“The Youth of Guyana are in dire need of guidance in many aspects; however, an issue of significant importance is the availability of job opportunities for the individual without a diploma or degree” said Coordinator Nigel Ralph, as ‘Xtreme’ Entertainment yesterday launched this year’s Youth Expo at Upscale Restaurant and Bar at Hincks Street, Georgetown.Under the theme “Opening Closed Doors,” Youth Expo will be held June 29 to July 1.According to Ralph, the event’s theme is based on the mission of its execution,Wholesale China Jerseys, which is to open doors for youths who have just left school and are seeking employment, but “don’t know what exactly is the next step”. Xtreme Entertainment intends to do this by inviting the Joint Services and the private sector to be a part of the venture.Further, Ralph informed that 90 percent of the active Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Georgetown were invited to showcase and enlighten of the services they offer. It is anticipated that the information will aid those seeking to be involved in clubs.Ralph stressed that limited opportunities are available for youth employment in Guyana,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, and the daily news reflects that many young people are essentially lost. Therefore, Youth Expo is aimed at redirecting them and providing information for those who are about to “begin their adult journey”.The coordinator noted that the event was held annually between 2002 and 2005. It was successful in both attendance and in being beneficial to those who participated. “I know of youths who are now gainfully employed as a result of this event,” Ralph reflected.He expressed optimism about the participation of the University of Guyana, Cyril Potter College of Education and other private tertiary institutions across the country, even though confirmations of such have not yet been made.Anjeta Hinds,Cheap World Cup Jerseys, Brand Co-ordinator of sponsoring company, Ansa Mc Al, yesterday in her remarks, noted that “there is nothing better than assisting with the enhancement of youths, thus our company is obliged to be involved in such an initiative”. Hinds encouraged parents to promote involvement in this event to their children.In previous years, Youth Expo was held at the Sophia Exhibition Centre, however, this year it will be held at the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) ground on Carifesta Avenue, since the rental of the Sophia facility is a prohibitive $6M for two nights with a $1 million advance,NBA Jerseys From China, for what the coordinator insists is a “for youth by youth programme”.Nevertheless, Ralph assured that “despite the change of venue,China Jerseys Wholesale, the event will still be the same informative, fun experience,Cheap NFL Jerseys Supply, so I encourage youths to come out and be the masters of their future”.

Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Priya Manickchand, met with two families from Haiti who are now domiciled in Guyana. She has assured them that Government will continue to assist the earthquake ravaged island.Haiti was devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on January 12, last, that left thousands dead and many more homeless and displaced. The families, who both have ties to Guyana through the patriarch of the homes, were brought here through the efforts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Minister Manickchand said that Government is committed to assisting these families and possibly having them resettled here at their request.Through the National Committee for Haiti Relief, Guyana has already dispatched 21 containers of food,Cheap Jerseys From China, clothing and other essential supplies.Minister Manickchand, who chairs the committee, disclosed that $110M has been garnered through donations from kindhearted Guyanese.She said that some of the proceeds will be used to provide seeds to Haitian farmers as requested by Haitian President Rene Preval.“We are really happy we can bring you home and we are committed to helping not only you, but all Haitians,” Minister Manickchand said.Two Haitian-born children, Trevor and Tommy Ali,Cheap Jerseys From China, were received by their grandmother while their parents Raymond and Darlene Ali; a Haitian, remain in Haiti.The grandmother, Bibi Ameena Ali, explained that their home was not destroyed but because of the devastation to vital infrastructure,wholesale jerseys, the children were sent here to resume their schooling.She noted that Trevor, 13 has been enrolled at Central High School while Tommy,wholesale jerseys, six, is attending Smith’s Memorial Primary School.The woman disclosed that the children,Wholesale China Jerseys, who have an older brother in Guyana, are supported by their father; a Marine Captain of a cargo vessel who has indicated an interest in resettling his family here.Speaking to the media briefly, Trevor Ali, said that he has begun to make new friends at school but is nostalgic about his homeland. ?? The other family, Leonard Fraser, his wife Jocelyne and seven-year-old daughter,China Jerseys, Alicia also narrated their experience to the media.Fraser, who is also a Marine Captain, said that he had come home to update his passport in December but while here, tragedy struck.The man noted that he spent weeks trying to locate his wife and daughter but it was only after contacting the Foreign Affairs Ministry that he was able to get in touch with them.Now that the family is reunited, Fraser, who has spent the last 13 years in Haiti , said he is willing to settle here provided that both he and his wife find suitable employment.Responding to queries about other Haitians attempting to reunite with Guyanese relatives, Minister Manickchand said there was an issue with travel documents.“ Haiti is still a sovereign nation and has asked for travel documents. We had suggested that the documents be processed through Jamaica but the Haitian Government has opted to do it so we have to respect that,” the Human Services Minister explained.

