– three key rally participants share their viewsBy Latoya GilesInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is tomorrow, and Newspaper columnist Stella Ramsaroop, Former First Lady Varshanie Singh and Women’s advocate Diana Madray,NFL Jerseys From China, are of the opinion that more should be done to help with the eradication of domestic violence.During a sit down with the trio, Ramsaroop opined that people need to start working together and the “who’s not doing” should stop.The columnist said that people need to pull together and put their differences aside and try to work it out because domestic violence is a very important issue in the society.She said so far the work that the team has been doing, and the message is being well received.Moreover, the women expressed the fact that if domestic violence is to stop the “one-way approach” must end.Madray explained that we need to have trained professionals working at the relevant agencies. She also opined that the police force’s approach to domestic violence needs to be looked into.“What gives the police the right to say to a woman that it’s a private matter and she should go home…..that’s not doing the right thing, the professionalism is lacking.”Ramsaroop added emphatically that Guyana should revamp the law surrounding domestic violence.“Back in the US, they instituted a new law which states if anofficer is called into a home and there are obvious signs and evidence of domestic violence, the lawman has the right to arrest the man, even if the woman does not want to proceed,” she explained.She described the law as brilliant and hinted that Guyana should try to institute something close to it. She also said that law enforcement officers should be given training.“They should have an officer at every station who is trained to handle domestic violence.”The three women also stressed the need for confidentiality. They opined that if no confidentiality is present the women (victims) will not feel secure. If the confidentiality code is broken, the guilty persons should be sanctioned.More so,Jerseys China, they said persons who are employed at an agency should be screened.EmpowermentThe trio insists that empowerment is a key element in helping to stop domestic violence. Singh explained that a victim of domestic violence usually has low self-esteem, is depressed and just feels like their rights are trampled upon.“When you empower them you are giving them the tools to get back together and also giving them a sense of worth. Empowerment also helps them to get support from their families since in most cases they were isolated from them.”Ramsaroop then said that when some people hear “empowerment” they automatically think it’s a negative, feministic approach. However she said that is far from the truth. She explained that empowerment is allowing women not to feel oppressed.“For a number of years we were told not to do this or that…but we need to feel that self worth.”Next five yearsIn the next five years they said they see themselves continuing in the same path, which is to help eradicate domestic violence.“Women need to live a violence-free life….,”they concurred.The three women said they also plan to develop a holistic plan to help the victims of domestic violence.Furthermore they spoke of starting more school programs,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, which teach the young people how to resolve problems violence-free.“Sensitization they say is a must,Hockey Jerseys 2018 Cheap, if Guyana will go forward. Better shelters are needed for women where they can develop skills and learning which would help them to get back into the workforce. We look at the economic development for the country, but we need to look at the economic for women” the women stressed.The ralLYThey along with other organizations will be hosting a rally against domestic violence tomorrow.The rally will be held at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda, starting from 13:00hrs and expected to conclude at 21:00hrs. The main aim of the program is to raise awareness of domestic violence through the arts. A number of art groups will be performing dances,cheap jerseys from china, skits, songs and poetry. The public is invited to the event, which will be free.It is the hope that the rally would start something new, meaning that long term solutions will be achieved,NFL Jerseys Supply, which go way beyond the rally.

…second disaster in six monthsFor the second time in about six months, business tycoon, Abdool Sattaur Gafoor, stood on the sideline and watched his assets go up in flames. Fortunately, last evening’s fire was contained and caused far less damage thanTwo fire truck pumping water from the northern canal at Houston last evening.the blaze that occurred in May.“Unfair, very unfair; this cannot be happening; I just cannot believe this,” were the words repeated by the head of the business,Wholesale Jerseys China, Gafoor. The stoic appearance that he maintained a few months ago, during the first fire, disappeared as the blaze was in full swing. That stoic composure was replaced by expressions of exhaustion and self pity.The fire reportedly started in bond six and was contained to that area. Bond six was stocked with tiles and white cement.Gafoor could not have told reporters anything about what may have started the fire. He said that in the aftermath of the first fire, the company was advised by the fire department to put necessary precautionary measures in place. “And we did.” The businessman said that there was no electricity in the affected area and no combustibles were stored there. “So I am at a complete loss how this fire would have started, it is unnatural.”Gafoor said that investigators will have to pronounce on whether it could have been the work of an arsonist. “I cannot say definitely whether it was sabotage but I know that we put prevention measures in place,Cheap Jerseys Supply, I know there was no electricity and there were no combustibles,” said Gafoor.Gafoor praised firemen whom he said, “did an excellent job.” He mentioned specifically “Sparman and McGregor. They were very supportive and professional.”Fire fighters getting their equipment in position to tackle the fire raging in the background.Fire Chief, Marlon Gentle, was at the scene. He told media operatives that the Guyana Fire Service begun receiving phone calls around 18:30hrs.