–?? ?Tax mulled for styrofoam boxes,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, more animals for zooGovernment is planning to collaborate with local wildlife workers and zoos from other countries to increase the number of animals in the local facility at Vlissengen Road.These disclosures were made Wednesday by Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment (MNRE),Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, Robert Persaud, as the National Assembly passed that Ministry’s $662M budget.Government says it will be using an exchange programme to increase the number of animals in the Zoo.The Ministry, which was created under the Donald Ramotar administration following the 2011 elections, has oversight over forestry, mining, oil exploration, the environment and land management.The Lands and Surveys Commission will be getting a subvention of $107M; Environmental Protection Agency $191M; National Parks Commission $165M and the newly established Protected Areas Commission $42M.Grilled about the allocations to the agencies under the Ministry, Persaud disclosed that a wider plan is currently being developed to transform the Botanical Gardens into a more user-friendly park. Contact has already been made with zoos in Asia and US for even a possible animal exchange programme. And no monies are likely to be spent this year to procure these,Cheap NFL Jerseys, he said.The Minister, also questioned over allocations made for security to his new offices located at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), said that this (security) was handled by Presidential Guards at the Office of the President when the Ministry was temporarily being housed there.It has since moved across to a new building in the compound of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Brickdam, where separate security arrangements have to be made, in addition to police and private personnel. The GGMC compound also houses the headquarters for the Guyana Gold Board.There have been questions over the Ministry being housed there. The Minister assured that GGMC workers are also being accommodated in the new building.He said that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), another agency under the Ministry, has expanded its capacity to monitor routine water testing and issuing sanctions.Regarding the issue of styrofoam boxes, Persaud said the administration is considering proposals of making it uncompetitive to import them, thus encouraging the use of local products. These items have been blamed for blocking canals and causing back-ups in critical waterways, leading to floods. The management of solid waste and recycling is also being actively tackled.Regarding the extractive industry, there are moves to build capacity to allow Guyana to monitor the growing oil exploration sector on the seas. Issues like training and a mining school are also being tackled.Regarding the Lands and Surveys Commission, more monies are being set aside to improve the efficiency of this critical management service. Soon,Tony Gonzalez Falcons Jersey, a business development unit is set to come into being that will focus on making the Commission self-sufficient.Minister Persaud admitted that while the financial reports of the Lands and Surveys Commission are not fully up-to-date, efforts are being made to rectify this and soon these will be presented to the National Assembly.The Ministry is also in charge of the National Park,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, Kaieteur National Park and a number of other protected areas, including Shell Beach and other designated areas.

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A well known criminal on the East Coast of Demerara once again eluded capture after carrying out three separate robberies in the Enterprise area on Tuesday night.The man and his accomplice managed to make good their escape despite a massive manhunt by police and army ranks that ended early yesterday morning.Police say the suspect,Wholesale Authentic NHL Jerseys, Courtney James, for whom a wanted bulletin was recently issued, and an accomplice, robbed eight persons some time around 22:00 hours on Tuesday.Police sources said that one of the men was positively identified as James, who is wanted in connection with a series of robberies, including one committed on the home of Magistrate Nigel Hawke.According to reports, the suspects first attacked the home of Davendra Mangal and his reputed wife, Christine Atkinson, at Enterprise Gardens.This newspaper understands that Atkinson was in her bathroom when she heard dogs barking.Upon investigating she was confronted by two men who forced her into the house where they held the occupants at gunpoint and relieved them of $66,Jerseys NFL Wholesale,000 and a cellular phone before fleeing.The men then targeted six residents of Enterprise about 15 minutes later.Police in a press statement said that Kioum Hamid, of Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara, along with Vicky Roopnarine, Amita Ramchand, Richard Albert, Chandra Kowlessar and Zaheer Mohamed, of Enterprise, were chatting on the roadway when the two men came up and held them at gunpoint.They were ordered to lie on the road and the men took away a total of six cell phones, two bicycles, $12,Wholesale Jerseys Online, 000 in cash and personal jewellery and escaped.Not satisfied, the two bandits confronted Shivchand Rooplall,Wholesale NFL Jerseys China, a security guard attached to the Guyana Sugar Corporation.Reports reaching this newspaper stated that Rooplall was riding along the railway embankment when the two bandits stopped him.They searched the man and relieved him of his cellular phone. However, when they discovered that he only had $40 in his pocket, they dealt him several lashes to the head with their guns.Police by then had been informed of the earlier robberies, and according to a source,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, they responded with the assistance of army ranks who were at the Vigilance Police Station at the time.However by then the bandits had fled to their safe haven.The Guyana Police Force has established a special unit based at Vigilance to capture the prime suspect,NFL Jerseys Authentic China, but despite their optimism, they are coming up empty-handed even as the suspect continues to wreak havoc in the communities.