– says Bank wants to ensure Norway funds are ‘well used’By Neil Marks in Cancun, MexicoThe World Bank’s climate change enjoy, Andrew Steer, has defended the Bank’s delay in disbursing funds to Guyana under the forest-saving deal with Norway, saying the Bank wants to ensure the money is well used.“Why would your President say the World Bank is a problem?” Steer responded when asked to comment on President Bharrat Jagdeo’s accusation in late October that “silly, useless” World Bank officials were stalling the release of the funds.World Bank climate change envoy Andrew Steer at a media conference in Cancun.Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) is the foundation of the five-year agreement with Norway, which has agreed to have the World Bank administer the fund of US$250 million.But Jagdeo,Wholesale Soccer Jerseys, at a meeting of Amerindian leaders, on October 25, last, said that the release of the first tranche of the funding – US$30 million – was being stymied by the World Bank.? He said that the first set of funds should have been deposited into a special World Bank fund since January. The Guyana REDD Investment Fund, through which the money will be administered, was set up in early October.“Maybe it’s because we were asked to do something by the other party (Norway) and we have to do it otherwise we are not fulfilling our obligations,” said Steer in response to Jagdeo’s allegations that the Bank was delaying the release of the funds.“If you put money in, and you are Norway, there are certain things you want. You want to know you’re getting the results. Who checks the results? Did Norway, or do we just trust Guyana? You also want to ensure that that money is well used. You also want to ensure that,NFL Jerseys China, for example,Cheap Sittched Jerseys China, environmental safeguards and social safeguards are kept,” said Steer, who is attending the UN Climate talks in Cancun.“Why do you need a trustee? Why did they (Norway) ask the World Bank to do it? Why doesn’t Norway simply give the money to Guyana? Aha! So somebody wants something from the World Bank,” Steer argued.“The problem is not getting the money from Oslo to Guyana. There must be something somebody wants out of the World Bank. We didn’t ask to be the trustee. Norway asked us to be the trustee and Guyana said yes, that would be great,” he added.The government plans to use the first tranche of money from the deal with Norway to demarcate Amerindian lands and fit every Amerindian home with solar panels over the next two years, but has been agitating at the sloth in the release of the funds.“Let us send a clear message to the international community that they must get out of the way and allow us to move forward with our development,Jae Crowder Jersey,” Jagdeo told Amerindian leaders to tell officials of financial institutions like the World Bank.Dr George Norton, an Amerindian Parliamentarian with the main opposition party, which has rapped the government on its corruption record, did not agree that the World Bank was hampering the flow of funds.“The World Bank and other international financial agencies are trying to make certain that things are done the proper way,cheap jerseys from china, and if it means slowing down a process, then so be it,” said Norton just after Jagdeo spoke at the meeting of Amerindian leaders.Amerindian leaders have insisted that the government’s proposals to save the forest do not address its international obligations to indigenous groups.The government is seeking international partnerships and incentives to protect 15 million hectares (37 million acres) of forest.Under the ongoing cooperation on climate change, Norway will pay for Guyana’s performance on limiting greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and for progress made against governance-related indicators.Guyana will invest the payments it receives, and any income earned on them, in the Low Carbon Development Strategy.The partnership between Guyana and Norway was set up on November 9,Cheap NFL Jerseys 2018, 2009, when they pledged to “work together to provide the world with a working example of how partnerships between developed and developing countries can save the world’s tropical forests.”The partnership is based on the concept of “payment for ecosystem services” and aims to contribute to the creation of a global regime to assign economic value to standing forests.

By Michael Benjamin In September 1983, I enrolled for a place in the now defunct Guyana National Service (GNS) as a pioneer in the Joint Services Recruit and Orientation Course (JSROC) and was transported via MV Jaimitofrom the Kingston Wharf to Base Command Papaya (BCP), a few miles away from the infamous Jonestown commune. Other members of the other disciplined services also formed a part of the programme.Really, I was uninterested in a military career but nurtured ambitions to become a boxer. My decision to join the GNS boxing gym made it compulsory to engage in some military activities thus my trip to the Barima/Waini region on an initial six months training stint.Admittedly, despite my initial dread, I returned to Georgetown with improved military skills but still nurtured a deep seated ambition to enter the ‘square jungle.’It was during the first break, when my other ‘squaddies’ returned to their respective organizations that a senior officer, recognizing my propensity to be investigative, suggested that I switch institutions and opt for a career in policing.I passed up on the offer since as I mentioned earlier, my ambitions were riveted in ring, not jungle or civil warfare. Nevertheless, I remained interested in the vagaries of police work and my decision to become a journalist might have been hinged on the investigative propensities of the job.So it is with some amount of trepidation that I observed some members of the GPF as they addressed their duties and eventually concur that they are either poorly briefed of their respective responsibilities and duties or simply ignore them and adopt unorthodox dispositions in effecting them. I am wont to believe the latter theory since Inspector Green, who was a staff sergeant during my initial tenure in the GNS, conducts training sessions of the recruits.Many moons ago, as a little boy, I loved playing ‘Police and Thief’ a game involving a group of about 15 of us. The strongest in the group would perform the ritual of thumping each person in the chest. Those that laughed or emitted any sound were dubbed the ‘thieves’ while those that retained a serious disposition were the police officers.The ‘thieves’ would then leave for a destination nearby and commit a crime leaving certain telltale signs. The ‘officers’ would be required to ‘investigate’ using the ‘evidence’ left by the marauders to build a case and present to a judge after they would have completed investigations.Indeed, this was a fun game and no one actually realized that such activities were preparing us for a career vocation as lawmen. Some of the gang did go on to become police officers. One of them I distinctly remember, Raphael Clarke, became a fearsome detective but died later after it was rumored that an affected criminal had ‘gone to the obeah man for him’.Those were the days when guns were few and far and police officers wielded authority with a baton,Cheap NFL Authentic Jerseys, yet commanded the respect of the entire community. Those were also the days when a policeman could have been seen escorting the very young as well as the elderly across the streets.Admittedly,Cheap NFL Jerseys, criminal activities were mostly confined to stealing the neighbour’s fruits or a bicycle here and a few dollars there.Nowadays, with the advent of the internet and other technological devices, crime has become a scary vocation for law enforcement officers and governments across the world are required to allocate a huge chunk of the budget towards crime fighting strategies.While other developed countries are able to implement sophisticated devices to curtail criminal activities, local law enforcement officers are constrained by limited and sometimes archaic equipment that, when compared to the tools in the criminals’ hand, makes a mockery of their efforts.Some time around the late eighties while in Canada I learnt of the hidden road cameras that detected speeding on the roads, clicked the offending driver’s license plate and dispatched both photo and a ticket with a specified fine to the offending driver.At the end of the year, when that driver attempts to renew his documents but failed to pay his fines,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, he would be refused the opportunity until he complied. The police officers are very much aware of the defaulting drivers and their vehicles’ number compliments of computerized information just near the dashboard of all police vehicles.? Risk transgressing the law and you are dead!The recent decision by the government to install cameras at strategic points around the city may be decades late but is a welcome safety feature to commuters and other law abiding citizens conducting business or other vocations in Georgetown and its environs.However, the device could be rendered ineffective if manned by incompetent

