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Two doors at the dormitory in Liliendaal that are grilled

Fire inspectors checking schools, dorms countrywide

Inspectors from the Guyana Fire Service are conducting fire prevention and preparedness assessments at schools and dormitories countrywide which actually began a month before the May 21 blaze at a female dormitory at Mahdia that claimed 19 lives.

The bathroom area where the fire reportedly started (DPI photo)

Dorms safety for intense review

As efforts are being made to upgrade the fire prevention systems at dormitories and schools across the country, Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn yesterday stated that none of the doors at the Mahdia Secondary School’s female dormitory were secured by grills.

Nineteen die in Mahdia dorm arson

-three days of mourning declared Deep sorrow and shock gripped the small Region Eight town of Mahdia and other hinterland communities after arson obliterated a girls secondary school dormitory on Sunday night claiming 19 lives with another nine hospitalised in Georgetown.

Audit finds many SLED projects inoperable

Apart from millions still to be accounted for and a number of ghost entities receiving grants, two businesses that received funding through the Sustainable Livelihood Entrepreneurial Development (SLED) programme were found to be located in the PNCR’s Congress Place compound, the recently concluded financial audit into the programme found.

Celebration after hard work! Workers gyrating to music yesterday as they made their way to the National Park for the FITUG rally. (GAWU photo)

FITUG calls for talks on livable wage

FITUG Treasurer Seepaul Narine yesterday said that there should be an equalizing between the private sector and public sector minimum pay and he called on the National Tripartite Committee to initiate discussions on a livable wage for workers.

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