The case of the poisoning of a Mahaica family took an interesting twist yesterday withThe mother, Nandranie Sukdeo at the GPHCpolice focusing their attention on a family member,wholesale nfl jerseys, who has reportedly claimed responsibility.Kaieteur News understands that a 14-year-old girl has confessed to lacing a pot of hassar curry with a potentially deadly dose of monocrotophos.Police have confirmed that they are questioning a teenage relative who is now in custody at the Cove and John Police Station.On Thursday last, five family members were rushed to the Mahaicony Hospital after they had eaten hassar curry. They were then transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where two are still critical and are in the Incentive Care and the High-Dependency-Units.Critical are Chaitram Dharamdat, 17, and his father Sukdeo, 48,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys, while Nandranie Sukdeo, 38, and her two daughters, Hemwanttie, 17,Cheap NFL Jerseys, and Muneshwari,Wholesale Jerseys, 13, were intubated in the Female Surgical Ward.Dharamdat’s eldest son,China Jerseys Cheap, Eshwardat, 19, who was not at home when his family ate the hassar curry, told this publication that Thursday’s poisoning of his family was not the first but was indeed, the worst.Eshwardat explained that last year August, someone poisoned his father’s food and a report was made at the Mahaica Station. That matter came to an end without any arrests.He added that earlier last week someone again poisoned his father’s food and they thought it was their neighbours since they had some “personal problems”. They believed that the source of the poison was the vegetables grown in the yard.“Although, he was poisoned two times nothing happened but now he is in hospital,” the eldest17-year-old Hemwanttieson explained.While relatives believed the act of poisoning was done by neighbours, Eshwardat said that he had always suspected his younger sister who was involved in a relationship with a 19-year-old boy.“Everybody who went home eat the food but she (didn’t) eat it,” the brother stated.Kaieteur News understands that the teenager’s intimate relationship with the 19-year-old had angered her family and moves were made to stop her from attending school.According to the teenager’s aunt, Sherly, the teen had moved out from her parent’s home after they had stopped her from going to school and had lived by her for at least five months.“I recently put her out because I hear a day she did take home the boy by me when I went out,” the aunt stated.The teen eventually moved back home and according to the brother, she had continuously tried to harm his father.“I believe is dah same boy tell she wah fah do,” the brother lamented.While relatives yesterday gathered at the GPHC,Cheap Jerseys, the teenager, however explained to the police that after her mother had finished cooking the hassar curry, she laced the curry with her father’s poison which he use to control pests.Up to press time the teen’s mother kept refuting reports that her daughter had poisoned13-year-old Muneshwarithem. (Romila Boodram)

Residents of an East Coast Demerara community sprang into action last evening when a blaze erupted at an elderly couple’s home.Ivan Kalistro, 71, and his 53-year-old wife, Nafeeza Hassan, of Lot 11 Bladen Hall, East Coast Demerara, narrowly avoided injury after the fire erupted in the bottom flat of their house last evening around 19:15 hours and quickly engulfed the entire residence.Alarmed by heavy smoke and the sight of flames, neighbours rushed out with their buckets and quickly formed a bucket brigade to save the couple’s home.However, the 25-man team only managed to save the neighbouring store. When Kaieteur News arrived on the scene, scores of residents had lined the streets, trying to make sense of what had occurred.In the midst of the confusion,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, Kaieteur News found the elderly man sitting in a neighbour’s yard. Kalistro had burns on his back; his head had a bloody gash. Slurring, the 71-year-old man said that he and his wife were in their bedroom, conversing, when they noticed the fire.“We don’t have electricity; we use a lamp so we were in the bedroom gaffing and suddenly I see a flame in the house. It’s an old house,” related the elderly man. He said at the time they were lying on their bed located at the bottom flat of the building and the lamp was on a table in the bedroom.His wife had reportedly claimed, however,NFL Jerseys Supply, that they were in the living room relaxing but the man insisted that he was lying on the bed while his wife was attempting to sweep the dust from the bed.The 71-year-old man explained, too, that he and his wife had been imbibing earlier. “We had lil ‘tups’. We does take one-one tups you know. We were in bed lying down, gaffin’ about old time stories and thing,Wholesale NFL Jerseys,” he said.The old man