…residents still await promises by Agri. Minister to materialiseNeglect of agricultural development in the Pomeroon is evident with frequent floods and continuous losses by dedicated farmers as they are yet to bear the fruits of promises by the Agriculture Ministry.This is according to Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Robert Corbin, who told the media yesterday about his visit to the Essequibo Coast and the Lower Pomeroon River last weekend.He noted that this neglect is more obvious on the Lower Pomeroon in communities such as Aberdeen and Hackney.According to Corbin, promises to provide relief, such as financial assistance, improving the drainage infrastructure and dredging the mouth of the Pomeroon River, have failed to fully materialise.During a press conference hosted at Congress Place, Sophia,NFL Jerseys China, yesterday, the Opposition Leader said that even in the few instances where some assistance was offered, there is clear evidence of discrimination in the manner in which the assistance was provided.The assistance, he claimed, was only provided to areas where the administration’s supporters live.He said that this amounts to obvious ‘political discrimination’,China Jerseys, noting that the PNCR ‘does not make these claims idly.’Highlighting the discrimination, Corbin pointed to two excavators sent to the area with the promise that they would have been used to improve the drainage in all areas to buttress the effects of the frequent flooding.It was revealed, he said, that the two Hymacs were only used in ‘PPP support areas’ and when those assignments were completed, the machines were diverted to work on the large private farms.“The hymacs have been in a state of disrepair for several months with no effort being made to have them rehabilitated, while the farmers of Aberdeen, Hackney and other areas remain without any assistance or relief,” Corbin said.The Hackney and Aberdeen canals, the Opposition Leader explained, are overtaken with weeds leading to extreme hardship for farmers to take their produce to market at Charity.This also poses extreme challenges for children to attend school.“The refusal of the administration to assist in clearing these canals is a direct attack on the means of livelihood of these Guyanese citizens.”Direct representation, on these issues, was made by the PNCR Regional Councillors to the Regional Democratic Council of Region Two, Corbin said, but yet, the Administration has failed to provide adequate relief.The latest representation led to the employment of a single person to undertake the clearing of the weeds in the canals, Corbin said, describing this as a clear case of ‘political chicanery’,Cheap NFL Jerseys, since, everyone knows that it is impossible for one person to clear and maintain several miles of a waterway.The continuing efforts by the residents in the Lower Pomeroon to obtain titles for their lands have been frustrated, despite promises by Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, to have this matter expedited, Corbin noted.According to the Opposition leader, it is again ‘hypocritical’ for the Minister of Agriculture to boast of the government’s ‘Grow More Food’ campaign, expending large amounts of taxpayers money on propaganda and the building of billboards all over Guyana, while neglecting the fundamentals to make such a campaign successful.No attention, he said, has been paid to the troubling problem of markets for the farmers produce.The price of copra remains at an uneconomic level and no effort has been made to deal with this problem in the same manner that the administration speedily addresses such problems in the rice sector,Cheap NBA Jerseys China, he said.Corbin said that similar problems exist in the Education sector with students having to travel for miles by river at great expense to attend secondary school.“The promise made to build a secondary school at Hackney to serve students in the lower Pomeroon area is yet another unfulfilled promise. How could President Jagdeo boast of being the point person for Agriculture in Caricom and have such a dismal record of discrimination,cheap jerseys, leading to the decline in agriculture production?”The end result of this ‘sad situation’, Corbin said, is that the many young people, unimpressed with the difficulty that the elders are presently experiencing, find it more convenient to seek alternative employment in the gold and mining areas, leading to very little hope of continued agricultural development in the future.Regrettably, he said,wholesale jerseys, those who have not chosen this alternative are willing victims of the drug trade.

