…following chase of suspect on CG motorbikeIn what can be termed a rehash of a Tom and Jerry scene, a police van was knocked into a trenchThe police van “resting” in the trench.yesterday seconds after it slammed into? a taxi, at the intersection of Barima Avenue and Rupununi Street, Bel Air Park, Georgetown.The accident occurred at around 11:45 hours; a stone’s throw away from the Ministry of Education Annex building.Reports are that the police were chasing after a suspect who was riding a CG motorcycle. The police vehicle was closing in on the motorcyclist when it slammed into the taxi, HB3993 which was proceeding south along Rupununi Street.The accident afforded the suspect enough time to jump off his motorcycle at the dead-end intersection and escape through a resident’s yard in Barima Avenue. Kaieteur News understands that the motor cyclist was a man the police have been tracking for some time.From all indications, the police will continue the man-hunt.When Kaieteur News arrived on the scene,China Jerseys NFL, the right side of police van, PKK 726,Cheap Jerseys From China, was submerged in the trench. There were, at that time,Cheap Jerseys, two Guyana Defence Force ranks, three traffic ranks,cheap nfl jerseys online, two police constables and a sergeant on the scene.Investigations were being conducted and the ranks had detained the sister of the suspect whom eye witnesses say was the pillion rider on the motorcycle at one point during the chase. He (the suspect)The damaged taxi at the scene yesterday.allegedly let her off as the chase intensified.No one was hurt during the incident.Ranks on the scene were heard saying that the suspect fearlessly drove north up the eastern half of Vlissengen Road (a one way) before turning onto Barima Avenue. The cops were confident that had the accident not occurred, the suspect would have been arrested.Meanwhile driver of the taxi involved in the accident, Rayon Murdeen said he was driving south along Rupununi Street but the noise from “an electric saw” operating from one of the houses prevented him from hearing the police sirens.He recalled seeing a man seated on a black motorcycle speeding east along Barima Avenue. The 38-year-old claimed he had not heard the siren so he continued driving. Shortly after,cheap nfl jerseys china, his vehicle collided with the police van and was sent hurling onto Barima Avenue.His windscreen was cracked and wheel punctured. The right side of his vehicle was badly dented.Meanwhile, the suspect’s sister was detained by the cops. The young lady was crying. When asked the reason she was crying, she said that it was unfair that she was being held for her brother’s actions.

With Vision 20/20 as one of its primary focuses, the local health sector is poised to incorporate lessons learnt while at the same time consolidate the gains made over the past five years, a process that will be well supported with its $19.2 billion budgetary allocation.In his budget 2013 speech on Monday Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, noted that the sizeable sum will help the health sector advance development of its new strategic plan and thereby aid efforts to achieve universal health coverage using a primary health care approach.Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni SinghTowards this objective, more than $2.3 billion has been allocated for the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of health infrastructure countrywide of which $1.3 billion has been budgeted for the state-of-the-art specialty surgical hospital and the Port Kaituma District Hospital, disclosed Dr. Singh.Further, he informed that in an effort to improve the supply chain management system a new pharmaceutical and medical warehouse equipped with necessary software was commissioned earlier this year. This,Cheap Jerseys Authentic, he noted, is expected to result in a more efficient distribution network for drugs and medical supplies.From the allotted health sector budget over $369 million has been budgeted for human resource development to enhance the competency of health officials. And according to Dr. Singh,cheap nfl jerseys black friday, the system will benefit from the return of a further 278 Cuban trained doctors who will be deployed countrywide.In the context of specialised care, Dr. Singh emphasized that the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), in collaboration with overseas universities, is currently offering post graduate programmes in gynaecology, orthopaedics, internal medicine, paediatrics, emergency medicine, anaesthesiology and surgery.High on the agendaWhile the provision of health care in its entirety is a very crucial undertaking,China Jerseys, Minister Singh emphatically underscored that maternal health is a top priority on Government’s health care agenda.This, he said, will be done with a view of advancing progress towards the reduction of maternal mortality and under-five mortality.Earlier this month, national consultations were held to develop an action plan towards eliminating the current bottlenecks in the provision of quality maternal health care services as part of the Millennium Development Goal Acceleration Framework process.The under-five mortality concerns are being addressed with, among other things, a neonatal intensive care unit which is being established at the GPHC with support from an overseas-based partner and will be expanded through the same joint public private initiative in Linden and West Demerara, said the Finance Minister.Battling diseasesIn an effort to intensify the fight against malaria, Government has budgeted for the procurement and distribution of over 6,000 long lasting insecticide treated bed nets for hinterland communities primarily in mining areas.However, it has been recognized that chronic non-communicable diseases now present a particular challenge for Guyana and the world as “we overcome infectious diseases of previous times,” added Dr. Singh.These, according to him, include cardiovascular diseases and hypertension, diabetes, cancers and chronic pulmonary diseases.”He said that lifestyle changes, especially in diet and an emerging sedentary habit,Cheap Jerseys From