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Daily Archives: Monday, 17 July 2023, 20:26

Guyanese-roots: New York’s first Black woman Deputy Police Commissioner

Last Updated on Monday, 17 July 2023, 20:26 by Denis Chabrol Reproduced from NBC New York In a historic announcement, not only was Edward Caban named the next NYPD commissioner on Monday, making him the first Hispanic person to lead the nation’s largest police department, but Mayor Eric Adams also announced Tania Kinsella as the next first deputy commissioner — ...

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GY$5 million final settlement for surviving families of children burnt in Mahdia Dormitory fire

Last Updated on Monday, 17 July 2023, 15:37 by Denis Chabrol Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Monday confirmed that the surviving families of the 20 children who were burnt to death at Mahdia Secondary School dormitory earlier this year are each receiving GY$5 million. “It is an ongoing process,” he told Demerara Waves Online News. “The Government of Guyana hereby ...

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Norton criticises govt’s plan to hire foreign nurses

Last Updated on Monday, 17 July 2023, 8:48 by Denis Chabrol Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Aubrey Norton on Sunday night poured cold water on government’s short-term plan to bring in Cuban nurses to grapple with a serious shortage of that category of health workers facing Guyana. Addressing a public meeting at ...

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