In light of the increase in the Swine Flu virus in Mexico and other parts of the world,Brian Campbell Jersey, the Ministry of Health has advised that only essential travel to Mexico be undertaken and all non-essential travel be deferred.The Ministry is advising that travel to the United States of America be done with caution and urge travelers to pay special attention to all advisories and warning of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States.On Thursday, Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy held the first in a series of meetings with the Pandemic Committee- that also focused on SARS and Avian Flu- to update the committee on the national action plan as it relates to the disease.The committee comprises representatives from a number of non governmental organizations, line ministries and international and donor agencies including PAHO,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, UNICEF, UNFPA, CDC and USAID who are once again lending support to the Ministry’s efforts.It was explained that the daily syndromic surveillance reporting with a special focus on influenza type illnesses has commenced and the first responders who were trained during the Avian Flu situation have been activated and are ready to take action should the need arise.A press statement from the Health Ministry stated that, “while it is highly unlikely, in the event of it becoming necessary,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, the West Demerara Hospital has already been identified for surge capacity and the quarantine of patients possibly infected with swine flu.” Meanwhile routine activities continue at the airport as it relates to port health and while travel has not been restricted, more intrusive plans are on the cards to protect the nation’s borders, if necessary.The Health Ministry has written the airlines to remind them of their obligations under the International Health Regulations relating to the Aircraft Health Declaration and to inform them that this will be enforced.Passenger information cards have been reviewed to determine appropriateness and distribution of these cards to passengers, commencing with those from New York, should begin shortly, while passengers coming into Guyana are also being closely observed to detect unusual health behaviour.As it relates to ground crossing and sea ports, (Georgetown,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, Moleson Creek,Cheap Jerseys From China, Lethem) routine activities continue in relation to port health as the maritime declaration of health continues to be enforced.Minister Ramsammy is in hourly contact with the CDC and PAHO office in Washington as well as daily contact with the World Health Organisation.Additionally,Wholesale China Jerseys, Chief Medical Officer Shamdeo Persaud continues to maintain daily direct contact with his counterparts in Brazil, Suriname and Venezuela.

As part of its efforts to address a shortage of teachers, the Ministry of Education just recently decided to introduce smart classrooms. With this feature in place, it is expected that a teacher would be able to deliverDigital Technology’s Terrence Sukhu explains how the smart classroom works in the company of Mr Yoganand Indarsingh.sessions from a classroom in Georgetown and have it transmitted simultaneously to another classroom in a remote area, providing that internet access is available.Already benefiting from this technological feature is the North Ruimveldt Secondary School which just last week was elevated to an ‘A’ List school. The interactive feature has the capacity of making just about any wall suitable for delivering lessons with the aid of E-Beam, which has the capacity of making a room a dynamic learning environment. Added to this,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, whatever is taught can be recorded for subsequent viewing.The smart classroom feature is also slated to be introduced at the Government Technical Institute and another three will be installed at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE),Cheap NFL Jerseys, according to Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand.The aim of introducing the smart classroom at the level of CPCE, she revealed, is to ensure that each teacher leaving the training college is capable of using such features in the schools to which they are placed.“The benefit of this is easy to see…if we have a shortage of trained teachers in various places that can produce a whole host of domino effects on our results…for example, if we don’t have teachers who are trained, it is unlikely that we will have the number of students graduating that we would like to see with five or more CXCs that can go into college and can come back and teach,” explained the Education Minister.She went on to point out that with the aid of a smart classroom, the education system could take advantage of a Master Teacher who can deliver a specific subject to students in multiple locations. “We can hook up 10 schools and have that Master Teacher teach all 10 at the same time, especially 10 schools in the hinterland that have access to this kind of teaching resource; that’s what we can possibly do with this technology,” said the Education Minister.According to Terrence Sukhu,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, Chief Executive of Digital Technology, the smart classroom has the capacity for video conferencing integration whereby persons from a remote location can interact with the Master Teacher who might be located in Georgetown. The smart classroom, according to Sukhu, functions similarly to Skype video conferencing. An added feature is that it can also offer private messaging between the Master Teacher and individual students and even has the capacity for annotation by teacher and/or students.Speaking of the smart classroom, Yoganand Indarsingh,Cheap Air Max 90 Shoes, Head of the Ministry of Education’s Management Information Systems Unit, emphasised the importance of information technology in the school system. Through this means,Jose Calderon Jersey, he noted, students can be easily prepared for the world and further studies and communications, as he emphasised the laudable interactive ability of the smart classroom.With the introduction of the programme at the North Ruimveldt School,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Indarsingh said that this puts them ahead of the other public schools in the country, as this programme has not yet been introduced nationally but is slated to expand.

