With the number of staff members being reduced in the past 18 months by more than 300, the Chief Executive Officer of Guyana Water Inc. believes that the company is now in a better financial position. At a press conference today, CEO Shaik Baksh said the staff reduction formed part of the company’s restructuring plan. …

— Community Advocating for repeal of colonial laws THE 2022 Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer (LGBTQ) pride festival in Guyana is expected to kick off next month with a packed calendar of events, following a two-year hiatus. That was revealed by the Guyana LGBT Coalition which comprises several LGBTQ advocacy groups in the country. This…

With the number of staff members being reduced in the past 18 months by more than 300, the Chief Executive Officer of Guyana Water Inc. believes that the company is now in a better financial position. At a press conference today, CEO Shaik Baksh said the staff reduction formed part of the company’s restructuring plan. …

Caribbean food insecurity post-COVID and Ukraine (Part IV) FOOD Security is impossible without import substitution, and CARICOM’s food import bill will continue to climb faster than ever, unless food imports are significantly reduced over the shortest possible time. It’s always been possible to lower food imports, but the need has never confronted Caribbean and world…

With the number of staff members being reduced in the past 18 months by more than 300, the Chief Executive Officer of Guyana Water Inc. believes that the company is now in a better financial position. At a press conference today, CEO Shaik Baksh said the staff reduction formed part of the company’s restructuring plan. …

IN keeping with President Irfaan Ali’s commitment at the COP26 summit to reduce the country’s carbon emissions by 70 per cent by 2030, the country’s first-ever solar-powered water treatment facility is expected to be commissioned in 2023. This was disclosed by Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI)’s Manager of Water Resources and Climate Change Adaptation Denise Woolford,…

With the number of staff members being reduced in the past 18 months by more than 300, the Chief Executive Officer of Guyana Water Inc. believes that the company is now in a better financial position. At a press conference today, CEO Shaik Baksh said the staff reduction formed part of the company’s restructuring plan. …

THE head of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has called on G7 nations to help anticipate future food shortages, as the war in Ukraine squeezes supplies, pushes prices to record highs, and threatens already vulnerable nations across Africa and Asia. “We need to actively identify ways to make up for potential…

With the number of staff members being reduced in the past 18 months by more than 300, the Chief Executive Officer of Guyana Water Inc. believes that the company is now in a better financial position. At a press conference today, CEO Shaik Baksh said the staff reduction formed part of the company’s restructuring plan. …

–instructed to enroll at the Cyril Potter College of Education to remain in the profession UNTRAINED teachers in the public school system have been instructed to enroll at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) to remain in the profession, a ‘memo’ issued by Chief Education Officer (CEO), Dr. Marcel Hutson to Regional Education Officers…