President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday unveiled preliminary discussions with Chinese companies on building a new airport in Guyana as the country looks to secure a national flag carrier.“If we’re going to make Guyana a hub we need at least bridges and currently we can only accommodate three or four aircraft standing on the tarmac at the same time,Cheap NHL Jerseys Adidas,” Jagdeo said of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.Meanwhile,China Jerseys Online, he said that the prospect of Guyana buying cheap aviation fuel from Venezuela could boost prospects for the country having a national flag carrier once again. He said the price of aviation fuel in Guyana is twice as much as what is paid at JFK airport in New York.“If they have to refuel here, they simply cannot be competitive with the other airlines,” he stated.He said a new airport and a national flag carrier would make Guyana more attractive for tourism. According to Jagdeo, there has been “an explosion” of Guyanese coming home and other people travelling here. He added that despite the fact that airlines have increased flights to Guyana, it is still “impossible to get flights in for August.”In early March,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Jagdeo first announced that his government has not ruled out getting back into the airline business. The announcement came as the government lashed out at what Jagdeo called “unconscionable” fare increases by Caribbean Airlines.Caribbean Airlines is the main regional and international carrier out of Guyana, but it is the fare to destinations in the Caribbean, mainly Trinidad and Barbados, that the government is mostly outraged about.Jagdeo had said that what Guyanese are being asked to pay to go to Trinidad and Barbados is sometimes more than what it costs from these destinations to go to the United States.Caribbean Airlines,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, Jagdeo had noted, has argued that their fares are lower to the US because of the competition in these islands for flights to the United States.If that is the case, the President had said, the Guyana Government could operate a service to Trinidad and Barbados.The government was once engaged in the airline business, but when leasing one aircraft and employing 500 workers with a US$10 million subsidy was no longer feasible,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, the airline was closed.作者:
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The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) continues to struggle to deal with the issue of electricity theft in the country. The rampant stealing of electricity persists despite various strategies implemented by the power company to curb this issue, according to the management of the power company.At a press conference, yesterday, hosted by GPL at NCN Studios,Cheap NFL Jerseys 2017, Chairman of the GPL Board, Winston Brassington, said that between 2007 and 2008, the company identified approximately 23,000 illegal connections with raids conducted.Of those numbers, about 800 persons were taken to court and to date only 98 have been fined and only two have gone to jail.Brassington said that electricity theft is increasing and is having a significant impact on the company.“Our loss reduction increased last year and we believe that electricity theft is increasing. We have given you indications of the problems we face and the other area that maybe adding to it is the significant expansion of the grid through the unserved area electrification programme,” Brassington noted.Meanwhile, Chief Executive Officer of the company, Bharat Dindyal, said that no sooner than they remove the wires that the people put them back; the issue is widespread and a major challenge to the company.Due to this, the power company decided to change its strategy, and is now conducting night raids, but this too has its dangers.Thus far, massive exercises have been completed in areas like Albouystown and Le Penitence.“If you go into Albouystown right now,Wholesale NFL Jerseys China, you will see illegal wires being connected…so what we have found is that if you go and repeatedly remove the wires and persons don’t get into serious trouble with the courts,Taylor Gabriel Falcons Jersey, it is no deterrent…they keep doing it all the time.”Prime Minister Sam Hinds urged for this issue to be dealt with and called for the majority of persons who do not steal electricity to object and to take all action to bring the illegal activities of the others to an end.“I don’t want to send people to jail,Wholesale Jerseys From China, I don’t want to take people to court, but we have to end this culture of stealing electricity…It just has to come to an end…We will have to make the effort that is required,” Prime Minister Hinds said.It was also noted that GPL has built infrastructure to connect 35,000 new households,Authentic NFL Jerseys From China, but the legal connection to GPL at the end of last year was only 36 per cent.(Fareeza Haniff).