| Anti-social curbs are paying big dividends
Five people have been arrested as part of a crackdown on anti-social behaviour in Ramsbottom. Operation Gallipoli was the latest in a series of operations to be carried out in the area and was set up to reassure residents worried by young people being a nuisance, drinking alcohol and taking drugs. The initiative involved high visibility policing in hotspot areas, visits to licensed premises and test purchases being carried out with trading standards officers. Extra funding for the crackdown was provided by BurySafe. .
Republican rivals open final assault in Florida
The President's job isn't to shuffle papers around. That's what secretaries and his Chief of Staff is for. But, in the end it looks like we'll either get Hillary or Romney for pres, which will do nothing more than vindicate that B.S. works to the max and that we deserve the next 4 - 8 years of the shell game we'll get from either one of them. And the other side will complain and moan, mostly because they're not in the position to move the peas around themselves. .
Public servants’ housing scheme mooted
Mr Asukusa said a submission was now before the Central Agencies Coordinating Committee and the National Executive Council to consider.
"We have a paper before the appropriate agencies for a housing loan scheme. We are looking at K37 million to be set aside for the public servants loan scheme."
The NHC head said this when welcoming comments made by the PNG Trade Union Congress leaders Michael Malabag and John Paska.
Mr Asukusa said the NHC was also working on a policy paper for "simple people to source funding to buy cement, timber, corrugated roofing iron and timber.
He said the NHC would provide land under the theme "half-way" housing concept.
He said the NHC had not failed the Government and money was the only problem over a number of years.
He said another problem was that the National Government placed a moratorium on house rentals with the highest rental being K23 a fortnight for a high covenant house.
Prepare to meet thy pothole (and deal with a grim fate)
This column normally aims to inform, not scare the heck out of you. But how else to describe the horrors that await your car when you smack a really bad pothole? "The potential damage are blown tires, bent rims, broken suspension components, or bent suspension components such as ball joints, tie rods, control arms, MacPherson struts, broken springs due to impact, blown shocks, or even a bent spindle," said Larry Rubenstein, mechanic and owner of Route 1 Auto Service in Peabody. All that from hitting a pothole? "Yes," he replied. "That's what happens." Today we probe no one's favorite subject, potholes. What, exactly, is happening underneath the floorboards when you hit one dead on? Is there anything you can do to limit the damage? And, the question I was dying to know, is the city, town, or state that owns the pockmarked roadway under any obligation to pay your repair bill? I say that nobody likes potholes, but that's not entirely true.
Newswatch, Police/Fire
A funeral service for Hawaiian entertainer Genoa Keawe will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at Borthwick Mortuary. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the mortuary and from 9 a.m. to noon Friday at the Laie Hawaii North Stake, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 55-110 Lanihuli St., Laie. Because of the large crowd expected and limited parking at the downtown mortuary, organizers suggest that people arrange to carpool, be dropped off or park elsewhere. Keawe, 89, died Monday at her home. The foremost female Hawaiian falsetto singer, she was a professional entertainer for more than 60 years. She is survived by sons Gary P. Keawe-Aiko, Eli Kaeo Paalua and Eric K. Keawe; hanai daughters Suzie Harrison and Roberta Silva; 40 grandchildren; 98 great-grandchildren; and 81 great-great-grandchildren.
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