Management officials at the Waterloo Street,Cheap Jerseys USA, Georgetown,Jerseys From China, headquarters of Guyana Oil Company launched an internal inquiry, on Tuesday, into the contaminated fuel recently detected at two Guyana Oil Company (GUYOIL) Service Stations.Reports reaching this newspaper are that another meeting is set for next week when the management is likely to make some decisions.Efforts to contact the Managing Director and the Administrative Manager,China Jerseys Online, who were both responsible for spearheading the inquiry,Cheap NHL Adidas Jerseys, could not be reached for comment. They were reportedly both tied up in meetings or were simply out of the office.However, this newspaper was informed that certain middle management staffers attached to the entity’s Providence Terminal were summoned to be a part of the inquiry which according to reports, was intended to determine how the contaminated fuel became available to the Service Stations.In fact, this newspaper was told that blame is sure to be placed on a certain terminal officials who may have supervised the extraction of the tainted fuel.Two Sundays ago several vehicles developed mechanical problems after their owners purchased fuel from the GUYOIL Providence and Sheriff Street Service Stations. It was soon revealed that water had somehow got into the fuel resulting in the motorists’ woes.A terminal official who had requested anonymity had confirmed the complaints of the motorists which had reached this newspaper soon after they discovered their predicament.According to the official, the contaminated fuel which originated from the Terminal was placed in a single tank at either of the service stations. It was outlined that it was only those customers who received fuel from those tanks saw their vehicles being affected.The customers were also appropriately compensated, the official said,Cheap Jerseys From China, a disclosure that has not been disputed by any of the affected persons.And since the contamination of the fuel is being premised on the notion that fuel had been extracted from depleted bulk fuel tanks at the Terminal, this newspaper was told that much blame is likely to be directed at a certain Terminal Supervisor.However, it was revealed to this newspaper that no one, not even the Terminal Superintendent, has authority to order the extraction of fuel from depleted tanks.According to reports prior to the contaminated fuel distribution, GUYOIL was without consumable gasoline and dieseline for almost one week.Moreover, the Oil Company was forced to procure fuel from both the Sol Guyana Inc. and Texaco Bulk Terminals, located at Rome and at Providence respectively.However, in order to fuel its own GUYOIL Service Stations this newspaper was told that instructions may have passed from the GUYOIL management to extract fuel from the depleted tanks, a source told this newspaper.The source had also disclosed that due to the depleted levels of the tanks the water concentration in the tanks would have been significant thus resulting in the tainted fuel being made available to the service stations and by extension the customers.

Vishnu Panday, the former General Manager of the Skeldon sugar estate, who resigned last week, is refuting an article carried in the Kaieteur News edition of Tuesday.In a letter dated Wednesday sent by his lawyer, Hubert Rodney,Authentic China NFL Jerseys, Panday demanded an apology and a retraction of the story which he said that the article was libelous.“Your news item erroneously stated that my client had or has in his possession property belonging to the Guyana Sugar Corporation, his former employer without its leave, permission or licence.“The news item also erroneously stated that my client was asked to resign his position as manager of the Skeldon Estate by reason of the said unlawful possession of property belonging to the Corporation. The innuendo is clear that Panday is a thief,” the lawyer said in his letter to Kaieteur News.According to the lawyer, Panday wants a retraction of the “falsehood” or the newspaper would face legal proceedings in the High Court.The article had said that officials of the Corporation on Monday “confirmed that General Manager of the estate,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Vishnu Panday, handed in his resignation last week after air condition units,cheap jerseys from china, among other things, were found at his Turkeyen home, East Coast Demerara. The units were said to belong to the estate.”Kaieteur News was told that Panday had claimed that he was given permission for the articles. However,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, GuySuCo officials had felt otherwise and had launched an investigation.The letter did not refute the fact that Panday had resigned nor that articles were found at his home.Nor did the letter speak of a section of the report that said there were questions over a tractor belonging to the Skeldon estate that was sold for $3M but reflected on receipts as a lower amount.The lawyer’s letter also did not refer to another section of the report that furniture that was purchased for the estate were allegedly sent elsewhere.Nowhere did Kaieteur News say that Mr. Panday was a ‘thief’,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, as was stated in the lawyer’s letter.

Caribbean Commissioners of Police are mulling the idea of a Regional Academy for the collective training of its officers.Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police President,Cheap Football Jerseys, Darwin Dottin of Barbados told the media that coming out of the recent conference,Cheap NFL Jerseys, was a proposal to establish a central authority to coordinate training for Police Officers within the region.He said that for quite some time regional security chiefs have felt that training needs to be done on a regional basis.For one,Cheap Soccer Jerseys Authentic, it will be more cost effective and there are certain economies of scale that can be affected by countries pooling their resources to deal with the issue of training.“We have also been arguing that the police in our region need to have some arrangement, call it an academy or centre of excellence, around the region,Wholesale Jerseys,” Dottin said.According to Dottin, it was recognised that it may not be feasible to establish a single new facility for such a venture but there are centers around the region that can be utilized for this purpose.“Who knows? There may be a particular institution in Guyana that can be used for a particular subject area, one in Trinidad for another set of skills around the region. But it has to be coordinated. Some persons or some group will write the syllabuses. They have to set standards, they have to do the assessments; they have to do the training needs analysis for the (respective) countries.Intermittently, policemen from the region would meet in various Caribbean countries for collective training. However this is not done as a policy.In most cases the training is facilitated by agencies from outside the region,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, like the British Scotland Yard and the US Federal Bureau of Investigations.Some Caribbean territories also benefit from bilateral arrangements with these outside agencies.

