Essequibians are appealing to their fellows to be vigilant and not to fall prey to the wiles of a woman who is purporting to be a spiritualist.According to reports emanating from the region, several persons who encountered the con woman who reportedly said she was from Berbice. she uses her disguise to obtain monies, while pretending to be a spiritualist. Persons are fearful that the woman may continue to fleece other Essequibians.One elderly woman,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, at whose home the con-woman was staying for the past four days,Discount NFL Jerseys, said that she first met the stranger on July 21. The elderly woman,Jerseys From China, who spoke on condition of anonymity, recalled being at her home at Bush Lot,Wholesale NBA Jerseys, Essequibo, on Thursday morning, when she was alerted by the calls of a woman.Upon peeking out to see who it was, the elderly woman noted that the woman, who was carrying a bag with clothes,Discount NFL Jerseys, proclaimed that she was from Berbice and had come to the Coast to do business. “She came by me and I took her in, because she said she had no place to stay.’’The elderly woman added that three days went by and the woman did not venture out of the home to do any business, except in the nights when she was accompanied by a man who was driving a dark-coloured vehicle.The elderly woman said she began to question the woman for whom she was forced to provide three meals for each day.Her investigation would later lead her to unearth from many persons in the village that the con woman,Cheap Jerseys, was also going to people’s homes relating different tales in order to obtain monies. “After I began to receive many phone calls from people in my village about this woman, I then realised this woman is a con woman”.“She went by people and told them how she is a spiritualist and on other occasions she went around asking for aid to assist to undergo an operation, due to a medical complaint she had. ‘The elderly woman said that the woman went away on Monday night, but reports are that she still might be on the Essequibo Coast, operating in disguise.Reports about her inappropriate behaviour have been lodged at the police station.

Two separate early morning accidents on the main East Coast Demerara Highway yesterday, has left a 53-year old man dead and a 12 year old boy in a critical condition at the intensive care unit of the Georgetown Hospital.Dead: Balkissoon Bipta Balkissoon Bipta of Lusignan was killed on the spot after being struck down by a speeding car on the Lusignan Public Road around 07:10 hours yesterday.Police stated that their investigations have revealed that motor car PKK 1656, driven by Kennard Liverpool of Belladrum,Wholesale NHL Jerseys, West Coast Berbice was proceeding east on the northern side of the road when Bipta who was riding a pedal cycle proceeding in the same direction but on the opposite side suddenly turned into the path of the car and was struck down.Bipta,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, the caretaker of the Lusignan Community Centre Ground sustained a gaping wound to his right side and parts of his body were seen on the parapet where the accident occurred and on the front ode of the badly damaged car.But eyewitness reports indicated that the driver may have been the errant party.And judging from the wound on the right side of Bipta’s body, their version appears to be correct.One man told this newspaper that Bipta was struck down from behind and the driver of the car ended up stopping several yards away before reversing to the scene of the accident.“He de going fuh buy fish and done cross de road. Ow me God!” cried his sister, Chandrapattie Kanhai.She said that she was at home when a man came and told her that Bipta was struck down by a car.According to Kanhai, she inquired if her brother was dead and was answered in the affirmative.Eyewitnesses initially believed that the driver was under the influence of alcohol since they reported that he fell while marking the spot where the accident occurred.Critical: Vivekanand RudradeoHowever,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, police conducted a breathalyzer test and found that he was below the prescribed limit.And earlier yesterday morning, 12-year old Vivekanand Rudradeo,NFL Jerseys China, of lot 1Ogle Airstrip road was taking his usual early morning ride with his father around 05:30a.m when a car struck them both from behind and sped away.The two injured persons were assisted by public spirited persons to seek medical attention at the Georgetown Hospital,Discount NFL Jerseys, where Vivekanand Rudradeo was immediately admitted.This newspaper understands that the child who is scheduled to attend his first day at secondary school next week is in a critical condition suffering from head injuries.Unfortunately for the driver,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, the police have been able to retrieve his licence plate bearing the serial number PKK 5274 which fell off as a result of the accident.However, so far he has not been arrested. Bipta’s death has taken the road fatality figure on the East Coast of Demerara to nine.

