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Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has made it clear that the PPP/C Administration will utilise revenue from the burgeoning oil and gas sector for capital investments in education, healthcare, infrastructure and other transformational projects.
The Vice President was speaking at the Albion Community Centre, Region Six, where some 268 contracts were signed to the tune of $6.8 billion for road works across the region.
VP Jagdeo said the APNU+AFC’s anti-development policies and lack of transformative initiatives resulted in economic hardships during its tenure.
However, he noted that the PPP/C Government reversed many of these measures and will continue to invest to improve the livelihood of all Guyanese.
The Vice President pointed out that, “Capital works means building for the future. It allows new industries to be developed. It allows the citizens to have greater access to better services, but that was not the objective [of APNU+AFC].
” So we made it clear that any oil money has to go towards capital expansion, roads, hospitals, schools, sea defences, eating industry, so we can diversify the economy and produce new jobs in the future. That is quite clear,” the VP added.
Further, Dr Jagdeo said while the government, since assuming office, was challenged by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and other external factors, a proactive approach is being taken to buffer the effects of the increased cost of living.
“We now have massive plans that we promised, we didn’t drop the plans because of COVID. We promised to cut electricity price by 50% in the five years. We are now moving forward with a power plant to do that… that would have stable electricity for the whole country at half the price. We then have enough power to put every street light that you want,” he highlighted.
Dr Jagdeo said the government has ensured the operationalisation of the Natural Resources Fund (NRF) to ensure the prudent and transparent utilisation of the oil funds.
The fund, unlike under the previous government, is now being managed by an independent board.
“The Minister of Finance does manage it. We put in place a board of directors to manage the fund. And the private sector has one representative on the board and the parliament has submitted a representative on the board. The opposition has a nominee now on the Oversight Committee to see that the money is spent properly.”
Reference was made to the part-time jobs initiative which is supplementing household income.
“So job creation was one of the things we campaigned on and that is why we’ve seen an upsurge in jobs now, since the last two years inspite of the COVID. Many countries have lost jobs, but we’ve had an upsurge and now we’ve had nearly 11,000 people working as part-time workers,” VP Jagdeo highlighted.
In the region alone some 4, 000 persons have been employed through the programme.
The return and increase of the ‘Because We Care’ education grant, when combined with the school uniform and supplies grant, sees each child in the public and private schools receiving $30,000.
“So that’s a transfer of $6.2 billion into the pockets of the children and their families. That was not there before. People sometimes don’t realise how much that costs. And when you look at public assistance, and public assistance and pension, every $1,000 increase in public assistance and pension is close to a billion US dollars. So we increased the old age pension by 40%. That’s about $1,000 and we said we’ll double it by the end of the term, but that really is equivalent to nearly $8 billion,” the VP related.
Dr Jagdeo said the government remains committed to its promises. He also addressed a number of concerns raised by the residents.
The Vice President was accompanied by Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall, Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy, and other regional officials.
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Region Six will benefit from $8.6 billion in road works, as 268 contracts were signed today at the Albion Community Centre to commence works.
Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo who led an outreach to the region said overall, some $20 billion will be expended on roads and bridges in the region.
The Vice President said one of the main demands throughout the country has been for better infrastructure.
He said the recent meeting held in the region has prompted an increased investment in community roads from $4 billion to $10 billion. It was also highlighted that the investment in the region is to compensate for the neglect the region has endured for five years under the previous administration.
“Today we are here now where over 200 more roads with about over 260 contracts will be awarded. So that will keep the promise that over 300 roads will be done this year,” Dr Jagdeo said.
“I said we had $4 billion in the budget for and that we would probably have to increase another $4 billion to get this done. Well it will be $10 billion that will be spent on community roads in this region,” he added.
The investment has been described as essential by the Vice President, who also made it clear that in the next budget, the government will continue to invest in the development of infrastructure in the region.
The Vice President also disclosed that $10 billion in contracts have been awarded to facilitate the widening of the main access road to four lanes. However, he said the government is still ironing out some kinks to make the transformation possible.
“We want a major four lane from Moleson all the way to New Amsterdam. So that is what we are now looking at but already contracts to the cost of $10 billion have been awarded to do 99 bridges on the main road to widen them. If we are going with the four lane, we probably have to amend those contracts to widen them even further so we can accommodate the entire four lane road,” the Vice President stated.
