Convicted sex felon,Wholesale Jerseys China, Dr. Vishwamintra Persaud, remained in custody yesterday as police continued their investigations into allegations that he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl.Police officials confirmed that he was still being questioned but it is unclear whether he will be charged.The teen,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, who is from a Berbice community,Cheap NFL Jerseys, has told Welfare officials that the physician had penetrative sex with her twice. The first incident allegedly occurred late last year.The girl has been taken into the protective custody of the Child Care and Protection Agency. A medical examination confirmed that she is sexually active.Kaieteur News understands that Dr. Persaud is a relative of the family.The physician is reportedly contending that he is being framed on the rape allegation because he fired a female employee.However, a source said that Welfare officials were aware of the allegations before the employee was fired. The source also contended that the employee is not related to the family making the accusations against Dr. Persaud.Kaieteur News was told that Welfare officials learned of the allegations after receiving an anonymous call from a female.According to statements, Dr. Persaud had been staying at the family’s Berbice home last year,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, since he allegedly had nowhere to stay.Dr. Persaud reportedly then opened a business and employed the girls’ parents.Kaieteur News was told that the teen alleged that the doctor first began fondling her,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, and later had penetrative sex with her in November 2010. She alleged that he also had sex with her on another occasion this year.The alleged victim’s 16-year-old sister has told Welfare officials that she became aware that something was amiss after seeing the physician fondle her 13-year-old sibling. The girl alleged that she immediately ordered the physician to leave her parents’ house.Dr. Persaud was barred from practising in Guyana last year after it was revealed that he had been convicted for a sexual offence in the US.He had pleaded guilty on April 18,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, 2008 to an attempted course of sexual misconduct against a child. The victim was said to be 17.

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – A large portion of the 2010 Budgetary allocation for East Berbice/Corentyne goes toward improving the drainage and irrigation system in that geographic location.Recently, the Region Six Chairman presented a $299 million Capital Expenditure Budget for East Berbice/Corentyne. The largest allocation under the Capital Expenditure goes to Drainage and irrigation where $102 million was allotted, $56 million would be expended on Roads, $37 million on Building – Education, $27 million on Bridges, $23 million – Land Development, $19 million – Furniture and Equipment – Health, $10 million – Building – Health, $9 million – Furniture and Equipment – Education, $8.5 million – Land Transport, $5.5 million – Buildings – Administration and $1.8 Furniture and Equipment – Administration. This year under the Current Expenditure, $1.6 billion would be invested on Education Delivery, $810 million on Health Services, $456 million on Agriculture, $247 million on Public Works and $88 million would be expended on Regional Administration and Finance.The Budgetary allocation in 2009 for the drainage and irrigation system was $96 million but a total of $500 million was absorbed. This Mr. Mustapha said, assisted to provide adequate irrigation water to farmers and improve the general system so much so that farmers within the Black Bush Polder, Number Fifty- two/Seventy-four Village area asked for the Manarabisi pump to be shut off.As a result, 46,000 acres of land across East Berbice/Corentyne are now under rice cultivation. In locations between Number Fifty- two/Seventy-four Village there are 17,500 acres available for cultivation, 3,500 at Crabwood Creek, 18,000 in Black Bush Polder and less than 600 acres of land at New Forest. The 2009 work across Region Six also saw 22,000 more acres of land opening up for rice cultivation between Number Fifty-one Village to Bloomfield.The Regional Chairman is optimistic that when the 2010 developmental projects are completed in New Forest, close to 3,000 acres of rice would be planted. This would have a halo effect, thus encouraging many of the farmers who had walked out of the rice cultivation business in those communities, due to poor drainage and irrigation problems coupled with bad roads, to return.The Region owns five excavators and these assist in reducing cost to the Administration. An independent channel is to be excavated for Joanna in Black Bush Polder this year and this would pass through Number Thirty-six Village to Bengal to the Atlantic Ocean. The fa?ade in the Number Fifty-two/Seventy-four locations would also be excavated. Other drainage and irrigation projects include the reconstruction of sluices at Light Town and Kortberaad on the East Bank of Berbice, timber revetment to be built to control erosion at Ma Retraite, Liverpool Village and Tain, and $8 million worth of repairs to eight regulators in Black Bush Polder.A special $500 million programme is to commence in April in the four schemes comprising Black Bush Polder. Under this venture, all of the canals and drainage