… NCN claims to know attackerKaieteur News columnist Frederick Kissoon has vowed that he will not be silenced by the attack on his person last night when a man threw fecal matters into his face.Kissoon had just emerged from Nigel’s Supermarket on Robb Street around 19:00 hours, and had already entered his vehicle when the man walked up to him and threw the substance on him.Frederick KissoonAlthough momentarily stunned by the attack,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Kissoon managed to drive behind the perpetrator who ran north along Light Street then west into North Road before jumping into a waiting white AT 192 Toyota Carina motorcar and escaped.A soiled Kissoon tried to intercept the car but backed off to avoid a collision.The popular columnist believes that the attack is connected to the article he wrote which was published in yesterday’s edition of the Kaieteur News.In the article,Wholesale China Jerseys, Kissoon suggested that he had damning information on the 19-year-old woman, Nicole Ming, who has implicated former chief executive officer of the Alliance For Change, Peter Ramsaroop in an illegal spying scandal.“Certainly not! This will in no way silence me,” Kissoon told members of the media last night.This is the second time that Kissoon has come under physical attack for his critical comments on issues that are deemed anti-government.In 2004,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Kissoon was attacked and had his vehicle stolen. It was subsequently recovered a short distance from Kaieteur News a few hours later.The Guyana Press Association in a statement last night said that it found it more than coincidental that on the same day that “Kaieteur News Columnist and Opinion Writer Mr. Freddie Kissoon carried a very critical article on the President and his friendship with a 19-year old girl that the columnist would be attacked in the crudest, banal and callous of ways.”The GPA said that it sees this as just not an attack on Mr. Kissoon but also as an attack on the Press in Guyana, both “private and state” and the persons behind the attack should “be dealt with”.“We condemn the attack in the strongest possible way. This slippage into dangerous and vile behaviour have got to not continue. We are clearly sliding down a slippery slope when it comes to tolerance and respect,” the GPA said.It added that Kissoon has made a statement to the police and we hope that the police force releases his statement in full in keeping with its new and welcomed decision to release the actual written statements of persons involved in investigations.And late last night,cheap jerseys, the National Communications Network claimed to have known the perpetrator. It reported that the attack stemmed from an incident between Kissoon and the man’s daughter.NCN reported that Kissoon had made sexual advances to the man’s daughter.This,Wholesale Jerseys China, according to the government-owned television station, angered the man who then attacked Kissoon.

As the Christmas season is fast approaching, the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) continues to see a decline in blood collection.At a press conference held on Monday, Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, told media operatives that even though there has been an increase in the number of voluntary blood donations countrywide, organisations at present are concentrating on the upcoming Christmas season, and as such blood drives are becoming fewer.At this time also, the NBTS is experiencing another severe shortage of blood. National Blood Donor Manager of the NBTS,Wholesale China Jerseys, Shameeza Mangal, told this newspaper that there are three open heart surgeries scheduled for this month, which will further deplete the stocks currently held at the NBTS.Also, it was noted that there are hundreds of people in the hospitals who need blood now.In light of the busy season,Cheap Jerseys, Dr. Ramsammy urged organisations to continue hosting blood drives as there is still a demand for a daily supply of blood.According to Dr. Ramsammy, voluntary donations cover 68 percent of all blood donations,cheap nfl jerseys, nationally. This,Mens Nike Free Run, he said, has made the blood drives for the year “a tremendous success,” but he added that there is still however a long way to go to attain the 8,000 units target by the end of the year.The Minister is appealing to the public to donate blood to the NBTS in order to provide the much needed life-saving commodity, as there are a number of patients in the hospital, including several children who need special treatment which may also require large amounts of blood.While the buffer stock is at a level lower than the Ministry desires on a daily basis, Dr. Ramsammy said it is at a higher level than that of last year.Mangal told Kaieteur News on Monday that there is still a need to have a buffer supply at the NBTS for emergency situations,Jerseys NFL Cheap, as she explained that hospitals call on a daily basis for more than 50 units of blood.The Health Minister and Mangal both revealed that apart from the general need for blood there is a critical need for B plus and B negative blood types to be added to the blood supply.In this regard, both individuals appealed to persons with the ‘B’ blood type to make the extra effort to walk into the NBTS to make the donation.As of Monday, Dr. Ramsammy said the NBTS held some 6,300 units of blood and that a minimum of 1200 units is needed to accomplish the 8000 unit target.