Contractors executing the works were issued a stern warning by the Vice President to not only complete the work in the stipulated time but also to produce quality work. This means, carefully following the scope of works as outlined in the contracts.
“If when we test that and we find that any one of those things are not met, you are not getting another contract.”
The regional leaders were also called upon to ensure that the people of the region get value for their money.
The Vice President is currently in the region on an outreach with several ministers of government.
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Debido al mal tiempo que se espera por el paso de la Tormenta Tropical Fioana sobre la Isla, el presidente de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR), Dr. Luis A. Ferrao, anunció la cancelación de las clases y labores administrativas de mañana sábado, 17 de septiembre de 2022.
“Los Comités de Emergencias en cada uno de los recintos y unidades del sistema universitario se mantienen activos por lo que deben tomar las medidas necesarias para salvaguardar el equipo y la propiedad institucional. Es de suma importancia que nos mantengamos atentos a los informes y boletines sobre la trayectoria de este fenómeno atmosférico”, expresó el presidente.
También exhortó a la comunidad universitaria a utilizar su buen juicio en cada situación salvaguardando su seguridad y la de sus familiares.
Para más información los estudiantes, personal docente y no-docente deberán mantenerse atentos a los medios de comunicación oficiales.
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Centro Nacional de Huracanes (CNH) en Miami informó en el boletín intermedio de las 2:00 de la tarde, que ubicó el centro de la tormenta tropical Fiona cerca de la latitud grados 16.2 Norte, longitud grados 60.3 Oeste.
Fiona está moviéndose hacia el oeste a cerca de 14 millas por hora (mph). Un movimiento hacia el oeste con una disminución en la velocidad de avance se espera hasta el domingo temprano, seguido de un giro hacia el oeste-noroeste y noroeste el domingo y el domingo por la noche.
En la trayectoria pronosticada, el centro de Fiona se espera que se mueva a través de las Islas de Sotavento esta noche, cerca o justo al sur de las Islas Vírgenes y Puerto Rico de sábado a domingo y acercarse a la costa sur de República Dominicana el domingo noche y madrugada del lunes.
Los vientos máximos sostenidos rondan las 50 mph con ráfagas más fuertes.
Se pronostica un fortalecimiento gradual durante los próximos días.
Los vientos con fuerza de tormenta tropical se extienden hacia afuera hasta 140 millas (220 km) desde el centro
La presión central mínima estimada es de 1005 mb (29,68 pulgadas).
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The SVG Meteorological Service says Tropical Depression seven has become tropical storm Fiona and is forecast to pass north of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The Met office says this storm will have no direct impact on SVG, but its presence and associated instability will influence the weather pattern across the islands during the next 3 days.
Model guidance indicates the highest chance of showers to be around Saturday, with a little over an inch is shown by Saturday night.
Today, skies will be partly cloudy, with light winds resulting in humid conditions and a chance of some localised showers as well as showers and thunderstorms in isolated places.
And by tomorrow, moisture would have increased over the islands and cloudy conditions are likely with a high chance of some scattered showers.
On Saturday, Met officials says scattered moderate showers and chance of isolated thunderstorms are forecast as a light southerly wind flow moves over the island chain.
Winds are forecast to blow from the east northeast at 10-20km/h, becoming southerly ,and could possibly become calm at times from around Friday.
Seas are forecast to be slight to moderate in open waters, with swells peaking at 1.0m on the western coast and 2.0m on the eastern coast. In addition, there will be no significant haze intrusion within this forecast period.
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Tyrese Gibson shares a video seemingly trolling his ex-wife and accusing her of lying during their divorce.
The Fast and Furious star is evidently not pleased with his ex-wife Samantha Lee as he shared a video calling her out for allegedly lying about him. On Thursday night, Tyrese posted a video of a woman slipping and falling on some rocks by the ocean side. The woman whose back is against the camera slides on the rocks and shoots into the ocean. It’s unclear if the video is of his ex-wife, but Tyrese posted a caption as he got some things off his chest.
“Samantha really thought she pulled it off,” he wrote. “God don’t like ugly. 15 blatant lies under penalty of perjury drug [sic] my name and reputation in the mud and drug an unexpected divorce into two years,” he wrote.
