coast of Demerara.“As a result of the length of the feeder there is a significant level of voltage drops which would cause consumers to have fluctuation in voltage.”France said that with the implementation of the Good Hope substation the feeders will be shorter and “that will definitely mean a better quality of voltage…the voltage supplied will be much more stable.”In alluding to additional benefits of the bus-bar that was installed, he said that as the company progresses with the upgrades, the frequency and duration of outages experienced would be greatly reduced.The overall project is

Armed with a wealth of experience, Ms Patricia Sheerattan-Bisnauth has taken up the post of Executive Director of the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA). Her appointment became effective on January 2, 2013.In a statement to the media it was noted that the Board of Directors of the GRPA is pleased to announce the appointment of the new Executive Director.Ms. Patricia Sheerattan-BisnauthMs. Sheerattan-Bisnauth,Cheap Jerseys China, it was noted,NFL Jerseys China, brings valuable local and international experience to GRPA, having worked in Guyana and Switzerland, and studied in Guyana, Jamaica, Sweden and the United States. As such “her expertise in the fields of Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender and Development, Social Work, Economic and Climate Justice, Research and Management will serve to strengthen the organization and enhance its operations.”As a theologian and social justice advocate, Ms. Sheerattan-Bisnauth is said to have a strong commitment to the transformation of society through critical consciousness, gender and racial equality, and sustainable socio economic development.? She has published several articles, edited nine books, and has developed two gender training manuals, including a manual to promote positive masculinities.GRPA’s President, Pamela Nauth said, “We warmly welcome Patricia and look forward to her moving the Association to new heights in its growth and development, where it continues to build on its services as the leading agency for Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Guyana.”Nauth also has expectations that the new Executive Director will strengthen GRPA’s local, regional and international partnerships.Sheerattan-Bisnauth has since indicated that she is looking forward to building on the good work of her predecessors,Jerseys Cheap NFL, in a process of advancing the aims of the Association.? She said too that “GRPA has a critical role to play in addressing critical issues relating to Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) and related issues affecting women, men and children. SRH is linked to the achievement of economic and social development; thus it must be seen as a key issue to be addressed throughout Guyana,” said the new Executive Director.GRPA has a holistic approach to Sexual and Reproductive Health care. Its Clinic, which is located at 70 Quamina Street,Jerseys Wholesale, South Cummingsburg,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, Georgetown, offers gynecological care, pap smear tests,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, contraceptives, breast, pelvic, prostate and testicular examination, termination of pregnancy, infertility management, menopausal syndrome, HIV and STI testing and treatment and provides a host of other services.Additionally, the Programmes Department offers many services including family, marriage and HIV counseling. GRPA has outreach programmes in other coastal regions and hopes to strengthen this initiative and to extend to hinterland areas. The Association’s current focus is on Gender Based Violence, HIV and AIDS and STIs, and the entity is encouraging volunteers to join its ranks.

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With much drama and flare the finals in the JOF Haynes Memorial Inter-Secondary School debating competition concluded with the opposing Anna Regina convincing the judges that ‘Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) is not the most significant contribution towards combating Global Warming.’In fact, Alyssa Alphonso, as first speaker of the opposing Region Two team,NFL Jerseys Cheap, sought to emphasise with facts and assumptions that while the LCDS is of importance to climate change it is more focused on boosting the local economy.She said that while LCDS will contribute towards addressing climate change it is not significant, since the main aim of the move is to “get countries to pay us”.“It can aid Guyana’s economic condition,” asserted a confident Alphonso. Her second speaker, Erica Singh, and third speaker Heamant Narine,China Jerseys, who was adjudged the best speaker, both expressed similar convictions in their quest to persuade both the audience and judges of their opposing view.They highlighted with much certainty that since Guyana’s forests represents a mere two percent of the world’s forests, saving the local forest would be of no significance if the rest of the world continues to practice pollution.Hence Guyana’s LCDS would be nothing more than a ‘drop in the ocean’, the opposition passionately proclaimed.But though they tried with varying theories to support the moot ‘Guyana Low Carbon Development Strategy is the most significant contribution towards combating Global Warming’ Wisburg Secondary of Region 10 could not outdebate its counterpart.Despite the efforts of first speaker,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, Athena Little,Cheap NFL Football Jerseys, to liken President Bharrat Jagdeo’s LCDS to a doctor with a cure for a deadly illness, her presentation was apparently not enough to convince the judges. Proposing second speaker, Saskia Warde and third speaker Tiffany Thom both did their part in earnest.At the end of the rebuttal, a segment in which both schools lost marks, Anna Regina was declared the winner by Chief Judge Lurine Meertins with 273 