A US$43M rice project will be implemented in three communities in Region Eight, to support food security and self-sufficiency of hinterland communities.Minister of Agriculture,Supply Cheap Jerseys, Robert Persaud, during a visit to that region over the past two days, told residents that the issue of food security in the hinterland is being taken seriously, while, at the same time, attempts are being made to improve the earnings of Amerindian villages.Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud meeting with students at Paramakatoi All the difficulties facing Region Eight farmers were highlighted when the minister extended the ‘Grow More’ food’ campaign at Monkey Mountain, Paramakatoi, Kurukabaru and Mahdia.In observance of Amerindian Heritage Month, the Agriculture Ministry has planned a series of outreach activities to meet with farmers and other residents of hinterland communities to discuss existing hindrances and possible solutions, with the aim of boosting cultivation.Complaints about deplorable roads,Jerseys NFL Cheap, transportation, cattle rearing, acoushi ants, the need for agriculture science to be made compulsory in the schools’ curriculum, need for extension officers, the high cost of food items, and land title issues were raised when the minister visited the various communities.Speaking to residents of Monkey Mountain and surrounding communities, Persaud said that his ministry is attempting to assist, from an agricultural standpoint, with the stimulation of economic development to ensure food security within the hinterland.He said that he is aware of the fact that the cost of transporting food to hinterland locations is high, and as such it is important that remote and isolated areas become food secure.The minister pointed out that hinterland communities are vulnerable to food shortages.In one instance, he added, there was need for an emergency shipment of food to be taken to a hinterland community by the army, because of extensive shortage.Addressing the gathering at the Monkey Mountain Community Centre, Persaud encouraged farmers to plant in a sensible manner.Residents of Paramakatoi collecting planting materialsHe told them that, because of their geographic location, they should produce only that which they can consume.One resident told the minister that while he agrees with many of the plans for the development of hinterland communities,NFL Jerseys China, all of the efforts will go in vain if there are no proper roads.Because of the lack of proper road facilities in the Monkey Mountain area, residents pointed out, basic food commodities are being sold at a high cost. One pound of chicken, a resident said, costs $800.Responding to the issue of the roads, Minister Persaud said that for many years there have been approaches about how to tackle the land transportation issue.The difficulty in having an all-weather road, he said, is the size of the population as well as the amount of economic activities in the communities.In Region Eight, he noted, emphasis will be placed on growing four types of spices.“Spices have a longer shelf life…it is not perishable over a short period, and then the community can engage in some form of packaging. We have targeted four spices. We are looking at black pepper, turmeric, ginger and nutmeg.”In this regard, an approach was made to the Indian Government for assistance, and a spice expert from that country was sent to Guyana for a two-year period.That expert, Dr. Sashi Kumar, will we working along with communities to get the project started.“For the past two to three months, the expert has been here. He has already been going out to some of the hinterland communities to look at the possibilities… and will be developing with communities some of the systems, the training and conditions that we would need.”The second area where emphasis will be placed on in Region Eight is the rice project.Paramakatoi, Kato and Kurukabaru have been identified for the project, while similar support will also be extended to Region Nine.The project will receive assistance from the Guyana Rice Development Board, the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI).“There were some attempts to start rice growing in Paramakatoi and Kato, but because of the lack of support, this was not successful. When you mill rice, there are certain by-products, and these can also be converted into animal feed.”Regarding the need for extension officers in the various communities, Persaud has made a call for one person to be identified from the communities and be trained through the Ministry of Agriculture.That person,Cheap Jerseys From China, he said, will receive a stipend and be able to service the farmers in the communities.At present, he said, he an

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Guyana Defence Force Chief-of-Staff Gary Best announced that Commander-in-Chief President Donald Ramotar has approved the promotions of 95 officers, in accordance with Part III Section 16 of the Defence Act Chapter 15:01, of 1977.Acting Colonels, Enoch Gaskin and Frances Abraham, who were elevated to that rank on January 1,Wholesale Jerseys Cheap, 2012, have been confirmed. Additionally, Acting Lieutenant Colonels Ramkarran Doodnauth, Gary Baird, Julius Skeete and Omar Khan have been confirmed in their rank.Acting Majors Sean Harmon, Mohinder Ramjag, Jermain Cort, Dale Ann David, Anson Weekes, Andy Pompey, Charles Wickham,Jerseys China Wholesale, Dale de Mendonca, Kester Craig,China Jerseys, Shen Fung,nhl jerseys outlet, Sheldon Howell,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, Courtney Mendonca and Ron Caulder have all been confirmed in their rank and are now Substantive Majors.Also joining them in that rank are Substantive Captain Selwyn Austin and Substantive Lieutenant Miguel Benjamin, who were elevated in rank to Substantive Major.Chief-of-Staff Commodore Gary Best (left) with the assistance of Colonel Mark Phillips decorates Major Selwyn Austin with his new badge of rank.Meanwhile, six Substantive Captains have been elevated in rank to Acting Major and seven Acting Captains have been confirmed in their rank.Local Captain Kevin Moore and 11 Substantive Lieutenants have been elevated in rank to Acting Captains, while 10 Acting Lieutenants have been confirmed in their rank. Of the latter, Acting Lieutenant Llewlyn Eastman has been confirmed in rank with effect from July 1, 2012.Eleven Second Lieutenants have been elevated in rank to Acting Lieutenant. Of this group, Second Lieutenant Yuvindra Rampersaud has been elevated in rank with effect from July 1,Cheap Jerseys From China, 2012.In the Coast Guard, Acting Lieutenant Commander (CG), Vernon Burnett has been confirmed in his rank while Substantive Lieutenant (CG) Roger Nurse has been elevated in rank to Acting Lieutenant Commander (CG).Acting Lieutenants (CG) Rowel Rampersaud and Adrian Mclean have been confirmed in their rank while Substantive Sub-Lieutenant Wayne Richmond has been elevated in rank to Acting Lieutenant (CG).Meanwhile, three Acting Sub Lieutenants have been confirmed in their rank, and seven Midshipmen have been elevated in rank to Acting Sub Lieutenant.In the GDF Reserve, Acting Lieutenant Colonel Clifton Innis was confirmed in his rank and Acting Captain Sean Welcome was also confirmed in his rank. Substantive Lieutenant Deon Heyligar was elevated in rank to Acting Captain while 10 Second Lieutenants were elevated in rank to Acting Lieutenant.The newly-promoted Senior Officers received their new Badges of Rank at a simple yet significant Badging Ceremony, at the Officers Club at Base Camp Ayanganna yesterday morning.

