A sanctioned agreement by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) between Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Ltd (GT&T) and Digicel came to an end today.The PUC yesterday said that after holding a public hearing into this matter, it agreed to all rates as submitted in the application by GT&T,NFL Jerseys Online, except the retail landline fixed to mobile rate. After intense deliberation the agreed rate is $12 a minute, despite representations made by both companies that the agreed rate should be $17 a minute.The Commission’s order is dated December 28, 2010 and made effective on January 1, 2011. The approved rates are granted for four months and shall be reviewed on application by either party on or before April 30, 2011.However, based on an application by the GT&T for an integrated package of interconnection and related rates,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, the Public Utilities Commission has issued Order 3 of 2010. This Order is binding on both GT&T and U-Mobile (Cellular) Inc, trading as Digicel.The PUC disclosed that both telecommunication companies had been operating under an interconnection agreement for a number of years and notice was given by the company Digicel to GT&T, to terminate the then existing agreement.The commission said that in the interim period after the notice was given by Digicel, the companies failed to agree to a new interconnection agreement. As a consequence, the company Digicel has not been paying for services received from the company GT&T but in the interest of the consumers, GT&T continued to offer the services pending the new agreement.The Commission in the public interest and in the interest of both companies initiated a public hearing in March 2010, with a view to establishing an interconnection agreement between the parties.Throughout the hearing,Wholesale Soccer Jerseys Authentic, the Commission has been suggesting to the parties that they engage in bilateral negotiations, in order to arrive at a mutually acceptable agreement.However,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys, in November 2010, the company GT&T made an application to the Commission indicating that the parties have reached an agreement in principle on an ‘integrated package of interconnection rates and related issues but have not finalized all the terms and conditions of a full-fledged interconnection agreement.’The company requested that the Commission approve the said integrated package.The Commission notes that both companies were forced to make compromises in order to arrive at a common ground with respect to a new interconnection rate schedule after intense and lengthy negotiations.Both parties have committed to enter into settlement after an approved agreement with respect to outstanding monies due to each other for the period when the interconnection agreement lapsed.The integrated package application included interconnection rates for mobile termination rates,Wholesale Jerseys USA, the fixed termination rates and the fixed network transit rates.

As the Georgetown City Council executes outreaches to various communities there has been a resounding call for the return of environmental health officers and inspectors to work in the capital city.In this regard,NFL Jerseys Online, eight persons drawn from the Municipality and others interested in public health, last Friday, commenced a one-year training programme as part of the M&CC’s efforts to better tackle public health issues affecting the capital city.Council was the first organization to start the Environmental health programme in the city more than 30 years ago and it is now looking to re-institute the programme to boost public awareness and enforce public health laws as of 2016.The eight persons will be employed as Environmental Health Assistants upon completion of the one year exercise which is being facilitated by the Ministry of Health.The Council said come 2016 it would institute its own Environmental Health Training Programme.City Hall’s Public Relations Officer,NFL Jerseys Authentic Cheap, Debra Lewis told this publication that the eight persons will form part of the core staff of the Environmental Sanitation Section of Mayor and City Council Medical Health Officers Department.This programme has been dormant for more than 20 years which resulted in the department suffering from an acute shortage of staff.Six of the eight officers training to be City Public Health InspectorsOnce trained,Wholesale China Jerseys, these persons will be responsible for carrying out routine, systematic and scavenger inspections in and around the capital city; including households and business premises.Their task will be to ensure that all locations are in an environmentally friendly state, such as no overgrowths in yards or no overhanging trees over the roof of premises. Additionally, they will be policing Georgetown to ensure that residents have their requisite refuse receptacles, that each property has the required surface drains, that there are no pit latrines in the city and that animals are not reared in large quantities.They will also be tasked with ensuring that buildings are structurally sound through regular inspections.Lewis said, over the years because of a deficit of staff, these areas of concerns have been ignored and residents as well as business owners have been violating public health regulations.The regulations stipulate that each property must have a refuse receptacle and persons are supposed to ensure that their surroundings are kept in an environmentally friendly manner.This is so because while some people make efforts to clean their environment, the majority has adopted a culture of ignoring and littering their surroundings,Wholesale Jerseys China, making home for vector life and rodents to multiply, leading to increase in illnesses such as typhoid, malaria, chikungunya etc.When persons are found in violation,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, they will be served notices of infringements of the public health ordinance. They will then be allowed 14 days to comply,Cheap Jerseys China, failing which they will be prosecuted.Fines and possible jail time are likely as part of efforts to support the green initiative and to make Georgetown environmentally safe as part of efforts to restore the Garden City image.Meanwhile, the Georgetown Municipality hosted an Environmental Empowerment afternoon for Primary School Students in Georgetown at the Merriman’s Mall. The activities included the showing of two movies. City Hall PRO Lewis said the main focus of the event is to help children to have the right attitude towards contributing to a clean environment at a young age and in the end making the City a better place to live.Lewis noted that the Council is cognizant that if environmental awareness is raised at an early age there can be a shift in the mindset of the people.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) in collaboration with the West Demerara Sub-Association will be conducting a series of coaching sessions open to all interested persons on the West Demerara beginning tomorrow at the Uitvlugt Community Centre.The sessions will continue on Sunday at the same venue before moving to Goed Fortuin Community Centre on April 30 and May 1.? The coaching sessions will be held between 09:00hrs and 15:00hrs each day.The GTTA has informed that International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Level II and National Coach,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, Linden Johnson along with Level 1 Coaches,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, Muniram Persaud,NFL Jerseys Cheap Wholesale, Kumraj Thakur and Joey Lovell will conduct the West Demerara coaching sessions. An invitation is extended to interested persons of all ages including students,Cheap Wholelsale NFL jerseys, members of social clubs,MLB Jerseys China Authentic, religious organisations and members of the Joint Services on the West Demerara to get involved in the table tennis sessions and decentralisation programme.

– stolen money recovered,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, third suspect soughtTwo men were remanded to prison yesterday in connection with last Tuesday night’s $1.8M robbery at the home of Bartica gold trader, Suraj Hansraj.Orin David, 24, of First Alley,NHL Jerseys China, Wismar, and Marlon Hicks, 30, of Hadfield Street, Lodge, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday, charged with robbery under arms.They were remanded until March 17 next and ordered to return to court at Bartica.It is alleged that David,Wholesale Cheap NFL Football Jerseys, Hicks and a third man attacked Hansraj at his West Indian Housing Scheme, Bartica home on February 17 last and relieved him of $1.8M.The attack occurred on the very day that residents were holding an inter-faith service to commemorate the death of 13 persons, including three policemen,Cheap Jerseys China, who were slain by gunmen.Police said that one of the suspects was arrested while attempting to charter a speedboat at Bartica to take him to Parika.However,Cheap Jerseys Supply, boat operators who were aware of the recent robbery tipped off the police.The other suspect was detained shortly after.Police officials said that a quantity of money was recovered during their investigations.Police are said to be looking for a Bartica resident who they believe is part of the gang.