– no evidence company signed investment agreement Bai Shan Lin was reportedly approved US$70M to invest in a wood processing plant just off the Linden area. Instead it diverted the money to logging, gold and housing activities.File Photo: Bai Shan Lin’s operations in the Kwakwani, Upper Berbice area.Bai Shan Lin which has several operations across the country, has been attracting attention not only because of its large logging operations but also the manner in which it acquired hundreds of thousands of hectares of state lands it now controls.The delay in the wood processing plant has been questioned by critics and Opposition alike who say that the absence of an investment proposal has only worsened matters.The US$70M was reportedly used to gain control of logging and mining lands.Bai Shan Lin was leased a large area off Linden by the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) for the proposed processing facility and for which it is paying a significant monthly rent on.Guyana has been pushing for more value-added operations in the forestry sector but there is little evidence of how serious it is when it comes to monitoring Bai Shan Lin’s commitments and deadlines to make it happen.President Donald Ramotar meeting with Chairman of Bai Shan Lin,Cheap Authentic NFL Jersey, Chu Wenze, in China.With Bai Shan Lin expanding operations rapidly in recent years, there was a noticeable increase in forest products’ exports. Last year,Authentic Jerseys From China, it was reportedly more than 20 percent. And it is believed that log exports were mainly responsible.The company came under the spotlight last year when Kaieteur News published photographs showing huge piles of logs in the Kwakwani, Berbice area ready for export.Government and Bai Shan Lin downplayed the extent of the company logging operations saying that everything was above board.But recent disclosures that Chu Hongbo the principal in Bai Shan Lin, acquired his Guyanese passport last year and now owns more than 50 percent of the company,Cheap Air Max 90 Men Shoes, has again raised questions.It has also been reported that Bai Shan Lin used a Guyanese to acquire and hold around 700,000 hectares until Chu Hongbo became a national of Guyana last year.With the delays of its wood processing operations, revelations that a Guyanese acquired the forestry concessions and the fact that Bai Shan Lin has gained a significant toehold in the gold mining sector,Cheap NFL Jerseys Supply, there has not been much word from Government as to how serious it is about value-added processing in Guyana.Last year, exported logs earned $24.4M compared to US$12.5M in 2013.Bai Shan Lin has been granted lands to build luxury homes at Providence as well as a mall.It has also been granted significant duty free concessions on executive SUVs,Sale NFL Jerseys, and other equipment as well as tax holidays on basis of being tax gifts.

A labourer known as ‘Buck’ was sentenced to two years in prison yesterday after he was convicted of breaking and entering a business place and stealing items worth $1.1 million.John Vieira, 33, of Middle Road La Penitence, between October 19 and October 22,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, broke into the business place of Rajeshwar Singh and stole six barrels, house curtains,NFL Jerseys From China, clothing,Cheap Air Max 90 Men Shoes, electrical appliances among others.Vieira, who pleaded guilty,Cheap NFL Jerseys China Stitched, told the court that the building had a hole and he crawled through the said hole to enter the building.“I take mug and ware bowl, and I only steal it to get money to feed my kids” Vieira said. In begging for leniency from the Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, Vieira told the court that he returned the items he took.Singh however told the court that Vieira broke the window of the building to get in.According to Police Prosecutor, Daneshwar Maindranauth, Singh had secured his place of business. When he returned he found his place had been broken into.He checked and noticed the articles mentioned were missing and immediately made a report to the police station. “Upon investigating the matter, the police contacted the accused and cautioned him. He admitted to the incident,wholesale nfl jerseys,” Maindranauth said.The accused took the police to his home where some of the items were recovered.

While there has been no recorded H1N1 (Swine Flu) deaths in Guyana so far, the country will have at least one death as a result of this virus.This is according to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, who at a press conference yesterday revealed that Guyana will not escape the pandemic without a death,Nike Air Vapor Max Flyknit Women, since it has happened in every country that has the virus.However, according to Minister Ramsammy, at this time, there might now be opportunities that Guyana will get to the stage where deaths from the virus will not occur but as of now, the prediction would be that there is bound to be a death.“So you shouldn’t think it would not happen and I want to make this quite clear that we would not hide that information from anybody…there is no reason to hide it…the best systems in the world have not been able to stop it,” Dr. Ramsammy explained.Three of the more advanced countries in the region of the Americas, (United States, Canada and Mexico) in terms of medicine and technology have had the most deaths.Dr Ramsammy urged persons to remain vigilant, since it mostly depends on individuals to abide by the rules and practice good hygiene. If this is done, then the probability of a H1N1 death will be reduced.Thus far, Guyana has 17 confirmed H1N1 cases, while nine have been referred for testing.The confirmed cases have occurred mostly to persons between the ages of 15 – 40. According to Minister Ramsammy, pregnant women are extremely vulnerable, as the worst prognosis has been among them.The elderly and young people with certain diseases are also at risk of getting the virus and succumbing to it eventually.While 200 million doses of the vaccine will be made available in the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) region,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, Minister Ramsammy revealed that approximately 400 million doses would be needed if the region would give two doses of the vaccine to its citizens.He added that the 200 million doses will only satisfy 50 per cent of the population in the region.If Guyana is to meet the level of immunisation that is going to cover most of the population, then approximately 500,000 doses of the vaccine would be needed.However, Guyana has only been able to obtain 240,000 doses.“We are still in negotiation for more, but what it means is that we will be identifying groups of persons to receive the vaccine.”Those who will be receiving the vaccine include children less than five years of age, pregnant women,cheap nfl jerseys, the elderly and persons with certain existing health conditions that will make them vulnerable.The Health Ministry is also considering targeting groups based on their occupation, such as health care providers, those employed at the airport and security personnel.At this time,Cheap NFL Jerseys Online, Guyana does not have the resources to vaccinate the entire population. If 500,000 people were to be vaccinated,Wholesale China Jerseys, it would cost the Ministry of Health another $800 million in procurement cost.“When we add other things, it will be over a billion dollars so unless we get help, we would not be able to vaccinate every citizen.” The Ministry of Health hopes to commence vaccination by November 15.(Fareeza Haniff)