Her Excellency, Sandra Granger, yesterday, met with Founder of the Guyana Foundation,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, Supriya Singh-Bodden,Cheap NFL Jerseys China Wholesale, CCH, where several projects and areas of collaboration were discussed. The meeting took place at the First Lady’s Office, State House.According to the First Lady,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, the meeting was held with intention of understanding the purpose and work of the Guyana Foundation and to examine potential areas of collaboration, between the Foundation and the First Lady’s office.“Mrs. Singh-Bodden came to enlighten me on the Guyana Foundation. We have been speaking for some months about it and the work that they have been doing and how we can collaborate with each other to move our work forward.I exchanged views with her on what I am doing and we found that we are on the same page basically.? So we are going to work to see how best we can move forward together and hopefully improve the lives of the ordinary Guyanese and I believe that we have many projects coming,Cheap Adidas NHL Jerseys,” Mrs. Granger said.In the meantime, Mrs. Singh- Bodden, CCH, said that the meeting with the First Lady proved fruitful as she noted her appreciation that areas of partnership have been discovered.“I am happy to meet her and to have this discussion. The First Lady has such a huge heart for all of Guyana and I know that the entire Board of the Guyana Foundation will be happy that we are finding some sort of synergy so that we can move forward together,Cheap Basketball Jerseys,” Mrs. Singh Bodden,Jerseys NBA Cheap China, CCH, said.The Guyana Foundation is a charitable trust that has been created to contribute meaningfully to the rebuilding of Guyana. Driven by the conviction that great change can be made by people who are encouraged and supported, the Foundation has conducted large and small-scale projects across the country in an effort to restore hope and purpose, rebuild lives, and create a better future for all Guyanese. (GINA)

The removal of roadside vendors from the streets of Georgetown is still high on the agenda of the Mayor and City Council. According to Deputy Mayor Robert Williams,Authentic Jerseys Cheap, plans are urgently apace to implement measures in this regard.During the Christmas season the municipality had given clearance for several vendors to ply their trade along some streets of Georgetown,NFL Jerseys Clearance, a development that the municipality has already begun to target.City Mayor Hamilton Green had said last year that, while roadside vending is an illegal act, efforts would have been made during the Christmas season to restrict the vending activities rather than prevent them.He said that, although earnest attempts are continually being made to clear the city streets and pavement of congestion created by vending, the Council has not been able to fully achieve its objectives.According to Williams at a recent statutory meeting, the removal of vendors at the moment comes as part of an agreement and understanding between the municipality and the Government to end roadside vending.The Deputy Mayor said that vending on city pavements during the Christmas season must not be mistaken for a lapse by the municipality to enforce the city by-laws. He further asserted that the vending situation must not be interpreted to mean a release of the authority of the municipality. It was allowed in keeping with the circumstances of the day, he added.Williams said that the situation is expected to be addressed to some extent with the completion of the Vendors’ Mall on Water Street.The Mall was reduced to rubble two months ago and, according to Clerk of Markets Schulder Griffith,Cheap China Jerseys, it is expected that the concrete structures will be completed by this month-end.Currently vendors who once occupied the structures are allowed to ply their trade along the northern and eastern periphery of the facility.A total of 177 stallholders offering clothing,Authentic Jerseys Wholesale, haberdashery, greens, groceries and fast food will be accommodated at the facility when it is completed and, according to Griffith,Wholesale China Jerseys, they are already anticipating their return to the facility in a very competitive way.He disclosed that it is anticipated that the rental of the stalls will serve to maintain the operation of the facility and contribute to the municipal revenue base at the same time.Up to Tuesday work was progressing satisfactorily on site, according to Griffith.With the completion of the Mall, Williams said that Water Street should be among the first streets to be cleared of street-vending, a process which will continue in Regent Street and all other streets along which vending occurs.The Mall was initially brought into being by the municipality as a means of removing street vendors; however, many vendors were of the opinion that the facility did not attract much patronage, thus they moved back to the streets.According to Williams, although it is the ideal move to rid all the city streets of roadside congestion caused by vending,Cheap NFL Jerseys, the municipality can only do a little at a time.

Caribbean countries will have to address the issue of copyright laws soon. The United States is increasing concerns over the use of material coming out of that country without acknowledging the country’s laws.Next month’s meeting will be held at the headquatersAccording to the New York Amsterdam News where the matter has acquired prominence, the U.S. has begun to crackdown on Caribbean trade bloc countries that have used American television and other programs without respecting copyright issues for decades.“Officials warned many of the territories that they will be disqualified from preferential export trade schemes if they fail to comply,Nike Vapormax Plus Sunset,” Caricom stated. The issue is at the top of the agenda of a packed bloc trade ministers meeting scheduled for the headquarters here next month.“After stern warnings from Washington in recent months, the bloc said that the Bahamas and Jamaica were among the first countries to scramble teams to begin negotiations on intellectual property rights with officials in the U.S. to avoid their countries being cut off or suspended from participation in the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA),Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, which allows goods from member countries to benefit from preferential treatment at U.S. ports.”It was stated that St. Kitts, where a new government only came to power in the past month,Wholesale Jerseys, has also been warned to get its act together or face CBTPA qualification problems.Most of the 12 other bloc states, which includes Guyana,NFL Jerseys Store, have not taken any action to begin making local broadcast houses. Some hotel chains and other large commercial entities pay for rebroadcasting American television and cultural programs while reselling them and raising revenue through paid advertisements.“The bloc said the Ministers will have a full discussion on the issue and will most likely take the advice of legal professionals, as the situation has been festering for years without any real action from either side,Cheap NFL Jerseys, the Caribbean region in particular.”Governments are concerned about this situation because exporters are the ones who will feel the brunt of any negative fallout from a cut or suspension of trade preferences under the scheme.Officials said that the likely recommendation from next month’s post-Easter meeting will be for countries to begin their own bilateral negotiations in a hurry to maintain their trade preferences, following the example of Jamaica and the Bahamas,Cheap Jerseys, both of which depend on boat and planeloads of American tourists and are known to prefer to maintain good commercial and other relations with the U.S.Another key agenda item would have to do with Caribbean indigenous commercial banks complaining that counterpart institutions in the U.S. are not completing transactions on their behalf and are beginning to regard the Caribbean as a high-risk group to do business with.The matter was raised at the midyear leaders’ summit in the Bahamas last month. A subcommittee has been formed to investigate and treat with the developments.

More items have been handed over to the members of the Fort Wellington Station Management committee who recently successfully completed the construction of a canteen and recreational facility in the compound of the station.The facility was built at the cost of over $2.2M.Secretary Arjune Singh hands over some of the utensils including the gas stove to station Sergeant Kwesi Gravesande in the presence of Assistant Superintendent Jairam Ramlakhan and other members of the GPFThe members of the committee are Chairman Cecil Ramdat,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Secretary Arjune Singh,Authentic Jerseys China, Treasurer Gyan Totaram; the assistant secretary treasurer is Fazal Habibulla,Discount NFL Jerseys, while the committee members are Dorothy Peters,wholesale jerseys, Thakoor Persaud and Khemraj. Assistant Superintendent Jairam Ramlakhan,Cheap Basketball Jerseys, Chief Inspector Gregory Springer,Wholesale Jerseys, inspector Dennis Stephens and Station Sergeant Kwesi Gravesande are the ex officio members.Residents Tajeram Persaud called “Chase” donated the refrigerator; Nezamudeen Mohamed called “Nezo” donated the gas stove while Shano Seenarine donated the Television.