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2017 Budget unconscionable, a waste of time

…brace yourself for what is about to come ‒ Manickchand Unconscionable, a waste of time and an exercise in futility were the reaction to the 2017 National Estimates by former Education Minister Priya Manickchand, as she made her presentation on the annual debate which got underway Monday in the National Assembly. Manickchand, a frontbencher in the […]

Social Protection Ministry mum on violence against women –Manickchand

The Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) has revealed that 30.8 per cent of persons in Guyana condone – approve or understand – violence against women, a recent LAPOP report said and Shadow Education Minister Priya Manickchand has expressed concern that the responsible Ministry is silent on the matter. According to the LAPOP report, Americas […]

Manickchand scolds Govt over its “inaccessibility”

Government has come in for some harsh flogging by People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Member of Parliament (MP) Priya Manickchand who last Thursday criticised it for backpedalling on its promise of inclusive governance and its continued “inaccessibility”. Her criticism came in light of the recent revelation regarding the change of format of the examination paper for […]

MoE to conduct training for private schools

THE Ministry of Education, through its planning unit, has begun training for private schools in Region 4, and commenced training in Region 6 on Wednesday. According to a statement from the ministry, the programme is intended to update its database on private schools and to conduct a series of training sessions with them, so that they […]

Manickchand blames miscommunication for delay in teachers getting duty-free concessions -says ministry, union both at fault

Responding to a recent claim by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) that eligible teachers have been waiting for years to receive agreed duty-free concessions, Education Minister Priya Manickchand has said a miscommunication is to blame and both the ministry and the union share responsibility for the situation. Despite claiming that her ministry’s relationship with the […]

Manickchand talks tough at Bath rally ‘We are a peaceful party, but we will not be bullied’

“WE are a peaceful party, but we will not be bullied. Mark your ‘X’ next to the cup, and reject that sort of bullyism,” Senior Member of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Priya Manickchand declared as she urged thousands of persons at Bath Settlement to vote for the PPP/C.Manickchand told Party supporters that the only […]

Manickchand calls Health Minister’s abusive outburst ‘sexist’

—Elisabeth Harper dubs it ‘unacceptable and an affront to women’  Sexist, disrespectful, vulgar and stupid were some of the adjectives used by Minister of Education,   Priya Manickchand, in a Facebook post to describe the utterances of her colleague Minister, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran. Dr. Ramsaran who holds the portfolio of Minister of Health, was recorded […]

Manickchand condemns destruction of PPP/C campaign material in Region 5

PEOPLE’S Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) Region 5 Representative and Education Minister Priya Manickchand has noted that the party’s campaign materials, such as PPP/C flags, posters and billboards, were completely destroyed, ripped down or tampered with over the last 18 hours throughout Region 5 (Mahaica-Berbice). “This thuggery and bullyism speaks of intolerance for freedom of expression […]

Manickchand opens $82.3M Nursery school at Corriverton

The Ministry of Education in collaboration with Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) commissioned the Number 77 Nursery School complex recently at Number 77 Housing Scheme, Corriverton, Berbice.   The project was completed in seven months and cost $82.3M, making it Berbice’s 57TH Nursery school and the nation’s seventh such Nursery school complex that was constructed […]