Gerry Gouveia to head prison sentence management board
… As Cabinet approves senior Home Affairs roles
Leading private sector businessman, Captain Gerald Gouveia, has been named to head Guyana’s Prison Service Sentence Management Board, while engineer Bert Sukhai has been approved to lead the Firearms Licensing Board .
Captain Gerald Gouveia
This is in line with a number of Cabinet decisions taken and have since been published in the Official Gazette.
According to the announcement, Captain Gouveia will lead the sentence management board with the help of other members, including Major General (ret’d) Norman McLean. The other members appointed to the board are Nicklon Elliot, Marielle Bristol, Meenawatie Rajkumar, Rabindra Chand, Mahendra Thakurdat, Chris Bowman, Beverly Bishop-Cheddie, Joan Ann Edghill-Stuart and Secretary Shireen Andrews.
Major-General (ret’d) Norman McLean.
With Sukhai leading the Firearms Licensing Board, the other Cabinet approved members are, Dr. Bhiro Harry, Dr. Karen Roach and Chandrowtie Sarran.
The Memorandum considered by the Cabinet Ministerial Counsel led by the President approved the appointments on April 9, last with a year’s tenure.
The appointments were signed by the Minister with responsibility for Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira.
Bert Sukhai.
Other Cabinet-approved appointments include members for the Guyana Prison Service Agriculture Development Board; Brian Sears was appointed Chairman with members including Ashraf Narine, Eon Sampson, Tabitha Barnwell, Simone Simon, Kevin Pilgrim, Hakeem Mohamed, Udistair Holligan, Roddy Denhart, David Sheppherd, Alexander Hopkinson, Sharamkumar Seeraj and Secretary Amias Benjamin. Rooms were also considered. and approved for the Guyana Fire Service Recruitment and Training Board. Compton Sparman has since been approved to head that board and will be joined by members, Dwayne Scotland, Randolph Alfred, Deborah Thomas, Seivewright Benjamin, Eureka Duncan, Nafeeza Rodrigues and Secretary Samantha Wickham.
Appointees to the Prison Service Recruitment Board include, Chair Ronald Harsawack and members Nicklon Elliot, Marielle Bristol, Eureka Duncan, Azad Ibrahim, Reverend Fay Clarke and Secretary Michelle Baptiste.
Nominees to the Fire Advisory Board include Chairman Ramesh Sugrim and members Orsen Simon, Hemraj Sanichara, Christopher Cathro, Joshua Muridall, Tanzia Bollers, Loretta Noel, Sheldon Sauns, Dannie Ramdolar and Secretary Joycelyn Balgobin.
Other appointments approved by Cabinet in its consideration include members of the Prison Service Training Board led by Tracy Shamshudeen and the deputy, Omesh Satyanand.