Year: 2011

Chinese firm Haier Electrical Appliances Limited has committed to ship the initial 27,000 netbooks/ laptops to Guyana by air in order to meet the stipulated deadline set by government for the distribution of the equipment under its One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) initiative. Government last week awarded a US$ 7.5 million contract to Haier Electrical Appliances Limited to provide the first 27,000 net books. Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir, who holds responsibility for the execution and implementation of the OLPF, disclosed that, “instead of waiting for a shipping day or five…

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BY MICHAEL YOUNGE Affordable housing for all, establishing sustainable communities” was the theme under which the Housing Ministry and its Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) staged the eighth One Stop Shop on Friday, September 2, that saw around 500 persons receiving house lots. Addressing hundreds gathered at the Uitvlugt Community Centre Ground, Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali stated that government believes in the equitable distribution of resources, wealth and development. He argued that, despite the misinformation peddled by critics, his ministry remains committed to ensuring that all Guyanese…

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The Health Ministry is working on the creation of a National Health Facilities Management Unit which will conduct visits to the health facilities to ensure they are functioning effectively. This was announced by Minister within the Health Ministry, Dr Bheri Ramsaran, during the recently-concluded meeting of regional health officers. Ramsaran said engineers have already been recruited for the unit. The ministry’s Regional Health Services (RHS) unit on September 5 and 6 hosted a two-day meeting with the RHOs, at the Grand Coastal Inn, Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara. The biannual…

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Police have arrested a woman as they probe the slaying of University of Guyana student Anthony Ting-A-Kee last Friday at the Greater Georgetown seawall. Police have said that a post-mortem examination was performed on the body by pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh, who gave the cause of death as perforation of the heart due to gunshot injury. The 21-year-old Ting-A-Kee, of Lot 75 Robb Street Lacytown, Georgetown, was reportedly robbed, shot and killed by unknown persons in the vicinity of the Texaco Gas Station on the Rupert Craig Highway, Greater Georgetown…

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– 2011 Mid-Year Report The engineering and construction industries have seen marked growth in the first half of the year in light of the upsurge in construction of new homes. According to the recently-released 2011 Mid-Year Report, this sector has experienced a four per cent growth. “Imports of building materials and construction-related public investment continued to reflect strong growth,” the report stated, while noting that “the value of new mortgages issued also increased consistent with private construction for residential purposes being a dominant factor driving construction activity.” Government is actively…

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The health sector continues to advance with the addition of state-of-the-art institutions and trained personnel to man those institutions with the aim of bettering health care services provided to citizens. To ensure that this is achieved, Gy$7.2 billion of the Gy$14 billion allocated to the health sector was expended for the first half of 2011. According to the Mid- Year Report presented by Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh on Thursday in the National Assembly, the levels of expenditure have aided the acceleration of the implementation of the national health programmes.…

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