Countryman – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspectiveBy Dennis NicholsIn 1953, like other Guyanese born that year, I was delivered into a world of political chaos. ParanoiaDennis Nicholsstirred the colonial government of British Guiana. Then, like now, it was an election year. The Brits were suspicious of what was perceived as communist leanings after Cheddi Jagan became prime minister. Governor Savage suspended our months-old constitution. I suspect some commonsense was also suspended, triggered by fear of change and overturn of the status quo.Now, according to my Christian teaching, I was also born into iniquity, having been conceived in sin (In the headmaster’s house at Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara!) Christianity teaches that my/our sinful nature is at odds with God’s perfect righteousness, and life on Earth is, among other things,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys China, a kind of preparation to be spiritually reunited with Him after a physical death.? Throughout this birth-to-death journey, stuff happens, including general elections.As far as I am aware other major religions embrace similar teachings, whereby our ultimate goal is to reach that level of spirituality which releases us from the material world. The more philosophically inclined ponder the deeper mysteries of existence, but some have little time for such profound thought. They have to survive. They have to figure out relationships. They have to fight sickness and forestall death. And they have to vote.Ballot BoxSome survive through deceit, manipulating the weaknesses and na?vet? of those who are thought to be ‘good’ but who live in their own world of impracticality, yearning for a release that comes only with death.? When these groups clash, the schemers almost always triumph, or appear to. This human interplay surfaces and dips and resurfaces; in Guyana it can flare red hot during elections season.Between 1953 and now, a dozen general elections have been held in this country. Some things changed, but the more they did, the more they remained the same. (Alphonse Karr’s paradox) Confusion continued to fester, and change continued to generate apprehension.? We winked at communism, flirted with socialism, and embraced capitalism, sort of.At election time, the so-called racial divide widened, and violence threatened. Then the winners tried to govern, and the opposition tried to keep them in check. Obviously this happens not only in Guyana. Around the world, electioneering, fear, and change, walk hand-in-hand.For ‘ordinary’ people, apolitical citizens, or those concerned more with survival than stateship, election time in Guyana can be an anxiety-riddled juncture,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, sandwiched within a broader spectrum of generalized disinterest and disharmony.Some, although dissatisfied with how the country is managed, just do not have enough energy,China NFL Jerseys, or insight into politics, to truly care about who wins or loses an election, or the inter-party wrangling, or the ramifications of a particular outcome. ‘Life’ overwhelms, and they simply hope good sense prevails.Let’s assume now that the majority of us,Cheap Nike Air Max Wholesale, Guyanese, including politicians, see ourselves as good people, and have some religious belief that upholds good over evil. Assume further that we want peace,Cheap NFL Jerseys, progress and harmony, and we take our national motto seriously. In fact, let’s assume that people everywhere, in the majority, think and feel this way. Most say they do. Then why do we live in societies where we suffer so much political, social, economic, and spiritual disintegration?Obviously these are questions that one cannot begin to answer in any comprehensive manner in an article like this; in fact there may be no true answer, only thoughts and theories; a heap of ifs, buts and maybes. And in such a scenario, a layman’s response may be as valid as any expert’s. Why not? If all of the professional men and women,Nike Air Max 2018 Mens Shoes, all the good people, all the thinkers, researchers and planners, the executors, and the governments cannot effectively manage or assuage our social ills, then who?The Christian Bible has some intriguing and radical notions about human origins, existence, behaviour, laws, and government, some of which sail over my head. But of that which I comprehend, I am amazed at what it says about these ideas, and how little of it even the most ‘religious’ of us seem to take seriously. Here is a bit of what I mean.According to what I have read and understood, and what most Christian pastors and teachers I have spoken with tell me, the ‘Good Book’ says we should beli