Minister of Public Infrastructure yesterday met with a representative from United World, an international communication agency that is currently developing a socio-economic report on Guyana.Pablo Dabrio, Project Editor from United World, speaking with Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson yesterday.This report is set to be published as a special supplement in USA Today, a national American daily newspaper, and will commemorate Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary.The newspaper is one of the most widely read in the US.Pablo Dabrio, Project Editor from United World, paid a visit to Minister Patterson and sat down for a chat in the main boardroom of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI).During the engagement,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, MPI disclosed yesterday,NCAA Football Jerseys, the two discussed Guyana’s development and the role the Ministry plays in the nation’s future.MPI, one of Guyana’s largest Ministries, will receive a full page in the report.During the discussion with Dabrio, Minister Patterson shared some of MPI’s plans, including the creation of deep water harbours; the upgrade of the maritime section; the addition of new vessels to ply interior routes; and the maximisation of Guyana’s use of renewable energy.“Dabrio expressed particular interest in the Ministry’s plans to connect the rest of the country with the hinterland regions; the MPI’s strategy to access a cheap source of energy; Guyana’s oil and gas potential; and the fostering of private public partnerships.”Minister Patterson, MPI said, stressed that the main objective of the Ministry is to create a “fresh approach” to unlock a brighter future for Guyana. He shared that the Guyana Government will be focused on opening the country,Wholesale Jerseys China, not only to Guyanese, but to the wider world.When questioned by Dabrio, specifically on opening Guyana to US investors,Calvin Ridley Jersey, Minister Patterson expressed enthusiasm at the prospect.“Guyana is a place for opportunities and is certainly a place to invest,” Minister Patterson said. “If investors were to come to this side of the hemisphere,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, then Guyana is the place to come.”He added that Government will strive towards removing encumbrances which stymie development.Meanwhile, Dabrio, who has been in Guyana for about six weeks,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, indicated that there were “many reasons” why Guyana was chosen to be featured by United World. He explained that the nation caught the attention of the international community when there was a change in administration after more than two decades.Noting the “fresh approach” view being held by many, Dabrio said that his team wanted to portray how the new Guyana Government is “changing the course of Guyana”. He said too that it was felt that Guyana was a nation which needed to be highlighted to the general American public.The special report on Guyana is set to be released on May 26, 2016 – the date of observance for Guyana’s 50th independence anniversary.Dabrio shared that he has already spoken with a number of Government ministers as well as President David Granger.

Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy has said that Guyana has worked hard over the past decade to tackle the scourge of HIV/AIDS. He added that with the reduced prevalence the country can now purchase better quality drugs to treat infected persons.Dr Ramsammy recently told media operatives that when Guyana wrote for grants years ago the projections were much higher.“We are using newer and more state-of-the-art medicine,nfl jerseys china,” Dr Ramsammy said.He reiterated that the same drug regimen being used in the United States of America as the first line drugs is being used in Guyana.Dr Ramsammy added that the programme is now maturing and soon Guyana will face the same problem that the USA faced in the mid-90s when people started getting resistant to the drugs“In another five years we will have to go to newer medicine which will be even more expensive.”Ramsammy said that this is something he has been preaching over the years but added that Guyana does not have nor gets all the money it needs.He pointed out that in other countries persons would have to pay for an HIV test but in Guyana it is done for free. The reagents used in the tests are very expensive.Dr Ramsammy said that there was no dishonesty on the part of the Ministry as it relates to the purchase of the Anti Retroviral (ARV) drugs used to treat infected persons in Guyana as well as with the procurement of the tests.“Guyana worked hard to reduce the prevalence…Before I became Minister the prevalence was reported to be three to five per cent.” The true figure was much less.He lamented the fact that at time 150 babies born infected and as much as 800 pregnant women were affected adding that these days it is only about a 100 and about three to five babies born infected.Speaking to the issue of whether officials at the Ministry could siphon off monies received for the purchase of ARVs Dr Ramsammy said that Guyana never had direct access to the money.“Its Global Fund and PEPFAR… The money is not put in our hands. We get the money when we have to pay the money…It goes directly to suppliers.”Dr Ramsammy stressed that when the Ministry of Health applies for grants it does not know how much the country really needs given that “we are applying based on projections that can change.”He added,China Jerseys, “If we don’t use the resources the money goes back to World Bank.”The Health Minister further added that the money can’t be spent on anything other than what it is intended. Of course there are instances of budgeted funding. He added that in cases where all the money is not used,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Guyana has been known to apply to the institutions to change the budget line and the adjustments were made.

