The Women in Action Network (WiAN) has called for a clean sweep of the Government Industrial School (GIS) that would involve the removal of everyone involved in the management of the facility, including Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams, and compensation for affected wards.Asserting that the recent investigation into operations at the facility had raised more questions than answers, it further declared that it would not be easing up on its demands for clear answers about what was going on at the juvenile detention centre.WiAN said on Wednesday that the entire Advisory Board for the GIS was “guilty of neglect, incompetence and failing to give advice for the protection of the wards of GIS”.“Minister Wilfred Abrahams, the Board, the entire staff of GIS and the Permanent Secretary need to resign to bring this era of the Government Industrial School to an end,” WiAN manager Tempu Nefertari insisted.
Evidence collected by the panel investigating operations at the Government Industrial School (GIS) has been handed over to police for any appropriate criminal action to be taken.That disclosure came on Monday from Minister of Home Affairs and Information Wilfred Abrahams as he declared that there was “no cover-up” at the institution.“All of the evidence taken by the panel will be made available to the Commissioner of Police. So, whereas I can’t tell you certain specific things, anything that indicates criminal happening or anything that may properly warrant a more thorough investigation by the Office of the Commissioner of Police will be brought to his attention.
Immigration legislation could soon be brought before Parliament as Government seeks to address the effect of this country’s aging population on the economy.According to Prime Minister Mia Mottley as more of the population grows older there could be a major challenge in the coming years which Government must head-off to avert any fallout.Speaking at a diaspora forum in New York on Sunday night, Mottley said “Our government is going to have to pass an immigration bill into law soon.
Outspoken trade unionist Caswell Franklyn is calling for the removal of the entire management team of the Government Industrial School (GIS).He insisted that even as a staff member remains on suspension with full pay pending investigations into reports that two female wards had allegedly ingested harmful substances under her watch earlier this month, the people responsible for spearheading operations at the state-run institution should be given their walking papers.In addition to saying that he was not pleased with the conflicting messages being publicised about the GIS, Franklyn said he was not comfortable with what was happening with the staff and wards.“That place is a hellhole,” he charged, adding that he was familiar with several unpleasant incidents that occurred at the GIS, particularly at the Female Unit in Barrows, St Lucy, over the years.The former Opposition Senator suggested that in order to bring a new lease to the GIS, the staff serving in managerial positions need