Schools reopened on Monday across Guyana, and quite a few schools in Linden reported a poor turnout,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, with the exception of the Mackenzie High, New Silver City Secondary and the Wismar/Christianburg Secondary Schools, all of which reported a high turnout.But even as a new school term commences, there are new expectations, especially as it relates to the environment in which learning takes place.At the New Silver City Secondary school, there is the dire need for better security lighting and the installation of a new fence at the back of the school.APNU MP Renis Morian chats with the Headmistress at New Silver City Secondary.Based on reports,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Outlet, the absence of a proper fence has seen the escalation of larceny, which is severely affecting the proper functioning of the school’s agricultural programme, reportedly on hold at present. Work on the fence had commenced, but it was never completed, informed sources claimed. “We can’t do anything here in terms of agriculture, until the fence is fixed,” one source claimed.There is also the need for general maintenance.Several issues were highlighted at the Wismar/ Christianburg Secondary,Cheap Sports Jerseys, such as the absence of a proper rest room facility for staff for several years now, and also the presence of exposed electrical wires in classrooms.At?Christianburg Primary the need for a photocopying machine was highlighted, and a part of the perimeter fence needs fixing. According to reports, work commenced on the fence last term, but is still to be completed. There is a wall that’s caving in and a supporting beam for stairway needs changing as it is rotting.These issues were highlighted during?the customary?New Year school visit by APNU Member of Parliament Renis Morian.Morian said that by visiting the schools, he is trying to garner information on the functioning of these institutions, both as it relates to proper infrastructure and amenities available to promote conducive learning environments.“I would like to reduce the gap between the schools that would have most of the amenities, and those that don’t have as much,China Jerseys Cheap, so these visits, afford me the opportunity to see firsthand some of what is missing so that I could make recommendations in Parliament, and so on; there is so much more that needs to be done.”Morian also took the opportunity to visit the only low vision unit in region 10, which is located at the Wismar Hill Primary School.There, some of the challenges facing the unit, were highlighted.“We definitely need a larger space, because here we are very cramped- as you can see we are sharing this classroom with two other classes, and this makes our work so much harder.You see a lot of the work we do, we have to use audio tapes, because of the children’s eye problems, but because of the noise from the other classes, most of the times we have to wait until they are dismissed, before we can actually work properly. We can’t record with all the background noise, so we definitely need our own space, and one that is big enough to house not only a primary unit,China Jerseys Free Shipping, but a Secondary one as well,” it was pointed out.The hope was also expressed that more parents become involved in their children’s education.Morian meanwhile made an on the spot commitment to present a television set to the unit, within the next couple of weeks.Children from the One Mile Primary school are still currently housed at the Wismar Hill Primary, and the Block 22 Multi Purpose hall.The One mile Primary which was burnt by arsonists during the?July – August 2012 unrest, is still to be completed almost two years later.After its destruction, members of both the Linden community and those in the diaspora had pledged to rebuild the school without the help of the Government.Monies and building materials were subsequently collected towards that end, and cleanup and some construction had commenced.However, to date, the structure is yet to be completed.Chairman of Region Ten Sharma Solomon, in an earlier interview had noted that with the budgetary allocation of some $50 million towards the school’s rebuilding, the ‘rebuild committee’ would instead be focusing on upgrading the new school facilities, with the monies that were initially collected to rebuild the school.The rebuilding project had commenced in October 2012, with residents volunteering their labour, but was later discontinued.Recently Minister Priya Manickchand had pledged government’s commitment to rebuild the school,Authentic MLB Jerseys Online, which is expected to cost in excess of $60mil. (Enid Joaquin).

