Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 February 2016, 11:48 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is alarmed at the amount of medical waste, including syringes and needles, that its workers are coming into contact with while maintaining Georgetown’s sewage system “Our sanitation employees are alarmed by the amount of medical waste found in the GWI sewage tanker as well as ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 February 2016, 11:30 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Education has embarked on a series of suicide awareness sessions in Georgetown under the theme “Choose Life- Say No to Suicide,” as Guyana continues to reel from a high incidence of persons taking their own lives.   The first such session was held Monday, 15th January, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 February 2016, 8:48 by Denis Chabrol The drought conditions which have affected the region since late 2014 / early 2015 are expected to subside by the start of the 2016 Hurricane Season. But in their place we should prepare for the risks of landslides and flashfloods, as the rains return. Officially, the Caribbean’s hurricane season ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 February 2016, 11:19 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s Constitution will undergo a third reform process later this year, since it came into being in 1980. “It is envisaged that some time this year that a Constitutional Reform Commission ought to be comprised-a broad-based commission so that this process should take place,” Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo told ...

Last Updated on Monday, 15 February 2016, 19:52 by Denis Chabrol Although the Guyana People’s Militia has been revived,  government Monday said no specific amount of money was allocated for equipment, training and kit for that paramilitary wing that has been resuscitated by the nine-month old coalition administration. Despite repeated requests by People’s Progressive Party Civic’s Gail Teixeira, Clement Rohee and ...

Last Updated on Monday, 15 February 2016, 19:04 by Writer Chief Whip of the Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Gail Teixeira has raised some concerns over the proposed infrastructural changes to State House, urging government to protect the architectural integrity of the building. This is after State Minister Joseph Harmon revealed that as part of Government’s capital projects for 2016, ...

Last Updated on Monday, 15 February 2016, 18:48 by Denis Chabrol Minister of Immigration and Citizenship, Winston Felix  Monday announced that more than 300,000 Guyana birth certificates with security features have been ordered, saying that such a large number of the document was required to cope with increased demand. People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) front-bencher, Dr. Frank Anthony  queried why ...

Last Updated on Monday, 15 February 2016, 18:26 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government Monday promised to scrap the employment of workers on contract, but refused to tell the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) when that would be done. “This policy is coming to zero. We will decide that. You can’t force it out of us,” said Minister of Immigration ...

Last Updated on Monday, 15 February 2016, 17:53 by Denis Chabrol Canada will provide GYD$20 million in assistance to help train Guyana’s ermanent Secretaries and senior managers of Government ministries and agencies trained in the areas of service delivery, leadership, administration transitions and team building. The Ministry of the Presidency said Canada’s help would be provided through the Caribbean Leadership Project. ...

Last Updated on Monday, 15 February 2016, 16:15 by Writer  As the considerations of the estimates for Budget 2016 continued on Monday afternoon, there was a brief uproar in the House as the Opposition questioned the appearance of the Special and Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) under the Ministry of the Presidency (MOTP). SOCU, is a branch of the Guyana Police ...