…Ramotar tells media during Berbice visitBy Leon SuseranIn his first official visit to Region Six– East Berbice- Corentyne –as President,President Ramotar listening to the concerns of a resident of East CanjeMr. Donald Ramotar has stated that the issue involving embattled Police Commissioner Henry Greene will “be resolved in a matter of days”.He was addressing media operatives at the Albion Estate Senior Staff Club on Friday. Ramotar, who was not prepared to deal too much with the matter,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, stated that he is aware of mounting public pressure for Greene to resign but denounced calls from Government officials for Greene’s resignation. “What I do know is there is a lot of public pressure as far as that is concerned.”Ramotar said that “all of those things will be resolved in a matter days…I am not prepared to answer any more on that”.He wrapped up an entire day on Thursday after visiting several infrastructural works across the Region. He was accompanied by senior officials within the Ministry of Works, including Minister Robeson Benn; Region Six Chairman, David Armogan; Member of Parliament, Faizal M. Jaffarally and Commander of the Division, Deryck Josiah,Cheap NFL Jerseys, among other senior police details.INSPECTIONSThe Guyanese leader first inspected the East Bank Berbice roadway which has been the centre of much anger and dissatisfaction amongst the residents and hire car drivers of that area.? Ramotar stated that “some work” will begin on the East Bank Berbice road after the budget has been passed in the National Assembly “to bring some relief there”.He wants to ensure that the people there “have good transportation as well”. Many vehicle operators have ‘jacked up’ their fares or have pulled out of the area as one of their designated routes since the road, from Overwinning to Everton,Cheap Wholelsale NFL jerseys, has become impassable over the past months.Remedial works have been underway in recent weeks by contractor H. Nauth & Sons.Meanwhile, Minister Benn said, “We are doing just now some small intervention with Mr. Nauth”. He said that an immediate rehabilitation of the road will cost some $90M. “This design takes us to Everton”. Benn noted that the design of the road has to be revised since the administration has taken into consideration, the large, heavy- duty vehicles that have been using that roadway in recent times.The road also leads to a few industrial companies such as a cement- bagging facility at Everton; a road construction company at Glasgow and a new fertiliser plant.The President then visited the West Canje Road, the East Canje Road and New Forest where he inspected the brand- new road built throughout these areas by H. Nauth & Sons. New Forest, Canje for the first time in history now has a well- paved road reaching to the furthest areas in the predominantly farming community. Ramotar also inspected a sluice in the area which had some defects. (more details about this in a subsequent issue).BLACK BUSH POLDER ROADHe and his team then visited the Black Bush communities where an inspection was done on the Black Bush Polder road, which was supposed to have been completed on April 4.? Sixty percent of the road has been completed so far. Ramotar announced delays on the project due to “but assured they are working very hard to catch up…”President Ramotar on the move during the infrastructural inspections in Berbice yesterday“I’ve seen they have revised the finishing time for the road to November this year…so I am very optimistic they will finish the extension this November.”Benn blamed the inclement weather and a modification in the design of the road on the delays. He added that there had to be a one- meter widening of the road since considerations were made for passage of trucks.“A lot of trucks are building up their size to take on more weight and [these trucks are] putting that weight on the road…the road can take the weight but the trucks need double axles…when you pack all of these things on a single axle truck and concentrate all this weight on the road, that is what contributes to the deterioration of the road…people are boarding up their trucks”, he added.“RAPID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN BERBICE”“We also had the opportunity to interact with citizens in all the various areas we went to; East Bank Berbice, East and West Canje; Black Bush and we also listened to their concerns”,Wholesale NBA Jerseys China, he noted.President Ramotar was pleased by the entire visit especially since seeing “rapid economic development in the [Berbice] area…there are sawmills and therefore, economic activity has grown enormously”Touching on the issue of blackouts in the region,<a href="http://www.nflwhole

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Last Saturday,Nike Air Max 97 Order Online, November 2, marked three years since disability legalisation was signed into law,Cheap Hockey Jerseys, and the entity ‘Leonard Cheshire Disability Young Voices Guyana’ is once again calling on the members of the 10th Parliament to support and hasten the process of implementation of its content.Noting that there has been minimal progress since the establishment of the 2010 disability act, the group is calling for the law to be activated in several areas, including employment and education.A statement released by the group stressed that persons with disabilities continue to be the most marginalised group in our society as a direct result of the dormant laws.President of the Young Voices Guyana Linden Chapter Mr. Teshawn Rodney called on the government to “Implement the Act and Support persons with disabilities,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, causing them to become Independent and Productive Citizens of Guyana. Persons with Disabilities,Cheap Jerseys China, although recognized by the law as equal citizens of Guyana,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, continue to be forced into the dark recesses of our society due to the social injustice.”On 2nd November,NFL Jerseys Outlet, 2010, former President Bharrat Jagdeo assented to the Guyana Persons with Disability Bill, bringing it into law.? This year marks the third anniversary of the Act and since its enactment, minor progress has been made.The Guyana Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Act has been a law since 2010 and little progress has been made regarding its implementation, especially in the areas of employment for persons with disabilities (Sub- Part I – Employment Articles 8 – 13) access to transportation and public buildings (Sub – Part VIII – Accessibility Articles 28 – 31) and access to information (Sub – Part VII – Communications Articles 26 and 27).Disability is not seen as a priority on the government’s agenda, hence the minimal resources that have been channelled to the various Government Ministries and agencies to support the Act’s implementation.The Guyana PWD Act 2010 was developed using the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as its reference document and was guided by the principles of the said Convention.? The Act was passed in Parliament unanimously in December 2009 and subsequently became law in 2010.