With the main objective of providing a forum for youths to take leadership on issues affecting the integrity of their natural environment, the Environmental Community Health Organisation (ECHO) on Friday expanded its ECHO Clubs to Schools in Region 10. A new initiative dubbed the ‘Green Ambassadors Programme’ was also introduced to secondary schools within the Region when a grand ceremony was held at the Benjamin Convention Centre under the theme “I am powerful”.And according to ECHO’s Communication Director, Shelon Simon, over 150 students and teachers attended the event.? Among the schools inducted into the ECHO driven programmes were the: Linden Foundation Secondary, the Harmony Secondary, Christiansburg Wismar Secondary, Mackenzie High School, New Silver- City Secondary, Mackenzie Primary, Anarika Primary, Amelia Ward Primary,Wholesale Jerseys China, Malali Primary, Aroaima Primary, Rockstone Primary,Cheap Jerseys, Ituni Primary, Barmia Primary, Kwakwani Primary and the One Mile Primary.The event was attended by Chairman of the Regional Democratic Council, Mr. Mortimer Mingo, who noted that the Regional Democratic Council considered the proposal for the execution of this programme in the Region at its statutory sitting of Council in October. The council, he said, had unanimously endorsed and supported the proposed undertaking. This was especially so since according to him, “we hold the concerns and objective of this programme as very important for the development of our Region. It goes without saying that the health and well-being of our constituents is of primary importance to us as elected representatives to the people of this Region, and so organisations dedicated to the preservation and improvement of our environment and health will always enjoy the unstinting support of our Council,” Mingo noted.But according to him, invariably ECHO clubs will be faced with some resistance to change in terms of attitudes to the environment even as he asserted that “I am convinced that all categories of our residents bear the responsibility for the current state of our surroundings which, more than likely, is the cause for the desire to take action in terms of forming these environmental clubs.” And while the task may seem to be a great one, he assured that protecting the environment is no doubt should be a collaborative effort.The RDC, he said, stands ready to work with ECHO as measures are put in place to protect the environment through paying keen attention to core issues such as waste disposal, littering and conservation of natural resources such as water.In endorsing the programme, Mingo extended a challenge to residents of Region 10 to embrace a renewed commitment to make a positive impact on the environment by taking personal responsibility for the state of the environment and the use of natural resources.“Indeed, the theme chosen for this initiative speaks of the great individual impact we all have.? Recognising this,Authentic Jerseys Cheap, I would like to posit that the little things count, and so the act of disposing of your litter appropriately, using tap water sparingly and setting personal example of environmental concern all add up to tremendous collective benefits for our environment.”Regional Chairman, Mortimer Mingo addresses the studentsChairman of the Linden Municipality, Mr. Orin Gordon, said that he was ready to render any assistance to ECHO and requested that more schools and institutions be added to the project. He said that it was important that the children and the young people begin to play their part in keeping the environment clean and help the council provide for a safe and healthy environment.? According to ECHO’s Executive Director of ECHO, Royston King,Adidas Hockey Jerseys Cheap, the participating schools would be used as a pilot for six months after which an evaluation will be done to see if the project can be implemented in its present format in other schools. He emphasised the need for good environmental stewardship to reverse the effects of climate change.? King added that the organisation is working to establish a strong network of people to elevate the environmental consciousness of all, to encourage good environmental stewardship including the prudent, sensible and sustainable use of natural resources.Several coaches/teachers from echo-clubs in Georgetown and Region Three also attended and engaged the children in different activities. At the moment, echo has over 40 clubs in schools. The organisation is currently gaining support from a number of entities including the Ministry of Education, PAHO/WHO, John Fernandes,Cheap Basketball Jerseys, Impressions, R&R International, Health Sector Development Unit, Min作者:
