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Addressing the Annual Officers’ Conference of the GDF at State House today, President David Granger said that the Defence Force today β€œis fit for role”.

An excerpt of the President’s address follows:

The Defence Force has effected organisational change in order to better identify and deter threats to territorial integrity and the national patrimony. The past five years have witnessed the Force’s regularization, reorganization and recapitalization.

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VishMahabir posted:

Addressing the Annual Officers’ Conference of the GDF at State House today, President David Granger said that the Defence Force today β€œis fit for role”.

 

An excerpt of the President’s address follows:

 

The Defence Force has effected organisational change in order to better identify and deter threats to territorial integrity and the national patrimony. The past five years have witnessed the Force’s regularization, reorganization and recapitalization.

 

Are you sure this is today???!!

Bibi Haniffa

GDF needs patrol vessels, helicopters for oil sector

 

Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Patrick West addressing the opening of the 2020 Annual Officers Conference at Baridi Benab, State House.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is asking for money to buy helicopters and boats to meet the challenges of an oil and gas state, even as President David Granger says the country’s oil-rich maritime zone faces a serious threat.

β€œAs the force continues this transformative process, ocean patrol vessels for the coast guard are necessary, helicopters for the air corps and more off-road vehicles are also necessary to ensure that as a force we have the capabilities that are required to support an emerging oil industry,” Chief of Staff of the GDF Brigadier Patrick West said at the opening of the 2020 Annual Officers’ Conference.

GDF’s lone functioning civilian model helicopter is not authorised for routine night flights or to conduct major search and rescue operations. The GDFS Essequibo, once the GDF’s flagship coast guard vessel, is facing serious technical problems. The other marine craft cannot conduct long-range patrols or respond to armed conflict.

He promised that the GDF would take all steps to respond to security issues related to the oil and gas sector. β€œNow that the country is an oil-producing nation, the force must be better poised to handle some of the challenges that will arise and will do its best to maintain safety and security in this changing environment,” Brigadier West s said.

Brigadier West says the army is better in 2019 than in previous years, but there is a need for more investments in education, equipment and incentives in order to position the GDF to perform better in 2020.

GDF Officers at the opening of the 2020 Annual Officers Conference at Baridi Benab, State House.

The Chief of Staff made the remarks in the presence of, among others, President Granger who told the opening of the 2020 Officers Conference that the GDF has a major role to play in confronting the threat of scaring away investors from Guyana’s oil-rich maritime zone. β€œThe interruption of economic activity in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) has been a grave threat in the recent past. The country’s maritime zone now is the scene of a surge of economic activity; petroleum production has commenced and exploration is continuing. The EEZ must be protected from illegal incursions aimed at the intimidation of investors or interference with production,” Granger said.

Another of the four β€œformidable threats” facing Guyana, according to President Granger, are criminal threats to fisherfolk whose sector contributes to the national economy and food security. β€œThe country’s fishing grounds, and those who are employed in it, must be protected,” he added.

Granger said illegal miners from other states have entered our territory, occasionally, to exploit Guyana’s mineral resources β€œunlawfully and steal our wildlife,”occurrences he wants the GDF to help stamp out. β€œIncursions into our territory by illegal miners and wildlife raiders must be resisted in order to protect our natural resources. Criminal gangs, known as β€˜sindicatos’, have been known to invade mining camps, blockade rivers and commit murders. The country’s frontier communities and their residents are vulnerable to attacks from these armed gangs,’ he said.

Natural hazards such as floods and drought which inflict destruction, distress and death, the President said, are the fourth threat facing Guyana. β€œNatural hazards can degrade our natural capital and result in the costly damage to the environment and public property. Both the coastland and hinterland have been affected,” he added.

https://demerarawaves.com/2020...ters-for-oil-sector/

FM
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Django posted:

Vishmahabir ,please provide the Source for the excerpt .

Sorry....its already posted above...and below (pix excluded)

GDF needs patrol vessels, helicopters for oil sector

 

Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Patrick West addressing the opening of the 2020 Annual Officers Conference at Baridi Benab, State House.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is asking for money to buy helicopters and boats to meet the challenges of an oil and gas state, even as President David Granger says the country’s oil-rich maritime zone faces a serious threat.

β€œAs the force continues this transformative process, ocean patrol vessels for the coast guard are necessary, helicopters for the air corps and more off-road vehicles are also necessary to ensure that as a force we have the capabilities that are required to support an emerging oil industry,” Chief of Staff of the GDF Brigadier Patrick West said at the opening of the 2020 Annual Officers’ Conference.

GDF’s lone functioning civilian model helicopter is not authorised for routine night flights or to conduct major search and rescue operations. The GDFS Essequibo, once the GDF’s flagship coast guard vessel, is facing serious technical problems. The other marine craft cannot conduct long-range patrols or respond to armed conflict.

