Massy Gas Products (Guyana) Ltd. joined the National Clean Up initiative when employees of the Company conducted a Community Enhancement Exercise on Saturday last at Eccles, East Bank Demerara.The Clean Up project held in collaboration with the Eccles/Ramsburg NDC took place in the vicinity of Flour Mill Road,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, through Old Road, Eccles.More than 50 employees of the Company, staff of the NDC and residents of the community took part in the exercise,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, which involved weeding the parapets, raking,Cheap Jerseys, picking up garbage, painting of pedestrian crossing, speed humps and road signs as well as painting of bridges,NFL Jerseys China, and lamp posts. The entrance to Eccles Primary School was also cleaned.Chief Executive Officer of Massy Gas Products, Shameer Hoosein,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, said the exercise was part of the Company’s Annual Social Impact Programme.? Last year the Company repaired the Eccles Primary School Fence and enhanced the school surroundings. Mr. Hoosein expressed gratitude to the Eccles/Ramsburg NDC, employees of Massy Gas Products and the residents for participating in the exercise.“We are extremely grateful to the NDC for assisting us and all other partners in this project, our staff should also be commended for their continued commitment to these activities,NFL Jerseys Supply,” he added.Massy Gas Products is a member of the Massy Group of Companies in Guyana.

With the commencement of oil exploration here in Guyana, the University of Guyana (UG) will be tasked with introducing programmes that can prepare locals to delve into this arena. Moreover,Cheap Jerseys From China, a recently established UGExxonMobil’s Deepwater Champion has started its exploration works offshore Guyana for oil.Transformational Task Force will have to give keen attention to such an undertaking.This is according to UG Chancellor, Professor Nigel Harris, who at a press conference yesterday said, “We had better be in a position to address that particular need because in truth I can say, with the little I know, that the exploration, the ExxonMobil company, has already approached the University…in terms of the University being able to prepare the sort of people they need.”And according to Professor Harris, “we had better be able whether or not there are programmes now or programmes to be.”“I think already there are some programmes (or) they are in the pipelines,” added the Chancellor.He pointed out that the University’s role in this regard is imperative since it would be extremely expensive for companies such as ExxonMobil to bring their own people to meet their exploratory needs.“So this indeed I expect out of that Task Force (this) will be one of the key areas that will be identified in terms of meeting a human resource need,” said Professor Harris.But according to him,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, there may be in some instances that UG may not have the requisite staff to meet the programme needs. As such he considered that moves will have to be made by the local university to link with international tertiary institutions.“I am going to obviously be pushing to a great degree with the University of the West Indies which I have been connected most recently. They have trained petroleum engineers, people for the petroleum industry for the last maybe four decades and it doesn’t make sense if we have next door neighbours with that ability that we don’t link with them,Discount NFL Jerseys,” said Professor Harris. There are,Cheap China Jerseys, however, other institutions that the national university could forge links with, the Chancellor added.And according to him too, “even from an academic perspective we need to be making the sort of international alignments necessary to meet some of our capacity needs.”It was just last month President David Granger, expressed Government’s support for the United States oil and gas giant,Wholesale Soccer Jerseys, ExxonMobil,Cheap Jerseys From China, after the company reported that it will continue exploratory work in Guyana, this month.The oil discovery is big news for Guyana which has been depending on oil imports to meet energy and transportation needs.Oil imports account for a significant amount of the country’s foreign exchange, and the oil deposits discovery and confirmation by Exxon would come with the fact that Guyana’s neighbours are producing oil from their own wells.Already to prepare for the advent of oil, Guyana is receiving training from the US and other foreign institutions.The Petroleum Department, once controlled by the President, has now been placed under the direct authority of Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, which is headed by Minister Raphael Trotman.Guyana is moving ahead also with other regulatory and necessary framework that will determine how the oil proceeds will be administered.? It could however be five years before Guyana realises the benefits of oil production.