made it clear that at the time of the fire, they had stopped drinking.Though he could not ascertain whether the lamp had been the source of the fire, he said the flame spread fast and he and his wife ran to safety after their attempt to quell the fire with a bowl of water failed.The elderly man told Kaieteur News that he fell at the gate, while running to safety. He was at a loss as to what could have possibly caused the fire that destroyed the house in which they had been living for the past 30 years.Meanwhile, the couple’s neighbour,NFL Jerseys From China, Fazal Nageer, 49,Wholesale Jerseys USA, was thankful that the fire had not spread. Nageer, the owner of Bobby’s General Store located next door to the couple, has been operating his business there for the past 20 years.He said that when he returned from Masjid,NFL Jerseys Cheap, he learnt that a blaze had erupted at his neighbour’s home located at the eastern side of his store.Residents who spoke to Kaieteur News were thankful for the response by the Guyana Fire Service, though they claimed that it was the bucket brigade that they formed which prevented the fire from spreading to the nearby store.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) has come out in support of the senior managers of the New BuildingAFC Executive Member, Gerhard RamsaroopSociety (NBS) who were recently acquitted of charges of conspiracy to defraud.In June 2007, the then Director/Secretary/CEO, Maurice Arjoon; Operations Manager, Kent Vincent and Mortgage Manager, Kissoon Baldeo were charged.According to AFC Executive Member,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Gerhard Ramsaroop, it is almost five years and the three accused have not been paid monies due, including the pension for the CEO, to which he has contributed for 30 years. It is therefore evident that an investigation is urgently needed.He explained that the party is of the firm view that it should not live in a country where laws are blatantly broken and the victim must resort to the courts to prove his/her innocence, which can then take years.“Staff, in support of the three men, soon after signed a petition confirming that the following day the Chairman of NBS said to them, ‘I know that none of these gentlemen did not benefit from a penny; I looked at the Principles of Accounts (POA) and having 41yrs of service,Authentic Jerseys China, I could not detect that it was fake. Up to now the police don’t know nor do we know if this document was forged. We know that they are innocent but the matter is now in court so we have to wait’,” Ramsaroop said.He explained that the NBS Board of Directors did not wait, and the services of the three officers were terminated shortly after. Further, despite the statement by the Chairman, Directors of NBS later held press conferences implying the guilt of these men,Cheap NHL Adidas Jerseys, with one even stating “the Perpetrators were handed over to the Police.”Ramsaroop said, former Director David Yhann, publicly confirmed that at no time did the NBS Board contemplate that the three men were criminally or otherwise involved in the fraudulent withdrawal of funds from a member’s account.He explained that the AFC has noted that soon after the men were charged,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, they wrote to the Minister of Finance, Attorney General and Cabinet Secretary to have the matter investigated, with information provided on how their innocence can be proven.“We have been informed also that the Bank of Guyana and the External Auditors of NBS may have conducted investigations indicating that the three men were innocent,Calvin Ridley Jersey,” Ramsaroop told members of the media recently.In 2008 two Directors, Leon Rockcliffe and David Yhann, wrote to the media reaffirming their resignations and their wish not to be associated with NBS board decisions, which they felt could cause harm to the good name and reputation of the NBS.“They asked that their resignations should also be seen as a protest against the direction in which some Directors appear bent on taking the New Building Society, one which they feel will ultimately not serve the best interests of the members and Guyana as a whole.”In July 2010,China Jerseys, Amendments to the NBS Act was forced through the National Assembly, changing the maximum 100 members ( required to apply to the Minister to inspect the books and examine into and report on the affairs of the NBS if they felt it was necessary) to approximately 10,000, a virtually impossible feat. The AFCs Khemraj Ramjattan had felt that the Bill was aimed at “empowering and entrenching” the board members who were close friends of the administration. He had noted that while the AFC supported a majority of the proposed amendments, there were some which were a “degradation of good governance” and were aimed at “outfoxing” certain persons. He said too that this did not reflect transparency.

