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The much anticipated Persons with Disability Bill was read in Parliament last week, lending to the assumption that it’s passage and subsequent implementation may soon become a reality.Health Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, at the most recent sitting of the House last week Thursday, presented the crucial legislation, which from all indications may be debated and possibly even passed at this week’s sitting.The Act is designed to provide certain rights to persons with disabilities, including the promotion, protection and full equal enjoyment of those rights.It is also intended to facilitate the enforcement of the rights and eliminate discrimination on the basis of disability even as it serves to provide for the welfare and rehabilitation for such persons.In addition, the legislation provides for the registration of persons with disabilities through the already established National Commission on Disabilities.It was during Parliament’s last recess that Minister Ramsammy told this newspaper that the Bill was listed among the priority legislations slated to be addressed by Parliament.He disclosed that the Disability Bill was among a number of priority legislation that was identified at the Cabinet level.The legislation was submitted to Cabinet sometime prior, but some major concerns were highlighted then.The initial draft legislation called for every disabled person to become the responsibility of the state; that they are provided with housing and will no longer be required to pay bills.“I also had major concerns about the draft legislation because we were trying to create a First World legislation,China Jerseys Cheap,” the Minister had noted.Although failing to reveal the specific concerns that were highlighted, Minister Ramsammy disclosed that it was based on the concerns raised at the level of Cabinet that the draft legislation was adjusted and returned to Cabinet, making it ready for tabling before Parliament.Administrative Manager of the National Disability Commission, Ms Beverly Pile, had some months ago commented on the much needed Bill,Cheap NHL Jerseys China, stressing that “We definitely hope that something will be done urgently.”ile had disclosed to this newspaper that the Commission,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, which is located at 49 Croal Street, Georgetown, has been the nerve-centre to which all concerns of disabled persons are voiced.According to her “they keep asking about the Bill. All we can say is yes we are working on it…that the Minister is doing everything possible.”However, such an advisory only serve to make Persons with Disabilities and those within the Disabled People’s Organisations become more despondent and frustrated, Pile noted.Currently there is nothing that can be done on their behalf, as there is nothing documented to give disabled persons any special rights,Cheap Stitched Jerseys, she added.The Health Minister, under whose purview the Commission falls, had only recently emphasised that although Guyana has made tremendous progress over the years, there is still much more to be done in the area of disability,Jerseys Cheap Wholesale, prevention and rehabilitation.“I am disappointed that we have not been able to pass the Disability Bill as yet,” an area he noted that requires continued focus.

by Romila BoodramA 44-year-old security guard was yesterday found murdered at his Garden of Eden worksite, and it is believed that his killer(s) may have been targeting heavy duty tools and equipment he had been guarding.It is believed that he was killed sometime between Wednesday night and yesterday morning.Dead: Alwin GlasgowDead is Alwin Glasgow of Lot 4 Supply, East Bank Demerara, who was found tied up,Cheap MLB Jerseys, beaten and gagged by person(s) who apparently invaded his worksite and carried away a large quantity of equipment which was stored in a container at the front of the building.The dead man’s worksite is located at Lot 35 Garden of Eden.Kaieteur News understands that the building is owned by a Chinese national who is said to be in Suriname.By the time the newspaper arrived on the scene yesterday, police were already conducting their investigations.The security guard’s face was bloodied and his neck appeared to be broken. His hands and feet were tied and a piece of wood,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, which appeared to be the murder weapon, was found next to his body.Family members and curious bystanders were shocked how Glasgow met his death.According to Elizabeth Pheix,Authentic Jerseys Cheap, a relative of the dead man,Cheap NFL Football Jerseys, she was at work when she received a call from someone informing her that “something had happen with Alwin”.She said she was the first relative to arrive at the scene. “He left home at 5pm on Wednesday as per normal to attend work,” Pheix said.Kaieteur News understands that the dead man was living alone and had been with the Chinese nationals for a year.The police,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, in a statement, said that they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Glasgow whose body was found with marks of violence around 05:45hrs yesterday.The body was found under a shed at the construction site.The shed under which the security guard’s body was found yesterday.Police confirmed that a container used to store equipment at the site was broken and entered, and a number of items stolen.The body is at the Lyken Funeral Parlour awaiting a post mortem examination.