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has promised to disclose the mystery surrounding the ‘missing’ $90M that was earmarked to feed police ranks during the last General Elections.The Minister assured this newspaper last night that he will be issuing a statement on the matter which has attracted negative attention in several quarters of the society. Rohee however did not say when he will make the disclosure.There has been a deafening silence surrounding the money, after police commanders had indicated that they never received a cent during the Force’s inlying period before and after the general elections.Minister of Home Affairs Clement RoheeDuring last November’s General and Regional Elections, police ranks had complained bitterly about the quality, and in some cases, lack of food while they were inlying in the various barracks throughout the country.They were told that the government had not provided money to the Force for their upkeep.But as it turned out, that was a big lie; the government had budgeted a whopping $90M for such a purpose.This, according to a source,Cheap NFL Jerseys Stitched, was revealed by a senior government official who had expressed dismay at the fact that the ranks were shabbily treated.According to the Schedule of Supplementary Provision on the Current and Capital Estimates for the period 2011-10-05 to 2011-12-31, the government made advances from the Contingencies Fund to the tune of $90,649,200 to the Guyana Police Force through the Ministry of Home Affairs.This amount was to “meet additional expenditure for the General and Regional Election 2011; for feeding rural constables working on elections day; for feeding of police ranks inlyned (sic) and to meet expenditure associated with intensification of patrols in and around the city.”The opposition in the National Assembly has already blocked the passage of the motion by the government who are seeking approval for $2.2M in advances from the Contingencies Fund, of which the $90M is a part.Since this newspaper published the revealing article,Wholesale Jerseys 2018, two weeks ago, there has been no response from the Force’s hierarchy or the Ministry of Home Affairs.This newspaper had reported that a probe is underway to determine how the money was used and several Divisional Commanders have given statements to the investigators, indicating that they were not in receipt of any cash to purchase ration for their ranks who were inlying for a one-week period during the elections.While many Commanders have refused to comment on the matter,Authentic Adidas Hockey Jerseys China, the usually outspoken Assistant Commissioner David Ramnarine, who was in charge of the Interior Division during the elections, was not restrained.In an invited comment he said that for him, it does not matter who is investigating,Cheap NFL Jerseys, who is benefiting, and what comes out of the investigation, because he believes that it will all end up to be a “big joke, which is nothing strange in this country.”“What I will say is this, as I have said before and which I had already communicated to the ranks under my command, David Ramnarine did not receive a single cent. Much less, I was asked to seek the support of the miners and businessmen, particularly from the Bartica district, to fund feeding and other issues during the elections,” Ramnarine said.Ramnarine, who is now the Commander of the East Coast Demerara Division, said that he was asked o submit a statement on the matter to the Police’s Office of Professional Responsibility, which is carrying out the investigation.He said that in his statement, he chronicled the financial challenges he faced in the sprawling Division he once commanded.The interior Division was the first to start the movement of ballot boxes several days before the November 28 polls.“I am fully aware that the statements I made on television in January would have irked certain officials. And what I said then, I will repeat now, that God and businessmen and miners carried me through,Cheap Jerseys,” Ramnarine declared.A few weeks ago on a television programme,Cheap Air Max 90 For Sale, at least two other commanders had expressed their gratitude to members of the business community.Ranmarine’s statements did not go down well with the Home Affairs Minister, who openly expressed his displeasure over what he described as the leaking of classified information to the media by senior officers of the Guyana Police Force.Addressing officers at their annual conference on Thursday, last, the Minister said, “There are some in our midst who think that they are doing the Force good by helping to grease those sections of the Media hostile to the Law Enforcement Ag