Berbicians are now in a position to have their children taken care of at Day Care centres and playgroups that meet the minimum standards set by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Saint Francis Community Developers (SFCD.)This was so after four day care centres in Region Six under the auspices of the Saint Francis Community Developers (SFCD) were upgraded and recently commissioned and passed as meeting the Minimum Standard set by the world body.The SFCD,Cheap Jerseys Supply, which is a leading non-governmental organisation in Guyana and the Caribbean, has a number of support groups throughout the Ancient County. Many of the support groups have play groups/day care centres as part of their set ups.During the latter part of last year, four of the centres were targeted for upgrades. UNICEF, through the SFCD, doled out $5.3M to upgrade and lift the standard of the centers. Contracts for the projects were signed in October with the work commencing in November.One of the playgroups to benefit from the upgrades is the Little Angels Playgroup in New Amsterdam. This facility is being run by the All Saints Presbyterian Development Centre (ASPDC) at Princess Elizabeth Road and Vryheid Street in New Amsterdam.The Greater Glory Playgroup operated by the Albion Chapel EmpowermentCentre at Fyrish, Corentyne; The New Beginners Playgroup run by the Mibicuri Community Developers in Black Bush Polder; and the New Light Playgroup operated by the Eversham Community Developers on the Corentyne are the others.The Little Angels Play Group benefited from a $ 1.3 million upgrade with most of the work being done voluntarily by students of the New Amsterdam Technical Institute under the guidance of Lecturer Debra Leitch.The Greater Glory Play Group of Fyrish received a $1 million improvement while New Beginners Play Group of Mibicuri Black Bush Polder was expanded and improved at a cost of $800,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping,000.The New Light Play School at Eversham was the beneficiary of a $1.1 million makeover. Upgrading of all the facilities included repairs,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, expansion and repainting, tiling the floor, putting in sick bays, racks for shoes and clothing,Cheap Jerseys From China, cradles, ceiling fans, play area and adequate water supply.UNICEF Programme officer responsible for education, Michelle Audrey Rodrigues, headed a team that included representatives from The University of Guyana Turkeyen and Berbice campuses, and the Georgetown Municipal Day Care centre, to the commissioning ceremony.Speaking at the official launching ceremony which was held at the headquarters of the SFCD at Rose Hall Town,China NFL Jerseys, Ms Rodrigues told early child caregivers that they have a role to play in the development of children which involves the integration of health, education, equality and protection and stated that one of the body primary focus at the moment is capacity building.Speaking about some of the work that UNICEF has been doing she mentioned the sponsoring of 27 persons who are participating in a two year certificate programme of Early Childhood Development at the University of Guyana.Each individual, she stated, has been sponsored to the tune of $147,000. Some work is also being done with graduate nursery teachers who would be used to enhance the programme.Another area that UNICEF is looking at is establishing a centre of excellence for Early Childhood Development at the University of Guyana.She said that they were very pleased with what they have seen so far. She stated that generally, a lot has been achieved,Wholesale NBA Jerseys, but a lot more still needs to be done. She warned officials not to become complacent.She said the playgroups “were an opportunity to reach the most vulnerable groups and the most vulnerable children”. It is the responsibility of the caregivers to ensure the children are protected.Rodrigues also highlighted the need for legislation and policy for child care centres to operate under in Guyana.All the day care centres under the auspices of the SFCD will see UNICEF paying for three additional staff who will be trained in First Aid, Emergency preparedness and response and food handling.Apart from Day Care facilities UNICEF had provided some of the centres with refrigerators, outdoor playing equipment, books and toys and also arranged institutional support (training, orientation).Also speaking at the Ceremony was President of SFCD, Alex Foster, who described the long and fruitful partnership that UNICEF and SFCD share.

Old cards could be decommissioned soon-GECOM warnsBy Leonard GildarieThe Guyana Elections Commision (GECOM) has expressed worry over 90,000 National Identification Cards (ID) which are still uncollected.GECOM,NFL Jerseys From China, in notices published in the daily newspapers yesterday, said that it is concerned that tens of thousands of registrants, who were registered during the 2009 house-to-house registration exercise and the recently concluded Claims and Objections period, have not yet uplifted their respective cards.“GECOM takes this opportunity to call upon those truant registrants to make every effort to collect their ID cards since failure to do so could pose future problems for such registrants who have shirked their civic duty.”GECOM warned that it could soon move to decommission all national ID cards which were issued prior to the 2008 house-to-house registration exercise.“Already,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, many institutions,Cheap NFL Jerseys, including commercial banks-based on their respective security measures – are rejecting national ID cards issued prior to the 2008 house-to-house registration exercise.”GECOM also warned that ID cards issued prior to the 2008 registrations will not be accepted as a form of identification to vote at future General, Regional and Local Government Elections, since those cards will have no links to the new Register of Registrants (NRR) and to any voters’ lists to be produced. The identification number on the old cards, for example, will not be recognized.The Commission disclosed that it is currently distributing ID cards from its 23 registration offices located throughout Guyana during normal working hours- Mondays to Fridays.“This exercise will continue uninterrupted until June 30, 2010. Thereafter,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, all uncollected ID cards would be withdrawn from the Registration Offices and kept secured at the GECOM Secretariat, Head Office, where they can then be uplifted.”As at December 14, GECOM reported that 327,225 ID cards were uplifted by the respective registrants.?This represents the delivery of 76.2 per cent of the total number of ID Cards produced for distribution.Local Government Elections (LGE) were scheduled to be held in April but failure to find consensus on elections reform saw the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) unwilling to support any voting until a number of crucial issues are ironed out.At the end of March, President Bharrat Jagdeo had disclosed that reform consultations will have to go ahead and it was unlikely that LGE will be held in April.He said that he had met with leader of the Opposition, Robert Corbin, and it was decided that they would make another attempt to provide the opportunity to see the reforms become a reality.He was unwilling to give a timeline.Jagdeo had indicated that much of the steam being vented by the opposition may be indicative of the fact that they were not ready to partake in the elections.According to Jagdeo,NFL Jerseys Clearance, the move was as a result of the fact that the administration wanted to approach the 2010 general elections with some level of civility.He stressed, too,Cheap Jerseys Store, that there might be legal implications about having two elections in a single year and as such the window of opportunity for the hosting of the Local Government Elections this year is narrow.