Day: December 4, 2010

Georgetown-
The Guyana’s People’s Partnership (GPP) is calling on the Minister of Education to sit with teachers and parents in reviewing the automatic promotion system. The GPP is disappointed at the recent remarks by the Minister where he said that the dropout rate will be high if the policy is disbanded. The political group says it shows is a severe lack of knowledge by the Minister as it relates to Education Policy

Georgetown– President Bharrat Jagdeo said that a lot of “horror stories” have been reported as it relates to Chinese trying to get work permits in Guyana. In some cases, many of them have been solicited for bribes from individuals, some of whom are not even Government officials. The president made these comments while addressing more than 400 Chinese nationals at the Guyana International Convention centre yesterday.