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Age conflict seen in laws that relate to child trafficking

Participants at a forum on human trafficking are questioning whether the age of consent under the Criminal Law Offences Act and the age a person is still considered a child under the Combating of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Act are in conflict after reviewing some case studies.

Education of special needs kids for more attention – Dr Fox

Schoolyard flooding raised at meeting Minister in the Ministry of Education Dr Desrey Fox says that greater emphasis will be placed on the education of children with special needs and the Ministry is working to ensure that all of them are exposed to schooling at the secondary level.

Public hearing into GWI

Poor water quality, billing among top issues raised Poor quality of water and the factors influencing billing were two of the major issues discussed during a public hearing into the Guyana Water Inc, organised by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and held at the Rupununi Room, Hotel Tower on Wednesday.

$600M city water improvement project to flow from April

When two iron treatment water plants in central Ruimveldt and Sophia are completed in April, over 40,000 residents in several areas in Georgetown will have access to an improved supply, Chief Executive of Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) Karan Singh said on Tuesday.

Dr Desrey Fox

‘Face the community meeting’

Parents for training on how to help kids with school work The Ministry of Education has promised to conduct a special programme for parents at the Sophia Primary School to teach them methods to help their children with school work.

Mobile banking signal at forum

-as ways to reduce cash use examined A proposal to introduce mobile banking (M-Banking) here was one of the ideas discussed yesterday when businesspersons and bankers renewed a commitment to pursuing non-cash financial transactions, in the light of increased armed attacks on persons.

Keith Waithe: making the flute talk

Keith Waithe’s passion for music and cross-cultural relationships has seen the birth of the Buxton Fusion, which features Waithe on flute backed by local musicians on traditional African and Indian instruments.

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