As part of its efforts to assist the less fortunate in Guyana, the Women’s Club of the Indian Cultural Centre yesterday donated $280,000 worth in items to the Guyana Relief Council (GRC),Wholesale NFL Jerseys, the Dharm Shala, the Palms and the Kamal House for the homeless in Berbice.The items included a number of cooking utensils, radios and wheelchairs among others.Representatives from the various organizations expressed their appreciation to the Club,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, as they pointed out that the items will be put to good use.The women’s club of the Indian Cultural Centre,Cheap China Jerseys, came about when some diplomats of the Indian High Commission saw the need for women who were Indian nationals and Guyanese women of Indian origin, to integrate socially and culturally.The club raised the money for the donation through a lunch hosted in May, which was well supported by the public.Vice President of the club,Wholesale NHL Jerseys, Chandra Harricharan, said that the club has far exceeded the expectations of those involved, as there are many organizations that benefit from its fund raising efforts.In November,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, the club will be celebrating its 30th anniversary and over the years,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, apart from social and charitable work, the club has launched its first and second edition of their cookery book called ‘Culinary Delights.’

Scores turned out yesterday to get a final glimpse of former football player turned businessman,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Vibert Weekes.Weekes was shot repeatedly on Robb Street,Wholesale NFL Jerseys Authentic, Lacytown,Cheap Jerseys China, last Saturday night by a lone gunman dressed in female attire.Weekes was buried according to Muslim rites.‘Disneyland’ and ‘Jurassic Park’ were some of the terms used to describe the setting at the man’s WW8 North East La Penitence home,Jerseys China Wholesale, as national football players,Cheap NFL Football Jerseys, business persons and scores of popular male and female personalities congregated.As the man’s body arrived at his residence,Discount NFL Jerseys, the large crowd converged in the yard to view the man’s body.Screams emanated from the yard as Weekes’s body was carried in the yard in a modest coffin lined with white fabric and his body wrapped in matching fabric. Family members had to be restrained as the man’s body was unwrapped to loud screaming and wailing.Relatives had the unenviable task of ensuring order when the time for viewing came. In their haste to view the body, the overly curious crowd rushed to the area where the body was placed making it impossible for order to prevail.It was at this time that family members covered the body until there was an orderly line to file pass the coffin.The comments from those that gathered were mixed; some suggested that many who came did not know Weekes; while others suggested that many among the crowd did not like him.Weekes was later buried in the Le Repentir Cemetery.

Guyana is proactively working toward improved irrigation which will positively increase yields by as much as 400 percent, Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali, said yesterday.Speaking at an event to mark World Water Day,Wholesale Jerseys, Ali said the prediction of the Food and Agriculture Organisation is that agricultural yields in water stressed areas would decrease by 50 percent in 10 years time.He added that climate change would also reduce availability of water for agriculture from the Himalayan snow peaks.“All these changes occur during a period when the world would need to produce food for an additional 2.7 billion people. It is therefore not unreasonable to conclude that water availability would have severe impact on food production and sustainability,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys China,” Ali stated.As a result, he said the Hope Canal and other irrigation channels must therefore be pursued aggressively to ensure viability and sustainability of Guyana’s agricultural sector, which has excellent prospects in becoming the primary regional food source as most of the agriculturally productive Caribbean countries are severely pressed in terms of fresh water availability.He said identification of these issues is indeed timely given the current onslaught of the El Nino crisis.“The El Nino phenomenon presents a reality whereby the economic activities in Guyana and the Caribbean are threatened due to geophysical changes quite literally half a world away,” Ali stated.According to the Minister,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, predictions are that the current El Nino phenomenon would eventually dissipate in coming months and all may revert to normalcy.However, he warned, “We must not allow complacency to germinate as the lessons learnt from this experience must be documented and studied so as to guide our future policies.”He said that Guyana is well endowed with water resources. There is a source of potable water which can be accessed with relative ease in most areas of the country.This source is further well protected from depletion as reserve capacity exists in sufficient quantities to withstand the effects of a medium term drought. This, unfortunately, is not the case in most of the Caribbean territories whereby negative variations in rainfall patterns result in an immediate effect in the quantity and quality of freshwater reserves, Ali stated.He said that Guyana must learn from the experience of these nations and take the necessary steps to safeguard its water resources.“The fact that our systems have some resilience to overcome periods of drought does not create precedence for indiscriminate use. “In fact, the contrary holds in view of sustainability, as we must certainly recognise that indiscriminate use would spiral out of control to eventual depletion of the resource. The checks and balances must thus be instituted now while there is still a resource to protect,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale,” Ali stated.For Guyana,China Jerseys, he declared, the availability of water resources is a cornerstone of the economy.“We are a nation engaged in the cultivation of water intensive crops and any decline in water resources has a ripple effect all the way to the country’s GDP,Cheap NBA Jerseys China,” he stated.