marks. Wisburg Secondary scored 260. According to Meertins, both schools lost marks because they dared to add new material in their rebuttal, which is forbidden in any debating competition.The other supporting judges were Ms Cecilia Holder and Ms Bibi Ali.As winner of the competition Anna Regina Secondary was awarded a computer, compliments of Metro Office Supplies,NFL Jerseys Authentic China, among other tokens.The debating competition which is a Ministry of Education annual activity commenced last May and saw the involvement of students from as far as Paramakatoi and Charity to the Corentyne and Linden.The competition is intended to celebrate the oratorical expertise of the late Joseph Oscar Fitzclarence Haynes,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, who in his day was identified as the most brilliant and eminent lawyer of his generation. Born July 18, 1912, Haynes attended Mission Chapel Congregational School, and the Central Wesleyan School of New Amsterdam where at the age of 14 he successfully wrote the Pupil Teachers’ Examination. At the age of 20, he obtained a First Class Teachers’ Certificate and also passed the London Marticulation Examination. Haynes was appointed a teacher at the Scots School in New Amsterdam and later the Headmaster of Mara Primary School, Berbice River.JOF Haynes by corresponding through London University read for his Bachelor of Arts and the LL.B degrees. After his successes, he resigned his position in the Ministry of Education to pursue what was to be his life long career – Law.Haynes spent much of his time ensuring that the right word was always used in the right place and in excising whatever grammatical or orthographic scars there may unwittingly have been to flaw his work. It was for this very reason that the Ministry has continued to use Haynes as a model and as the Patron for the Debating Competition.

The fate of Gocool Boodoo,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, who formerly held the position of Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), continues to hang in the balance as a statutory meeting of the entity’s board last week Tuesday did not yield a definitive decision.This newspaper was informed by an official close to the entity that “nothing happened; no decision was made as yet.”Boodoo, whose contract this publication understands has expired,Wholesale Basketball Jerseys,Flashback: Chief Elections Officer Mr Gocool Boodoo (L) and GECOM’s Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally engaged in a conversation following the announcement of the 2011 Final Election Results.had at the Commission’s statutory meeting of March 12, 2013, requested that the Commissioners who make up the board renew his contract.? This publication was informed, too, that the Commissioners have quite a task on their hands as there are reports that “there seems to be several issues related to his (Boodoo’s) past performance.”At the moment the position of CEO is being filled by Deputy Chief Elections Officer, Calvin Benn.? There were however earlier reports that some at the Commission were not in favour of Benn acting in that capacity. An official, commenting on the acting appointment of Benn, insisted that “it is merely acting as if the CEO was on leave.”Following disclosures that Benn was identified to temporarily fill the void this publication had sought a comment from him. “I do not know what decisions were arrived at…I do not attend statutory meetings,Wholesale Jerseys,” he said.This publication had also learnt that there have even been reports of indiscretion within the entity by a named senior official which could affect the decision of the Commission which is headed by Chairman, Dr Steve Surujbally.Dr Surujbally has been successful in eluding this publication’s attempt to solicit a comment on the state of affairs. A call placed to the office of the Chairman yesterday was answered by his secretary who informed that the Chairman was on another call. She however disconnected the call and during a subsequent call informed that the Chairman had left the office.Along with gaining the attention of Dr Surujbally the matter is being reviewed by six commissioners among them Attorney-at-law Sandra Jones,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, who filled the void that was left when opposition-member Robert Williams died, Mr Vincent Alexander and Mr Charles Corbin. The latter named three represent the parliamentary opposition.? Attorney-at-law Jaya Manickchand, Dr Kishav ‘Bud’ Mangal and Mr Mahmood Shaw are representing the ruling party in the Commission.There are reports that Boodoo’s return to the position of CEO has not received a nod from either side as both sides are working as a team to review his performance. This publication understands that a thorough process has been engaged by the Commissioners,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, who are said to be tight-lipped on the state of affairs.Reports are that at the recent meeting a decision was made to have Boodoo’s past performances as CEO be evaluated at length. In fact there are reports that the Commissioners are looking to formulate an instrument with which to undertake their evaluation.There are reports, too, that the Chairman is in favour of having the CEO position advertised in the Caribbean, a suggestion that was reportedly dashed by the Commissioners representing the parliamentary opposition. This publication was reliably informed that based on deliberations at a previous meeting not all were receptive of suggestions that were made which reportedly included having the Assistant Deputy Commissioner,Jerseys NFL Cheap, Mr Keith Lowenfield, being elevated to the position of Deputy Chief Elections Officer.Another suggestion, this publication was informed, was a proposal reportedly from the Chairman himself to defy electoral management by recommending that the entity’s Public Relations Officer act in the DCEO capacity.

