The Parliamentary Opposition has decried the late notices for meetings of the Standing Committee on Constitutional Reform which is chaired by Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams. A second meeting of the Committee in as many days was called yesterday at lunch. Speaker, Dr. Barton Scotland made the announcement, but Opposition MP, […]
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School feeding programme will not be expanded- Education Minister
Education Minister Nicolette Henry told the National Assembly that Government did not get to expand the school feeding programme as intended, though some $300M was requested in the 2019 budget under programme 404 for students up to grade two. Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Priya Manickchand had earlier raised concerns that over $2B was sent […]
Robotics, coding and animation for primary schools – Henry
-Manickchand questions significant increases for non-education items Monies from the $52.2 billion earmarked for the education sector in the 2019 budget will be used for continuing curriculum reform which will see robotics and animation being taught in primary schools. “It is no secret that a 40-year curriculum cannot deliver the breadth of skills for a […]
Whistleblower legislation in jeopardy – Manickchand
Amended Cyber Crime Bill …hauls Govt over coals for treatment of transferred Nurse The passage of the Protected Disclosures Bill counts for nothing when one considers the controversial Cyber Crime (Amendment) Bill, as persons who make unauthorised disclosures face as many as five years in jail if tried and convicted. This is according to Opposition […]
Manickchand calls on gov’t to reconsider ‘unconscionable’ budget
Opposition Member of Parliament Priya Manickchand yesterday called on the APNU+AFC government to listen to the reactions of the people and withdraw the proposed 2017 budget, which she deemed shocking and unconscionable. Manickchand, who served as education minister from 2011 to 2015 and is now shadow minister for the PPP/C, told the National Assembly that […]
The Manickchand Initiative
A mere four days after the desperado Anthony ‘Kussum’ Charles of Bare Root was shot dead by members of the Police Force and Defence Force in Bachelor’s Adventure Village about 22 km from Georgetown, Minister of Human Services and Social Security Priya Manickchand visited that ill-starred settlement. Bare Root could be a dangerous place. Next […]