– minister says they should be paid in two weeks
Several persons who are still awaiting payments for various services they provided for the Carifesta festivities, protested yesterday morning in front of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport on Main Street.
The Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) along with the Ministries of Agriculture and Public Works yesterday launched an experimental road project using kilned clays in Better Hope, ECD.
The two brothers who were given just over a week to vacate a plot of land in Industrial Estate, Ruimveldt that they have occupied for the last twenty-nine years say that they have been instructed by the owners of the property not to move.
After serving for almost thirty years as the self-appointed caretakers of an old tannery at a Ruimveldt Industrial Estate premises, two middle-aged brothers have been told that they have to relocate.
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.
More than a month has elapsed since the Carifesta X activities came to an end but several of the employees of the Secretariat as well as performers are still waiting to be paid.
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.
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.
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.
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.
-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.
Teachers at the St. Stephen’s Primary School in Charlestown are upset that ongoing rehabilitation work at the school is affecting the normal functioning of the institution.
With 17 games from Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the final Winston Stevens and 16 from team-mate Rudolph Collins, Titans emerged as the true “Titan” when the Burchmore Philadelphia Memorial dominoes competition came to a close Wednesday last.
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.
Ma Popo was the character who stole the show on Friday night when the Dominican delegation put on Your Son My Husband, a play with a positive spin on marriage, at the Bishops High School.
The Guyana National Stadium was on Thursday night transformed into a big church, as thousands of people poured into the ground to be part of the much-anticipated Carifesta Gospel Celebration.