By Leon SuseranChairman of Banks DIH Limited, Clifford Reis,Wholesale Stitched NFL Jerseys, has stated that the company is undergoing a modernization like no other time in its history. This announcement was made at the company’s 18th Berbice Shareholders’ reception at Peter D’Aguiar Street, Banks Tarmac, New Amsterdam on Sunday.The attractive local biscuit/cracker line of products proudly made in Guyana displayed at the Shareholders’ reception.This modernization, he stated, includes a new pasteurizer, a new equipment for the soft drink plant, a new water well—up to 400 gallons per minute—and soon 800 gallons per minute,Cheap Jerseys Online, a new ice-cream plant, a new boiler, new generators, etc.Reis added, too, that the company is heading sharply towards more automation,Cheap NFL Jerseys, meaning that the machinery is doing the brunt of the work, with just a handful of human labour overseeing these operations.He, however, stated that the company has never seen the need to lay-off any employee since that was not required in the “family company”, rather workers were moved to other areas in the business.“You have guys sit down with laptops and this machine produced Coca Cola and Sprite—fills the bottles to the perfect height and the speed it comes off with, the humans just cannot compete with it”,Cheap Jerseys 2018, he noted.A new brew house, fully automated, will be operational within 6 weeks and will enable the company to produce more than 400,Wholesale Jerseys 2017,000 cases of beer per month—900 bottles per minute or 42, 43 cases per minute!”The company, the Chairman said, is also becoming more and more self-sufficient in terms of its basic operational requirements—water, electricity, etc. The company is producing 4.4 Megawatts of power, and another 1.7MW will be added shortly.“We do not depend on anyone beyond the fence of Banks and we produce energy cheaper than GPL”, he stated, to loud applause from the gathering.Banks DIH was once asked to manage Guyana Power & Light Inc (GPL)…”that’s a long story”, he stated jokingly.“Your company has taken these decisions to make sure that we fulfill the dreams of our shareholders and investors”. In another year, a brand-new fleet of vehicles will be added.New Amsterdam will benefit from a spanking new Citizen’s Bank branch. “We have completed 80 per cent of the approval to build this new bank up here – and we hope that it will finish within 15 months and you will have your own bank—a replica of what the Head Office looks like because what we want to do is to brand the bank just like we brand Coca Cola and Banks Beer”.“The soft drink industry is doing well; the brewery industry is doing well; even Guinness Stout has shown an increase of 25 per cent.”For the first time in the history of the Caribbean, he said, Banks DIH sold 93,000 cases of Guinness in December, surpassing the 56,000 cases it sold during the year. The company recorded more successes. In December, the company sold more than 1 million units of cases of products…Never in the history of this company have we done that!”He praised his Berbice Operations manager, Mr Reginald ‘Reggie’ Matthews, for selling more than $2B… “a fantastic number and he not only sold it—but thanks to the consumers who drank it— $2B is not an easy number—Reggie sold 1.4M units of products (a 14 per cent increase)…We are talking about 24 billion bottles of products.”Berbice Manager, Mr Matthews praised the company’s prudent environmental practice capability of having a new fleet of trucks. More recently a forklift that works with propane gas [no fumes] was added to the fleet. “We are not only making profits, but we are respecting the environment”.The New Amsterdam ‘Qik Serv’ Restaurant has increased its sales in spite of competition right around it, selling $90.5M, an increase of 13 per cent over the previous year. Sales are on the increase for the local restaurant chain,Supply NFL Jerseys, ne noted.“We remain number one when it comes to cleanliness and service!” Export sales through Berbice also generated revenue of $22M.Banks DIH recorded $4B profit in 2011compared to $3.081B in 2010, an increase of $955M or 31 percent. The company’s net profit increased from $1.362B in 2010 to $1.934B in 2011 reflecting an increase of $572.0M or 42 per cent.