Vehicle owners not living in the city and fearing long lines at the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) now have the option of using the out-of-town offices to conduct business.Motor vehicle owners within Georgetown and its environs will continue to access motor vehicle related services at the GRA’s headquarters at Camp Street.According to GRA,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, effective immediately,cheap nfl jerseys, all its Regional Integrated Tax Offices will start offering examinations of vehicles for purposes of registration,China NFL Jerseys, transfers, change of use, colour, change of registration and duplicate registration.“Other services that would be offered include issuance of Motor Vehicle Licences for Yellow Cabs and enclosed goods vehicles. Motor vehicles owners within Georgetown and its environs will continue to access these services at the GRA Headquarters at 200-201 Camp Street,” the authority said yesterday.The offices include Linden in Region 10; Corriverton and New Amsterdam in Region Six; Parika in Region Three; Lethem in Region Nine; Bartica in Region Seven and Anna Regina, Region Two.According to GRA,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, the measures were introduced in the “interest of providing convenience for the public in the processing of motor vehicle related transactions…”Commissioner-General Khurshid Sattaur said that motor vehicle owners within Georgetown and its environs will continue to access these services at the GRA’s headquarters at Camp Street.“There has been notable improvement in the time taken for persons to renew their Motor Vehicle Licences and to conduct other business with the agency following the consolidation of all of GRA’s Georgetown operations; and the agency is anticipating a similar customer service experience in the regions.”Several of GRA’s offices,Authentic NFL Jerseys Wholesale, including Customs, Licence Revenue Office and its administrative arm were moved to the Camp Street building which was once owned by CLICO. That building was later transferred to the National Insurance Scheme, which is renting the building to GRA.The consolidation of the GRA offices was done to reduce overhead costs, Government had said.Up to recently, the Camp Street headquarters was processing the registration of vehicles,NFL Jerseys China, with examinations continuing to take place at the Smyth Street office where the Licence Revenue Office was housed until earlier this year.

Popular businessman and proposed house developer,Discount NFL Jerseys, Fazil Ramzan, who appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive- Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, last,? charged with four counts of obtaining money by false pretence, was again in court yesterday to answer four similar charges, this time before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.The 61-year-old,Cheap NHL Jerseys China, who owns the popular claybrick factory located at Canal No.2 Polder, was slapped with four new counts of obtaining money by false pretence.Ramzan is accused of obtaining $3M from George Grant between September 1, 2008 and April 17, 2009, with the intent of defrauding Grant.Another charge stated that on April 29, 2010, Ramzan allegedly acquired $600,000 form Joyce Persaud, with the intent to defraud.The penultimate charged read to the accused stated that between March 1, 2008 and March 31, 2008,NFL Jerseys Supply, he obtained $425,600 for Antoinette Louis, also with fraudulent intent.The fourth charge read to Ramzan accused him of obtaining $830,000 from Kean Mayers between January 12,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, 2009 and April 20, 2009.All the charges brought against the businessman again came out of an agreement of which he was supposed to build and make available homes for the victims at Sara Johanna,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, East Bank Demerara. He was expected to have these homes available within a six-month period. All charges against Ramzan were indictable and he was not required to plead.In a bail application, attorney at law Sase Gunraj told the magistrate that his client is not a flight risk and he had made arrangements to compensate some of the victims by having their monies refunded or by delivering the houses,Wholesale Basketball Jerseys, Gunraj also told the court that his client cannot do the transactions if he remains in police custody. He also told the court that his client is gravely ill.Police Prosecutor Venetta Pindar objected to bail, again stating that more charges of a similar nature are expected to be brought against Ramzan.Ramzan was then remanded to prison and is expected to make his next court appearance on May 31.

