Gov’t creating environment to foster stable employment, training opportunities

GUYANA ’ S economy continues to experience massive growth that has allowed Guyanese to grasp better opportunities in the private and public sectors, creating greater labour mobility.

Despite some shortages in the local job market , the government is taking proactive steps to address this issue

Training opportunities are being provided through the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) and the Board of Industrial Training ( BIT ), among other accredited institutions, as well as through job creation across sectors.

A technical school is also being established at Port Mourant in Region Six that will provide training and job opportunities to Guyanese

According to PPP General Secretary, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo , labour mobility should be celebrated, since people are now being presented with more choices in the job market.

“You’re going to continue to have labour mobility There is no position in the government where we can restrict that and it’s hard to compete with the alternative

“ It ’ s a right that citizens should have [and] this is something that should be celebrated too There was a time when people felt they had no option than to stick with one job for life ,” Dr Jagdeo expressed at a recent press conference

It is difficult for companies to find persons skilled in plumbing , carpentry , masonry and other technical skill sets, therefore, pushing them to import labour However , this is unique to Region Four, Dr Jagdeo pointed out

“ The situation is not the same in other regions of the country [and so] we don’t want to allow large numbers to come here when our people in other parts of the country are still looking for a job. But because they don ’ t have the same level of economic activity in those regions, they can’t find one as yet

“ That is why we are bolstering this with a parttime job We’re focusing on training people, we are urging them to be trained, we’re urging labour mobility,” the General Secretary highlighted The government has also engaged companies to establish facilities to accommodate labourers from other regions, as a way to promote labour mobility.

Practitioners Act, the Pharmacy Practitioners Act, The Regional Health Authority Act, The Blood Transfusion Act, and The GPHC Incorporation Order

His contributions to the legislative framework were significant and greatly appreciated He also worked on the draft Tobacco Control Bill, which became law in 2016

In the 1980s, when the Guyana Medical Association had become defunct, Dr Luncheon, working alongside other iconic doctors such as Deen Sharma and Walter Ramsahoye, ensured a new vibrant Medical Association was established

By 1989, the group was agitating for more independent control of medical practitioners and in 1991, the government relented and permitted a bill to be introduced. The present Medical Council functioning is still largely based on the 1991 Medical Practitioners Act This Act was slightly amended to add two non-medical members in 2006

In 1992, Guyana’s new president, Dr Cheddi Jagan , asked Dr Luncheon to serve as Head of the Presidential Secretariat, which interrupted his full-time job as a doctor

However, he continued to provide medical services to his colleagues and ordinary Guyanese whenever they needed it Numerous individuals have sought him out for their medical requirements, particularly in the field of nephrology Dr Luncheon has never refused assistance to anyone

Guyana’s health sector has suffered a great loss with the passing of a champion. Although we cannot replace him, his contributions have made a lasting impact on the sector . The Ministry of Health honours him as one of our most valuable assets and a true hero in the field of medicine.

One dead, two hospitalised in Cotton Tree accident

ONE person died and two others have been hospitalized after a motor vehicle accident on Cotton Tree Public Road, West Coast Berbice (WCB) around 02:00hrs on Monday morning.

According to the police, the accident involved motor car with registration PWW 5977, driven at the time by Rajendra Deonarine, a 22-year-old of Bath Settlement, WCB, with two occupants, a 29-year-old female and a 20-year-old male, and motor car with registration PTT 7168 driven by now deceased Carlton Maltay, a 60-year-old of East Canje, Berbice

Maltay also had two occupants in his vehicle at the time, Jurjan MacAndrew and Auria Maltay

Enquiries disclosed that motor car PTT 7168 was proceeding east on the northern drive lane at a fast rate While negotiating a turn, Maltay lost control of the vehicle and collided with motor car PWW 5977, which was proceeding west along the southern drive lane

As a result of the collision, the driver of motor car PTT 7168 and occupants Auria Maltay and Jurjan MacAndrew received injuries and were picked up in an unconscious condition and taken to the Fort Wellington Public Hospital, where Auria and Jurjan were seen and examined by a doctor on duty, then transferred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital where they were admitted

Carlton Maltay was pronounced dead on arrival and his body is presently lying at the Fort Wellington Public Hospital Mortuary

The other vehicle’s driver, Rajendra Deonarine, was admitted to the Fort Wellington Public Hospital for observation

The two occupants in his vehicle were not injured Investigations are ongoing