“Several persons reported that there was fire and smoke emanating from the Gafoor’s building,” he said.Gentle indicated that the first batch of fire tenders were dispatched from the West Ruimveldt, Central and Alberttown Fire stations. When the units arrived on scene, Gentle said,Wholesale Jerseys China, his men reported “heavy fire conditions in the bond.”Gentle said that the complex to the east and to the west of bond six were also under severe threat. He said however that a second alarm was sounded and additional resources were dispatched to the scene.“The units got here quickly and were able to attack the fire from a very early stage and contained it to just the bond.”The Chief said that what he saw suggests that there was not enough “diligence” in the area.“This fire should not have happened. That’s all I’m going to say,Wholesale NFL China Jerseys,” said Gentle before rushing off.On May 9, last, 14 bonds were consumed by a massive fire at the Complex. The fire had raged for almost three hours. Smoke was seen emanating from the remains of the building almost a day later.Gafoor had estimated his losses in the billions of dollars. He said that it would cost some $12B to reconstruct the building alone.During that fire,Discount NFL Jerseys, the police struggled to prevent looters from running into the blazing building. Some policemen were seen chasing away dozens of men from the area.This time,Cheap NFL Jerseys, persons were not allowed to enter into the area and many stood beyond the barricades as the fire came under control.Amongst the distraught and traumatised last evening, were some of the Gafoor’s staff.The first fire resulted in many of them being transferred to the other branches along the Coast since Mr. Gafoor was adamant in retaining all of his staff.They were eventually reinstated to the Houston Complex days after a section of the building was modified to accommodate them. The company recently celebrated 63 years of existence in the construction industry, after a humble beginning in 1953. (Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell and Suraj Narine)

Most Surinamese seem to agree that national elections due tomorrow, represent a referendum on their own strongman Desi Bouterse. They also agree that his 2010 Mega Combination victory was the quintessential performance of third world populism – a shrewd display of grand gestures, serious arm twisting and behind closed-doors negotiation.It eventually gave him 30 seats in the 51-seat National Assembly (DNA) and the presidency for five years. One assessment saw it as Mr. Bouterse’s considerable “political acumen in aggregating disparate political interests … in establishing a viable coalition government”. In the end, the Alliance not only held and stayed the course but appeared to have convinced some Surinamese that this was the way to go.Two weeks before the elections Bouterse’s seems to be riding a wave of enthusiasm, convinced that come tomorrow, he is likely to have another five years at the Presidency. Indeed, his New Democratic Party (NDP) is so confident of returning with a clear majority that it has dropped its Mega Combination allies along the way and has opted for a go-it-alone strategy.Bouterse appears to be singularly popular among young people who seem to have responded to his call for a “new vision”. His carefully crafted message is for young people to stop wallowing in the poverty of a past that is tainted with recriminations and insecurities – perhaps to both forget and go beyond it.The popular expression “broko a pina tek yu gudu” – leave poverty, pursue the materiality of everyday life (loose translation) – seems to be the mantra that has captivated the imagination of young people. It is estimated that there are a little more than 50,NFL Jerseys Cheap,000 young voters on the final list of electors, more than three-quarters of whom will be voting for the first time.Some of the enthusiasm for the NDP seems to be fed by two things. First,Cheap NFL Jerseys, a growing urbanism and a popular youth culture that borrows heavily from the outside – American/European,Cheap Jerseys From China, on the one hand,Wholesale Jerseys Authentic, and Bollywood, on the other.What is interesting about the obvious clash/outcome is that it seeks to resimulate the abrasions of race/ethnicity that we in Guyana seem to know and easily internalize. For them this is nothing more than the argons of conflicting claims and challenges that are free of hostility and conflict. Second, this can be explained by the fact that political belonging is partly settled in Suriname’s consociational system of ethnic representation.While the contest of everyday politics is granted, reflected in the contest of elections and the multiplication of ethnic parties, it is not allowed to overflow into the political that will challenge the place of any community (ethnic or otherwise) and their/its place in the system. And it is this overcoming that seems to be the cutting edge of youth culture that the NDP seeks to foreground and retail.Suriname has a population of close to half a million, ethnically divided among? East Indians (Hindostani) 37 percent, Creoles (including African and mixed) 31 percent, Javanese (Indonesians) 15 percent, Indigenous 2 percent, Chinese 2 percent,Wholesale NFL Jerseys 2018, whites 1 percent and others 2 percent. No one can remember the last time there was an open ethnic/racial confrontation initiated by political rivalry.Notwithstanding,Cheap Jerseys From China, not all are happy with the image of Bouterse as the champion of a new politics and the support it has brought the New Democratic Party (NDP). Many of an older generation complain that the President has successfully manipulated the political process to his advantage and deluded young people into believing that all is well.Early on, after his 2010 elections, Bouterse had an uphill battle to convince those that were affected by some of his actions that he had a “come in peace”. Two groups, the Organisation for Justice and Peace and the Foundation December 8, 1982 – “petitioned the President of the National Assembly to declare Mr. Bouterse’s election illegal.” And while Bouterse offered an apology for the 1982 killings he denied involvement in it.In addition, there are considerable criticisms about the government’s “welfare” programme to “buy” votes which has simply bankrupted the treasury, while his general profligacy has turned all those on fixed wages/salaries into the working poor.Critics point to the fact that when the government undertook significant fiscal reform by replacing the Dutch Guilder with the SRD (Suriname Dollar) in 2005 the rate of exchange against the US dollar was in the neighbourhood o