Private security services were urged by Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection Keith Scott toMinisterKeith Scottrespect their employees irrespective of employment opportunities, and to provide ‘risk insurance’.This call was made during a recent meeting the Minister held with the Professional Guard Services, Clinton Security Force, Subline Security Services, Guyana Employment Bureau (GEB) Security Service,Wholesale Authentic NFL Jerseys, Roshan Khan (RK’s) Security Service, Kalibur Security Service, Superior Security and Management Services, Home Safety Security Services,Cheap Jerseys, Instant Security Services, Massey’s Security Services and Inter Services Enterprise.Minister Scott explained, “Although we have high unemployment statistics in this country, people still have choices and people still have to be respected… collectively you and I have to give those employees out there, respect.”Minister Scott, a Government statement said, also advised the proprietors that it would be useful to provide risk insurance due to the nature of the work because employees can be injured or even killed on the job.“Risk insurance can protect both you and the employees, if you don’t have that insurance you can very well find yourself facing a civil suit down the line, but with risk insurance, that’s eliminated,Cheap MLB Jerseys China,” Minister Scott explained.The issue of the non-payment of employees’ National Insurance Scheme (NIS) contribution, deduction of monies from employees’ salary and late payment of salary were also addressed. The Minister said he has received numerous complaints about employees not being able to receive their NIS benefits due to non-payment. He said it is criminal for employers not to pay employees’ contributions.Minister Scott pointed out that employers should not deduct monies from employees’ salaries when they have worked regardless if they committed any infraction on the job. The law, he explained, does not allow for such actions.Additionally, the Minister explained to the security services that the current labour laws are outdated, but they will be reformed and be in favour of both employers and employees.Owner of RK’s Security Services Roshan Khan noted that the issues raised needed to be addressed,Wholesale China Jerseys, especially the issue of non-payment of NIS contributions.“It is inhumane if anyone partakes in theft of their workers blood and sweat by stealing the NIS.? I find it very despicable,” Khan exclaimed.Khan also asked that laws be made to protect workers from such wrongdoings and those found guilty,Cheap NFL Jerseys, be held accountable.

Yet another pensioner is expressing frustration meted out to him by staff at the National Insurance Scheme.T. Perisami of Nandy Park is of the view that the staff at the NIS,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, believe that they are doing persons a favour whenever a request for benefits is made.The pensioner told this newspaper that on countless occasions, calls to the NIS are never returned and visits to the various offices are fruitless, since the relevant officials are never available to address issues of grave concern.A number of pensioners and benefit claimants have expressed similar sentiments about the services officered by the NIS.Perisami told Kaieteur News that for the past two years, he has been contacting the NIS with regards to his benefits, and despite appointments, he has never had a hearing.The delay in receiving his benefits has to do with queries regarding his NIS contributions over a 30-year period.According to documents in the possession of the pensioner, there are several gaps in his NIS contributions over the period 1969 to 2001.It was revealed that no NIS contributions were recorded for the years 1976 and 1978 and none for the period 1980-1987, although the pensioner was working and his pay slips recorded NIS deductions.Perisami told Kaieteur News that following investigations by the NIS,Nike Men Air Max 97, it was found that his former employer had not made the NIS payments.Additionally, it was found that the payments that were made,Wholesale Jerseys, were done on a lower bracket to the pensioner’s salary at the time when it should have been the other way around.Perisami said that the NIS investigators are aware of these discrepancies and have done nothing to rectify the situation so that he can benefit from his years of employment and paying his fair share into the NIS.“I spoke to the Manager at the Head Office,Wholesale Jerseys From China, and (name given) never returned my calls. I went to see another manager on several occasions and never got to see her. It’s like if these people are doing you a favour,” the frustrated pensioner told this newspaper.Kaieteur News has repeatedly tried to contact NIS officials about similar complaints,Cheap NHL Jerseys China, but received no response from the officials.

The A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) government is seeking to establish a juvenile holding facility in Guyana’s second largest town, Linden.Speaking at a United Nations Population Fund forum yesterday, Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence, said that a juvenile holding ‘home’ was of immense importance to the juvenile justice system and the Linden community.At present,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, juveniles who are caught on the wrong side of the law in Region Ten find themselves being kept at police stations. The same situation applies to children being taken in by welfare since they are often kept in the hospitals or other homes.The Ministry wants this practice to be stopped and, as such, is seeking space in a government building in Linden to establish the facility. She promised to work along with the Ministry of Public Security to further this effort.As she addressed the forum at Cara Lodge, Quamina Street, Georgetown, Minister Lawrence said that it was on her first visit as Minister to Linden, where she met with nongovernmental organisations, probation officers and social workers who pounded her ears with concerns over the existing system for juveniles.“Many times it’s not only the physical abuse that they suffer from, but sometimes verbal and other abuse,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys,” the Minister remarked as she spoke of the manner in which youth caught in the system are being handled.Lawrence told yesterday’s gathering that as such she tasked the stakeholders to identify one of the government buildings for the facility in the mining town. This, she said,Wholesale Jerseys, would be followed by her making representations to partner with the Minister of Public Security,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Khemraj Ramjattan, to establish the detention centre.“You have children that are taken from homes, from a welfare point, and you have no place to put them. Many times you are asking the hospitals or other persons to keep them, and in many instances they suffer another form of abuse because they are not where they are supposed to be,” the Minister said.Lawrence explained that the building would be used as a holding home for juvenile delinquents as well as children taken into state care. “Our children shouldn’t be in any centre. They should be in a home.”The establishment of this, Lawrence emphasised, was currently in the pipelines.Last April, a police constable stationed at the Amelia’s Ward Outpost was placed under close arrest, following allegations that he had sex with a 15-year-old girl who had been detained for wandering.The teen, and another juvenile, were detained about a month ago for wandering and a magistrate reportedly subsequently ordered that the girls be sent to the New Opportunity Corps.They were, however,cheap nfl jerseys, kept for several weeks in the lockups at the Amelia’s Ward Outpost. It was reportedly during this period that the constable allegedly had sex with one of the minors.The matter was brought to the attention of the authorities by a female sergeant at the location.

