– Donald RamotarGeneral Secretary to the People’s Progressive Party Civic,NFL Jerseys China, Donald Ramotar, has described the Alliance For Change’s (AFC) negative position on investors coming into Guyana as “absolute nonsense.”In a previous article published in this newspaper,NFL Jerseys Outlet, Chief Executive Officer of the AFC and economist, Peter Ramsaroop, had said that the current crime and general absence of rule of law are warding off any massive investments in agro proceedings.PPP General Secretary Donald RamotarRamotar is of the opinion that even though there should be more investors entering Guyana, the absence of large scale investors “has to do with infrastructure.” He made particular note of energy,Cheap Stitched Jerseys, adding that it is for this reason that the PPP/C is pushing for hydro electricity.He said that there is a need for more competitive energy, as compared to Guyana’s continental neighbours. He emphasised that the scarcity of large scale investors in the country has nothing to do with the crime within the nation and as such the AFC’s claim is “degenerating them back to where they came from, the PNC.”Continuing, he said that the state of a country as it relates to crime should not influence investors, referring to places like the Congo that is under constant conflict, and continuously manages to attract investors to their country despite the many current difficulties.Meanwhile, Ramotar is of the opinion that Guyana has come a far way infrastructure wise, and mentioned some areas that the government is currently trying to make improvements on, to make Guyana a more attractive nation for investors.On the other hand, after drawing reference to Guyana’s bad score on the Corruption Perception Index in the Transparency International 2009 report,China Jerseys, the AFC CEO had said,Jerseys NFL China, “When you are a foreign direct investor these are the critical criteria you use in measuring whether or not you bring large money into any investment opportunity.”Ramotar commented on this quote,China NFL Jerseys, saying “I don’t know if it is true.” The General Secretary disclosed that he has made efforts to locate the sources of Transparency International’s information on Guyana, but has to date not been able to uncover any source.From this Ramotar deduces that whoever the international body obtained its information from is against the Government of Guyana, and described Transparency International as “very subjective.”

Berbicians are being asked to bear with Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) for about four more weeks during which there will be sporadic blackouts. This is due to damage to the crucial and important 69 kV Transformer at the Canefield Power Station in East Canje.This transformer is the crucial component in the Berbice Interconnected system whereby power can be shared amongst the three power sources in the Berbice area: Skeldon Sugar factory, Onverwagt and Canefield Power Stations. The stations, as a result of the damaged transformer, are no longer inter-linked and therefore, cannot share and transfer power.GPL Area Manager,Cheap China Jerseys, Mr. Ayube Bacchus, related the matter. “We have been temporarily affected by one of our 69,000 volts transformer…this equipment is part of the 69KV network that links the three generating facilities”.Experts have done evaluation, he said, and “they have advised us on a way forward, which we have implemented. However, it was determined that the insulation wirings of that transformer were defective, hence that transformer was separated from the system”.The engineers and experts, he stated, have advised the company not to re- use the transformer lest more damage be done to the system.With this new development, it puts the company at a disadvantage to transfer load to the 69kv transmission line. Canefield,Wholesale Jerseys, he said, can only power up to Salton on the Corentyne.“This results in excess power from the Canefield not being exported to the grid, so if units are out on maintenance, there will be very short interruptions of electricity”.But the fact is that, many parts of Berbice over the past couple of days have been receiving several rolling blackouts per day,Cheap NFL Jerseys, with Canje and Corentyne being the hardest- hit areas.With power no longer being shared amongst the stations,Soccer Jerseys China, whenever there is a need for power from any given station at any point, there cannot be assistance from a nearby sub- station,Cheap Jerseys For Sale, hence, there is a generation shortfall, resulting in a blackout.Berbicians have been reeling, over the past weeks, from rolling blackouts, sometimes several times a day. Some residents of Rose Hall Town have told Kaieteur News that up to Tuesday last, the town had only received three hours of electricity in a 48-hour period.Mr. Ayube Bacchus responded that he was not aware of this.Bacchus however, said that GPL is on top of the situation and is asking Berbicians for four more weeks of patience until the new transformer, which he said,Jerseys Wholesale, weighs over 33 tonnes, is installed and put into operation.“Consumers are being advised to bear with us as we have things in place to rectify the situation and we will replace the transformer and export or import power from the various locations”.“Specialists came in to look at our infrastructure and see how fast they could replace this transformer”CHRISTMASBacchus said that the company is wrapping up its maintenance activities and preparing to face the high demand for power in December.“This maintenance period will come to an end in mid-December and we have completed all our maintenance programmes, save for one unit at Canefield.”? He said that GPL has systems in place to cater for the increased load.“We anticipate about 20MW peak demand during Christmas and we have approximately 22MW”.As it stands, there have been 217 blackouts in Berbice since the year began; compared with 133 for the same period last year.

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