Though millions of dollars have been spent to establish the Lethem Regional Hospital,wholesale nfl jerseys,The hostel which can accommodate more staff for the Lethem Regional Hospitalresidents are complaining that the services and treatment being offered to them are far from acceptable.Some are complaining that while the hospital is being touted as a “State-of-the-Art” facility it lacks proper staffing and does not offer some services which residents expect.Reports are that the health facility currently has no Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and that its previous CEO was only stationed at the hospital for five months after which he returned to Georgetown.While there is a hostel for the accommodation of its staff, the hospital has no matron or ward sister and no surgeon in house in case of emergencies.The theatre and x-ray department is said to be functioning however,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, it is hardly used,Discount NFL Jerseys, if ever.Patients in need of surgery are usually flown to Georgetown or are sent to Brazil.One man told Kaieteur News that it is often an inconvenience to travel to Brazil forSome of the unused,NHL Ice Hockey Jerseys, new equipment thrown aside in the toilet area of the Lethem Regional Hospitalsurgery and that relatives often fear for the safety and lives of their loved ones.“When you reach Brazil they don’t understand your language much and you don’t understand theirs. Many times when patients go there they die. The language barrier is important. We need a surgeon visiting here or something,Cheap Authentic Jerseys,” he complained.The residents also complained that the attitudes of the nurses also need to be corrected since they are in a “people friendly” environment.“The nurses there are so rude and unpleasant because when you go they have attitudes like if you begging them to do favours and as if they are not being paid. If they don’t want to work why did they enroll for the job in the first place?“The hospital is for sick people and people who need care so if they can’t be nice or pleasant what are they there for?” questioned an elderly woman.“The hospital equipment is being scattered around; they don’t have any proper inventory system there. Some of the stuff are just thrown around on the floor and even thrown into the toilet area,Cheap Stitched Jerseys,” added one patient.

The Guyana Police Force is once again forced to announce that its plainclothes ranks who are in unmarked vehicles are not authorized to stop any motorist,China Jerseys Online, except when they are performing duties on the roadway in frontTraffic ranks can no longer stop motorists to check for documents.of a police station.The announcement comes a few days after a controversial high speed chase involving the son of the former Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority and a police rank in an unmarked vehicle.However, it is not clear if that was the reason for the police reissuing the advice but it will certainly prevent high speed chases through the city and other parts of the country.The young man had stated that he was fearful for his life when he noticed a tinted vehicle following his vehicle.It turned out, according to the police,Cheap Jerseys, that the tinted car was being driven by a female police sergeant who was pursuing him after she reportedly observed that he had committed a breach of the traffic laws.Such incidents are not rare however in some cases they have ended tragically.A month ago,Florida State Seminoles Jerseys, a Guyana Defence Force Sergeant and his wife were killed when their car crashed head on into an oncoming canter truck on Carifesta Avenue,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, while the soldier was pursuing another vehicle during an intelligence operation.The driver of the car that the Sergeant was pursuing had reported that the high speed chase started after some unidentified men, one of whom was identified as the GDF Sergeant approached his car in a suspicious manner.He too claimed that he was fearful of being attacked by bandits, and since he had his sister with him, he was taking no chances.Meanwhile,Cheap Jerseys 2018, the Police Force administration has also declared that traffic ranks are not authorised to stop motorists for routine checks of documents.“They should only do so if an offence is committed in their view or where there is reasonable suspicion.”The police said that the law permits police ranks to stop and search a motor vehicle based on reasonable suspicion or if they witness an offence being committed.This is not the first time that the police have issued such a directive; however ranks have not been adhering to it.