China, the use of tobacco and abuse of alcohol, have contributed significantly to the shift from communicable diseases.He added that budget allocations within the health sector will increasingly target addressing this shift.Emphasising commitmentGovernment, Dr. Singh declared during his three-hour long budget speech, remains committed to ensuring that “our citizens have access to high quality health care services.” To this end, he said that over $17 billion was expended in 2012, the final year of the National Health Strategic Plan 2008-2012.A total of $1 billion was spent to expand, upgrade and maintain the infrastructural facilities of the sector, including to fund a mobilisation payment for the state-of-the-art specialty surgical hospital at Liliendaal which will afford Guyanese the opportunity to access specialised health care services, upgrade of the National Psychiatric Hospital and Georgetown School of Nursing,Authentic Jerseys Cheap, and construction of the Port Mourant Health Centre.Last year, $335 million was spent on training public health personnel to meet the growing demand for both basic and specialised services.Further, the sector benefited from the return of another batch of 21 new Cuban-trained Guyanese doctors who have been deploy

A hire car driver was attacked by an armed gang whom he believes were either “very, very” muscular women or a transgender gang. They could not get access to his cash, but managed to cart off his car keys, late Friday night.According to the driver, 38-year-old Nizam Ahamad,NFL Jerseys Supply, the four women entered his car bearing license plate number HB 6005 around 21:00hrs, and asked that he take them to High Street.The man said that as soon as they reached the deserted area between Smyth and High Streets,Wholesale Jerseys, the passengers suddenly asked that he stop the car.Upon stopping, Ahamad said that the person in the front seat pulled out an ice-pick and told him not to scream or move.“Me ask them where them going and they said High Street. So me asked them which part, and they said let me drive, they gon tell me. Now when we reach by Carnegie, one ah them suddenly said to stop. When me stop the one in the front seat pulled out an ice-pick and the one behind me seat choked me. Me understand right away wah them want so me try fighting them off. While me tackling the one in front with de ice pick, and the two from behind, the other one come out the car and pull out the key,” Ahamad recalled.The man revealed that his attackers were very strong and muscular persons,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys China, who might have been men dressed in female attire.Nonetheless, Ahamad said that he managed to snatch the ice pick from the person in front. And while in a better position to fight back, the three persons in the back seat escaped,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, leaving their colleague trapped in the front seat because of the faulty door lock.The driver said that during the scuffle he might have injured the front seat passenger who later jumped through the window after not being able to open the door.“Me just want drivers to be on the lookout because as funny as it may sound,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, it very dangerous. So they should keep and eye out for a gang like this, or just make sure they remember the faces of them passengers, especially night time,” Ahamad advised.The matter was reported to the Brickdam Police Station and investigations are continuing.

Twenty-five year-old High Court Legal Clerk,Authentic NFL Jerseys Cheap, Dwayne Gentle, of 239 Forshaw Street, Queenstown, was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail, after making a court appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.It is alleged that between May 1, 2008 and June 6,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, 2008 with the intent to defraud, he forged one divorce absolute in favour of Paul and Julianna Marshall, which purported to show that it was judicial document issued by the High Court.He pleaded not guilty to the charge. Gentle was represented by attorney at law Patrice Henry.The lawyer in a bail application said that his client has been cooperating with the police since the investigation commenced. Henry further told the court that his client had an unblemished record prior to this allegation.The lawyer asked the magistrate to set bail at a reasonable sum within the means of his client.Police Prosecutor Stephen objected to bail,Cheap Jerseys From China, and said that more charges are expected to be instituted against Gentle. Telford told the court that Gentle works in the High Court registry and is responsible for certifying documents.The court was told that that Gentle allegedly accepted $60,wholesale nfl jerseys,000 from Paul Marshall to obtain the forged document.Telford further stated that Marshall resides in Trinidad and wanted to divorce his wife who lives in Guyana.He said that officials from the Canadian Embassy in Trinidad discovered that the document was a forgery.Telford said that the court cannot allow persons who work in the court system to carry out fraudulent transactions.Gentle’s lawyer interjected and said that the prosecutor’s statements were speculation. He explained that several persons were questioned in connection with the matter.He further disclosed to the court that a divorce petition has been filed in the High Court, adding that his client had nothing to with the forged document.“My worship there is no evidence to suggest that the document originated from my client….it was only because his name appeared on the document that he was made a suspect…” said the lawyer.Henry further argued that Gentle would not forge the document and then place his name on the same forged document.After hearing the prosecution and defence’s submission,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, the magistrate granted Gentle $150,000 bail.As part of his bail agreement he is to report to the Criminal Investigation Department, Eve Leary on Mondays and Fridays, until his next court date.He is expected to make his next court appearance on July 30.

