– say ‘illegal’ vendors paying? a pittance ?Several store owners on Regent Street are complaining of paying heavy sanitation fees to vend on the pavements for the Christmas season, while “illegal” vendors are asked to pay less.When the Kaieteur News visited the commercial hub this weekend, store owners griped bitterly about having to pay out $2500 daily to the Georgetown Mayor and City Council for vending on the pavements, while itinerant vendors are being asked to pay a small fee of $1000 per week.“This is unfair to us because these people are vending illegally and they are being asked to pay less while we suffer the brunt of the fees. The other thing is that they [Council workers] come early in the morning to collect the money and business does pick up until later in the day,” one businessman said.He questioned whether the collection of the fees was lawful and why the itinerant vendors were not being asked to move their products, since they were selling there “illegally”.Vending on Regent Street“I can’t understand how one time they against the people vending there illegally and now they endorsing the illegality by collecting the money from them to continue selling. It is already unfair that we have to compete with them selling in front of our stores,Cheap NFL Authentic Jerseys, that we are paying taxes for, but to allow them to pay a smaller fee than us, that is ridiculous!”One businesswoman stated that she already has to pay extra staff and since business was slow this season, it was hard on her to find that sanitation fee every day to give to the Council.“Early in the morning they coming and stretching their hand for the money and we have to give them because they told us if we don’t want to pay then we should pack our goods and go,Cheap NFL Jerseys,” she cried. She said it was unjust for herself and other businesspersons to be paying such a high fee when the ‘illegal’ vendors are required to pay less.Sellers, who were considered as the “illegal vendors,Jerseys Wholesale,” stated that they are happy that they do not have to pay high fees to vend on the pavement.“Our business is already small and we are just here to hustle a small piece for the holidays so the thousand dollar is a blessing for us,Stitched Jerseys,” one vendor, Denise Bradshaw said.Another vendor indicated that the usual yearly fee was $500 per day and she was shocked by the decrease. “So we glad for this cut,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys,” he said.Several other vendors, however,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, stated that they were not asked to pay any money to the Council.Kaieteur News tried several times to contact Town Clerk Royston King for a comment on the issue but all proved futile. Yesterday Mayor Hamilton Green, when contacted for a comment also, stated that the matter was an issue for King. However, he did indicate that the ‘squatting’ vendors were “itinerants” while the store owners were permanent.

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Efforts are in the pipelines to have local nursing schools, primarily the Georgetown School of Nursing, brought on par with other nursing schools in the Caribbean, a process which is expected to garner much assistance from the Ministry of Health.Acting Principal Nursing Tutor of the nursing school, Ms Pearl Munroe,Jerseys Wholesale, made this disclosure at last Thursday’s 26th Nurses’ Graduation Ceremony held at the National Cultural Centre.According to Ms Munroe, the School of Nursing had undergone an internal accreditation review by the General Nursing Council (GNC) of Guyana, the body responsible for nursing standards.And in 2004, the GNC had submitted its report on the successful accomplishment of the three main nursing schools of Guyana — the Georgetown School of Nursing,Discount NFL Jerseys, the New Amsterdam School of Nursing and the Charles Rosa School of Nursing.Munroe said that included in the report were ways in which the schools could use data to determine the outcome and make changes in the training programme, and how to utilise the nursing standards for programme effectiveness.And there was no hesitation on the part of faculty members with the collaboration with the GNC, Munroe said.She added that plans were swiftly engaged to streamline an external accreditation process.However, that process was stalled,Supply Cheap Jerseys, she noted, since it was confronted with some real problems, which were brought to the attention of the Ministry of Health to no avail.At the moment, though, the school is enrolled with the National Accreditation Council at the Ministry of Education.The nursing schools, Ms Munroe said, have since benefited from an initial workshop in 2006.This workshop has served to sensitise stakeholders of roles and functions; helped with the formulation of criteria; and helped acquaint members with worldwide trends in quality assurance, among other objectives.It was, however, emphasised that accreditation is a stamp of approval, Munroe said.She noted that,Discount NFL Jerseys, with such a system in place,Cheap Jerseys China, it signals to the public that nursing students are equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to meet their health care needs; assures employers that graduates have met internationally acceptable standards of excellence; and ensures that the education institution is structured and managed efficiently and in accordance with its mission.Ms Munroe said that graduates could also find it easier to advance their education to a Master’s degree level after graduating from a nursing school that is accredited.She said it is hoped that, with the help of the Health Ministry, an earnest exercise will commence to bring the local nursing school on par with others in regional territories.A total of 175 nursing students who had participated in programmes that included professional nursing, post basic midwifery, single train midwifery and nursing assistants, graduated at the recently held graduation ceremony.The overall pass rate was an average of over 90 per cent, and 18 graduates were awarded for outstanding performances.According to Director of Health Sciences Education,Wholesale Jerseys, Mr Noel Holder, some of the graduates will now become eligible to pursue the Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Public Health at the University of Guyana.