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Kaieteur News
Saturday December 20, 2014
NIP leader predicts March More males graduate from CPCE... announcement for general elections In a statement released to the media, Leader of the National Independence Party (NIP), Saphier Husain Subedar has predicted that President Donald Ramotar will set a date for the 2015 General and Regional Elections between March 15 and 30. The statement comes after Subedar met with members of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) this past Wednesday at their Kingston Office on High Street, Georgetown, to formally register to contest in the upcoming elections. Husain’s prediction prefaces that the President will dissolve Parliament in the
early part of January 2015, in preparation for the impending General Elections. The Attorney-at-Law stated that this would be in accordance with Article 61 of the Constitution which stipulates that elections must be held within 90 days of dissolution. As such the NIP leader is preparing to enter the 2015 electoral race, as the party’s application has been accepted by GECOM’s Chairman, Dr. Steve Surujbally. In the media statement the leader of the party, also indicated to the GECOM Chairman that his party’s symbol will officially be a “tiger”, and they have begun campaigning.
Saphier Husain Subedar
Rainwater harvesting can secure... From page 19 municipal supplies, and as a readily accessible emergency source of water in case of natural disasters like hurricanes and floods, which may disrupt access to the main municipal water supply. Rainwater harvesting is seen as one of the means of building climate resilience into the water sector in the Caribbean. The organization recognises the potential impact of climate change on water resources, and aims to promote water security and climate resilience in Caribbean states as a key part of sustainable regional and national de-
velopment for economic growth and human security. In the face of concerns about climate change and water scarcity, rainwater harvesting could be set to make a comeback in the Caribbean, becoming a formal part of the region's strategic planning. The GWP-C's Water, Climate and Development Programme (WACDEP) recognises rainwater harvesting as one of the possible approaches to securing the region's water supplies. “Rainwater harvesting is one of the important tools to ensure resilience in Caribbean water supplies, in particular to
augment existing municipal water supplies.” Dr. Boodram underscored. It was noted within the workshop that some of the Caribbean's water scarce countries have made significant investments in desalination plants which convert seawater to fresh water. However, desalination comes at a significant cost due to the high energy inputs needed and desalination plants remain vulnerable to disruption during times of disaster. It is important to build redundancy into Caribbean water supplies by ensuring access to multiple sources of water if one supply is disrupted. Thus, if desalination is used at a national level, rainwater can provide an additional, alternative and emergency supply at the household level.
From page 23 who gained at least 80 per cent overall but were not awarded the Level of Distinction because they did not achieve the Teaching Practice criteria. Among the listed in this regard were: Arianna Ally, Sobrena Persaud, Lydia Huggins, Eric Seenarine, Gopaul Pirmal, Olinsey Long, Muneshwar Baskaran, Ravindra Singh, Binawattie Dasrat, Lois Benjamin and Floyd Rodrigues. Rowe in continuing her deliberations on the students’ performance disclosed that among those who specialised in Secondary Education, 23 per cent were trained in Mathematics, representing the highest number of students trained in this regard. This was followed by English with 19 per cent, Business Studies with 16 per cent, Science with 15 per cent
and Social Studies and Agricultural Science each with 11 per cent. Home Economics recorded three per cent and Industrial Technology and Spanish one per cent each. According to the Principal, an expansion programme which was reintroduced at the College in the last academic year was designed to foster notable increases in the number of trained teachers in some regions. And based on the result, 91 per cent of the students pursued the ADE programme allowing for: Region Nine – one per cent; Region Seven – three per cent; Region Six - 23 per cent; Region Five - 11 per cent; Region Four - 22 per cent; Region Three - 12 per cent; Region Two - 16 per cent; Region one – one per cent. In the Certificate programme, Regions Three, Four and Six recorded 22 per
cent each, Region 10 – 16 per cent, Region Two – nine per cent and Regions One, Five and Nine gained three per cent each. Rowe however, acknowledged at the graduation ceremony that “the quantity/quality issue has not eluded us.” The top overall performing student was Duviena Badray. She was able to outperform 358 of her colleagues in order to be duly rewarded with the Prime Minister’s Prize as the Best Overall Graduating Student. She also coveted the Vice Principal’s (Development) Prize for being the Best Overall Graduating Student in the Distance Education Primary Programme and the Chief Education Officer’s Prize for being the Best Overall Graduating Student in the Distance Education Programme in Teaching Practice.
From page 16 was living with her mother but when the elderly woman passed away in January last, she built a house next to where her mother's house was situated. “I got money from my child father and I built the house so that we can be comfortable. Only two months ago we moved in. The house aint even complete yet,” the mother of two said. She continued, “A woman from overseas owns a lot at the back of me. Since I live there I only notice bush. That woman never came here but she heard the place develop and now she wants to come and build and she wants me to move because she wants to build her driveway where I
live so she got her relative who is an official in the NDC to break my place.” An upset Deen related that more than 100 houses are on the reserve but the NDC workers only dismantled hers. “They didn't only break my house, they fetch away everything. They fetch my clothes, my pot, my stove, my wardrobe and everything I had inside,” the woman said. “This is unbelievable. I prepared for Christmas. It would have been our first Christmas in that house and look what they
did. Now me and my children don't have anywhere to stay.” Anand Deen, the woman's brother alleges that the NDC workers threw away the food his sister was cooking and took the pot with them. “I was hungry and they threw away the food and when I asked them why they throwing away the food, they took me to Parika Police Station and had me sitting there.” Kavita Deen is calling on the government to intervene and assist her since she is now without a home.
From page 12 Cabinet have facilitated an environment which allows for industrial scale corruption. He said, however, that the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, is not to be blamed entirely for his brazen financial improprieties. The
politician argued that most of the blame falls squarely at the President’s feet. Harmon said that the President is directly responsible in this regard for Dr. Singh continuing to go unpunished for his financial lawlessness.
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