Convicted serial carjacker, Mike Tyson who is currently serving a 58-month jail sentence for robbingJAILED: Mike Tysona taxi driver of his motorcar was yesterday jailed again for 18 months on a similar offence.The 25-year-old man of Conciliation Drive,Cheap Soccer Jerseys For Sale, Tucville, Georgetown, was found guilty yesterday, by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, of robbing Lawrence Singh at gunpoint of his Toyota Spacio motorcar valued at $2M, a cell phone and $10,000 cash.The incident occurred on August 10, last,Cheap NFL Jerseys Online, at McDoom, East Bank Demerara.During his testimony,China Jerseys Cheap, Singh had told the court that on the day in question he had picked up Tyson from La Grange,cheap nfl jerseys china, West Bank Demerara, and dropped him off at McDoom, East Bank Demerara. Singh had recalled that the convict disembarked his vehicle at a Mc Doom gas station and another man entered his car and pointed a gun at him demanding that he drive the vehicle.The witness said that he ran out of the vehicle and begged for his life with the gunman hot in his pursuit. According to Singh, persons came to his rescue and the gunman eventually made good his escape. Tyson, he said, jumped into his vehicle and sped away.The taxi driver recounted that he alerted police before boarding a taxi to chase after the carjacker. Police chased after Tyson and he eventually crashed the stolen vehicle at David Street, Kitty, Georgetown.While giving evidence, Singh had told the court that the robbery occurred around 20:45hrs. He had maintained that there was adequate lighting in the area which aided him with identifying his attackers.Police Prosecutor, Inspector Neville Jeffers called a total of four witnesses.On February 29, City Magistrate Judy Latchman had jailed Tyson for 58 months after he was found guilty of robbing another taxi driver.Tyson robbed Anish Veersammy of one Toyota Premio motorcar valued at $3.8M, two speakers valued $200,000 and $10,000 cash among other items. The robbery occurred on July 3, 2015 at Meadow Bank, East Bank Demerara.Tyson is also accused of committing another armed robbery. It is alleged that on July 1, 2015 at Durban Backlands, Tyson, in possession of an unlicenced firearm, robbed Eson Grimes of a car valued $3.2M, one cell phone valued $20,000, one driver’s licence valued $2,000 and $34,China Jerseys,000 cash,Cheap Jerseys From China, among other items, all totaling $3.2M.This matter is still engaging the attention of the courts.He had made his first court appearance in August 17, 2015 and pleaded not guilty to the allegations.

By: Javone Vickerie Fire of unknown origin yesterday ripped through the bond of a city business and a two storey house at Ogle,Cheap Jerseys Store, East Coast Demerara, leaving a family of four homeless and dozens of employees displaced.The bond belonging to Beepat Trading was completely razed as well as an adjacent house.Sheila Singh, a neighbour who witnessed the fire told Kaieteur News that about 11:00 am yesterday she was in her yard when she was alerted by the smell of “rubber burning”.The bond and the house on fire yesterday.“I thought it was something in me house burning so the thing had me running up and down fuh see if is something in me house but then, when I look outside me ain’t see nothing,” the neighbour said.The woman said that she then looked over the road and was startled by a bright spark which came from the electrical cable attached to the roof of the burnt building. .“About 10 minutes after, all I hear is a big explosion and a set of black smoke coming from the center of the building; so I start shout out fire! And dem people from the area start run out,” Singh recalled.The woman added that the employees of the bond then quickly exited the already burning building while residents began soaking nearby houses to prevent them from catching ablaze.Another neighbour said that he was at work at the Ogle International Airport when he saw the thick black smoke in the sky.The man added that when he arrived home he saw the entire bond on fire. He told Kaieteur News that no one was at home at the burnt house at the time of the fire.Residents told this publication that the fire service arrived promptly but had to resort to a canal a short distance away.When Kaieteur News arrived on the scene yesterday,Wholesale Football Jerseys, combustible items were exploding and sending material flying in the air.While the fire attendants tried to control the blaze, the roof of a house next door became engulfed. This sent another set of fire fighters scurrying to save that house. They failed.Because of the heavy grilled doors and windows, the fire quickly spread to the entire wooden house.When the occupants of the lot 16 Old Road, Ogle home arrived on the scene a little while later,Cheap Jerseys From China, they stood quietly with tears in their eyes,NFL Jerseys Cheap, watching their home go up in flames. The tenants explained to this publication that they were unable to save anything.However,cheap jerseys from china, representatives from Beepat declined to speak to members of the media.Meanwhile,China Jerseys Cheap, Operations Manager of the Guyana Fire Service Joseph McDonald told Kaieteur News that three attendants were dispatched promptly to the fire scene but because of the heavily grilled security on the bond and the thick smoke, fire fighters were unable to take early control of the building.