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Fifty-five social service officers are now equipped with improved skills to address deviant behaviour and other challenges among youths, under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Youth Resilience, Inclusion and Empowerment (Y-RIE) project. Those who received training included caregivers at juvenile detention facilities, guidance and counselling officers, probation and child protection officers, and community advocates. U.S. Ambassador to ...

The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) and the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) on Tuesday said “colonial” era laws that could be used to discriminate against same-sex couples should be repealed to comfort tourists and bring in at least US$1 billion annually. THAG President, Dee George told a SASOD-organised event, Guyana Together, ahead of the September 27, ...

Forty-four women have been rescued from Red Dragon Night Club and have been taken into protective care, as police continue their probe into alleged trafficking in persons, the Ministry of Home Affairs said Wednesday. The Ministry of Home Affairs said police and officials of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security swooped down on the Robb Street,  Georgetown night ...

Canada is lending Guyana CAD$120 million to support social services delivery in a number of areas, with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) co-financing the amount with US$30 million, the Canadian High Commission said Tuesday. The High Commission says the loan will be utilised to improve social protection and public assistance under the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security (MHSSS). ...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a $30 million loan to strengthen the protection of vulnerable populations in Guyana, the Western Hemispheric financial institution said on Wednesday. “This loan, approved by the IDB’s Board of Executive Directors, will strengthen the Senior Citizen’s Pension program by expanding electronic payments through Mobile Money Guyana and the increase of the pension’s monthly value. ...

Guyana is preparing to enact legislation governing Social Work, and talks with several stakeholders are expected to begin this month, according to Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr. Vindhya Persaud. She said those discussions would be held with Social Workers, University of Guyana and the Ministry of Health as part of efforts to craft the legislation. Dr. Persaud ...

Two Social Work academics are recommending that a law be enacted to regulate Social Work practice and that Social Workers and the wider society do more to recognise and involve practitioners in project formulation and implementation. Appearing on News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM to mark World Social Work Day 2021, Doctoral candidate in Social Policy, Mrs. Dionne Frank  advocated for ...

By GHK Lall The calls are coming from several corners and they have a certain consistent chant about them. There is interest in Truth and Reconciliation at some high, national level; there is the hope that such could open the door and pave the way to some degree of desired national unity, and there is the third strain to the ...

Change Guyana (CG) political party on Tuesday made a number of promises to ensure a “fair share ” of the country’s oil and gas resources are provided to ordinary Guyanese, while at the same time taking back all idle oil blocks and holding annual auctions with significant signing bonuses. “All blocks for which investors’ commitments have not been delivered to ...

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) says it is working to clear the backlog of house lot applications. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the authority, Lelon Saul says the CH&PA, Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GLSC) and the National Industrial & Commercial Investments Ltd. (NICIL) will be collaborating to satisfy the demand for house lots. He explained that the ...