The Ministry of Legal Affairs is seeking a consultant to assess the progression of the Criminal Justice Programme, with the aim of monitoring and evaluating its success.
Literacy among students remains one of the biggest problems plaguing the education sector leading to disparity in academic performance and examination results and Education Minister Priya Manickchand said schools across the nation will soon benefit from enhanced literacy programmes to curb the issue.
Even after a late night confirmation on his availability to address the commissioning ceremony of the US$120 million Kiln #15 and Metallurgical Grade Bauxite (Maz) Project of the BOSAI Minerals Group (Guyana) (BMGG) Inc, l Chairman of Region 10, Deron Adams, said he was removed from the programme.
President Irfaan Ali says that there is a “real possibility” that CARICOM will achieve its ambitious goal of reducing the region’s food importation bill by 25 percent by 2025.
New Mayor of George-town, Alfred Mentore, yesterday pledged to “bury the hatchet” and be a people‘s mayor in the execution of his duties.
The city’s Deputy Mayor Alfred Mentore is tipped to be elected Mayor of Georgetown today, multiple sources close to APNU have told this newspaper.
Despite suffering a marginal defeat, outgoing Deputy Mayor of Georgetown Alfred Mentore is banking on his selection from the Proportional Representation list for another opportunity to represent his constituents and citizens of Georgetown on the new council.
Now bouncing back from a major disruption in operations, the developers of Hubu Aquafarms said they are determined to see the project prosper.
Trinidad-based consultants, WSP Caribbean, have designed and proposed a two-section bridge connected by an island in the Corentyne River to link Guyana and Suriname.
The establishment of a pre-trial chamber in the criminal justice system holds great opportunities in clearing backlogs and reducing the prison population, Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ Judge Jacob Wit said last evening.
The Child Care and Protection Agency (CPA) is being accused of refusing independent legal representation to the 16-year-old complainant at the centre of the rape allegations against Local Government Minister, Nigel Dharamlall.
Region Two Commander, Superintendent Khemraj Shivbaran, yesterday rejected accusations that he attempted to pervert the course of justice in relation to a statement from the complainant in the case against Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall.
Hours after being arrested by law enforcement officers at the Brickdam Police Station in a rape investigation, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall was last night released on $1m bail.
Protestors yesterday braved the midday heat and called for an impartial investigation into the allegations of sexual misconduct and for Government Minister and Member of Parliament, Nigel Dharamlall, to step down from his posts.
The MV Ma Lisha ferry is yet to make its maiden commercial voyage between the North West District, Region One and Georgetown, and according to Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill, the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) is working diligently to have the India manufactured vessel operational.
Despite losing Georgetown and with several of its high-profile crossover candidates suffering stinging defeats, PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that the government has a plan to transform the city and will stick to it.
While it won a big majority of the NDCs and seven of 10 municipalities, the ruling PPP/C was easily defeated in Georgetown and Linden where it had invested much in a high-profile campaign and attracted well- known crossovers from the main opposition APNU in a bid for a historic shift.
The ruling PPP/C upped the ante for local government elections with two rallies yesterday, one in South Georgetown and the other in Kitty, as its General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo, assured city residents that central government will support their councillors should the party win City Hall.
PPP/C General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo last night joined his party’s Georgetown candidates in an appeal for votes to secure its first majority at the Mayor and City Council in over 57 years.
Recommendations by the fire service for grills to be removed from the Mahdia dormitory prior to the blaze that claimed 20 lives were made to the regional education officer through the RDC but never acted upon.
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