Year: 2012

Concerns relating to nursing school will be addressed – Dr Ramsaran

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The Georgetown Nursing School will be further improved and concerns raised by students over recent weeks will be addressed. This is according to Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran who told Guyana Times International that measures are already being put in place to deal with the issues that were brought to the attention of his ministry. The health minister stated that a meeting was held recently at the Office of the President, during which executive members of the Georgetown Nursing School Student Council met and discussed their issues with him and…

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Caribbean accreditation scheme launched

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The Caribbean Cooperation for Accreditation (CCA) scheme has been launched in Guyana under the auspices of the Caricom Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) and the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS). Physikalisch-Techniche Bundesansalt (PTB) Consultant Pat Paladino said the scheme is a regional accreditation mechanism that is designed to provide solutions to accreditation issues unique to the Caribbean. He noted that the scheme aims at providing internationally recognised accreditation services that are economical and readily accessible to the region’s commercial sector. “It will provide an improved regional accreditation…

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The OLPF project gets a boost

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Dear Editor, Most Guyanese are still foaming at the mouth because of the recent budgetary cuts. One of the horrible repercussions of these cuts was that the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) programme became threatened. However, government even at that juncture, promised to keep the project alive. Now it is good to know that life is still going on, even though the budgetary cuts have been debated, and there seems to be little happening, where a reversal is likely. The word is that the governments of Guyana and China strengthened…

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Kaieteur News’ front page speaks of a high level of unprofessionalism

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Dear Editor, Kaieteur News has separated itself from the part of Guyana which is seeking to deal with domestic violence by furthering the objective of the man who was abusing the woman in the public. The local edition of Kaieteur News put this picture of violence proudly on its front page. We know there is domestic violence in Guyana, we know that many men have no fear of brutalising the women they are supposed to love because they believe that they operate in a society which tolerates and accepts that…

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Sir Viv was unfair in his comments regarding Ramdin’s performance as a player

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Dear Editor, Having read in the print media of Guyana Times International Volume 94, Week ending June, 10, 2012. Pg 9. “Lara’s opinion valid, but will not really work,” by Deniss Hawthorne, I ask that you please allow me to make a few comments, in this regard. I will also comment on a recent critical remark by Sir Vivian Richards, about Dinesh Ramdin’s batting performance. I like to give my support to Deniss for the comments he made about Lara’s statement he made about Chanderpaul. Perhaps I would like to…

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New multi-million dollar housing scheme for Region 6

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– Residents to benefit from 1000 new house lots By Michael Younge Region Six residents are poised to benefit from the construction of a new multimillion dollar housing scheme at Phase Two Kilcoy/Chesney, which will see more than 1000 new house lots being created to meet the current demand. The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) has approximately 2700 applications on file for persons who are desirous of owning house lots in the region. Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali along with several senior officials of that ministry visited the…

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Parliament approves financial autonomy of service commissions

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By Michael Younge The National Assembly on Wednesday afternoon approved the opposition’s motion to give financial autonomy and independence to four constitutional service commissions that were being treated, by error, as budget agencies which did not possess the power to draw directly from the Consolidated Fund to meet their functions. The motion was tabled by the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament Carl Greenidge and received the full support of the Alliance For Change (AFC). It did not benefit from the full support of government, which had…

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Guyana and the Rio+20 Summit

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While Guyana expects much of the Rio+ 20 Summit to be held next week in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud said from the look of things not many commitments would be made to take the requisite action to achieve a viable framework that will, in turn, promote sustainable development globally. “While this conference takes on the larger objective in terms of promoting sustainable development and looking at key areas, there is not much optimism that there will be the types of commitments and firm…

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Culture, violence and disorder

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At the end of May, the local edition of our newspaper reported on a study conducted by the IDB – “Antipodes of Violence”. It should be studied by our policy makers who may be wringing their hands at the violence that is wreaking havoc in all sections and strata of our society. “Antipodes”, of course, refers to things that are direct opposites. The findings of the study, which was conducted in several Latin American cities, found remarkable echoes in our own experience. It bluntly concludes that any successful strategy to…

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Guyana to launch massive tourism drive in TT

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Guyana is set to launch a massive destination campaign out of Trinidad and Tobago shortly, as efforts continue to expand the country’s tourism sector. Acting Tourism, Industry and Commerce Minister Irfaan Ali met with representatives from Advantage Advertising, a Trinidad company, on the island last week, to discuss the launch of the campaign, a release from the ministry said. According to the tourism minister, this initiative is aimed at encouraging more persons from the twin-island republic to vacation in Guyana. “Representatives from the company will also be travelling to Guyana,…

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