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See below list of schools

Region One: Santa Rose Primary

Region Two: Tapakuma Lake Primary and Kabakaburi Primary

Region Three: Genesis, Tuschen Primary, Den Amstel, Leonora Primary

Region Four (East Bank): Soesdyke Primary and St. Mary’s Primary

Region Four (East Coast): Ann’s Grove Primary, Plaisance Primary, Golden Grove Primary and Friendship Primary

Region Five: Rosignol Primary

Region Six: All Saints Primary and St. Aloysius Primary

Region Seven: Potaro Primary, St. John the Baptist and Botavia Primary

Region 10: One Mile Primary

Georgetown: Sophia Primary, Redeemer Primary, F.E. Pollard Primary, North Georgetown Primary, Marian Academy, Winfer Garden Primary, St. Pius Primary, West Ruimveldt Primary, Tucville Primary, Enterprise Primary, St. Gabriel’s Primary, Colacco, School of the Nation and Georgetown International Academy

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By Telesha Ramnarine

Residents in Georgetown have been enduring persistent issues with garbage collection and disposal.

Each week, they place their waste barrels on the streets for collection, only to find that their trash is not picked up for days or weeks.

Meanwhile, parapets throughout the city are cluttered with refuse, and illegal dumping sites continue to increase, exacerbating the problem.

Despite the Mayor and City Council’s frequent complaints about being underfunded, the situation has become highly politicised, leaving residents to bear the brunt of the crisis.

Steven Jacobs, a PPP/C Councillor for Constituency Two, which includes the Subryanville/Kitty areas, has criticised the City Council’s handling of the garbage situation, attributing the problems to the council’s long-standing leadership by the PNC-led APNU over the past 50 years.

PPP/C Councillor, Steven Jacobs

Heston Bostwick, Manager – Constituency 10

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Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton

The ministry will also assist in finding alternative employment or training opportunities for the staff.

“The local management has indicated that, one, there is discussion and conversation about severing, the number at this moment is not a definitive number. Secondly, the principles of the company will reach out to the ministry soonest.

They would be in a better position to advise us about what their plans are. They have been advised and instructed by the Ministry of Labour about the necessary procedures they would have to follow,” Minister Hamilton stated.

He explained that the company has to formally inform the Chief Labour Officer one month in advance before the severance, and make available a list of all the persons who are to be severed including remuneration package.

This will allow the ministry to do the necessary calculations to ensure the offer is adequate.

“All is not lost…We have the Central recruitment and Manpower Agency that could be of assistance to persons who might have an interest. We have our job bank, where persons can put up their credentials and seek employment. We have about 300 companies that are registered at the job bank. There is a lot of options that people can explore,” the labour minister asserted.

He noted too, that the government has built call centres in different parts of the country and this can also be an opportunity for employment. [Extracted and modified from the Department of Public Information]

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Director of Projects at the Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) Marlon Daniels has said that within the next two to three years, new water distribution lines would be installed across the entire City, replacing the ones that were installed as way back as the 1930s.

That process has commenced.

He spoke to the News Room about the Georgetown Transmission and Distribution Replacement Project on Thursday at his GWI office on Vlissengen Road, Georgetown.

“The programme is meant to replace the eight transmission systems across the city. Every year, government makes more than enough resources available for this project. I gather within the next two or three years we will have the entire city with new lines that are robust and not susceptible to the bursting that occurs,” he shared.

The very old infrastructure that is in place currently is made of cast iron, as in those days, PVC was not a popular material. “You have a lot of corrosion occurring in the city, so every now and then you will see breakage happening at specific places. Right now, the hub or the hot spot is at the Parliament Building juncture. That line is aged. It is time to be decommissioned.”

Director of Projects at GWI, Marlon Daniels (Photo: News Room/September 12, 2024)

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In a move to curb illegal land occupation, Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) Sherwyn Greaves, has issued a stern warning to individuals involved in unauthorised land activities in Phase 4 Amelia’s Ward/Fitz Hope, Linden.

During an unannounced visit to the area on Thursday, Greaves expressed grave concerns over the recent surge in illegal land occupations and unauthorised constructions on residential lots.

These lots were already allocated to families through proper channels by the CHPA. The CEO’s visit was triggered by troubling reports of individuals unlawfully selling these allocated lots, misleading buyers to apply through the agency and falsely claiming occupancy dating back to 2017.

In a clear message to those affected, Greaves cautioned that any illegal structures built on these lands are at risk of demolition.

Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) Sherwyn Greaves

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