With a steady rise in divorce rates, prominent Pastor and Evangelist Ivan Williams has put this phenomenon down to the increased use of social media and technology, causing a rift between couples.Williams has been practising evangelism for almost 46 years, married for 35 and has fathered four sons and one daughter.According to Williams, with the breakdown of societal standards and the introduction of modern social media, it is not unusual to find a husband on his tablet and his wife on her laptop in the same bed. Therefore there is no personal communication, no development and getting to know each other.“Marriages are made in Heaven but the details are worked out in Earth,China Jerseys Free Shipping,” the marriage counsellor said. “The social media is a massive distraction and couples must ask the question, why they want to get married?”A perusal of popular social applications such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram show that marriages are portrayed as a fairy-tale, ‘happily-ever-after’ story. However, the Pastor said that marriages are a commitment for life and if it is viewed as a fairy-tale, society is headed in the wrong direction.“It’s all about our concept of marriage and how we see it,” the evangelist said. “Some women say they want to be a June bride (said to be a popular choice for marriages) – it’s not just being a June bride; marriage is a commitment for life.”The Pastor was then asked what some of his views on common-law relationships are. He said, “People do not want to do the honourable thing. They use the term a ‘good live home is better than a bad marriage.”“There is no good ‘live home’, because the scripture already condemns us for living home and marriage is honoured by God,” he pointed out. “You honour God and life itself when you decide to get married. You dishonour yourself when you decide to live home.”According to Williams,China Jerseys, it is better to have a union honoured by God,Cheap Jerseys From China, than to have an unlawful association that is dishonourable. However, Williams also observed that there is no urge to get married.Social commentators have been observing a rise in common-law relationships and marriages under the impact of technology and social media. The average Guyanese should have been asking; is marriage is an old concept that doesn’t fit with our current generational ideas?The question has also been asked whether society has been losing the ability to work at having loving relationships because of a preference for instant gratification. Indeed, many wonder whether the marital institution is dying,Nike Air Max 95 For Sale, or whether society is changing the outlook of marriage with social media and technology.With a sharp rise in divorces and separations, the amount of people choosing to stay single or ‘live in’ with their partners, leads one to speculate whether the institution of marriage as we know it, is dying.Judging by the statistics that often reach us through newspapers,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, television and online fora also by simply taking a look at relationships around us, many would say that marriage has seen better days.In addition, society’s acceptance of divorces has been on a general rise.

Kenya installs four times bigger plant for US$3MThere are questions over the seemingly high cost of the recently commissioned US$12.5M ($2.5B) sugar packaging plant at Enmore.Last week,Cheap Jerseys, Christopher Ram, a newspaper columnist/accountant, in an article, noted that Kenya’s largest sugar company, Mumias Sugar Company (MSC), had recently built a packaging plant for US$3M.Modifications works were done to link the old Enmore factory to the new packaging plant at right.The Kenyan plant consisted of 11 packaging machines, supplied by Brazilian companies, and has the capacity of producing 700 tonnes of sugar daily. This means that the Kenyan plant can bag over 200,000 tonnes of sugar annually.However, the Enmore plant has five machines and an annual capacity of 40,000 tonnes. The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), asked to explain the extremely high cost when compared to the Kenyan plant,China Jerseys NFL Wholesale, said that upgrades and modifications to the aging Enmore factory were conducted to the tune of US$8M ($1.6B) alone while the balance of the money, about US$4.5M, was for a warehouse and the packaging machines.If the more recent figures provided by the sugar company are to be believed then the Enmore plant also costs US$1.5 million more that the Kenyan plant.GuySuCo’s Chief Executive Officer, Paul Bhim, in response to emails, said that he does not believe that the Mumias plant included a factory upgrade or warehousing facility.The packaging machines for MSC were supplied by Brazilian companies Brazafric and Raumak. Guyana imported its machines from India.The Enmore project was financed by the European Union under special measures to assist Guyana, following a 36 per cent price cut by GuySuCo’s biggest customer there.The plant was built by Surendra Engineering Corporation, a Mumbai-based company that is building two turn-key refinery facilities in Sudan. Surendra says that it has partnered with UK’s Tate and Lyle and Booker Tate.Ram in his article last week wondered why Guyana had to travel to India for the packaging machines while MSC turned to neighbouring Brazil for its purchase.The new packaging plant will enable MSC to produce smaller-sized sugar bags with only 30 per cent marketed in 50kg bags. With the technology installed at the plant, MSC will now be able to produce sugar packaged in various sizes,Wholesale Jerseys, ranging from 125g to 250g,Nike NFL Jerseys China, 500g,Sale NFL Jerseys, 1kg and 2kg – moving away from its traditional business of supplying larger quantity packages to pre-packed produce, according to http://www.packaging-gateway.com/projects/mumias-sugar/.

Government has awarded a $522M contract to Dipcon Engineering Services to expand the East Coast Demerara Public Road into a four-lane roadway between Better Hope and Montrose. This section was originally undertaken by Falcon Transportation and Construction Company to the tune of $468M.Section of stalled East Coast Demerara Road widening project in Better HopeThat contract was terminated but a sum of $207M was already expended on the section.With this new contract Government is expending about $729M to erect this section.This amount could increase since the first contractor, Falcon Transportation and Construction Company,China Jerseys, whose contract was terminated by the Public Works Ministry, has sent legal documents to the Ministry signaling his intentions to take the matter to Court.Minister of Transport and Hydraulics, Robeson Benn, confirmed last week,Wholesale Soccer Jerseys, that the issue of Falcon Transportation and Construction Company is still engaging the Office of the Attorney General.“Whatever is necessary to be done will be done,” he declared.The Ministry claimed that it terminated the contract because of poor performance and forgery but the contractor rejected this and claimed that it was because he refused to make gifts. The Ministry said that it would have sent the matter to the police, based on advice from the Attorney General in July 2012 but that was not done.But, even with the extended problems the Ministry claimed that it had with the contractor, a total of $207M was spent on the project. Apparently, the advance payment on the bond was $140M.According to an Engineer of the Public Works Ministry,cheap nfl jerseys, when the project was awarded to Falcon Transportation and Construction Company in 2011 it did not include all the works needed for the expansion of the road. Apparently,Cheap Jerseys, the idea was to amend the contract as the contractor executed works.However, the contract valuing $522M awarded to Dipcon includes incomplete works on the contract awarded to Falcon and those that were not included in the contract in the first place.According to Benn, works are being executed on the site but villagers say differently.Dipcon Engineering Services is also carrying out works in Lot Two of the road-widening project from Montrose to Golden Grove to a tune of $671M. The construction firm was also awarded a $328M contract to construct Lot Five (Triumph to Mon Repos). The Engineer’s estimate was $231.1 million.Courtney Benn Contracting Services Limited will be constructing Lot Three of the road widening project from La Bonne Intention to Beterverwagting to a tune of $349M. The Engineer’s Estimate was $264.2 million.Meanwhile,cheap nfl jerseys discount, Lot Four, from Beterverwagting to Triumph, was awarded to Compustruct at a value of $322M. It was advertised at an estimated cost of $241 million. And, Lot Six, which extends from Mon Repos to De Endragt was awarded to Talbot to the tune of $345M. The estimate was $$246.4 million.The bidding was conducted through the National Competitive Bidding procedure specified in the Procurement Act 2003. The works should be completed within a year.