Dear Editor, Education is a must. It is unequivocally and universally recognised as one of the major building blocks of development. In this regard, Guyana is like any other serious country. It has prioritised education, realising that it is truly the only avenue for poverty reduction, health amelioration, and gender equality promotion. With these three, there is bound to be a movement toward peace and stability. Since 1992, Guyana has placed education as one of its main priorities. The Ministry of Education has been assiduously working to ensure that resources…
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Caribbean women ‘still struggle to balance work, family life’
Although women in the Caribbean and Latin America have made unprecedented strides in joining the workforce and gaining access to education and health, they still struggle to balance work and family life, a new World Bank study has found. The study, “Work and Family: Latin American & Caribbean Women in Search of a New Balance,” called for a new raft of policies to make childcare services more readily available and allow for more flexibility in the workplace. But the report noted that the region’s women surpass men on many counts…
Read MoreMoney from trees
Less than two weeks ago, the California Air Resources Board voted unanimously to adopt the U.S.’ most comprehensive cap-and-trade system. It was intended to provide financial incentives to firms to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, notably carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, to their 1990 level by the year 2020. This was a significant event for climate change policy worldwide and for the use of market-based approaches to environmental protection. While not at this stage directly connected to the international market for carbon trading and REDD, it is a strong…
Read MoreUSAID has been a quiet force of progress in Guyana – Country Director
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) said it has been a quiet force of progress here, extolling its many achievements, one of them being the landmark Soesdyke-Linden Highway, which according to the agency remains one of the legacies of U. S. cooperation with the people and government of Guyana and stands as a testimony to the long relationship between two countries. Today marks the 50th anniversary of President John F Kennedy’s creation of USAID. In a message to mark the occasion, USAID Guyana Director Eric Kite said whether vaccinating…
Read MoreNagamootoo’s departure a blessing in disguise – PPP
“Bitter”, “opportunistic”, and “misleading” were the words used by PPP/C campaign manager Robert Persaud to describe ex-party member Moses Nagamootoo who on October 27 again lambasted the party’s leadership at an Alliance For Change rally at Burnham Court. On Friday at the party’s media briefing, Persaud debunked allegations made by Nagamootoo which suggested that the PPP “was corrupt” and did not have “high levels of internal democracy because it deliberately sidelined and bulldozed him out of the party” through “fraudulent means”. He told media operatives that the allegations are obviously…
Read MoreSwami Vidyanandaji bestowed with Guyana’s National Award
An award ceremony befitting that of a Swami whose exemplary life, religious and spiritual contributions to Guyana are incomparable, was held last evening, November 2, 2011 at the America Sevashram Sangha in Queens NY. President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo bestowed on Swami Vidyanandaji Maharaj, the most prestigious Arrow of Achievement award. Swamis of the Ashram, distinguished dignitaries from the City of New York including Queens Borough President, Ms. Helen Marshall, representatives of the Guyana Consulate in New York, Guyana’s Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Manniram Prashad, prominent businessmen and hundreds…
Read MoreFive parties cleared to contest 2011 polls in Guyana
The three main political groups – People’s Progressive Party/ Civic, A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change— and The United Force (TUF) have been cleared to contest both the general and regional elections, while a small group in Berbice, the East Berbice Development Association (EBDA), got the nod to compete for the regional elections in Region Six. Two other small parties that had submitted lists on Nomination Day last week have been disqualified, sources at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) said. These are: Horizon And Star (HAS), headed…
Read MoreGRA implements new rate system to clear barrels
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Monday said that effective from November 1 a new flat rate system for the clearing of personal effects was implemented while the entity’s standard operating procedures have been revised. In a release to the media, GRA said the move to have the new flat-rate system implemented is a means of improving the services provided to the public. The new system will see boxes, barrels and cartons valued up to US$1000 or its equivalent being cleared utilising the Simplified Customs Declaration Form C73. Previously, only…
Read MoreWe will fight relentlessly against those who want to divide our country
– Ramotar tells thousands at massive Lusignan rally By Michael Younge Presidential candidate of the ruling People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) Donald Ramotar told a massive gathering of supporters on Sunday that he will work “tirelessly” towards forging national unity in Guyana once his party is re-elected to office. He was addressing a mammoth crowd of an estimated 30,000 persons at the Lusignan Tarmac. Ramotar said that he will not only fight to defend the progress and gains made with respect to unity but will condemn all attempts by…
Read MoreAPNU urges Berbicians to vote for a change
By Michael Itwaru Partnership for National Unity (APNU) prime ministerial candidate Dr Rupert Roopnaraine has urged supporters of the coalition to vote the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) out of office, calling for an electoral revolt on polling day. Roopnaraine was at the time addressing hundreds of supporters at the party’s rally in Corriverton last Saturday night. He said November 28 — Election Day would be the first anniversary of the multiracial revolt against oppression. “One of the first things on our agenda has to be the complete reform of the…
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