The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is calling for data to be provided to the public, showing the impact that the 2:00am curfew and the pardon of young offenders has had on road accidents and crime.PPP General Secretary, Clement RoheeThis was communicated, yesterday,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, by General Secretary of the PPP, Clement Rohee, at the party’s weekly press conference. In addition, Rohee also questioned whether the presidential pardons have benefitted the country.The curfew, obliging all liquor selling establishments to close their doors at 2:00am, was announced as a policy decision by Minister of Public Security,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Khemraj Ramjattan in July of 2015. In justifying this decision, the Minister had cited the increase in crime and road accidents.However, Rohee expressed concern at the fact that since the 2:00am curfew was imposed,China NFL Jerseys, evidence has not been produced by Government to justify the measure.“We need to examine whether the (2:00AM curfew) has made an impact on road accidents. We don’t know whether that is so or not.”It had been revealed last year that there was an ongoing study to ascertain the impact the 2:00am curfew has had on the country. This study was purportedly being conducted by the Ministry of Tourism. Rohee lamented that there has been no feedback on the study from the Minister of Tourism, Cathy Hughes, since.According to Rohee, there is no tangible evidence that supports that the curfew has had an effect. The former Minister of Home Affairs also questioned the May 26, 2015 release of 60 inmates from the Camp Street prison. While Granger had stated that his decision was driven by the young age of the prisoners.“Young people don’t have a right to be jailed; they have a right to be schooled,NHL Jerseys Authentic,” Granger had said afterwards. “So I will keep on doing it (issuing pardons) and my critics will keep on complaining. But I want to see young people graduating from university, from secondary schools. Not going into Mazaruni and Camp Street.”However, the PPP has been lamenting the apparent lack of follow-up information being provided by officials about the former detainees. The party has always expressed concern about whether the detainees were successfully reintegrated into the public or may have committed further crimes.“We also need to look for the evidence to justify the release of prisoners, twenty years and below, from the Guyana Prison by President David Granger,Cheap Adidas NHL Jerseys,” Rohee stressed yesterday. “What impact does that have?”Since the May 26 pardons,Cheap Jerseys, there have been more such measures. In December of 2015, the President pardoned 11 mothers from prison. He has already indicated that further pardons are to be expected for 2016.

Six parents were successfully prosecuted for not sending their children to school as the Ministry of Education attempts to deal with the issue of none and low attendance at schools countrywide.This is according to Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, who was at the time addressing supplementary questions on the education sector in the National Assembly last week.These prosecutions were done during the years 2000 to 2008.However, the number of successful prosecutions was deemed unproductive by the People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) side of the house.PNCR Member of Parliament Mervyn Williams addressed the questions to the Education Minister.He asked that the minister explain to the National Assembly the ways in which? his ministry is prepared to deal with the issue of none and low attendance of children at Government schools.Responding to Williams, Baksh said that the Schools Welfare Services department was reintegrated in the Ministry of Education in 2000.In 2007, he added, the Schools Welfare Services department was reorganized and strengthened.To address this issue, this unit was given several activities to carry out.“Monthly reports of absence of students from schools are sent to Schools Welfare Officers by head teachers, while welfare officers are required to visit schools regularly to check the attendance registers and to ascertain attendances of less than 75 percent,” Minister Baksh said.The schools welfare officers, he added,China NFL Jerseys, are to conduct the necessary home and follow-up visits, make telephone calls,NFL Jerseys Supply, and send out warning letters to defaulting parents and guardians.Minister Baksh told the National Assembly that operation ‘CARE’ (Care Assessment Respect Educate) campaigns are carried out in different communities in order to investigate truancy and/or prosecute defaulting parents.“Seminars on various topics,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, including parental education and building a good self esteem, are regularly conducted to encourage attendance at school. The National School Attendance programs will be reactivated, awarding regional schools annually for best attendance.”Encouragement to attend schools through the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) will also be in place, the minister said.This will entail giving incentives for best improved attendance at schools.Counselling sessions for negligent parents and regular absentees will also be accelerated, Minister Baksh said.“Letters will be sent out before examination periods to Regional Examination Officers and Principal Education Officers to ensure that planed and supervised activities are promoted in schools to alleviate low attendance,” Minister Baksh said.He noted that 26 new School Welfare Officers will be appointed through the Public Service Commission.