—fined for driving without licenceThe young airport employee who was caught driving a stolen car by police at a roadblock was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul. He was charged with simple larceny.Messiah Eastman, 21,Cheap NFL Jerseys, of Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara denied that between April 10 and April 11 at Ogle,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, East Coast Demerara, he stole one motorcar valued at $2M, property of Aubrey Stoby.He was denied bail after Police Prosecutor, Lance Corporal David Goodridge, opposed his being admitted to pre trial liberty. The Prosecutor pointed to the fact that the car was found in his possession and that he attempted to escape from police.Eastman was also fined $40,Jerseys From China, 000 after admitting to driving without a licence.Stoby had left his car keys with Patrick Evans, a security guard at the Ogle International Airport. The key was left there to be picked up by his son, since Stoby was leaving for the interior.Evans misplaced the keys and later observed that the car was missing. He reported it to another guard and subsequently to the Sparendaam Police Station on April 11.Around 22:00hrs,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, on Sparendaam Public Road, police ranks at a roadblock identified the vehicle driven by the defendant as the said one that was reported stolen.Eastman was told of the offence and claimed that he saw the keys on the floor and decided to take the vehicle for a drive.It was reported that Eastman was detained Monday night with the stolen Toyota Runx after he drove up to a roadblock. The roadblock at Sparendaam was headed by Police Inspector, Christopher Humphrey,Wholesale Jerseys, who observed the dark coloured car approaching Ogle to go further up the East Coast.The driver of the car,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, upon seeing the roadblock attempted to turn around, immediately arousing the suspicion of ranks on duty.However, at the time they reportedly had no knowledge that the vehicle was stolen and challenged?the driver who claimed that his licence was left at home.The driver was booked for a traffic offence and it was later discovered by police that the car was the same vehicle that was reported stolen earlier in the day.This matter will be called again on April 29, in the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court which is temporarily being housed at the Better Hope Community Centre.

Poyer was injured on a nasty blindside hit by Titans running back Antonio Andrews while covering a punt in the second quarter. Andrews had an unobstructed run at Poyer before delivering his violent blow, which was penalized.
Andrews received a personal foul and will be fined by the NFL.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns safety Jordan Poyer has been discharged from the hospital after one of his kidneys was lacerated by a vicious hit.
Poyer was taken to Nashville's Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital by ambulance during Sunday's 28-26 loss to the Tennessee Titans. The Browns said the 25-year-old Poyer,Cheap Jerseys USA, in his fourth season with the team, will return to Cleveland.
Browns coach Hue Jackson does not think Andrews' hit was malicious.
Because of the rash of injuries, the Browns have started three quarterbacks and played five this season. They've also had three centers, lost their starting kicker and before the season started, they lost defensive end Desmond Bryant,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, their sacks leader in 2015, with a chest injury. In addition, wide receiver Josh Gordon entered rehab just days before he was to return from a four-game league drug suspension.
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"I think he was trying to do his job,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, which was block him, and he did," Jackson said. "He blocked him. He might have led with his head a little bit, but that is what he got flagged for. That is part of this game."
Poyer's serious injury is the latest for the Browns, who have placed 12 players — including quarterback Robert Griffin III — on IR this season. The team can bring one player off IR after eight games.

