Year: 2011

Laparkan was represented at the recent Health and Education Relief Organization (HERO) awards banquet held at Tavern on the Park in Queens, New York. At that banquet, the Chief Executive Officer of the Georgetown Public Hospital, Mr. Michael Khan, and Founder and Leader of the Guyana Chronicle Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Rudy Bishop, were among the awardees. HERO, formerly HERG, is comprised of several Guyanese and other Caribbean doctors and medical personnel working in the United States. The organization mounts medical and medical education missions to the Caribbean each year.…

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Tourism, Industry and Commerce Minister Manniram Prashad has expressed satisfaction with the response from entrepreneurs and patrons at this year’s mega trade event. The exposition on Thursday was declared open at the National Exhibition Centre at Sophia. Over the years, the event has received tremendous support from exhibitors, which has contributed in making it one of international repute. Prasad encouraged small business owners to use GuyExpo as a means to expand their operations. “GuyExpo is about showcasing your products; getting linkages outside, which is very important; getting into joint ventures…

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China and Guyana on Wednesday night hailed the special friendship they shared with pledges to strengthen their diplomacy and bonds. The occasion was the 62nd Anniversary of the founding of the Asian giant at the Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown. Chinese Ambassador to Guyana Yu Wenzhe told the gathering, which included President Bharrat Jagdeo and other top diplomats and government officials, that, over the past 39 years, the China- Guyana relations have remained strong. He noted that in 2011 China’s relations with Guyana has been further developed, and the two countries…

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Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali, on Friday, September 30, released startling information to the public, which suggested that Region 10 Chairman Mortimer Mingo may have been lying when he told the Stabroek News that he never received or paid for any land given to him by government at “Pradoville 2” housing scheme, Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara. “The facts are as follows: Mingo was allocated a plot of land at Sparendaam in the area referred to as “Pradoville 2” in the Stabroek News. Mingo issued a cheque, number 375166565, dated…

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Education Minister Shaik Baksh has pointed out that while more parents, in the past few years, have been paying greater attention to their children’s education, many are still to come on board. Speaking at the recent National Spelling Bee finals at the National Culture Centre, Baksh said the success of students throughout their school years hinges strongly on parental support. He emphasised that many of the top performers and other successful students at both the primary and secondary levels were able to do well because their parents paid a vested…

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Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and her Venezuela counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, met on Friday, September 30 in Trinidad to discuss Guyana’s applying to the United Nations to extend its continental shelf, a move which has unnerved Caracas. The UN Good Officer, Professor Norman Girvan, was invited to the meeting, a release from the Foreign Affairs Ministry said. Earlier this week, the Venezuelan government said a new request by Guyana to the United Nations to expand the limits of its continental shelf from 200 to 350 nautical miles constituted an “irregular…

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