Month: October 2010

Citizens can now demand transparency and accountability from the Government and Public Offices by seeking redress in the courts. This is the main tenant of the bill and its 23 clauses which primarily allow “ an application to the court for relief against an administrative act or omission”. 

President Bharrat Jagdeo,this afternoon sworn in six new members on the Public Service Commission at the office of the President. The new members are Cecil Sewpersaud, Vera Naughton, Ganga Persaud, Vedyamattie Looknauth and Carvil Duncan.

The main opposition today highlighted that the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is now insisting for pensioners to obtain a prescription from their doctors, purchase their medications from their own resources then submit a claim along with the receipt, and then await NIS approval for a refund.

More than a year ago the untrained teachers, who operate within the school system, were issued with letters which made it clear that if they did not upgrade their status and become ‘trained teachers’ by a particular time, they would be asked to leave the system.