– Review to be completed by next weekGovernment is prepared to revise the retirement policy for public school educators. This was amplified on Thursday by Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, when he hosted this week’s post Cabinet press briefing at the Ministry of the Presidency.According to Harmon, Cabinet has mandated Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, and his technical staff to devise a plan to incorporate the proposed revision. And according to him, it is expected that this plan will be completed in the new week.This development comes on the heels of Government’s concern with the Mathematics performance at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA). According to Harmon, Government views the prevailing poor performance in Mathematics as a matter of national urgency and is therefore aiming at putting remedial measures in place.At Cabinet, Harmon said,NFL Jerseys Authentic China, it was recommended that the Ministry develop a method of best practice to guide the Ministry to identify areas where resources are required and to facilitate the recruitment of retired teachers to provide assistance to the system.According to Harmon, “We had a very long discussion on the retirement age for teachers since it was felt that the age at which teachers are retiring is the age when they are on top of their game.” The retirement age for public servants, including teachers,Wholesale Jerseys, is 55.Harmon said that Cabinet has considered that once teachers retire from the Government system they are quickly “snapped up” by the private school system. “That is something which as a Government we need to pay careful attention to,Cheap NBA Jerseys China,” Harmon noted on Thursday.But even before the A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Government assumed power last year, the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) was advocating for a revision of the Ministry’s policy to rehire retired educators.The GTU had however expressed concern that the rehiring of retired educators was hampering the elevation of young educators within the system. GTU President, Mr. Mark Lyte had urged that the strategic placement of young and intelligent individuals must be one of the priority areas that the Education must direct keen attention.This particular area of focus, he noted, is imperative in order to reduce the number of officials who have retired and have been rehired to hold senior positions within the sector.According to Lyte, while there is a place for retired officials,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, when they are rehired in the capacity of senior officers,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, it often serves to stymie the promotion of qualified young persons who with guidance, can take up leadership positions.”We know that education is evolving and you have to put in place new strategies and plans to deal with the present education system we have, and if you are set in your old ways then obviously you will be left behind,” said Lyte.He insisted that “we want to see young intelligent people being deployed in strategic positions within the education sector.”Lyte said that there is need for a revision of the policy for rehiring retired personnel for management positions.”Rehiring these persons is good,NFL Jerseys China, but they should not be coming back in a managerial capacity,” the GTU President had asserted.

Chicago selected the 6-foot-4, 301-pound Whitehair after a flurry of moves that started with them trading the 41st pick to Buffalo for the No. 49 selection plus fourth-rounders this year and in 2017. After Green Bay traded up with Indianapolis, Chicago made another deal. The Bears sent the 49th pick to Seattle for No. 56 and a fourth-rounder.
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"I kind of used that as a chip on my shoulder to go out and prove that I was a highly talented guy," he said. "And I felt like I deserved to go higher, which also this year I felt the same in this draft. I waited longer than I expected, but I feel like I landed in a good place and I'm excited for it."
The Bears,Jerseys NFL China, 6-10 last season, cleared the way for three-time Pro Bowl pick Kyle Long to move back to right guard by signing former Arizona Cardinals right tackle Bobby Massie. They also have veteran Matt Slauson at left guard and Charles Leno at left tackle.
Pace, however, seemed noncommittal about Slauson's future with the team when asked if the veteran would be brought to training camp. Besides Whitehair, guard and center Ted Larsen is also in the mix after signing a one-year deal last month.
He also did not rule out the possibility of moving Long to left tackle at some point, saying, "You guys know he can play any position."
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"It's pushing everybody," Pace said. "Everybody's being pushed. Every single one of those offensive linemen are getting pushed and I think that's what they would expect. We're going to try to do that with every single position on the roster — not just the offensive line."
"We haven't even gotten to that yet," Pace said. "We're just adding talent and we'll let it all sort out."
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The Bears added another blocker, drafting Kansas State guard Cody Whitehair with the 56th pick after trading down twice in the second round on Friday night.
The 6-foot-3, 285-pound Bullard moved between defensive end and tackle in college. He returned for his senior season after teams told him he would be a late-round pick last year and earned first-team all-SEC honors with 66 tackles — 17 1/2 for loss — and 6 1/2 sacks.
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — General manager Ryan Pace wants to create competition throughout the roster, and the Chicago Bears did just that on the offensive line.
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The Bears went with Whitehair after taking Georgia outside linebacker Leonard Floyd with the ninth pick on Thursday. They then added another defensive player in the third round, grabbing Florida tackle Jonathan Bullard.
"I've snapped the ball a little bit, not a whole lot," he said. "I'm just excited to be a Bear and wherever they need me to play,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, I'll do my best and work hard at it."
