…Agriculture Ministry admits that contracts not cost effectiveThe canal which is currently being excavated by the Agriculture Ministry in Rosenanti Tuschen Backland,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, EBE. People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) Member of Parliament, Mervyn Williams, and Chairman of Region Three, Julius Faerber, were yesterday engaged in a very blunt exchange of words, as they differed on interventions being made at the regional level to support farmers on the West Coast of Demerara.During a farmers meeting yesterday at Rosenanti, Tuschen Backlands’, East Bank Essequibo, Williams said that the Regional Democratic Council which is being headed by Faerber, needs to get its act together in terms of its priorities.According to Williams,jerseys cheap nfl, in many instances, representation is made to the region on critical issues,Wholesale Jerseys China, but nothing is done.Representation has to be made at a higher level because of the inefficiency and failure of the regional administration to act, he added.“This has to be fixed or central government will continue to be burdened and the whole question of local democracy will come into question again,” Williams said.However, this comment attracted a strong rejection from Faerber, who noted that interventions are indeed made by the region,NFL Jerseys From China, but there are limitations at the level of the regional administration.Faerber explained that Williams is contradicting what has been done by the region.Minister Persaud did agree that the region is limited in terms of its assistance to farmers.The farmers in the Tuschen backlands made representation for drainage support in the area, and as such, the Agriculture Ministry has sent two excavators into the Rosenanti community to excavate the canal.“I recognise that it is an area in which for some time we needed to put much more support…we recognise the limitations in the region that’s why,Soccer Jerseys From China, centrally we have come in and support the region…working with the farmers,” Persaud said.The excavation works are being done by equipment from the Agriculture Ministry.“If you were to award this to a contractor,Cheap Jerseys From China, it might have been millions and millions of dollars…but because we are using our own equipment and managing it ourselves, it does not affect our immediate cash and resource availability…just that we had to divert equipment from another area to this one.”Persaud also committed to construct a drainage structure for the farmers in the area. This structure he said is expected to cost some $5 million.

The Guyana/Haiti relief efforts stand at $264M in cash at the banks and more than $59.5M in kind.Yesterday, the Committee received donations from Zakir Khan,Cheap Football Jerseys, Chairman of the Wakenaam Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) and Sheik Ahmad, member of Wakenaam NDC- $621,NFL Jerseys China,560 and also donated was13 bags of clothing and footwear.This was achieved at a concert held in Wakenaam to raise funds to assist Haiti and residents also contributed greatly.The Management and Staff of the Guyana National Shipping Corporation (GNSC) $300,Jerseys NFL Wholesale,000 and Burns Memorial Presbyterian church gave $100,Wholesale Stitched Jerseys,000. Minister Manickchand was grateful for the response of the citizens and organisations and she noted that the committee will continue to assist Haiti to the best of its ability.Earlier, Colonel Chabilall Ramsarup, head of the Civil Defence Commission,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, said some of the monies have been used to purchase commodities such as rice and flour and to pay shipping costs.He however said that the decision on the release of the monies to the Haitians will depend on Cabinet.Meanwhile,Cheap Jerseys USA, Minister Priya Manickchand commended persons who have and are still continuing to donate cash and clothing. She advised then that they should continue to do so.

Police are looking for two armed men who pretended to be customers at a shop in Supply,Cheap Atlanta Braves Jerseys, East Bank Demerara (EBD) and robbed two women of $20,Andre Branch Dolphins Jersey,000 and their gold jewellery. The incident occurred around 11:45 hrs yesterday.Although information is sketchy,Adam Joseph Duhe Dolphins Jersey, this newspaper was told that the men, who later abandoned their motor vehicle at Friendship, EBD, after being chased by police, managed to escape from the lawmen on foot.The victims have been identified as Radika Sagar,Evan Engram Jersey, 64, and Sharda Sagar, 37, of Lot 25 Supply, EBD. The older woman was robbed of $20,Brian Poole Falcons Jersey,000 while the younger Sagar was robbed of her gold jewellery.The two bandits reportedly went into the shop and pretended to be customers as they enquired about items that were on display.After about five minutes, one of the two men pulled out a gun and robbed the women,Gordon Hayward Jersey, after which they escaped in a waiting car.The police gave chase but the men managed to elude them. They later found the getaway car at Friendship.Investigations are ongoing.

The High Court has ordered the Public Works Ministry to return a number of vehicles to Synergy Holdings Inc (Makeshwar ‘Fip’ Motilall). The vehicles were seized earlier this year when Government terminated its multi-million-dollar Amaila Falls road project with Synergy Holdings.Makeshwar ‘Fip’ MotilallGovernment on January 12,Nike Brooklyn Nets Authentic Jerseys, last,College Jerseys, announced the cancellation of the US$15.4M road contract it signed with Synergy Holdings Inc,Argentina National Soccer Team Jerseys, headed by Motilall. The termination came when Motilall failed to secure a Performance Bond.According to an official at the Ministry,Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Arsenal Jersey UK, engineers are currently reviewing a long list of vehicles- operational and non-operational- which were seized by Government. Many of the pieces of equipment are non-operational and it is said those are the equipment that the Court has ordered to be returned to Motilall.The Works Ministry said that it does not mind returning the non-functioning pieces of equipment because it was proving to be costly to be providing security of them.The official related that several pieces of equipment are being used to carry out works on the Amaila Falls road. The non-operational pieces are also in the interior. Government had alleged that Motilall had sabotaged the equipment following the termination of this contract.Senior personnel attached to Synergy Holdings had described the equipment as ‘junk’.Motilall had conceded to using some of the US$1.5M to purchase equipment and to ship them to Guyana.The equipment purchased are said to value the same amount as the shipping costs.The alleged faulty equipment was blamed by the overseas personnel for several accumulative months of delays as almost each day some of the equipment had broken down.Earlier this year when Motilall went to remove the seized equipment from the area he was stopped by security personnel.The official said that the matter between Motilall and Government is still ongoing. The return of the pieces of equipment is one aspect of the court matter.

Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali, yesterday, said that the government has not allocated any land to the People’s Progressive Party.Ali was responding to a query by the Alliance for Change which was in receipt of information that the ruling PPP received three house lots or parcels of land by way of Transport.The AFC identified the house lots as 153, 154, and 155 Bath Village,Calvin Ridley Jersey, West Coast Berbice.According to the AFC,Wholesale Baseball Jerseys 2018, the advertisements for the passing of the Transports for these house lots were placed in the Official Gazette of August 1,Chile Soccer Jersey, 2009 as Nos. 17, 18, and 19 respectively,Brent Seabrook Jersey, for the County of Berbice.Ali told this newspaper that any person or organization was free to apply for house lots. Some 500 lots were allocated to various non governmental organizations, he said.According to the Minister among the beneficiaries of these lots are Food for the Poor,Authentic Baltimore Ravens Jersey, Habitat for Humanity as well as several churches, mosques and temples.The AFC noted that as far as research permits,http://www.soccerpro.us.com/Argentina/, it has been unable to find a corresponding precedent in Guyana or the Commonwealth Caribbean of the political party which forms the government being given Transport or Title to lands.