SATURDAY 24th September, 2022
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‘Wind back into the sails’ VAT INCLUSIVE
— fisherfolk say $150K grant to cushion increase in cost of living could not have come at a better time
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Esmond Duke
Food Festival kicks off! PAGE
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It was bon appétit on Main Street Friday evening as the Regional Food Festival kicked off with a bang. From jerk chicken to pizza, cook-up to curry, Main Street was abuzz with exquisite cuisine served up
by Guyanese and regional chefs. The event, which forms part of a menu of activities for Cricket Carnival, is scheduled for three days and will culminate on Sunday. When this publication visited the area, the
smell of freshly seasoned meats and other well prepared delicacies filled the atmosphere, tempting patrons to satisfy their taste buds by shopping for the tasty foods. Among the many cooks was Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer (CEO) of A PizzaLL, Shammah Noel, who was hard at work rolling dough in preparation for a pan of pizza. Noel said he plans to create history at the festival today by creating the largest
pizza ever made in Guyana. This, he said, will be over 16 inches in diameter. The food festival created the perfect after work lime as many were seen dining and having a good time as they were entertained by
musicians on drums and popular saxophonists, Roy Stewart. Wine bars, and craft booths were also on display and the Barbados booth drew the crowd with their variety of sample foods (Carl Croker)
Full-time contracts with gratuity for sweeper/cleaners
THE Cabinet, under the chairmanship of President, Dr Irfaan Ali, has recently instructed that sweeper/ cleaners at all public schools be immediately offered employment on a full-time contract-gratuity
basis at the public service minimum wage level. According to a release, the Cabinet gave this directive in order for steps to be taken to regularise the manner in which sweeper/ cleaners are employed and
paid at public schools. Sweeper-cleaners have long expressed the desire to also be considered as regular employees at public institutions and receive similar benefits. “This decision brings to
closure a long outstanding matter which has affected this category of workers in the public school system. Additionally, steps have also been initiated to address other pending anomalies in the salaries
being paid to other categories of employees, including some teachers who are affected by inconsistencies in their pay grades, depending on the year in which they were appointed.
Government has already started working to take stock of this problem with a view to resolving it going forward,” the release said
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1,200 more house lots distributed in Region Three
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