Yesterday,Jerseys From China, Head of Go-Invest, Geoffrey Da Silva,China Jerseys Wholesale, requested the assistance of the Guyana Press Association (GPA) to determine the identity of Judy Fitzpatrick, a journalist from St. Maarten, who wrote the initial story about Buddy’s International Hotel being sold.Fitzpatrick’s story appeared in the Tuesday edition of Stabroek News.In that article, the reporter said that the hotel was purchased for US$25M and that she had spoken with the investor. However, during a press briefing yesterday, Da Silva questioned who actually did the interview, when the interview was done, where the interview took place and whether it occurred at all.He noted that he has since spoken with the investor’s (Sudi ?zkan) main representative, who will be in Guyana later this week to address the issue.“I do question whether an interview was with Mr. ?zkan; I question that seriously and whether Mr. ?zkan was actually interviewed for that article,Wholesale Jerseys China,” Da Silva said. He told the press that as President Bharrat Jagdeo said, the hotel was sold for US$15M and not US$25M as was reported by Stabroek News.Speaking with Kaieteur News last evening from St. Maarten, Ms. Judy Fitzpatrick, said that she is standing by her article. She however admitted her error and conceded that the hotel was sold for US$15M and that US$10M would be spent on upgrading the facility.“I spoke to the President of the entire Princess Group of Companies,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, the top man himself, the boss, Mr. Sudi ?zkan at his St. Maarten home, where he is based. The interview was conducted in the presence of his wife,” she told Kaieteur News.According to Fitzpatrick,Wholesale China Jerseys, her last conversation with Mr. ?zkan was yesterday in St. Maarten. Da Silva asked, “Why is it that with any major investment,Cheap Jerseys For Sale, there tends to be a negative approach by Stabroek News?”According to him, he has discussed this particular issue with both the editor and publisher of the newspaper.“While the media has a responsibility to dig, to find out as much information as it can and to be critical, it also has a responsibility to be balanced and to be objective,” Da Silva stressed.To be critical, he added, is different from being negative.“Negativity is not criticism; we welcome criticism and negativity can never be seen as being patriotic. You cannot be patriotic of your country and give a negative picture of it.”

In a history making move, Windee Algernon became the first female full colonel of the Guyana Defence force.Her promotion was announced as the Annual Officers’ Conference opened.Colonel Algernon’s elevation to her new rank is also quite significant since she is the first serving member of any of the Caribbean’s armed forces to hold such an appointment.She joined the army in 1980.Guyana Defence Force Chief-of-Staff Gary Best announced that apart from Algernon,Wholesale Jerseys Authentic, Commander-in-Chief President Donald Ramotar had approved the promotions of several other officers.Colonel Kemraj Persaud who was elevated to that rank on January 1, 2011,Cheap NFL Jerseys, has been confirmed in his rank while Substantive Lieutenant Colonels Enoch Gaskin and Francis Abraham have been elevated to the rank to Acting Colonel.Acting Lieutenant Colonels Lawrence Fraser and Ronald Hercules have been confirmed in their rank while Substantive Major, Fitzroy Warde has been elevated to the rank of Substantive Lieutenant Colonel.Substantive Majors Ramkarran Doodnauth, Gary Baird, Godfrey Bess,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Outlet, Julius Skeete, Sherwin Anderson and Omar Khan have been elevated to the rank of Acting Lieutenant Colonel while Acting Major Raul Jerrick has been confirmed in his rank.Thirteen substantive Captains have been elevated in rank to Acting Major and seven Acting Captains have been confirmed in their rank. Eight Substantive Lieutenants have been elevated in rank to Acting Captains while Substantive Lieutenant Kevin Moore has been promoted to Local Captain.Eight Acting Lieutenants have been confirmed in their rank while eight Second Lieutenants have been elevated in rank to Acting Lieutenant.In the Coast Guard,John Gibson, Substantive Sub Lieutenant Adrian McLean has been elevated in rank to Acting Lieutenant (CG) while three Acting Sub Lieutenants,Cheap NFL Football Jerseys, among them one female? have been elevated in rank to Substantive Sub Lieutenant.In the GDF Reserve, Substantive Major Clifton Inniss has been elevated in rank to Acting Lieutenant Colonel while Acting Major Irshad Alli has been confirmed in his rank. Three Acting Captains have been confirmed in their rank and Acting Lieutenant Dwayne Mitchell has been elevated to the rank of Substantive Lieutenant.The newly-promoted Senior Officers received their new badges of Rank at a Badging Ceremony at the Officers Club at Base Camp Ayanganna yesterday, ahead of the formal opening of the officers’ conference.

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The Guyana Power and Light,Cheap Jerseys For Sale, no stranger to criticisms, has in the recent week come under another spate of verbal attacks from persons residing on the West Bank of Demerara.While the occurrence of power outages in Guyana itself is nothing new,China NFL Jerseys, residents on West Bank? Demerara ranging from Vreed-en-Hoop to Wales have expressed their concerns.“Every day close to a week now,wholesale nfl jerseys, we getting blackout, sometimes more than once in a day and they does normally last long, long. Even if is na full blackout them give you,China Jerseys, they gon clap you with a low voltage. All my microwave done spoil.“Same problem I had recently and my fridge spoil. I know they won’t fix or buy that back for me. I fed up with GPL and them nonsense,Wholesale NFL Jerseys 2018,” related an annoyed Wales resident.Yesterday morning saw several communities once again without power. Calls made to the GPL hotline stated that the outage which occurred on September 22, was due to maintenance as was the prolonged power outage on September 16.However, reasons for the numerous other power outages in the different areas were unknown and are being looked into.Electricity supply to several areas in Berbice was also recently disrupted due to damage caused by a vessel which ran into the company’s pump house at Canefield Power Station. This left the company unable to provide electricity during peak hours.

