…initiative to be taken countrywideHistory was made when the Guyana Police Force (GPF) ‘B’ Division issued tractor licences to several rice farmers and tractor operators yesterday at the Mibikuri Police Station in Black Bush Polder (BBP). The initiative was as a result of several engagements and meetings between the Guyana Rice Producers Association (GRPA) and ‘B’ Division police.GRPA President,Jerseys Wholesale, Mr. Leekah Rambrich stated,Cheap Jerseys 2018, “It is the first of its kind ever being held within the rice- growing belt. We try to facilitate farmers with easy way of having their tractor licences”.Police Inspector Joachim (and Mr. Rambrich) overseeing the farmers and tractor operators performing the practical tests in front of the Mibikuri Police Station yesterday.He said that one of the burning concerns of rice farmers and their tractor operators was that they did not have the tractor component added to their licensing arrangement; hence they used to be harassed constantly by the police on the road.“So we had discussions with the police and Mr. [Calvin] Brutus,Cheap Jerseys From China, the Officer-in- Charge of Traffic in Region Six was kind enough to facilitate this activity,Cheap China Jerseys, having the police on the ground doing the driving test.”He noted that the GRPA plans to take this arrangement all across the region especially within the rice- producing areas “and we hope it can bring some relief to police and farmers.”Rambrich stated, “These are persons who hold a driver’s licence but they don’t have the tractor component and a tractor is a heavy duty machine and it’s [the licence] not given to you when you first have a licence—it has to be added.” He stated that the same problem obtains in Essequibo and other rice producing areas.“It was reported to the GRPA that farmers are being harassed by the police. We had discussions with the officer and we realize that a lot of people in rice cultivating areas are holders of licences but do not have a tractor licence, so the first stage is to make sure these drivers have the added tractor licences…“We are doing 23 people today. Another 30 will be submitted to the police for scrutiny.And commenting on the crop, the GPRA President stated that the rice is near “flowering stage in the region. Sowing is coming to a close.”Nearly 59,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping,000 acres are being sowed.Inspector Joachim and rice farmers/tractor operators engage in a chat during the licence issuing process yesterday.While the market for rice is good,NFL Jerseys Cheap, the official stated that negotiations are ongoing with the Caricom market. “We are looking to expand to the Panama market. The European market is always there.”