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The search for four fishermen who went missing in separate alleged pirate attacks have been called off and local rescue workers have returned to Guyana. The missing men have not been located and are feared dead in the waters of neighbouring Suriname.Searches were conducted for 44-year-old Murtland Fordyce and 39-year-old Kumar Persaud. Other searches were organized for Bisham Mohamed,NFL Jerseys Authentic China, and Captain Khemraj Cyril.Fordyce and Persaud were aboard the fishing vessel “Anna Teresa”. The boat, according to the Captain, Harry Singh was hijacked on October 1, with the pirates reportedly tying up the fishermen and tossing them over board.Bisham MohamedSingh and three other fishermen returned to Guyana two weeks ago.Singh told Kaieteur News that the search was called off late last week although the men have not been found. According to him, searches were conducted for three weeks. He said he and other persons,NFL Jerseys From China, including Surinamese officials were the first rescue team dispatched to locate the missing fishermen. Hansel, the owner of the hijacked vessel told Kaieteur News that his two sons and his son-in-law were part of the rescue party, while several other fishing vessels rendered their assistance.The Captain told this publication that when their boat was attacked, the pirates were armed with cutlasses,Cheap NFL Jerseys Online, pieces of wood and guns. He alleged that the pirates gave his men a sound thrashing before tying them up and tossing them over board. He recalled receiving lashes to his head with a piece of wood and receiving two chops; one across the leg and another on the left hand.The Captain said because he was badly hurt, the pirates did not tie him up. He said he was the second person to be tossed overboard, but never came into contact with the other workers. It took all night, Singh said, for him to swim and float himself close to shore. There,Wholesale Jerseys Authentic, he was picked up by a small vessel.Singh attributed his survival to 31 years of fishing. The fishing boat was recovered completely ransacked. Millions of dollars worth of goods and equipment were missing.Bisham Mohamed, and Captain Khemraj Cyril are missing from fishing vessel, “Jonaral Jonathan 1122”. There are however suspicious circumstances surrounding the disappearance of these two men. Reports are that three men were working aboard this boat and after the alleged pirate attack, only one man was found. He is however giving conflicting reports, the boat captain Patrick Viera and family of the fishermen claimed.Searches for these men were also called off. They have been missing for six weeks now.The named survivor of the pirate attack allegedly told Surinamese police that the pirates ordered the boat’s occupants to jump into the sea, but later reported to folks at home that the pirates threw everyone over board.The survivor said he was the first to jump over board when the men attacked. In his other version,Cheap Jerseys NFL China, he said the boat’s Captain was the first to be tossed into the water and he was next.Murtland FordyceMohamed’s sister, Geomattie Husman, called the situation “fishy”, while the boat owner called the matter “strange”. Viera said that the lone survivor was questioned by Surinamese police but later released. The families of the missing men are expected to make reports to local authorities since the man’s story is not “adding up”.This publication was told that “Jonaral Jonathan 1122”was recovered some time after the alleged attack,Cheap Jerseys From China, and the only thing damaged was the boat’s engine. Items belonging to the missing men were reportedly found onboard, with all the boat’s valuables still intact.作者:
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Adam HarrisThe non payment of Adam Harris and Juliet Holder Allen is a clear reflection of the vindictiveness that the Jagdeo administration has been perpetuating since it took office in 1992.This is the strong view of leader of the People’s National Congress, Robert Corbin, on the issue of Kaieteur News Editor-in-Chief, Adam Harris, who has been waiting for his pension and gratuity more than 16 years after his forced retirement from his position of Editor-in-Chief at the Guyana Chronicle in 1992.“The PNC have over the years been exposing this spitefulness by the government but all along we were a voice in the wilderness… I am glad that other stakeholders have finally recognized that the common enemy to development in Guyana is the PPP administration.”Reiterating that cheating workers out of what is their due is normal for the present administration, Corbin recalled that a few years ago his party had lobbied against the non payment of officers at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.