A group of local Muslims marched outside the Maraval Road office of CNMG this morning requesting the return of talk show host Fazeer Mohammed to office. The Muslim Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago is calling Mohammed’s dismissal a case of religious discrimination. The association’s president Imtiaz Mohammed is calling for Fazeer to be reinstated to his original position. The group also intends to march outside the Prime Minister’s office.
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has described the discovery of a special unit of the Police Service wire tapping phones of citizens as "frightening’. Persad-Bissessar the head of the country’s National Security Council says she does not know who the information was being collected for. The little known Security Intelligence Agency was raided by officers last month and the spying discovered. The SIA has spied on individuals for the last 5 years.
A new entity, Transparency International Guyana Inc. has been incorporated under the Companies Act as a non-governmental non-profit organisation with the aim of promoting transparency and eradicating corruption.
Minister of Trade Industry and Commerce Manniram Prashad assured businesses and consumers that there will be no shortage of Poultry supplies for the holidays and that the price will remain stable. This announcement came following a meeting with the Guyana Poultry Producers Association. Head of the Association Peter De Groot explained that while some businesses were forced to cut back because of the high price, they can now breath a sigh of relief since the prices will remain normal before and after the holidays.
Cabinet has approved for the purchase of computers for fifty secondary schools across the country. According to the secretary to the Cabinet Dr. Roger Luncheon, by the end of 2011 all secondary schools must be equipped with computer labs at a cost of $4M GD each.
Following raised concerns by parents of students attending the Bagotville and Golden Grove primary schools, which were highlighted in a Stabroek News article, dated November 10, titled ‘Parents shut down schools- poor conditions at Bagotville, Golden Grove Primary’.
To ease the garbage collection and disposal countrywide, cabinet secretary Dr. Roger luncheon today said the Government will be purchasing twelve garbage trucks.The trucks will assist the Government’s Solid Waste Disposal Strategic Plan. The trucks upon their arrival, will be distributed to municipalities first, then the other areas
Dr. Luncheon explained that the trucks will also solve some of the problems faced by the Mayor and City council, hiring independent contractors.
The police are looking for a 28-year-old Timehri woman Babita Sarjou who was reported missing since November 4. The police said a report was made at the Timehri Police station by the missing woman’s mother Champa Seenarine after Babita Sarjou had left home for work on the last Thursday morning and had not returned.
Parents were forced to remove their children from two schools feeling the brunt from the smoke filled Mandela dump site still on fire, despite efforts to douse the flames. Fire fighters are unable to bring the situation under control as residents in nearby communities are forced to evacuate because of thick smoke rising from the dump site. The city council, fire department and Ministry of works are desperately trying to bring the situation under control but with little success.
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