Head of the E-Governance Project, Alexei Ramotar,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, who has been sent on administrative to facilitate a probe of the project, is not taking his critics lightly.The son of former President Donald Ramotar had been under fire for his management of the project. One component- a fibre optic cable from Brazil– had halted the march of the project to connect internet to Government facilities.Ramotar, who was sent on leave last week, took to his Facebook page late Sunday, challenging his critics to show who has similar accomplishments under their belt.“To the rest I bid that you educate yourself; that you get out of your armchair, away from your computer or TV and do something useful.”He made it clear that his statements are for those who have been critical of him.“Firstly I shall not dishonor the terms Hindsight Critic or Monday Morning Quarterback by using these terms to describe them. At least the Hindsight Critics do some work before leveling their criticism. What I have seen from most of the criticisms and articles written is a deep ignorance of the subject matter.”He insisted that on many occasions he has “tried to educate the public, via the media, on the nature of the projects.However,Cheap NFL Jerseys, politically motivated agents eventually win through. They use the Goebbels infamous propaganda mantra in a media that has political allegiances and are proud of espousing their anti-PPPness.”According to the official,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, the E-Government Team together with Chinese-owned Huawei Technologies Inc. designed and built a LTE-A infrastructure and Data Center that provides 4G cellular and FTTX coverage to all major government agencies and public buildings.“We did it within budget; we did it within the time frame. The only critics I shall heed from now are those who have a similar accomplishment under their belt. Thank you and have a good evening.”Last week, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, instructed that Ramotar proceed on administrative leave with immediate effect.According to Harmon, this move was to investigate the financial arrangements of the project.Earlier this month, Harmon and a team visited the project after which he passed on instructions for Government’s Advisor on E-Governance Floyd Levi, to “work closely” with Ramotar and the project.The E-Governmence Project consists of a Data Centre, a transmission network and the fibre optic cable from Brazil that would have brought internet connection.The Data Centre, or control centre, is being housed in the compound of Castellani House.The Transmission Network stretches from Moleson Creek on the Corentyne Coast to Charity on the Essequibo Coast.The E-Governance project which is headed by Ramotar includes not only the fibre optic element but is part of a US$32M, three-component initiative to connect Government facilities along the Linden-Lethem road and the coastland, with internet access.Contractors,NFL Jerseys Store, because of the difficult terrain along the Linden-Lethem trail and technical issues with the integrity of the cable, ran into all sorts of problems with the cable from Brazil.The fibre optic cable project was intended to bring cheaper internet service to Guyana’s shores from the neighbouring Portuguese-speaking territory.But after some years,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, the cable project collapsed and under pressure from the media, the previous administration admitted that the cable was in a poor state even though more than $1B had been spent on the cable component already.While Government was recently told by Ramotar that the cable is now too expensive to repair and that the government should cut its losses, the former administration which his father led, awarded a handsome contract to a local firm to repair the cable.Before the PPP/C lost the May 11, 2015 elections, former Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon, announced that Dax Contracting Services owned by Faisal Mohamed,Cheap Jerseys USA, was awarded a contract to rehabilitate the cable.The agreement states that Dax will undertake to repair and maintain the fibre optic cable from Brazil. But the many concessions in the project which were deemed as being highly unreasonable, is currently tied up at the Ministry of Finance.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is calling on Government to launch a National Flood Control Master Plan to offer protection to the populace from the “ravages” of repeated flooding.APNU, through its leader David Granger,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, expressed that 2013 was a year in which significant flooding occurred during every month and the Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) administration seems unable or unprepared “to implement measures,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, to identify the causes, notify the populace and to mitigate the impact of this recurrent hazard.”The party expressed that the effects of the flooding have incurred immeasurable losses to the populace with respect to damage to their homes, household goods, equipment as well as destruction of farms and livestock within the domestic and agricultural sectors.APNU noted that throughout last year almost no areas were spared from inundation.Granger highlighted that villages on the East and West Coast of Demerara, the Essequibo Coast, Georgetown and in the Cuyuni- Mazaruni, Rupununi and Pomeroon- Supenaam Regions were all affected.He added that these floods came in the aftermath of “Great Flood” of 2006,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, which the PPP/C never conducted an investigation into. According to Granger the destruction that occurred from the 2006 flood cannot be ignored. APNU made reference to a study done by the Development Bank from 1988 to 2006 which highlighted that the “floods affected 965,NBA Jerseys From China,000 persons and resulted in more than US$663M in economic damage. The ‘Great Flood’ reportedly affected 25 per cent of the national population and caused economic losses equivalent to 60 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for that year.”Granger articulated that since the “Great flood,Wholesale Jerseys Authentic,” instead of utilizing Guyana’s resources towards mitigating further floods and putting in place the needed infrastructure to protect the country “the administration has been on a spending spree. It has squandered billions on world cup cricket, the Caribbean Festival of the Arts (Carifesta),NFL Cheap Jerseys, a five-star hotel and other prestige projects.”According to Granger the damaging effects and frequent occurrence of flooding in Guyana demand more serious attention from government. He said that the PPP/C administration must comprehend the consequences of climate change like everyone else throughout the world is doing and implement a National Flood Control Master Plan.The proposed Plan according to the Opposition Leader must protect lives and “be capable of anticipating the monthly cycle of flooding and of notifying citizens early of the onset of extreme weather and the threat of flooding. The Plan must strengthen disaster risk management agencies and maintain sea defence and flood protection infrastructure.”