While some detainees were pleading to be placed on bail for the Christmas season, one prisoner asked the magistrate for a jail sentence instead.Forty-three year old Balkarran Persaud of 108 Cane Grove Housing Scheme pleaded guilty to a charge of simple larceny while claiming he did not intentionally steal the article, but needed to be punished for the offence.Persaud appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry on Tuesday last accused of stealing a bicycle costing $19,Cheap Soccer Jerseys,000.The man claimed he borrowed the bicycle without asking the owner’s permission.When told by the court that a not guilty plea had to be recorded,Wholesale Jerseys China, the man insisted that he was guilty.“I take the bike and I did not ask, just give me a little jail time,Cheap NFL Jerseys China,” Persaud said.The facts which was subsequently read by the prosecution stated that the complainant,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, Carl Millville and Persaud were not friends. It s alleged that on December 16 Millville was at home watching television when he heard a noise downstairs.After making checks,Wholesale China Jerseys, the police claimed, Persaud was seen preparing to make off with the bicycle. Millville subsequently made his way downstairs and pursued the alleged thief.The defendant was later caught and handed over to the police.After hearing the facts of the prosecution, Persaud accepted the claim and was sentenced to two months imprisonment. The man thanked the magistrate and waited to be escorted to the lock ups.

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Protest action by the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU),nfl jerseys china, which has been ongoing for the past four weeks outside of the Brickdam, Georgetown office of the Teaching Service Commission (TSC),Cheap Jerseys From China, has been called off, at least temporarily.This is according to GTU President, Mark Lyte, who disclosed that following protest action last week the Union was invited to a meeting with Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, at the Ministry of the Presidency.“He invited us to a meeting last week Thursday in relation to what he saw. The fact is that we believed that no one in Government has been paying attention to our concerns,” said Lyte.During protest action last week,Wholesale China Jerseys, the Union had threatened a nationwide strike. But the nationwide strike, according to Lyte, would have been a last resort tactic.He insisted, “We should have got a response already but we have not, so we are thinking seriously about calling a strike that would put some more urgency to let them (Government) know that our issue is urgent.”In fact he’d intimated, “I believe that Government is acting too slow…if you have the nation’s teachers at heart, if you have the children at heart,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, if our teachers are not happy in the classroom then they can’t deliver in the classroom and this is having a rippling effect…teachers are affected, children are affected, parents are affected and the whole community is affected. This is a matter of urgency; I believe they should suspend debates in Parliament to treat with this matter because of how urgent it is.”And Lyte said that strike action, whereby teachers will stay away from school, could have started this week if there was no favourable response.But Lyte said of the meeting with Minister Harmon,holesale NFL Jerseys, “It was very fruitful.” He noted that the Union is willing to call off protest action and possible strike action to give the Minister a chance to intervene.“We are looking to see what happens…Calling off our action could be temporary or not but we are waiting to see what happens.”The Union has been protesting against the Leila Ramson-led TSC after it discovered that the TSC had acted in contravention of a court ruling. The Union had last year secured an injunction to prevent the TSC from going ahead with its 2015 teachers’ promotion until a review of the process was done.The injunction also prevented the promotions by the Schools Board Secretariat. While the Schools Board Secretariat conceded to the review, the TSC didn’t. As such the matter has to be resolved in the high court. It is likely that a ruling on the matter could be handed down when the matter is heard later this month.Despite the injunction the TSC had gone ahead and promoted a teacher which enraged the GTU and prompted the protest action which has seen GTU members calling for the replacement of the Commission members.Ms. Ramson had however noted that the promotion that bothered the Union was in fact an error which was eventually corrected and an apology was issued to the Union.Lyte shared his conviction during the recent strike action, “There is a deliberate effort to frustrate our teachers who are due their promotions. Had this matter been treated with since last year it would have been resolved by December (2015)…the Commission continues to drag its feet stating that it is unable to treat with the concerns of the Guyana Teachers Union.”According to Lyte, for the past 20 years some teachers have been frustrated since they are convinced that promotions are not based on their eligibility and the criteria that should be used.But during the recent meeting Minister Harmon made a commitment to the GTU to look into their concerns relating to the TSC.? “The Minister said that he will have a closer look at the standoff between the Union and the Teaching Service Commission to see how he can help to address it,” said Lyte in an invited comment yesterday.At the meeting, Minister Harmon also signed off on duty free concessions owed to eligible teachers, according to Lyte.