By Abena Rockcliffe-CampbellGovernment has decided to redistribute 1.1 million hectares of forest land that has been reverted toMinister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotmanthe State during 2016. This was disclosed by Minister of Natural Resources,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Raphael Trotman during his recent address to the National Assembly.On Thursday evening, Trotman took the floor of the National Assembly to make his contribution to the 2017 Budget debates. His presentation touched on all areas falling under his responsibility as policy maker in the area of Natural Resources.Addressing forestry, Trotman told the House about the woes experienced by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) in 2016. He said that the sector faced several challenges in 2016 “but there are new opportunities with the potential to bring significant growth and development to the sector.”Trotman recalled that the global timber market faced serious challenges in maintaining the previous high level of demand and pricing of timber. He said that during this year, the previously resilient market for Wamara, one of the highly demanded species in 2015, showed a drastic decline in both demand and price.The Minister said that concurrently, several large forest concessions were reverted to the State for reasons including: expiration and non-renewal; and actions taken against concessionaires who fail to abide by investment agreements. And, while there are areas remaining in the allocation system,Alexander Mogilny Jersey, there is an overall trend of low levels of productivity from concessions, especially large concessions. He said that there are also some concessions that have shown low or no production for the past five years. This underutilization of allocated areas limits development.REDISTRIBUTIONTrotman also indicated that there will be a redistribution of lands. He said that a total area of 2.2 million hectares of forest were reverted to the State in 2016 and is available for reallocation. The Minister said that it is estimated that during 2017, at least half of this area will be open to expressions of interest from prospective investors.The Minister added,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, “It is planned that by June 2017, forest planning and harvesting in these designated areas will begin. Areas for small and medium scale and local operators will be prioritized. Together with the planned allocation from the available vacant areas, there is the potential to generate approximately 100,000m3 in 2017 as a startup.”Turning his attention to production, Trotman said that the forestry sector contributed approximately US$40M-US$60M in export value over the past 10 years. While, production levels of timber and plywood were between 400,000 m3 to 500,000m3 annually. “However,Adidas Mattias Ekholm Jersey, the production level for 2016 is projected to be 320,000 m3 which is 30 percent below the 2015 level of 450,000m3, while export value is projected to be at US$38M,Joel Campbell Arsenal Jersey UK, a 15% decline from 2015 – US$46M. In 2017, the projected production level is expected to recover at 380,000m3 and the total export value is projected at US$42 M.”

-“I was shooting an iguana”A 64-year-old Mocha resident was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with discharging a loaded firearm with intent.The accused Aadil Dawud appeared at the Providence Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Leslie Sobers.It is alleged that on Saturday he discharged a firearm at Jerming Giles with intent. The man pleaded not guilty and told the court that he was shooting at an iguana and not at Giles.The court was told that 31-year-old Jerming Giles and his friend were cutting logs on a piece of land when they were reprimanded by 64-year-old Aadil Dawud. Giles and his friend immediately left the land.However,Cheap NFL Jerseys Supply, some time later Giles realized that he had left his lunch bag on the land where he was working. The man decided to return to the land to retrieve his bag.Just as Giles was about to pick up his bag the court was told that he was confronted by Dawud who was hiding in a clump of bushes with a 12-gauge single barrel shotgun. Reports are that Dawud pointed his gun in Giles’s direction and fired a shot,Cheap Jerseys From China, fortunately Giles escaped without any injury. The man immediately fled the area and reported the matter to the police.Dawud reportedly told police that he was shooting at an iguana which got away. However in court yesterday Dawud said that he caught the iguana and cooked it.Dawud was remanded and will make his next appearance on December 19.

The Blue Flame Women’s Group (BFWG) has received just over $1.08 Million, which will now enable the construction of specialized peanut butter manufacturing equipment to mechanize the process.The BFWG which is located in Hosororo,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, in the North West of Guyana, also received a donation of two brush cutters last year to assist the cocoa farmers.On an investment outreach to Region One in late 2007,Jerseys From China, Anette Arjoon, Coordinator for North West Organics, accompanied a team from the Office of the Prime Minister, GoInvest and the Ministry of Agriculture, where she learnt of the need for markets for the peanuts produced by the farmers of Wauna and Kamwatta.The National Working Group (NWG), which made the monetary donation,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, comprises representatives from the government and the private sector, and its financial support is provided under the Government of Guyana (GoG)/United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Programme of Cooperation.The NWG on Public Private Partnerships for the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is a direct outcome of the first Caribbean regional initiative expressly geared at establishing a development partnership with the private sector in the pursuit of the MDGs.The first meeting of this group was held in Guyana at the end of June 2005. The work of the group was guided by the following terms of reference: promote the Private Sector as key development partner with the Government of Guyana to achieve the MDGs; and provide support and guidance for the implementation of the viable projects which emerged out of the Caribbean MDG Business Initiative 2005.Since its establishment, the NWG has collaborated with a number of NGOs and community-based organisations (CBOs) to enhance their capacity to deliver to their respective communities.Seeing an opportunity for a new North West Organics product, Arjoon undertook to have the BFWG purchase the peanuts which was converted into peanut butter. A ready market was found in Le Meridien Pegasus, which features this new product in its breakfast buffet.Special focus will be on partnerships between the Government, the private sector,Soccer World Cup Jerseys, civil society and/or the international community; and provide support and guidance to new initiatives in which the private sector makes a positive contribution,Wholesale China Jerseys, where possible in partnership with other actors,Cheap NHL Jerseys China, towards the MDGs while maintaining a profit orientation.