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A man will spend the next six weeks in prison for assaulting his 73-year-old mother.Surujpaul Ramashar appeared at the Providence Magistrates’ Court where he was charged with assaulting Rajkumarie Jaikarran and using threatening language. The charge stated that on Monday April 15 he assaulted his mother and used a knife to threaten her. The matter was heard by Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty.To both charges he pleaded guilty and told the court that his mother was making noise and disturbing him,NFL Jerseys From China, so he had a confrontation with her, but he did not use a knife. He was jailed for 6 weeks for the assault and fined $10,Authentic Jerseys Wholesale,000 or an alternative of two weeks imprisonment for the threatening language.The prosecution’s facts stated that the man and his mother occupy the same building – he resides in the bottom flat while his mother occupies the top flat. The court was told that on the day in question the woman was sitting on her back step along with some relatives.During a conversation with her daughter and granddaughter, the accused came out of his apartment and told them to stop making noise. He then pushed his mother causing her to fall. Further it is alleged that he used a knife to threaten her. The matter was reported and he was charged.Also at the Providence Court,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Caesar Gonsalves was charged with unlawful and malicious wounding. It is alleged that on Sunday August 26,Wholesale NFL Jerseys Online, last, at the National Stadium, Providence, Gonsalves wounded Estwick Northe with intent to disable,Cheap NFL Jerseys, disfigure, maim or cause grievous bodily harm. The charge was indictable and the accused was not required to enter a plea. He was nevertheless placed on $300,000 bail.The charge stated that on the day in question the accused and his reputed wife, Alisha Rambarran were at the Hits and Jams International night concert at the Providence National Stadium. The court was told that Rambarran told Gonsalves that the virtual complainant (Northe) was dancing and hitting her,NFL Jerseys China, so she asked him to desist. However, instead the virtual complainant grabbed Rambarran by her waist and “started to wine” on her. He then held her in an appropriate way. Rambarran told Gonsalves what transpired and he confronted Northe, which led to an altercation, resulting in Gonslaves hitting Northe to the head with a heavy object. The matter was reported and charges were recommended for both the accused and the virtual complainant. Gonsalves is expected to make his next court appearance on May 21.

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The All Saints Presbyterian Development Centre is on a mission to empower 150 young persons in New Amsterdam and its immediate environs.Project Coordinator of CELL, Marian Tinnie indicated that based on recent assessment, 20 persons, between the ages of 18 and 35,Cheap NFL Jerseys, were selected to participate in a three-month training programme in carpentry, masonry, block making and painting. Their sessions started last month at the Princess Elizabeth Road location.CELL (Community Empowerment for Livelihood) is one of the nine components of the St. Francis Community Developers’ Project ‘RESCUE’, (Reforming Education,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, Skills and Capacity for Ultimate Empowerment).RESCUE is funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the Enhanced Public Trust, Security and Inclusion Project (EPTSI). According to Ms. Tinnie, one of the objectives of the EPTSI is to capacitate young people,NFL Jerseys Outlet, particularly women,Wholesale Stitched Jerseys, to participate fully and constructively in governance and to serve as agents for peaceful change.RESCUE came into being after the two-year contract was signed by the UNDP, EPTSI and the St. Francis Community Developers on December 17th last year.Project CELL strives to enhance public trust,Cheap NFL Jerseys, security, and inclusion for all citizens with the view of bridging the generation gap.Other parts of CELL include the rehabilitation of the 140-year old building that was used as the All Saints Primary School. The dilapidated building was handed back to the Church after the students were relocated, and construction of their $42 million school began mid-2007. The students now occupy a new structure on the adjacent plot. Since then it was decided to refurbish the old school building then use it in ways to serve the community.The 20 trainees are receiving hands-on exposure since they are part of the construction team working on the building. The offices are already completed and it is estimated that within a fortnight the lower flat would be enclosed.Upon completion, a wide range of service would be offered there in addition to the skill training already in progress. These include dressmaking, handicraft, catering and other aspects of the culinary field. Capacity building, job creation, agricultural diversification programmes,Jerseys From China, trust building and micro-enterprise development, networking, counseling on HIV/AIDS and the like would also be offered along with sessions on inclusive governance. There would also be remedial and information technology classes.The lower flat of building would accommodate, inter alia, their Daycare Centre – Little Angels Play Group, a canteen and a homework club. Presently, the Daycare occupies the Church building.The next leg of CELL is to construct a greenhouse by January 2011, further up the Princess Elizabeth Road on the plot of land that once housed the old Supreme Court. This facility would also provide training for farmers, assist in the practical for Secondary School students, sell seedlings, hold a mini-farmers’ market among other things. A number of resource personnel were identified to work along with the group. Aquaculture would also be introduced soon.Ms. Tinnie said that although the overall project is in the early stages, it is making a difference in the lives of many single parents and families in need. At present scores of children from New Amsterdam, East and West Canje and some sections of the East Bank of Berbice make use of the Daycare facility.On April 8th, the All Saints Presbyterian (Scotts) observed its 190th anniversary.

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