Day: October 25, 2010

Amerindian communities will soon benefit from a two year programme that will be set up to have computer centres in their villages.

Today two teenaged persons were arrested by the police and held for a robbery under arms committed on 40 year old Kickadai Sukhai, a businesswoman of Block ‘G’ Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara.

The local Food and Drug Department is ordering pharmacies, importers and consumers to immediately surrender Tylenol 8-hour caplets to the Analyst Department.

This comes in the wake of a recall of the drug by manufacturer Mc Neil Consumer Healthcare of the United States.

The demise of 2 young brothers in Leguan in a car accident has triggered widespread concerns, with emails and postings on facebook this weekend. A senior traffic officer speaking to TrakkerNews on Saturday, raised serious concerns about the breach of the law as it regards driving under the influence, and was saddened at the lost of lives. He said that it is very unfortunate when people have to learn at such a heavy price. There can be no doubt that the driver lost control because of his intoxication, the officer added.

A bad idea. This is how the Employers’ Consultative Authority (ECA) has described plans by the Public Services Association (PSA) to shut down the country tomorrow. The ECA is today calling for the PSA to quash plans to shutdown the public service in protest over a one percent salary increase. The ECA is calling for the two parties concerned to resume talks and avoid a ‘major calamity’.

Police this morning are still trying to get more information on those responsible for the alleged kidnapping of young Alisha McAllister of Wisroc Linden. A police source told TrakkerNews today that some of the statements given by the 13 year old are very unclear and does not add up with the series of events that occurred from the time of her alleged abduction. While not getting into much details of what the statements were. the officer hinted to a possible hoax, but is sticking to a story that something is clearly wrong since the girl was found tied up on a roadway in Wisroc.

Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have been urged to pay closer attention to the formative years of children and work harder to increase access to quality Early Childhood Education.

Over the past weeks there have been no teachers at Bagotville Primary School located on the West Bank of Demerara. The school has more than a hundred students and parents said that only two Teachers and a Headmistress would usually be there.
The school’s Parent Teacher’s Association visited the Ministry of Education last week and was unable to meet with the Education Minister Shaik Baksh. However Parents were told by the Minister’s Secretary to check back something this week when the Minister is available to meet with them.

The body of missing fisherman Lester Walcott is believed to have been recovered by the Coast Guard today. Coast Guard officers recovered the body today after an extensive search which started yesterday morning. Walcott 46 of Diego Martin was knocked off his pirogue when a Coast Guard patrol vessel slammed into it around 12.30 am yesterday. Michael George and Keith Griffith were also on the pirogue when the accident occured. The duo were rescued alive