“The government can build Marriots and four- lane roads and they cannot build a proper road for us in East Bank Berbice!”- angry residentBy Leon SuseranResidents of East Bank Berbice (EBB) will now have to wait until 2014 for a new EBB road. The President of Guyana,Nike NFL Jerseys China, Mr. Donald Ramotar, made this recent announcement, even though it was announced in September last year by Regional Chairman David Armogan that a new road would have been “likely” this year (2013). And East Bank Berbicians did not welcome this announcement.This did not go down well with them so they shut down the entire thoroughfare yesterday (WEDNESDAY). Cars and other vehicles lined the roadway, blocking entrance and exit into the area. They were fed up about the “empty promises” made by several government officials concerning the road over the past months; a most recent, by Region 6 Chairman ,Mr. David Armogan,Cheap Jerseys From China, only September last year.“It is hardly likely that they will have a new road by the end of the year,” Armogan told the media back then. He added that while the administration sees the venture as a “possible” one, “my understanding is that Cabinet is in the process or has already gotten almost US$7M from a negotiated loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to do that road project”.“Hopefully sometime next year [2013] that road project should take off,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Armogan stated in September 2012.But now it seems that this will not become a reality this year and residents and hire car operators are at their wits’ end since no new road is expected earlier than 2014. Residents and drivers feel duped again and fuming has begun once more. Yesterday, they fumed and fumed and vented their frustrations. “The government can build Marriots and four- lane roads and they cannot build a proper road for us in East Bank Berbice!” said one furious resident. A derilict vehicle was also used to block a section of the roadway, while placards read: “enough is enough!”; “give us a decent road”; and “we need a good road now…are we pigs to live in a hole?”The President, over the weekend, said that he knows the road has been an inconvenience it “affects us economically because that area produces a lot of stuff that comes out of there. He stated that the government has approached the IDB for a loan they [IDB] requested a study be done first before the money is disbursed “so we are trying to accelerate that to try and bring that forward as fast as possible”. He committed to “an outside date” to build “a road that we want to build for the East bank of Berbice would be the beginning of next year—the latest—we are working very hard to see if we can do it this year”. He promised that all of the resources to maintain the road in the meantime, will be used.Impassable stateThe EBB road is in an impassable state.? One hire car driver,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, whose comment was sought, stated that he does not believe that a new road is even possible next year, seeing that that the project will first have to be placed in the 2014 budget,Cheap Soccer Jerseys Authentic, which is usually presented in March or April of any given year. Tendering processes and award of contract, etc would take place way after the budget, adding to many delays, the driver stated. “So it’s a long struggle from now until next year. Eight years ago President Bharrat Jagdeo made the same promise to the people at Plantation Highbury and every year they keep renewing the promise, so this seems to be another empty promise”, he stated.The driver is concerned about the destruction of the road by a civil contractor in the area as well. “The irony is that H. Nauth [Contracting] continues to hammer this road with their big eight- tonne trucks with loads”. “This road does not have weight limits”, he complained. Also, the driver claimed that a cement bagging facility in the area is also damaging the road further. “Each truck carries ten slings of cement and each sling has forty sacks – that is over eighteen tonnes plus the weight of the trucks—ten trucks sometimes ply the road at one time that is over eighteen tonnes on this road!”The driver is asking the opposition in Parliament “to press the government to divert money to build the EBB road”. “They are building four- lane roads—is that necessary?” he questioned.Motorists shut down East Bank Berbice roadwayThe East Bank Berbice corridor, over the years, has developed to be Berbice’s main trading and commerce corridor.The area has four sawmills, a cement packing facility, a fertilizer bagging and blending facility, the two main petrol bonds and terminals which distributes kerosene, gasoline and dieseline to t