Jeff Trotman

Interviews and photos by Jeffrey Trotman Chairman of the Linden IMC Orrin Gordon and the rest of IMC members expressed disappointment at the July statutory meeting over the slow pace at which the current administration is moving to meet their expectations, which include reopening the Kara Kara Toll Point, making speedy arrangements for a new system of operating the Mackenzie-Wismar Bridge, increasing councillors’ stipend and employees’ wages among other issues that they feel should be urgently addressed.

President David Granger made a lightning visit to Linden yesterday and received an enthusiastic welcome at all three locations where he walked and mingled with throngs of residents.

Chairman of the Linden IMC Orrin Gordon is disappointed that since the current administration has been elected to office, the Linden municipality has not been able to discuss with the Ministry of Communities matters that are directly related to the town.

Chairman of the Linden IMC, Orrin Gordon, has described as an “eye pass” a proposed monthly sti-pend for municipal councillors.

Aubrey Quamina is currently enjoying his summer vacation at the Silvertown home in Linden where he grew up, basking in the satisfaction of recently receiving one of the more prestigious awards for educators in New York.

Former national footballer Nigel ‘Mice’ Cummings, hosted a children’s party in Silvertown on Monday at which he distributed one hundred and fifty backpacks containing exercise books, pens, pencils and other school supplies.

Secretary of the Linden Branch of NAACIE, Aggrey Darlington has said that industrial action by BOSAI workers has been officially called off but others say turmoil continues over whether to accept an eight-hour work day to avoid retrenchment.

“I’m still waiting for the time when we have a woman Commissioner of Police and a woman Chief of Staff of the army,” First Lady Sandra Granger said to resounding applause as she delivered the feature address at the second annual Women of Mission International (WOMI) conference at the Egbert Benjamin Centre, Linden, on Friday.

Region Ten Councillor Lawrence Hackett has expressed the opinion that Region Ten should be in a position to provide assistance to persons affected by coastal flooding but Regional Chairman Rennis Morian says the region is unable to do so.

New Regional Chairman of Region Ten Rennis Morian has suggested that the Guyana Teachers Union and the education committees of all ten Regional Democratic Councils should petition the Minister of Finance for $400 million to be made available to teachers to acquire their own homes.

Veteran member of the Region Ten Democratic Council, Charles Sampson, refused to accept the diary that was distributed to the newly inaugurated members of the council at their first meeting on Thursday.

Former APNU parliamentarian Renis Morian was elected unopposed as the new Chairman of the Region Ten Democratic Council yesterday.

Farmers in the Upper West Watooka area, Linden, are calling for the new agriculture minister, Noel Holder to visit their community so that they could air long-held grievances and for solutions to be found.