–???????? property sits on land sold by GuySuCo, other lands at Leonora were sold to Ed Ahmad for $80MThe government yesterday called the Kaieteur News report on the HousingMinister Ali’s ocean-side mansion and pool house under construction.Minister’s sprawling property at Leonora, West Coast Demerara “media excess” and “definitely not fair.”However,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, the government failed to offer any facts regarding Minister Irfaan Ali’s acquisition and development of the property.Kaieteur News understands that the residential building, which has reportedly been rehabilitated and remodeled, was once part of the property of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySucO), and lies just behind what was once the Senior Staff compound for Leonora Estate.In 2008, the land on which Ali’s property sits was sold by GuySuCo through the Privatisation Unit and the National Industrial Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL).Ali’s property of 0.96 acres at Lot 30 (a) Sea Spray, Leonora, together with another piece of land (1.02 acres) cost a total of $14,620,000, the Privatisation Unit stated in a press release in January 2009.These land sales, along with others, the Privatisation Unit stated, reflected “Government’s increasing focus on achieving proceeds for GuySuCo especially at a time when the company needs financing whilst promoting employment through real estate development and/or productive activities.”Also in 2008, the Senior Staff compound Leonora (Block R), just in front of where Ali’s property is, was reportedly sold strictly for a value-added wood processing operation to a company named South American Woods Incorporated, owned by Guyanese-Ed AhmadAmerican scandal-scarred realtor Ed Ahmad,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, who was arrested on mortgage fraud mid-last year while boarding a Delta Airlines flight to GuyanaAt the time the land was sold to Ahmad, the Privatisation Unit claimed that all of buildings had been destroyed by fire or were vandalised leaving only the land to be sold.The land was sold at a price of $80M for 16.3098 acres,Wholesale Basketball Jerseys, resulting in an average price of $4.9M per acre.Minister Ali, through state television NCN, claimed that his acquisition of the GuySuCo property,Jerseys NFL Cheap, was no secret deal or unscrupulous, insisting that the property was publicly advertised for sale.The TV news report quoted Minister Ali as saying that “as any other Guyanese” he put in a bid for the property and his was the highest bid price offered.Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday said that “professionalism” was in short supply when the report was thought of and “put into operation.”Luncheon said that the Cabinet – the council of government ministers, on which Ali himself sits – vehemently rejected the report.Luncheon said that the government was concerned about the “antecedence” and “what it purports” to show.? Dr Luncheon described the report as descending into muckraking and yellow journalism.In addition, Luncheon claimed that the author of the report was of “ordinary mind” since it could not have been any “run of the mill reporter” who conceptualized the report.He went further to claim that the report was part of something much more “insidious” and “comprehensive.”But while denouncing the report, Luncheon did not seek to offer any of the facts regarding Minister Ali’s acquisition of the Leonora property.Minister Irfaan AliIn a response, Kaieteur News publisher Glenn Lall asked whether the news media is no longer allowed to publish information regarding public officers and challenged the government to reveal details about Minister’s Ali’s acquisition and development of the property.The New Year’s Day edition of the Kaieteur News carried a picture of Minister’s Ali’s Leonora house,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, a pool and pool house under construction next to the Atlantic Ocean, all located on the land.Ali became Minister of Housing and Water three years ago.Meanwhile, late yesterday,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, the Office of the President said that it views with extreme distaste the resort of elements of the domestic media to character assassination and defamation.“The recent Kaieteur News headlines that targeted Minister Irfaan Ali are the latest in the series of yellow journalistic activities. The Office of the President rejects such underhand tactics intended to demean and question the probity of the young minister. Minister Ali has made significant contributions to the development of Guyana particularly in the Housing and Water sectors.”OP, in rejecting the newspaper coverage, said that it rejects the malicious effort and anticipates