Tyrese is miffed at Samantha Lee-Gibson, who was recently granted $10,690 per month in child support. The two share a 3-year-old daughter, Soraya Lee and Samantha Lee had initially asked the court for $20,000, which Tyrese fought in court, calling it “unreasonably high.”
The judge had shut down Tyrese, who said he was not aware of how much money he made. The court ordered that the parents split childcare expenses 50/50 while Tyrese has to maintain a life insurance plan of $1.9 million for Soraya as the beneficiary and her mother as the trustee.
The judge had also chided Tyrese, who has had various social media meltdowns over the divorce, while Lee remained private.
“I want you both to love your kid, and I want you both to tell your kid to love the other parent because that’s how we get successful human beings,” the presiding judge said before alluding to winners in their divorce.
Gibson and Lee jointly announced their divorce in December 2020. They were married for almost four years. In court documents, Samantha Lee had accused Tyrese of locking her and their daughter out of the Georgia home that was their matrimonial home. Gibson has only said that the marriage has irretrievably broken down in her divorce petition, not giving much detail.
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Mayberry Investments Limited vice president of sales and client relations, Christine Benjamin, speaking at the recent launch of the Superstars of Port Antonio International Marlin Tournament 2022 at the Royal Jamaica Yacht Club in Kingston. (PHOTO: Contributed).
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Mayberry Investments Limited (MIL) has once again displayed its commitment to the development of sports in Jamaica.
The brokerage firm in alliance with Superstars of Port Antonio (SOPA), has reignited the flames of the SOPA International Marlin Tournament 2022, which will commence on Tuesday, September 27, and will come to a halt on Saturday, October 1.
Mayberry has thrown its ‘line out’ as title sponsor for the exciting tournament, at the launch event at the Royal Jamaica Yacht Club in Kingston recently.
Mayberry is anticipating another successful tournament set to take place at the Errol Flynn Marina located in Port Antonio, Portland.
Christine Benjamin, vice president of sales and client relations at Mayberry, spoke highly of the event, saying that Mayberry was elated to be back onboard the prestigious tournament.
“Our partnership is a commitment to sport and nation-building. Anglers have widely acknowledged the tournament as having the highest marlin catch rate per boat compared to any other event on the island. The prominence and value of this sporting event and the lives it impacts is tremendous. We are elated to be on the journey to grow sport fishing in Jamaica,” Benjamin said.
The people of Portland are set to benefit considerably from the staging of the event as they will get an opportunity to earn. Bobby Stewart, chief executive officer of the Port Antonio Superstars Blue Marlin Tournament, is happy to see the event back after the COVID-19 lockdowns.
“I am anticipating a rather good and exciting tournament and I’m looking forward to some marvellous catch. It will be great for the people of Portland. We should have three wonderful gruelling days of friendly rivalry,” Stewart asserted.
Anglers will be vying for the top prize of US$100,000 along with varied sectional prizes.
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Sagicor Group Jamaica has announced changes to its senior management structure.
Chris Zacca, President and CEO of Sagicor Group Jamaica said, “These changes are designed to effect greater efficiencies, streamline and strengthen our operations and transform our business with an ultimate goal of deepening our focus on our clients, and the development of our people.
Three key executives of Sagicor have been promoted to have oversight over key areas in the Insurance, Technology and Shared Services areas of the Group.
Mark Chisholm, former Executive Vice President for the Individual Life Division will become Chief Revenue Officer, Insurance.
Willard Brown former head of the Employee Benefits Division is now Chief Technology and Insurance Operations Officer.
Karl Williams, former Senior Vice President Human Resources & Corporate Services will be promoted to Executive Vice President – Shared Services.
A new position has also been added to the organizational chart given the critical importance of digitalization to the Sagicor Group.
The role of Senior Vice President, Group Technology & Sagicor Life Operations, will be filled by Howard Gordon.
Gordon, the former Senior General Manager – Operations and Technology at National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited possesses a wealth of experience in auditing, risk management, operational management, business process re-engineering and productivity management as well as a working knowledge of information systems.
“These changes will allow us to put our clients first, grow revenue faster and be more flexible as we work to make Sagicor better equipped to innovate as fast as our clients and our industry requires,” said Zacca.
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