By Sharmain GraingerFinancing the delivery of health care within the public health sector has attracted $23.2 billion or 10.5 percent of the 2015 national budget.? This announcement was yesterday made by Minister of Finance, Mr Winston Jordan, when he presented a $221 billion budget to the National Assembly.Last year’s $220 billion budget saw 21.5 billion being allocated to the health sector.With a focus on ‘Universal Health Coverage for the Wellness of the Nation’, Minister Jordan stressed that the allocation for the health sector is one that reflects that “our Government is unwavering in its commitment to ensuring that the people of Guyana are among the healthiest in the Caribbean and the Americas.”He informed that a life cycle approach to addressing the health of men, women and children will in fact serve to guide Government’s strategic and programmatic focus in the sector.The Minister, moreover, spoke of plans to have the public health infrastructure and delivery systems be remodelled to focus on prevention and promotion of wellness for the population with a view of achieving and maintaining a good life.He continued by informing that Government will seek to invest significantly in the health of people to realise the successful implementation of Health Vision 2020.In fact he disclosed that “strategic plans for programmatic areas within the health sector will inform our actions over the next five years and emphasis will be placed on reducing health inequalities, expanding of primary health care, arresting non-communicable diseases (NCDs),Cheap Jerseys Online, eliminating maternal and infant mortality and providing universal health coverage.”EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHAs part of Government’s effort to improve the health care, Minister Jordan conveyed that the Presidential Commission on the Prevention and Control of NCDs will be reinvigorated with a revised terms of reference and newly-appointed commissioners who will advance the national focus on addressing NCDs in a more comprehensive and equitable manner across the geographic expanse of the country.To this end, the Minister disclosed that $81.2 million has been budgeted for the execution of the STEP-wise Approach to Chronic Disease Risk Factor Surveillance (STEPS) survey which will collect, analyse and disseminate data related to chronic diseases risk factors. This tactic, according to the Minister,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, is to understandably cater to a more evidence-based approach.“I wish to charge all Guyanese to adopt more active and healthy lifestyles that will contribute significantly to their own health and wellness,” said the Minister, as he shared the notion that no woman should die during childbirth. In fact, he emphasised that Government is hopeful that by 2020 local women will be able to boast of national patient-friendly care facilities and mothers and babies will be safe from preventable deaths.In this regard,NFL Jerseys China, Government will devote more resources towards the expansion, rehabilitation, maintenance and equipping of maternal and child health facilities countrywide, Minister Jordan added.IMPROVING GPHC’S CAPACITYHis presentation saw him revealing too that over $133.1 million will be spent on the expansion of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) maternity unit this year, thereby increasing that facility’s bed capacity by 50 beds. This year’s allocation will facilitate the purchase of equipment, with the aim of increasing the quality of service being offered at the institution’s maternal and child care facility, according to Minister Jordan.He also announced that works will continue at the maternity waiting homes in Lethem and Bartica.SPECIALIST CAREThe importance of specialists to cater to health care needs was also stressed by the Finance Minister.“We will frontally address the dearth of specialists in our health care system. The strategic direction will be threefold,” said the Minister as he spoke of intentions to expand the local post graduate programmes, even as efforts are made to source specialist training abroad.Further, Minister Jordan said that efforts will be made to import specialist skills to build local capacity.“Our Government considers the presence of specialists critical to creating strengthened technical capability to deliver quality health care,” said the Minister, who noted that while “our national post graduate programme has made progress in many areas, there remains a need to increase the complement of medical professionals in neuropsychiatry, psychology, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, physiotherapy and pathology.”Added to this, the Minister said that efforts will be directed to addressing areas where there is a complete absence of critical skills, including cardiac surgery, haematology, neonatology, geriatric medicine and gerontol