“We got nowhere until we encouraged them to go to the court…Not until the court intervened that these people got some redress…I hope the government gives Mr. Harris what’s due him and not allow it to get that far.”Meanwhile, another executive member of the party noted that when the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) took office in 1992, it divided the country into PPP and PNC and it did not honour its obligations to persons who were deemed as affiliates of PNC.The official adamantly posited that Harris along with the many others who have been deprived of what is rightfully theirs must be paid their benefits because they worked for the State.Regarding Harris’s more than 16-year wait for his gratuity and pension, the PNC executive member said that it was a manifestation of the nature of the present Government.On Tuesday last Leader of the Alliance for Change Raphael Trotman told this newspaper that his party supports Harris,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Chief Magistrate (rtd) Juliet Holder-Allen and the many other Guyanese in their struggles to receive their benefits that are owed to them.Trotman at the time had expressed surprise at the fact that Harris has been waiting for 16 years for what is due to him, adding that persons should not be made to beg for their benefits owed to them for their services that have been rendered to the country.He added that he was also heartened by, and supports the call by General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Donald Ramotar,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, who said that Harris should be paid what is due to him.According to Trotman,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, there is no way in a proper working democratic society that persons should have to wait 16 years to receive what is rightfully theirs.Speaking with this newspaper on Monday, Ramotar, in an invited comment, said, “I believe that whatever money is due to him he should get…from the point of view of principle.”When asked if the 16-year delay in paying Harris his pension and gratuity had anything to do with the fact that he may have been viewed as pro-PNC, Ramotar stressed that the PPP’s position has never been to victimise people for their views. He said that the party has struggled over the years for freedom of expression and justice to be meted out to each citizen, regardless of creed or political affiliation.“Whatever the case,China Jerseys, it has to be something other than political…PPP has no interest in denying anybody what is theirs.”Harris is still awaiting the payment of his pension and other benefits that are due to him since his forced resignation as Editor-in-Chief of the Guyana Chronicle when the PPP/C came into power in 1992.According to Harris, he had preferred to keep the issue out of the public domain, and to allow the democratic system to work, and work fairly; but recently, whilst editing an article concerning former Chief Magistrate Juliet Holder-Allen’s fight for her benefits, and learning that her matter was being expedited after she protested, “It awoke my senses…I was not prepared to beg, but this money was something that I had worked for,Cheap NFL Jerseys, and I am forced to fight for it.”“I don’t want to protest, but I don’t think that anyone should be made to beg for their entitlements.”According to Harris, earlier this year, Dr Luncheon called him and informed him that the longstanding matter was being addressed.Luncheon had arranged a meeting with the Chairman of the GNNL Board of Directors, Keith Burrowes,NFL Jerseys Outlet, and had worked out the details of the GNNL aspect of the payment.“The cheque sent to me a few months ago by GNNL subsequent to that meeting was an insult.”The cheque was returned to G作者:
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By Abena RockcliffeFormer Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran is saying that now that the elections dust is settled and the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has been unseated, Guyana eagerly awaits a bright future void of the ills that previously characterized its society.On Saturday last,Wholesale Football Jerseys, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) announced the final results of the General and Regional Elections of 2015. The APNU+AFC coalition was declared the party with the most votes and as such was announced to be the party that will form the new government. Later that day, President David Granger was sworn in at Parliament Building before thousands who converged to bear firsthand witness.Former PPP stalwart,Cheap Adidas NHL Jerseys, Ralph RamkarranIn his most recent article, Ramkarran, a former PPP Stalwart,Cheap Wholesale Jerseys, extended congratulations to the APNU+AFC coalition on its historic victory and to David Granger, Guyana’s new President.In that very article, Ramkarran pointed out that the results of the elections reflect a very close race, as many observers had predicted, “But the APNU+AFC alliance won the right to form the Government.”He said that the majority of the Guyana’s electorate supported APNU+AFC’s message, ‘It Is Time’.According to Ramkarran, the fact that that slogan resonated with most citizens shows, clearly that the electorate has grown tired of what the PPP/C was offering.The former party stalwart said that it is not surprising that the PPP/C has reached this denouement as the Party lost its way since the passing of Cheddi Jagan in 1997. “No longer motivated by his high ideals, it (the PPP/C) allowed one-man rule, arrogance, crime, corruption, nepotism and high living to flourish and become dominant features of its governance.Ramkarran said that the PPP/C ignored the fact that it lost a significant percent of its support at elections held in 2011. “It deluded itself by a self-serving analysis that apathy caused its supporters to