The Investiture ceremony for the 2011 National Awardees is scheduled to take place on October 21, next, at the National Cultural Centre, Homestretch Avenue.? In the post-1992 era the investiture ceremony was held on October 5, to mark the accession of the People’s Progressive Party to power.President Bharrat Jagdeo will affix the various insignias to the awardees. The ceremony will begin at 13:00hrs.The list of National Awardees was advertised in May with Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, heading it with the Order of Excellence (OE), the nation’s highest award.He was followed by Minister of Legal Affairs, Charles Ramson and Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Carl Singh with the Order of Roraima (OR) – the second highest.Receiving the Cacique Crown of Honour besides Dr. Desrey Fox were Bank of Guyana Governor, Lawrence Williams; Chief Statistician, Lennox Benjamin; Donna Yearwood; Clyde Roopchand; Acting Chief Justice, Ian Chang; GRA Commissioner-General, Khurshid Sattaur; Professors Nigel Harris and Clement Sankat; Malcolm Parris; Phillip Moore; Miles Fitzpatrick; and Clinton Collymore.The Golden Arrow of Achievement (AA) went to Dr. Edward Green of CARICOM; Dr. Cyril Solomon; former ambassador to Suriname, Karshanjee Arjun; Thakur Danny Doobay; Brentnol Evans; Ambassador Elisabeth Harper; Brian Tiwari; Captain Gerald Gouveia; Deo Persaud; Alfro Alphonso; Chunilall Baboolall; Sean Hopkinson; Edmond Vieira; Glen Khan; Aubrey Stephenson; Professor David Dabydeen; Dunstan Barrow; Carvil Duncan; Dr. Arlington Chesney; and Swami Vidyanand.The Medal of Service (MS) went to Yvonne Hinds; Dorothy Faria; Diane Ferreira James; Nicolette Fernandes; Victor Ferreira; Winslow Craig; Ameena Gafoor; Stephanie Fraser; Don Gomes; Hugh Ross; Michael Charles, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dr. Vindihya Persaud, James Wren Gilkes, June Griffith, Aliann Pompey, Andrew Lewis, Michael Parris, Elfrieda Bissember, Frank Woon-a-Tai, Paloma Mohamed, Phillip Gajedhar, Al Creighton, Egbert Carter, Shirley Edwards, Parbhu Dyal Sattan, Yvonne Pearson, Bishop Juan Edghill, George Subraj, Ramnarine Ramroop, Indra Chandarpal, Randy Choo-She-Nam,Cheap Jerseys USA, Derek Williams, Vibert de Souza, Reuben Gilbert, Aleema Nasir, Gharpaul Persaud, John Palmer, Jenny Ribeiro, Irene Wilson,Cheap Jerseys Store, Pooran Persaud, Joycelyn Anderson, Desiree Wyles-Ogle, Yvonne Raghoo, Mohandatt Goolsarran, Juliet Persico, Dr. Faye Clarke, Ann Greene, Ulric Donald Jacobs, Mohamed Osman Ali, Wilfred Success, Yvonne Hercules, Maydha Persaud, Deeneshwar Persaud, Monica-Fraser Carmichael, Ramdat Nandkishore, Colleen Anderson,cheap jerseys, Marva Hawker, Dr. Holly Alexander, Panday Persaud, Cedric Smith, Richard Verbeke, Ramsahai Ramnarine (Hardat), Ramesh Ramlakhan, David Mangra and Keith Emmanuel Crawford.Group Awards for the Medal of Service (MS) went to Help and Shelter, Food for the Poor, Sisters of Mercy, the Guyana Relief Council, the Salvation Army Guyana Division, Phoenix Recovery, Mothers in Black, the National Library, the Guyana Women’s Artists Association,Cheap Stitched Jerseys, President’s Youth Award Republic of Guyana, Kashif and Shanghai and the Indian Cultural and Social Organisation of West Demerara.For the military top honours, Commodore Gary Best received the Military Service Star (MSS), while Colonel Bruce Lovell was accorded the Military Service Medal (MSM),Authentic Jerseys Cheap, along with Colonel Mark Phillips, Captain John Flores, Captain George Lewis, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Abraham, Commander Godfrey George, Lieutenant Colonel Windee Algernon, Lieutenant Colonel Khemraj Persaud and Lieutenant Colonel Enoch Gaskin.For the Disciplined Services top honours, Commissioner of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Henry Greene received the Disciplined Services Star (DSS), while Assistant Commissioners Leroy Brummel, Seelall Persaud, Gavin Primo and George Vyphius, along with Chief Fire Officer Marlon Gentle and Senior Superintendent of Prisons, Colin Howard received the Disciplined Services Medal (DSM). (GINA)