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand and Member of Parliament (MP), Dr. Vindhya Persaud are the only female officials of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) administration to have commented on the remarks Attorney General,Cheap Jerseys For Sale, Anil Nandlall made about a female reporter attached to Kaieteur News.But there has so far been silence from the likes of Minister of Human Services, Jennifer Webster, Public Service Minister, Jennifer Westford,China NFL Jerseys, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodriques, Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai, MP and Chairperson of the Women and Gender Equality Commission,Supply Cheap Jerseys, Indra Chanderpaul and MP, Gail Teixeira.The Attorney General, in the recording, referred to a female Kaieteur News reporter as a “lil thing” and advocated that his uncle, Kamal Mangal, get an opportunity to “f**K de girl.”In a recent interview with Kaieteur News, Alliance For Change (AFC) MP, Cathy Hughes, said that the silence does not surprise her the least bit.Even though it is evident that a significant percentage of women have taken on a role of commanding respect for themselves and each other, Hughes said that women in the PPP may not have the privilege to play that role.According to her, that is the politics of the PPP. She said, “The way they look at it is that it is one of their members and so they don’t think they have any responsibility to be fair and objective…Their theory is that it is permissible because it is one of us.”Recently commenting on the issue as well was AFC General Secretary, David Patterson. The politician questioned, “Where is (Presidential Advisor) Gail Teixeira now?”He said that Teixeira is usually one of the first PPP members to jump up and say what is conventional and what is a disgrace.“She should now say what is the conventional thing to do when a nation is faced with a matter like this,Jerseys NFL Cheap,” said Patterson.“The conventional thing to do is to have the Minister resign for the goodwill of the country.”But on this occasion Teixeira did not speak about the “conventional” thing to do. In fact she spoke nothing on the issue. This newspaper made several attempts to contact Teixeira but she did not answer her phone on most occasions. In one instance,Cheap Jerseys Authentic, Kaieteur got on to the MP but the connection was poor. The reporter told her that she would have contacted her immediately from another phone line. When that was done, Teixeira refused to answer.Webster, who sits as Minister of Human Services and has women empowerment programmes falling under her Ministry, has not said a word about Nandlall’s utterances.That is also the case with MP Indra Chanderpaul, who also sits as Chairperson of the Women and Gender Equality Commission.Manickchand, who received an honorary doctorate for her work in gender based equality, was the first Government official to comment on the immorality of the utterances made by Nandlall in the recorded conversation.Manickchand,Cheap NHL Jerseys Online, told Kaieteur News,?”What Nandlall said was crude and disrespectful and flies in the face of the environment that we (the government) are trying to establish and foster in Guyana.”The Minister had said that the environment is one in which women should be treated as equals and celebrated for their worth in the development of Guyana and “not seen as chattel for men to use.”On Saturday, Dr. Persaud said that she found Nandlall’s remarks to be extremely uncouth.“We as women have been fighting for some time to ensure that we are not seen as objects and I think that his (Nandlall’s) comments in that regard were just absolutely obnoxious,” she told Kaieteur News.“One can only hope that the sentiments he expressed in his apology are true but we have to wait, watch and see.”Persaud said that she has not seen Nandlall in a while but wants to and will let him know that she found his remarks to be very offensive to women.Asked if she feels comfortable with him as a political colleague in Parliament, Dr. Persaud declined to comment.“I would not comment on that at this point but it (Nandlall’s remarks) was really obnoxious. I hope he meant every word of his apology.”In addition to the remarks about the female reporter, Nandlall was also heard saying that “innocent people” working at Kaieteur News would be killed in retaliation for some of the stories the paper has been carrying.He was also heard admitting that he used taxpayers’ money for personal reasons.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday announced its consideration to propose a “cut” of the amount of monies allocated to the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) during the upcoming year,Cheap Jerseys China, 2013.Party leader,Cheap NFL Jerseys Stitched, Khemraj Ramjattan, noted that the consideration to consult A Partnership? For National Unity (APNU) so as to collaboratively pass the motion of budget deduction? in parliament comes in light of the “rampant corruption” ongoing within the NDIA.To support his statement,NFL Jerseys China, Ramjattan pointed to the recent audit report which disclosed numerous cases of corruption and resulted in attempts being made by the Government to sweep the issue under the carpet.The party leader was adamant that measures need to be put in place to address the outright mismanagement of state funds and lapse in standard procedures.“When you have a corrupt authority you are forced, through the power you have in the majority,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, to cut the administrative budget.”Ramjattan stated that the opposition has no other choice, in this regard,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, but to cut the budget.“Of course they (government) will cuss us down and say we will deny people bread and butter, but what… Do you do see the corruption happening in front of your face and do nothing? I am warning the NDIA, as one of AFC leaders here, that we may very well do the NCN approach to NDIA come 2013.”The parliamentarian asserted that corruption will continue to exist in the NDIA as the government has taken the position of chastising the messenger thus “destroying the message.”He noted this can result in serious implications for audits in every governmental institution,Cheap Jerseys From China, as auditors may become sceptical.