stay away from the polls in 2011. This prompted an expectation that elections with a divisive political strategy will restore its majority. Thus it rejected any idea of a coalition government.”Ramkarran said that he tried the best he could in numerous articles to project this idea that the 2011 results could presage historic changes. “In ‘Ramotar holds the Pen of History in his Hand,’ (SN 2014/09/28) I argued that the PPP could transform the destiny of Guyana in accordance with its historic mission of 1950 by creating national unity through a coalition government. The shocking reality is that such an option was not even discussed after the elections.”He said that instead, former President Ramotar preferred to sacrifice part of his first term and a second term, than to sit in a coalition, which PPP founder and former President the late Dr. Cheddi Jagan would have eagerly done, subject to agreed policies,Jerseys NFL Cheap, had he faced the same situation.Turning his attention to the gains of the coalition, Ramkarran pointed out that the APNU made substantial compromises with the AFC and noted that the Cummingsburg Accord (the agreement which bonds APNU and AFC) divided up governmental responsibilities and guaranteed 12 seats in the National Assembly and 40 percent of the Cabinet to the AFC.He said that the “AFC deserves special mention for the courageous positions it took when it first ensnared a reluctant APNU into supporting a No-Confidence Motion and then changed course and decided to seek an alliance with APNU… it boldly embraced the new approach and pushed forward with the alliance.”Further, Ramkarran said that the maintenance of its structural independence and a separate campaign strategy allowed the AFC to play upon its distinct strengths. This victory, he opined, was due in no small measure to the bold political decisions of the AFC and the innovative course it charted.The former House Speaker said that Guyana now enters a new era of alliance politics, which introduces a significant non-ethnic dimension.Even with such a welcomed dimensional change, Guyana still looks forward for much more, said Ramkarran.He said that most of Guyana looks forward to measures to reduce poverty and corruption and for constitutional reform, which are all things that the Alliance government promised to do.Guyana now joins 80 countries around the world that are being run by coalition governments.In Europe, there are countries like France, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine that are being run by coalition governments.While in Latin America and the Caribbean, there are countries like Panama,Wholesale Jers作者:
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Outgoing Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation,Wholesale NBA Jerseys, Nick Jackson has said that since early December he indicated to the government that he would be leaving to take up a new job in Switzerland early in the New Year.Outgoing GuySuCo CEO Nick JacksonHis comments came in the wake of a report in yesterday’s issue of Kaieteur News which suggested that he had been dismissed as the government effected a management shake-up in the sugar industry.Mr Jackson said that he was not dismissed and that while there was no documented letter of resignation, there were discussions with the administration. He said that he had informed the Guyana Government that he had already accepted a job with the Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation as Managing Director of that corporation,China NFL Jerseys, and that he was also leaving Booker Tate.Mr Jackson said that when he informed the government that he would be discontinuing his attachment with the sugar corporation, the authorities indicated that he should not make his intentions public since changes in the corporation were imminent and that his announcement should coincide with the other announcements.That, he said,Wholesale Jerseys China, caused a minor concern that people would arrive at the conclusion that he was being fired. He said that the newspaper report vindicated his fears.He said that people from London called him to enquire of his dismissal and he was forced to keep explaining his situation. He added that outside of giving rise to a waste of his time,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, the report could also have an impact on his new job.Jackson joined GuySuCo on February 1, 2005, just as the flood waters were beginning to recede in Guyana. He said that he was forced to sit in London waiting for the flood waters to go down.He would remain with GuySuCo until February 13 next, then leave for London two days later. He should be in Swaziland by the end of February.Asked about the most challenging aspect of his tour in Guyana,NFL Jerseys China Cheap, Mr Jackson said that the past year saw rainfall that was the heaviest in 50 years. This affected sugar production.At the same time,Nike NFL Jerseys China, Operations Director Paul Worthington resigned and was not replaced.According to Mr Jackson, Worthington’s resignation saw all his duties being shifted to Jackson and just about everyone reporting to him.
