President’s College suffered another setback when 17 of the pigs were slaughtered,Discount NFL Jerseys, presumably by a pack of dogs.Farmhands made the shocking discovery on Wednesday when they reported for duty at the school farms.The slaughter of the pigs will put a dent in the school’s coffers, according to the administration,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, since the animals were being reared to provide pork to meet the demand for this year’s Christmas season.According to a source at the college,China Jerseys Cheap, when farmhands turned up for work they discovered that some of the pigs were partly eaten. Two badly wounded ones were alive.Initially,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, it was suspected that a large cat had done the damage but the culprits were soon revealed when a pack of dogs returned to the pens later in the day to finish off their prey.“Most of the bites were consistent with those inflicted by dogs,Wholesale Basketball Jerseys,” the source said.This newspaper understands that several dogs frequent the President’s College compound and would usually converged behind the school canteen where a reliable food supply is assured.However with the closing of school for the August holidays, the supply has diminished significantly.“Sometimes one of the pigs would get away from the pen the dogs would attack it viciously,NFL Jerseys Cheap,” the source explained.The college is now reviewing its security arrangement since the guard on duty did not report any strange noises which is almost certain when pigs are being attacked.Authorities are also in the process of securing the pens to prevent any recurrence of the attack.

The building of self-esteem in young persons is especially crucial in the promotion of abstinence in the school environment,Cheap Jerseys From China, according to Youth Challenge Guyana’s (YCG) Community Outreach Coordinator, Shameza David.David, during an interview with this newspaper, yesterday, said that the Non-Governmental Organisation was prompted to engage an In-School Abstinence programme, titled ‘Stepping it up with better choices’ in five target schools in the quest to have students delay their first sexual experience.The programme, which is also geared at HIV/AIDS prevention,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, was initialised two years ago, but a second phase commenced at the start of the current academic year in five schools—Caramel and Houston Community Highs, Central High School, Leonora and Uitvlugt Secondary Schools.According to Ms David, the programme entails 14 weeks of abstinence sessions in each school among third form students.And there is no option promoted during the one-hour-a-week sessions other than abstinence, David said.“Thus far we have seen results…This is our second year doing this programme and compared to the previous year we are seeing greater results because (the children) are evidently very enthused about it. If we, for any reason,Cheap China Jerseys, have to miss a session they insist that we have to have make-up sessions. Their teachers are also boasting of how they (students) upbraid each other in school.”David attributed the enthusiasm of the students to the fact that the abstinence-based sessions are in fact participatory,Cheap Jerseys China, allowing students to air their views and discuss issues of concern in-depth.She highlighted the notion that simply urging students to abstain would not be effective, adding that there is also the need to equip them with relevant life skills they need to aid such a practice.“You can’t just tell them to abstain…So we start off with self esteem because it is very important. If their self-esteem is not at the level where they can stand up for themselves and their beliefs,NFL Jerseys Authentic China, no amount of information will prevent them from making the wrong decisions in life.”The sessions also zero in on the importance of goal setting and decision-making skills, David added. She said that with such skills they will be better able to make the right choice to abstain.According to David, while YCG has over the years had a presence in school through various programmes,Cheap NFL Jerseys, the current initiative came into being through NGO’s collaboration with the now ended, Guyana HIV/AIDS Reduction and Prevention Project, which had provided funding.She said that it was the intent of GHARP to have the school programmes become standardised thus the creation of a manual. The results of a Behaviour Surveillance Survey conducted in 2005-2006, which showed that in-school youths were part of the at-risk-population because they are engaging in sexual activities, was also a basis on which the abstinence programme was initiated.

-GM instructs manager to hideManagement and security of a controversial $69M Corriverton office of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) denied entry to media workers on Tuesday claiming that they had received orders from “higher up”.The branch manager, Louise Bryan, was seen hiding at the back of the building. This raised even more questions over the secrecy and attempts to keep out the media.The cost of the one-flat building has been raising eye-brows since Government commissioned the office on August 22, last.Kaieteur News had published photographs of three homes that it had built for staffers at a cost of some $7M each.The controversial $69M branch of NIS at Corriverton, Berbice.The newspaper had requested from Dr. Roger Luncheon, the Chairman of NIS, the bill of quantities of the Corriverton branch. He promised to deliver the bill of quantities but then back-pedaled and said that the newspaper will have to deliver the bills of quantities and other information on the homes before NIS hands over what it has.Kaieteur News last week handed over four files, representing information of monies spent on materials for the four homes, and later that day, the Office of the President,Jerseys NFL China, where Dr. Luncheon works, sent over an Engineer’s Estimate which said the project would cost $50.6M.However, later that evening, Dr Luncheon who is also the Head of the Presidential Secretariat,Cheap NFL Jerseys, issued a statement and said that the receipts representing monies spent on the four KN homes did not meet the requirements of the information asked for by the Office of the President. It was unclear what he meant last week.At the commissioning, Dr Luncheon and Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, disclosed that the commissioned building which was built from scratch saw $69M being spent.Yesterday, to verify how the money was spent, Kaieteur News Publisher Glenn Lall,Wholesale Jerseys Cheap, his Editor-in-Chief Adam Harris, and reporters were in Corriverton to see first hand how the $69M was spent.Kaieteur News’ publisher, Glen Lall, being refused entry on Tuesday to the $69M NIS branch at Corriverton, Berbice.Visitors to the building were allowed to freely enter and leave with no apparent checks by the security officials there.However, upon recognizing Lall and Harris,Wholesale Jerseys Online, the security guard whose name was given as Gravesande, immediately padlocked the gates and said he was not allowing them in.He warned that only legitimate visitors transacting business would be allowed in and threatened to call the police. When told that he should call the police since NIS is a public facility,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, he declined.The media workers were eventually told that orders had come from Georgetown from the General Manager, Doreen Nelson, not to allow them in.Another female security guard was seen running constantly to the back of the building.A cameraman decided to follow.A woman, later determined to be Louise Bryan,Wholesale Jerseys, the Branch Manager, was seen peering nervously around the side of the building. The female security guard was overheard telling her that the media were told that she is in a meeting and were not being allowed in.They then noticed the cameraman, and both Bryan and the female security guard hastily retreated into a nearby official residence.To further prevent the reporters from entering, the security guards even took the visitors to a back gate.The Manager of the NIS Corriverton, Berbice branch, Louise Bryan, was seen Tuesday hiding at the back of the building from media workers. Her workers earlier said she was in a meeting.Neighbours who refused to go on record too were highly critical of the cost.“This is the talk of the area. This thing cost too much.”It was the same comment around Corriverton and as far as Crabwook Creek.According to one prominent businessman, the project should not have cost more than $15M.“Is better I had bid on it too. Something not right. I could build six like that.”Many neighbours came out to watch the media workers being refused entry.Kaieteur News is continuing to study the information it has on the building and will be releasing the information on it shortly.