Foreign Trade Minister Dr Henry Jeffrey officially demitted office on Old Year’s Day,Hockey Jerseys 2018 Cheap, following his resignation as a Minister of Government.Dr Henry JeffreyThe former Minister of Foreign Trade cleared out his desk after he reportedly failed to conclude an agreement with Cabinet over his future. He had indicated that he would not have been averse to accepting a posting as Guyana’s Ambassador to Suriname.Kaieteur News was told that Jeffery had suggested an alternative post in Guyana if the Suriname posting was not agreed to, but his proposal has not found favour with the powers that be.This newspaper was told that the former minister causally went into his office and cleared it out, as he said his goodbyes to his former employees.Meanwhile, in an interview with Kaieteur News on Monday last, Guyana’s Charge d’Affaires to Suriname, Yvonne Lesperans, said that she has not been informed that the former minister will be taking up the ambassadorial post in that country.She said that while it would be nice to have an ambassador to that country, she has no idea of any decision to have Jeffery take up the post.Dr Henry Benfield Jeffrey did his undergraduate and postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom.He graduated with his BA (Hon) in Politics from the University of Warwick. He did his Master’s of Science at the University of Loughborough,Cheap Jerseys Authentic, where he specialized in Development Studies. He graduated from University College,Cheap Wholesale Jerseys, Cardiff,wholeslae cheap nfl jerseys china, Wales, with his PHD in Management Philosophy.He began his career in the academic sphere serving as lecturer and Principal of Kuru Kuru Co-operative College in Guyana from 1975 to 1978.During the period 1984 to1986, he performed the duties of temporary Lecturer at the University College, Cardiff,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Wales.He was a Senior Lecture and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Guyana from 1988 to 1992.In 1992, he became the Director of the Graduate School of Social Science. Dr. Jeffrey was Minister of Labour,NFL Jerseys Supply, Housing, Human Services and Social Security from 1992 to1997.From 1997 to 2001, he served as Minister of Health and Labour. He assumed the post of Minister of Education in 2001.Dr. Jeffrey has written several publications. These include inter alia, Guyana: Politics, Economics & Society (1986), Problems of Development of the Guyana (1991), and Sustainable Development in the Guianas.

…. Construction constantly being washed away by seaAfter residents identified sloppy works by sea defence workers at Salem, East Bank Essequibo, they said the present structure is constantly under reconstruction. It is being washed away by seawater as contractors grapple to save the dilapidated concrete erection again.“This is wasting money,Wholesale Football Jerseys, because every time they (contractors) build something the sea water just washes all the cement and concrete away. And they return and try it again and the same thing happens. This project needs proper contractors or we will get a serious flood at the back here,” an irate resident noted.A section of the sea defence work which was damaged by the sea water washing away the concrete forming a hole in the blockade recently.Residents further noted that in 2006 a contractor did a part of the sea defence which halted the erosion of the soil. However,Tyson Jackson Falcons Jersey, the present works being carried out are substandard and should be investigated.The government has set aside $2.9 billion in this year’s budget for the country’s sea and river defence systems.It was collectively noted that workers on the project seem lackadaisical. One man argued that the workers would sometimes visit the sea dam and carry out works. Days later they would visit to do more works causing the water to overtop and damage the previous construction.Residents are repeating their pleas for the Minister of Public Works and other relevant authorities to investigate sea defence works being carried out in the village. According to them,NHL Jerseys China, the erosion of the sea defence has been a major issue.It was explained that a barrier built two months ago was severely cracked and is falling apart. At present there are constant patches being made and it appears to be an act of futility,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, since the erosion of the structure continues to be torn apart with sea water.“When the wall they trying to build give away, the worker placed sandbag which get washed away into the sea. If the Minister come and see it now; it crack up all over; and sand bags wash up onto the mud bed,” another resident said.According to farmers in the area, they do not want the government to step in to deal with the sea defence when it’s too late; they have been flooded with sea water and have experienced substantial losses. “We are complaining now because we know how high this water comes and we don’t want to experience any flooding.”Efforts to contact Chief River and Sea Defence Officer,Wholesale Jerseys, Geoffrey Vaughn, and Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn failed.