Some well protected GPS and laser equipment that could have survived, when the American registered aircraft crashed into a Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara house over a month ago has mysteriously disappeared.This has raised questions of Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA)’s ability to competently clear a crash site. And, Digital World Mapping, the company “sub-sub-contracted” to execute the lidar aspect of the survey project for the Amaila Falls Hydropower project, is wondering if investigations are ongoing to recover the equipment.On April 13, the twin-engine Piper Aztec, with registration N27-FT,Cheap NFL Football Jerseys, crashed into Florence Tyndall’s house and also burnt a section of her neighbour Michelle Belle’s house. Tyndall escaped unharmed but the owner and pilot of the aircraft, Perrier Angiel and his passenger Canadian Scientist Nick Dmitriev perished.John Vogel,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Consultant of Digital World Mapping and an acquaintance of the late Dmitriev, during an interview with this publication, yesterday,Cheap Jerseys Outlet, said that a representative of the company in Guyana had reported the valuable missing equipment to the regulatory body.According to Vogel, it is impossible for this piece of equipment to completely melt during the explosion since it is well protected by an aluminium casing. He opined that had the equipment been onboard when the aircraft exploded there would have been traces. The Consultant related that the company finds it troubling that Dmitriev’s cellular phone was found at the crash site several feet away from the aircraft but the very robust equipment was not recovered.The GCAA is unaware of the equipment which the company claims is missing. According to Paula Mc Adam, GCAA’s Director of Aviation Safety Regulation, who led the technical team that cleared the crash site, there was no evidence of such equipment among the rubble.? She concluded that the equipment and its casing must have melted in the crash. She suggested that the company complains to the Guyana Police Force for an investigation of that nature.GCAA’s Director General, Zulficar Mohamed,China Jerseys Cheap, has denied that a complaint has been lodged with the regulatory body about the missing equipment.Speaking on the insurance aspect of the ill-fated aircraft, Vogel said that Digital World Mapping was “sub-sub-contracted” to execute this part of the project. However, the company is currently looking into the matter and there is no definite position as yet.However, the company is knowledgeable that the aircraft’s insurance was to expire this month and?believed that Angiel did take out the third party risk. The insurance would cover the liabilities incurred during the crash. However, the company is pursuing conversation with Angiel Company’s lawyer in Maine.According to GCAA last Thursday,Wholesale Jerseys, “Approval was given to Digital World Mapping to operate the specific aircraft to conduct a LiDar Survey for the Amaila Hydropower Project. In that approval the operator was advised that the aircraft must be insured against third party risk. Detailed examination, based on information provided by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of the USA has revealed that the insurance coverage for the aircraft did not include coverage for operations in South America.“As a consequence the liability issues resulting from the aircraft crash are viewed as devolving to the charterer of the aircraft.”Mohamed has denied claims that GCAA’s Air Transport Management Department did not inform the Aviation Safety Regulation Department of the aircraft’s presence in Guyana. The lone staffer of the Air Transport Management Department reports directly to Mohamed.However, Mohamed refused to comment on how is it that one month after the crash, the GCAA cannot locate the insurer of the aircraft. He said that GCAA is talking with all the relevant agencies involved and such information cannot be revealed.According to Belle in an interview with this publication yesterday,Cheap Jerseys From China Outlet, a rank of the Criminal Investigation Department visited her recently and told her to prepare an estimate for the renovation of her property and submit it to Sparendaam Police Station.According to Tyndall, she spoke with Transport Minister Robeson Benn on Monday and he assured her that Government will “look into something and take the matter to Cabinet”. She has already given the police a statement of her losses.The 69-year-old woman said that she suffered millions of dollars in damage because she had items from the good old days to present day. She emphasized her antique f