He promised that the GDF would take all steps to respond to security issues related to the oil and gas sector. β€œNow that the country is an oil-producing nation, the force must be better poised to handle some of the challenges that will arise and will do its best to maintain safety and security in this changing environment,” Brigadier West s said.

Brigadier West says the army is better in 2019 than in previous years, but there is a need for more investments in education, equipment and incentives in order to position the GDF to perform better in 2020.

GDF Officers at the opening of the 2020 Annual Officers Conference at Baridi Benab, State House.

The Chief of Staff made the remarks in the presence of, among others, President Granger who told the opening of the 2020 Officers Conference that the GDF has a major role to play in confronting the threat of scaring away investors from Guyana’s oil-rich maritime zone. β€œThe interruption of economic activity in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) has been a grave threat in the recent past. The country’s maritime zone now is the scene of a surge of economic activity; petroleum production has commenced and exploration is continuing. The EEZ must be protected from illegal incursions aimed at the intimidation of investors or interference with production,” Granger said.

Another of the four β€œformidable threats” facing Guyana, according to President Granger, are criminal threats to fisherfolk whose sector contributes to the national economy and food security. β€œThe country’s fishing grounds, and those who are employed in it, must be protected,” he added.

Granger said illegal miners from other states have entered our territory, occasionally, to exploit Guyana’s mineral resources β€œunlawfully and steal our wildlife,”occurrences he wants the GDF to help stamp out. β€œIncursions into our territory by illegal miners and wildlife raiders must be resisted in order to protect our natural resources. Criminal gangs, known as β€˜sindicatos’, have been known to invade mining camps, blockade rivers and commit murders. The country’s frontier communities and their residents are vulnerable to attacks from these armed gangs,’ he said.

Natural hazards such as floods and drought which inflict destruction, distress and death, the President said, are the fourth threat facing Guyana. β€œNatural hazards can degrade our natural capital and result in the costly damage to the environment and public property. Both the coastland and hinterland have been affected,” he added.

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Ray posted:

hey...who changed Vish headline

the man right...all them people in the picture most likely will vote PNC...he was giving an opinion with a picture...

DJ, don't let them chap this push yuh round...let me know which one giving you a hard time...I'll send him/her to the pen

Let them stay , i am known to handle them appropriately.

Look how Dave ,the new-be ,running after Django ,the same was done to you.

Django
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Django posted:
Ray posted:

hey...who changed Vish headline

the man right...all them people in the picture most likely will vote PNC...he was giving an opinion with a picture...

DJ, don't let them chap this push yuh round...let me know which one giving you a hard time...I'll send him/her to the pen

Let them stay , i am known to handle them appropriately.

Look how Dave ,running after Django ,the same was done to you.

Django, as a friend, I can see these guys jerking your string, irritate and aggravate you. Laugh it off man!! Come on.

FM
skeldon_man posted:
Django posted:
Ray posted:

hey...who changed Vish headline

the man right...all them people in the picture most likely will vote PNC...he was giving an opinion with a picture...

DJ, don't let them chap this push yuh round...let me know which one giving you a hard time...I'll send him/her to the pen

Let them stay , i am known to handle them appropriately.

Look how Dave ,running after Django ,the same was done to you.

Django, as a friend, I can see these guys jerking your string, irritate and aggravate you. Laugh it off man!! Come on.

You know i am cool !!!

Django
Django posted:
skeldon_man posted:
Django posted:
Ray posted:

hey...who changed Vish headline

the man right...all them people in the picture most likely will vote PNC...he was giving an opinion with a picture...

DJ, don't let them chap this push yuh round...let me know which one giving you a hard time...I'll send him/her to the pen

Let them stay , i am known to handle them appropriately.

Look how Dave ,running after Django ,the same was done to you.

Django, as a friend, I can see these guys jerking your string, irritate and aggravate you. Laugh it off man!! Come on.

You know i am cool !!!

We gon know how cool u is when pressure brace yuh rass.

Sheik101
Sheik101 posted:
Django posted:
skeldon_man posted:
Django posted:
Ray posted:

hey...who changed Vish headline

the man right...all them people in the picture most likely will vote PNC...he was giving an opinion with a picture...

DJ, don't let them chap this push yuh round...let me know which one giving you a hard time...I'll send him/her to the pen

Let them stay , i am known to handle them appropriately.

Look how Dave ,running after Django ,the same was done to you.

Django, as a friend, I can see these guys jerking your string, irritate and aggravate you. Laugh it off man!! Come on.

You know i am cool !!!

We gon know how cool u is when pressure brace yuh rass.

Will give some responsibilities ,to some posters ,who are willing to assist.

Anyway i can handle pressures ...experienced a lot during the course of life.

Django
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@Former Member posted:

  They collect a paycheck and eat free food and liquor and provide no added value to the nation's tax payers. The GDF are useless as we see them have no effect on robbery on land or at sea. The venozs criminals continue to rob and kill miners while these sweet skinned leeches duck for cover.

Dem boys waiting for you to come out from hiding.

Mitwah

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