“We have already designed a special training program (two-year part-time in-service) for these new recruits to make them more efficient and effective in their performance in the school system,” he said.Addressing complaints about the non-attendance of children at schools to work on farms at Orealla, Corentyne, River Berbice,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, Minister Baksh said that the Regional Education Department of Region Six has not reported any such cases.“A community outreach was recently conducted at Orealla, and one of the activities that were associated with the exercise was issues and concerns by the residents. In the presence of the Village Captain,Jerseys NFL China, two issues were raised. These were the need for CXC text books and science equipment for the new school year. These have since been dispatched to the school,NFL Jerseys China Online,” Baksh said.The Regional Education Department will be requested to monitor the situation of non-attendance on a regular basis and to report any cases where children are engaged in labour activities on farms. (Tusika Martin)

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Although the Ministry of Public Health is not opposed to persons opting to control mosquito vectors in theirChief Vector Control Officer, Mr. David Williamsown environment by keeping it free of breeding sites, it is however cautioning that persons seek advice before engaging in the reckless spraying of chemicals as a control mechanism.This is according to Chief Vector Control Officer attached to the Ministry’s Vector Control Services Unit,Cheap China Jerseys, Mr. David Williams.Williams disclosed that ideally the Ministry or other authorised agencies should undertake all vector control fogging and spraying tasks. However, he noted, the Ministry has decided to compromise, to some extent, since there have been reports of persons indulging in the spraying of chemicals to control mosquitoes.The challenge linked to this development, Williams noted, is that if persons are not au fait with the chemical and the measurement used for the control of the mosquito vectors it could in fact cause more harm than good to both people and the environment.“People can simply call us and ask for advice; ask what is recommended and how to go about doing this spraying…They can even ask us to come and help out. What people need to understand is that spraying is not an everyday thing…If you spray today it is not required until another three months, once you do it right,” asserted Williams.There have been reports in the past that persons were engaging in spraying their yards and affecting their neighbours. And according to Williams the Unit will have to conduct some investigation to determine whether this state of affairs has again surfaced.This is in light of the fact that there have been reports from a number of residents in sections of the country, including Georgetown and along the East Bank of Demerara,Wholesale Jerseys, that they have lost pets due to poisoning.Based on the assessment of a particular privately-operated veterinary service, the deaths of the animals including parrots, rabbits and hamsters,Cheap Jerseys From China, might have resulted from their exposure to chemicals. All of the pet owners claimed to have had fogging done in their areas during the days leading up to their pets’ deaths.Williams has however insisted that the chemical used for routine fogging activities is not harmful to human or animals. This is in spite of the fact that persons are asked to keep their drinking water and food well covered when fogging is in progress.The Ministry currently uses malathion (insecticide) to fog and the measurement, according to Williams, is very specific and in conformity to international standards.The World Health Organisation-approved chemical, he disclosed, is released as a mist into the environment,Cheap Jerseys, but is enough to kill the adult mosquitoes with which it comes into contact. Williams explained that since the chemical is dispersed as a mist and not as droplets it greatly reduces its harm to animal and people.“We have been doing fogging since the 70s with malathion and we have never got any reports of animals dying…Even now we have not got any reports of animals dying,” said Williams. “People need to tell us so that we can investigate.”A number of scientific studies have been conducted on the effects of malathion on rats. These concluded that its use is not harmful, at least, when used according to specifications. “Every time we do spraying we inform the public through advisories on the radio and in the newspapers. We have to let people know.“So if people want to engage in this activity and they get our okay they too have to let their neighbours know…”The health sector, according to Williams, has over the years embraced measures that are safe to people and the environment. He qualified this disclosure by pointing out that although DDT (insecticide) was found to be effective against malaria,Jerseys NFL Cheap, and is credited with eradicating it from the Coast; its harmful effects saw its use being discontinued.Scientific studies had found that DDT can cause a variety of human health effects including reduced fertility, genital birth defects, breast cancer, diabetes and damage to developing brains.But even with the use of malathion, safety precautions must be adhered to.? “Even when we do spraying ourselves the chemical can slightly burn you. That is why we wear protective gear and this is when it is measured correctly. So it is not just about going and buy the chemical and just going ahead and spray… we are asking people to do the right thing – talk to us first before spraying.”In order to reduce the mosquito population at the larvae stage abate (a larvicide) is used in the canals. But this too