“Municipality does not have the funds to facilitate works to the Stabroek wharf”- Hamilton GreenWork on the falling Stabroek wharf appears to be moving slothful and remains unclear when the commencement will begin. However the reasons for the procrastination are yet controversial as responses within the Municipality differ.The dilapidated structure began falling late last year, when it was struck by high winds. Last month another section of the structure collapsed, crushing stalls below. Thankfully no one was hurt in those incidents.The structure which is likely to further collapse at any given time, is still posing a possible death threat to those plying trades in the vicinity of the hazardous structure. This, in the commonsense of any individual, would be an issue that should be addressed sooner than later.For a prolonged period, there has been some blame throwing and bickering within the City Council to ascertain when the falling wharf will be addressed but officials have since been unable to make a decision.This was insinuated after Town Clerk, Carol Sooba, indicated to a Kaieteur News reporter that she would be meeting with the City Engineer, Colvert Venture,Nike Air Max Shoes For Women, on several occasions to make a decision on executing the demolition of the structure. However both parties have since been unable to ascertain when and how the works on the wharf would begin and further be completed.Georgetown Mayor, Hamilton Green, at a press conference last week, said that he and the Town Clerk rarely have a “civilized” conversation. It could be implied that the two may not have had formal discussions on the issue, which is of concern to citizens.A few weeks ago,Cheap NFL Jerseys From China, the Mayor also stated that “the decisions of the Mayor and Councillors are being challenged by the Town Clerk and Local Government.” Green has since given a synopsis of why the commencement of works at the wharf has been procrastinated for such a long period.He said that the Municipality does not have the funds to facilitate works to the Stabroek wharf,Cheap Nike Air Max 1, due to the Local Government Ministry’s denial of funds to maintain various facilities.He said that the government continuously denies the Council every opportunity to raise money. No organization can be effective without management. He explained that the monies that would have been earned by these fundraisers would have contributed to not only the maintenance of the Stabroek market but other municipality-related facilities.“The present Town Clerk Carol Sooba, with the connivance of the Minister of Local Government, Norman Whittaker, has been ignoring every decision and proposal made by the Mayor and Councillors,” lamented Green. “Unbelievable but true.”He said that “years ago, to deal with the financial squeeze imposed on the Council by the government,Nike Men Air Max 97, we initiated the collection of fees from the speedboat operators who docked their boats and discharged passengers at the Stabroek wharf. The idea was to use those funds to maintain and repair the said wharf.”A government Ministry stepped in to stop the exercise, an initiative of the former Clerk of the Market and the Mayor, and shift the operation further south to the government-controlled Transport and Harbours Department. The fees are now being collected by the Ministry of Works and Hydraulics, the same ministry that without notice closed down the money making car park,Wholesale NFL Jerseys China, east of Stabroek Market, according to Green.He said, “it is the very Ministry that when the Council collected fees from certain companies to put up their signs on our parapets, broke the signs down.” This again prevented the Council from raising revenues.“This has been the pattern of the improper “bullyism” by the PPP\C administration.” Mayor Green said that the “sabotage” has now exacerbated with the improbation of the “diabolical, deceitful and wicked” Town Clerk, Carol Sooba.The Mayor is of the opinion that if the “sabotage” does not cease, the infrastructural development in the city will be crippled. Many things are already in a deteriorating state.The Mayor said that he recently instructed the Clerk of the Market not to allow anyone to operate in and around the area, which poses threat to life and limb.Meanwhile vendors have continued their trade at the wharf area. Because of need, vendors are psychologically forced to remain under the life threatening conditions. When a Kaieteur News reporter visited the area, business was in full swing.

Charges are likely for an East Coast Demerara man, after he allegedly inflicted a sound trashing on a 45-year-old woman, which has caused her to become paralyzed from the waist down.Bibi Ali 45, of Lot 9 North Vryheid’s Lust, was yesterday afternoon rushed to the Georgetown Hospital by a male associate.According to reports, the woman was brought to the hospital by the suspect, who had initially informed hospital officials that Ali had fallen from the couple’s bed.However, the woman told doctors a different story.According to Ali, she and the suspect had an argument on Saturday night around 19:00hrs.The woman said that during the argument, the man struck her on the neck with a piece of wood.After the woman had divulged what had happened, the suspect was taken into custody.The suspect, who was reportedly under the influence of alcohol, was still adamant that Ali had fallen off of the couple’s bed.The source further stated that the woman had admitted that the couple’s relationship had been very abusive.Over the past months, there has been an alarming amount of domestic violence, some of which have ended in murder.Six months ago, female security guard, Patricia Rose, was stabbed several times about the body by her estrange lover. The woman succumbed to her injuries last month at the Georgetown Hospital. The suspect was only caught a few days after she died,NFL Jerseys Store, at a house on Princes Street Lodge.The man had reportedly scaled a fence and stabbed the woman who was on duty at the Georgetown Nursing School.On May 9,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Eunice Charlie was allegedly beaten to death by her husband, Ronald Charlie.According to a police press release, the woman died at the Lethem Hospital after receiving several lashes about the body.Charlie’s death came one day after plantain chip vendor, Gertrude Edwards, was allegedly slashed to death by her reputed husband Gladstone Edwards.It is alleged that the accused also wounded the woman’s 13 year daughter and 16 year old niece.Last March, Vreed-en-Hoop DVD sales vendor,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Pamela Mangru,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, was stabbed thirteen times about the body,NFL Jerseys Cheap, also allegedly by her reputed husband, Devon Limmerick.Twenty nine year old Latoya Woolford, on February 9 last, was slashed to death, allegedly by her husband Anthony Charles Woolford.The suspect later ingested a poisonous substance but survived and was charged with murder.(Latoya Giles)