–?? ?Education needed for change in culture The lack of copyright legislation in Guyana was underscored through personal stories of a handful of local artists and producers. This was highlighted during a documentary last Monday evening at Moray House, Camp and Quamina Streets, Georgetown.The documentary film was produced by Rustom Seegopaul. The project was produced over the space of about one year.In his introduction to the film, Seegopaul said, “Copyright legislation is the keystone to developing the creative industries. I think that without it, any interventions and initiatives that are being made are futile.Rustom Seegopaul in one of the many scenes in the documentary.This is not about stopping pirated DVDs; this is about giving the value and opportunity to the work that artists and producers do. This is about recognizing their efforts and helping an industry to develop. This is about culture — really trying to recognize and realize what our culture,Wholesale Jerseys, as Guyanese, is.”He continued: “What does it mean to be Guyanese? What do we identify with? What do we have that is our own and what will the generation that is coming up now connect with, as theirs?”The film features interviews with local artists,cheap nfl jerseys china, photographers, film makers and representatives of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry.Seegopaul highlighted the fact that the immediate way forward was through education, a common thread in the interviews within the film.“I think it’s fairly obvious that a policy change will not happen too easily, or would be greeted well, even if that were to happen tomorrow,” he said. “The public needs to be made aware of value of the amendment and enforcement of the copyright law. And that is what this is, an effort at education.”Rustom Seegopaul is a documentary film maker and photographer based in Guyana, producing work out of Wildfire Productions. Much of his current work is aimed at the conservation of the natural environment but is not limited to the natural landscape or wildlife. He seeks to, through his work within the sphere of visual media, effect a change in thought and practice that will help to encourage people to adopt a more sustainable way of living.After getting his B.A. in Mass Communication from the Curtin University of Technology (Australia), Seegopaul returned to Guyana and began to work as a reporter/photographer with the National Media and Publishing Company Limited, the publishers of Guyana’s most widely circulated newspaper, Kaieteur News.He pushed his energies into video after this,Cheap Jerseys, producing 12 documentaries for the World Wildlife Fund with Wildfire Productions. The lure of video and photography encouraged him to move into the world of multimedia, looking at the internet as a channel of distributing the stories he wanted to tell.To these ends, he pursued his M.A. in International Multimedia Journalism from the University of Bolton (UK). Once again,Wholesale Stitched Jerseys, he returned to Guyana, where he saw the fledgling media industry on the brink of serious change. Rather than watch the change from another continent, he decided to return and play an active role in the conversations, activities and models that will see this change unfold.He has undertaken projects across Guyana, Malaysia, Cambodia and China. More recently,Cheap Jerseys, he exhibited a small section of his photography from the wilds of Guyana in Beijing,cheap nfl jerseys online, China. Shortly after that, his multimedia documentary about the looming water crisis in Beijing was featured at the Reel Water Film Festival in the United States.Seegopaul has worked on multimedia and documentary projects for a wide variety of international donor agencies, including the World Wildlife Fund, the Canadian International Development Agency, through the Canadian Institute of Planners and UNICEF. He was also listed as a local producer, both contributing material and arranging local logistics for One Day on Earth (12.12.12), a global documentary project aimed at recording the human experience over a 24-hour period.When he is not pursuing documentary projects, Seegopaul works with local companies and musicians, developing creative advertising campaigns and music videos.