Whitehair, a four-year starter, spent the last two seasons at left tackle after going from right tackle to left guard and back to right tackle. He sees himself as a better fit at guard because of his length.
Projected as a potential first-round pick,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Whitehair's stock fell after he performed just 16 bench-press reps at the Combine. He chalked that up to just a bad day while adding, "I'm more of a field-strong kind of guy."
Chicago has three fourth-round picks, a fifth-rounder, two sixth-rounders and one selection in the seventh round on Saturday.
Through free agency and now the draft, the Bears have no shortage of offensive linemen.
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…as thousands turn up for APNU+AFC rally post NominationWith A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) having presented its lists of candidates, thousands of supporters marched through central Georgetown yesterday afternoon, escorting their leadership to Independence Park for their first post-Nomination Day rally.AFC Executive Nigel Hughes addressing the gathering.Certain sections of the city were brought to a standstill as the entire proceeding unfolded, exacerbating the current traffic woes existing in the city.The atmosphere was a jubilant one as the masses danced to the multi-cultural selections that were played during the rally.AFC executive Nigel Hughes, addressing the milieu of gold and green, reminded those gathered of the historical significance of the ground. He also called for a moment of silence in reflection of all who had lost their lives in the process of fighting for freedom.‘It has been a long and painful journey. And we have lost brothers and sisters along the way. We lost Shaka Blair. We lost Ronald Waddell. We lost over 400 sons and most recently we lost Courtney (Crum-Ewing).”Citing the prorogation of parliament as one instance of misuse of presidential power, he called for the curtailing of such prerogatives.“There are some fundamental things we have to do so that we do not backslide again. And one of these is to change the Constitution!”“We must understand what about the Constitution has led us to where we are. Never again must we vest in any head of state the powers of a king or the powers of a queen. Because it is only kings and queens who don’t have to answer to the people. Once we elect a president, he must be liable to us and he must not be a minority president!”“Any President must be a majority president. And we must change the Constitution so that never again will a president wake up one morning and when the people say we have no confidence in you, he removes the parliament.? No more prorogation by any king!”Hughes reminded the gathering that there was more to be done,Jerseys NFL Cheap, and that to be complacent at this junction was a mistake. He related the importance of preserving unity.“How are we going to protect this unity? Unless we can protect this unity we will end up exactly where we were last year and four years ago. We would have failed our foreparents who gave their blood and died to see this day of unity.”“We have made many missteps in the past. We have distrusted ourselves and our neighbours. But now that we have this opportunity, we have to show humility. We have to show that we are strong and committed. We have to demonstrate that we will fight, come what may, to protect this unity.“And I have news for you. If you thought Courtney Crum-Ewing was provocative, in the next 34 days you will see even more provocation!” Hughes exclaimed, much to the crowd’s approval.“We have to be our brother’s keepers,Wholesale Basketball Jerseys, because they will attack our brothers and sisters. They will try to drive wedges between us,Cheap Jerseys, because we are facing a desperate regime…a regime that understands that we have only changed Governments once in fifty years. That is our failing as a people.”Hughes also touched on some of the controversial projects undertaken by the administration, “in the name of conservation and economic progress”.“The future of this country does not depend on giving away large tracts of land to people to develop it, when we can develop it ourselves!”“How is it possible that the sons and daughters of slaves and indentured servants can sit down and be told that, while foreign nations are given hundreds of thousands of acres to cut trees,China Jerseys NFL Wholesale, when we can cut trees? There is no magic in protecting the environment. We as citizens can protect the environment. We don’t need any foreign powers telling us how to manage our resources.”“How dare someone tell me, in 2015,China NFL Jerseys, that they have to give us a house lot,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, which we paid for, like if they are doing us a favour? We have already paid, through our foreparents, for every square inch of this country!”Hughes did not spare himself or his colleagues in the opposition. He assured the gathering that they were also accountable and thus the citizenry must never allow them to misuse their office.Guyana Youth and Student Movement (GYSM) chairman Ryan Belgrave also addressed the gathering, condemned the PPP/C for its failed youth initiatives.AFC youth leader Trevor Williams also spoke to the crowd. Wielding his ID card, he urged citizens to ensure that they were on the list of electors in their respective communitie

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