and irrigation structures and bridges leading to the cultivation are to be dealt with. The pump station at Mibicuri is also to be renovated. Another venture is listed for Crabwood Creek and for localities between Number Fifty-two and Number Seventy-four Villages.Mr. Mustapha explained that in almost every sector there was an increase in the amounts allotted this year. He described 2009 as being successful. Some $276 million was expended in 2009 on several programmes along with an additional $180 million that was used for road work last year.After the 2009 Capital Work Programme was said to be completed in November, contracts were signed for work on an additional 39 community roads in the Region Six one month later.The added funds – $180 million was allocated by the Office of the President/Ministry of Finance/Ministry of Public Works to execute the projects.In November the Administration had opened bids for the construction of these thoroughfares in areas such as Angoy’s Avenue, Canefield, Number Nineteen, Fort Ordnance, Fyrish/Gibraltar, Hampshire/Kilcoy, Rose Hall Town, John’s Port Mourant, Whim/Bloomfield, Lancaster/Hogstye, Bush Lot/Number Twenty-eight, Black Bush Polder, Number Fifty-one/Good Hope, Number Fifty-two/Seventy-four, Corriverton and Crabwood Creek. These were said to be identified after consultation sessions across East Berbice/Corentyne.All of those roads should have been completed by December 31st last to make way for the 2010 schedule.? But when the Region Six Chairman presented his 2010 Budget, he said some were not finished due to the shortage of materials and other setbacks. Last year some $31 million was also spent in 2009 to help village councils maintain their thoroughfares.This year, several streets in Goed Bananen Land,China NFL Jerseys, Palmyra, Fyrish, Bloomfield, Limlair, Liverpool, Letter K

A cardiac care revolution is currently unfolding at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI). Spearheading this revolution is Resident Cardiologist, Dr. Mahendra Carpen, who recently spoke of plans to soon introduce yet another cardiac procedure that is arguably new to Guyana.Just over a week ago he conducted what is believed to be the country’s first implantable loop device, to help discern the way forward in treating one of his patients believed to be suffering from a heart rhythm disorder.But according to Dr. Carpen, “At long last I believe that we will be able to do even more.” He was at the time alluding to plans to introduce at CHI,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, the catheter based radiofrequency ablation. This non-surgical procedure can address arrhythmia or disturbances in the heart rhythm.With the radiofrequency ablation, CHI, according to Dr. Carpen,Wholesale China NFL Jerseys, will even be able to tackle conditions including Wolff-Parkinson White Syndrome, among a few others. Wolff-Parkinson White Syndrome is said to be one of several disorders of the electrical system of the heart that are commonly referred to as pre-excitation syndromes.“All of these things will be treated at CHI by catheter based ablation. We are finally in a position where we can offer this type of service in the very near future,” said Dr. Carpen. And by the very near future,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, Dr. Carpen means, before year end.In an earlier interview he had spoken of radiofrequency ablation being a procedure that is not done on a wide scale in the Caribbean.? This was in fact brought to his attention when he attended the 28th Caribbean Cardiac Society Scientific Conference in Cura?ao in 2013.At that forum he delivered presentations on the ‘State of Cardiology in Guyana’.? But according to Dr. Carpen, the issue of arrhythmia was not discussed very much at the forum as a challenge in the Caribbean. In fact, he disclosed that the only presentation on the condition was made by a representative from the Dominican Republic.“Nothing came out of the English-speaking Caribbean, and that is not surprising, because there is only one other place in the Caribbean that I know of that does any work in radiofrequency ablations for arrhythmias, and that is Trinidad.”According to the Cardiologist, while the condition is known to happen mainly in young women,Cheap MLB Jerseys China, there are many patients who have complaints relating to their “heart racing and palpitation that occurs from time to time.” Although there are medicines that can address the condition, Dr. Carpen said that there could be some side-effects, thus the need for radiofrequency ablations.It was against this background that he decided to work towards offering the procedure at CHI.Once introduced, the procedure will be one of several that CHI has introduced since its introduction in 2007, which embraces the fact that “there are lots of interesting things happening regionally in the world of cardiology,” said Dr. Carpen.“Just from talking to some of the more experienced people around the Region,Cheap Jerseys, I was able to learn that some of the challenges that we face now, were the same challenges that they faced when they started out with their programmes. However, the general message has always been to persevere and press on and we will get there.”“I think we are moving a little bit faster than the general trend has been,Cheap NFL Jerseys Store, but there are a lot more tools; a lot more guidance available now that facilitates more rapid advancement,” he asserted.