MINISTER OF EDUCATION ASKS FOLS TO RECONSIDER AND END ACTIOS

Minister of Education Karan Ramsundersingh has asked the FOLS to reconsider and put an end to their action at a meeting that was held yesterday. The FOLS are willing to consider this request and will reply at a later date. According to Robby Naarendorp, Chairman of the FOLS, the Minister has also proposed to evaluate the situation in the educative sector. Naarendorp has criticized the Ministry for the measures takenagainst the protesting teachers and has demanded that they be immediately revoked. He reported that the actions will however continue for the time being because the Ministry has so far not taken into effect the number of points that was presented to them by the FOLS in the past. The meeting planned for today will still take place. The Minister was asked to explain the reasons for mutations involving the teachers to which he replied that they should not be considered mutations but transfers of teachers to shools where no teachers were available. The FOLS then suggested that in that case the situtation be brought back to its original state. It has already been six weeks since the teachers have begun their protesting campagne against the government and now with the upcoming Xmas Holidays they have planned another type of action of attending shool until 11 am every day after which they report ill and go home. Considering the major set backs this will have on the school children, parents are not in favor of these actions of the teachers who in their opinion ought to be a bit more considerate towards our young Surinamers.

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT CONTINUES BOYCOTT OF ASSEMBLY'S MEETINGS

Yet another Assembly's meeting had to be postponed yesterday due to lack of quorum. 14 of the 20 members who had signed in were present. The Opposition were also not present. It has been reported from the side of the Opposition that even Coalition members are boycotting the meetings. Assembly's Chairman Marijke Djawalpersad has expressed her feelings over this matter stating that it was not fair after all the work that has to be done to set up such a meeting, for members not to attend. She would not say if there were other meetings to be set up before the ending of the year.

BRUTAL ARMED ROBBERIES SHAKE SUBURBIA

Since the past few weeks residents of the suburbian area UITVLUGT have constantly been shaken up by reports of armed men who are operating in that area. Many victims have been brutally beaten and robbed of their valuables by these armed bandits who are masked and are reported to be heavily armed. The latest victim, a super market owner, was hit on the head with the butt of a rifle and later shot in the shoulder and face when he retaliated by using his weapon that was consealed near where he fell to shoot at these undesirable intruders. Reports from the police reveal that they have rounded up a group and have also found a lot of arms. The police are busy investigating these robberies. The bandits are after money and jewelry.

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