Posted by wiig on April 15, 2008
Stabroek News – April 15, 2008
Dear Editor,
Please permit me to express my outrage at the owners of minibus number BJJ 6124, which works Georgetown – Mahaica (Route 44). Their bus displays rude slogans that are very insulting to women and all decent-minded persons.
I attach photographs taken on Friday, April 11 of the said vehicle for your and the public’s attention. What say you Mr Traffic Chief? Women’s Groups? Mesdames Ministers?
Yours faithfully,
A. VanRossum
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Posted by wiig on April 15, 2008
Guyana Chronicle – April 15, 2008
By Priya Nauth
MINISTER of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has lauded the HIV/AIDS fight in Guyana positing that it should be considered a success story.
He made this pitch at the opening of a five-day workshop, which was held at the Guyana Labour Union’s (GLU Camp Street headquarters, for the training of counsellors yesterday, under the theme ‘Prevention and Control– the way forward to tackle HIV/AIDS.
The workshop is part of the efforts of the GLU in executing a Guyana HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control sub-project for the Government of Guyana funded by the World Bank.
He said this programme adds another facet in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
“I believe Guyana a poor country has responded in the fight against HIV/AIDS in a comprehensive and innovative way… Guyana must be considered a success story in whatever standard in the fight against HIV/AIDS,” he observed. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by wiig on April 15, 2008
Guyana Chronicle – April 15, 2008
THE Women’s Progressive Organisation (WPO) has welcomed the appointments of Ministers Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and Pauline Sukhai with responsibilities for Foreign Affairs and Amerindian Affairs respectively.
The WPO noted: “Minister Rodrigues-Birkett is the first woman to hold the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs in Guyana. We are encouraged by this further act of confidence in women expressed by the government. We also recognise that Minister Sukahi’s appointment increases the percentage of women in Guyana’s Cabinet”
The WPO statement also wished Ministers Rodrigues-Birkett and Sukhai full success in their new areas of responsibility and congratulates the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government for its continued efforts to increase the participation of women in decision-making at all levels throughout the country.
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