US$925,000 Guyana bio-fuels project yet to kick offDonors are offering up to US$200,000 to finance multiple proposals for promoting energy efficiency and access to renewable energy in Latin America and the Caribbean, even as Guyana is yet to utilise almost triple that amount from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on bio-fuel projects.The Inter-American Development Bank, GVEP International, GTZ and the Korean Government are putting up the money for novel ideas in improving energy efficiency and expanding access to renewable energy.The contest comes even as Guyana is yet to utilise grant funding in the amount of US$925, 000 for bio-fuel projects which was awarded by the IDB in April 2008. So far, no project has been granted funding, Kaieteur News understands.Elisabeth Ramlall, Head of the Agriculture Sector Development Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture, did not answer queries regarding the delay, but instead referred Kaieteur News to Permanent Secretary Dindial Permaul. Efforts to contact Mr. Permaul proved futile.The Energy Innovation contest seeks to jump-start the development of novel solutions to the energy shortages afflicting the region, particularly in rural and low-income areas.It will award a total of between US$4m and US$6m over the next three years to multiple projects, with a maximum of $200,000 per proposal.Over the next month, a regional marketing campaign based on the slogan “What’s your bright idea?” will urge individuals and organisations based in Latin American or Caribbean countries to submit proposals to the contest.Non-governmental organisations, civil society organisations, companies, foundations, think tanks, universities or development agencies may apply singly, or in partnership with entities based outside the region, the IDB stated.According to the Bank, the criteria for evaluation include degree of innovation,Jerseys From China, developmental impact (economic, social, and environmental), scalability, reliability, financial sustainability, institutional capability and the quality of the proposal, implementation strategy and projected risks.GVEP International is a UK-based NGO working to accelerate and improve access to energy among poor populations in developing countries. GVEP International supports innovation in the design and use of technologies or business models that have the potential to increase access to renewable energy, improve energy efficiency, or increase the productive use of energy.The IDB is the largest source of financing for development for Latin America and the Caribbean. Through its Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative (SECCI),Cheap Jerseys, the IDB supports renewable energy and energy efficiency, bio-fuel development, carbon finance, and adaptation to climate change.The Korean Government actively supports Latin America and the Caribbean’s efforts towards improving energy access, efficiency, and producing renewable energy.? To that end, Korea established the “Knowledge Partnership Korea Fund for Technology and Innovation” (KPKF) within the IDB.Deutsche Gesellschaft f?r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations that provides viable, forward looking solutions for political, economic, ecological and social development in a globalised world.In August 2007, IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno signed a Memorandum of Understanding, through Japan funding, to help Guyana evaluate and screen bio-energy project proposals.He said,Cheap Football Jerseys, then, that the programme will help to jump-start private investment in areas such as bio-fuel production and co-generation with biomass.The MOU was signed between the IDB,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and Guyana to establish a non-exclusive framework of collaboration to promote programmes and projects on renewable energy,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, energy efficiency and bio-energy in the Caribbean.

By Samuel WhyteThe Florida/Guyana Hope Incorporated which is a nonprofit foundation made up of Guyanese living in Florida is back again. The members are a group of native Guyanese living in Florida, USA who saw a need in their countryPresident of the US chapter, Yassin, presents the cheque to Secretary of the local Chapter Carmen Ally.and felt the call to serve and help citizens back home in Guyana.The organisation whilst also participating in the Guyana Softball cup is back home with much more cash and other assistance for the Guyanese public.The group which was founded in December 2013 has subsequently expanded and is still expanding. A Guyana chapter called the Guyana/Florida Hope non-profit organization which is based in Upper Corentyne area was subsequently formed.Since its formation the Guyana/Florida Hope Incorporated has grown to be one of the leading non-profit organisations which give yearly help to their counterparts back home.The NGOs have quietly made a number of significant contributions to various groups and persons in the country.This year they have so far made their most significant donation by handing over a US$15,000 cheque to the Guyana Chapter. The money is to be used as the members see fit in assisting Guyanese in need.Apart from the sizable cash donation, there was a 40-foot container of supplies. It was shipped in September. The items include back/neck/knee braces, over 50 wheelchairs, 70 walkers, 50 crutches,NFL Jerseys China, clothes, and over 25 pallets of medical supplies. The cost of shipping was US$4,Wholesale Jerseys,250.This significant donation comes after the group had made donations of US$9,000 in the past two years to the Guyana Chapter.So far a number of persons and organisations have been assisted, including someone who had to undergo an eye surgery in Trinidad. The money went to assist persons undergoing treatment for cancer,Wholesale Jerseys China, kidney transplant and acquiring prosthesis legs. The group has so far donated over 200 computers to schools and other organisation in Berbice; clothing,Cheap NFL Jerseys, footwear, and wheelchairs were also donated to residents in Angoy’s Avenue and other depressed areas.They want to be a prominent fixture and of more help to the Guyanese society, thus they are calling on persons in need to make contact so that assistance can be given.Whilst in the country, the organisation will host feeding programmes at various homes across Guyana. The group will visit Bee Hive,Cheap NFL Jerseys, and the Camal and Canaan Homes on the Corentyne.Persons are encouraged to visit the organisation’s website at floridaguyanahope.com for more information on the organisation.