Year: 2011

The newly-accredited U.S. Ambassador to Guyana, D Brent Hardt, does not believe that the recently leaked U.S. cables on Guyana will affect diplomatic relations between Guyana and the USA. He made the comment moments after handing his letters of credence to President Bharrat Jagdeo at the Office of the President on Thursday, September 15. “I’m not at all concerned about it,” the ambassador told the media shortly after meeting the president. While he declined to comment on the revelations on WikiLeaks, Hardt said the process employed by the U. S.…

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By Janelle Persaud  I ask you to keep faith in our country. This country can become the paradise that we all wish for, that every child can grow up here and have a good life just here in Guyana.” This request was made by President Bharrat Jagdeo as he prepared to demit office in a few months’ time. Addressing a packed Guyana National Stadium on Friday, September 16 during Appreciation Day activities, Jagdeo expressed optimism that better days are ahead for Guyana. The sixth executive president of the Cooperative Republic…

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Dr Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines honours President Jagdeo   President Bharrat Jagdeo has been my friend for about eleven years; of course I have known him way before as a young activist in the People’s Progressive Party under Dr Jagan. Bharrat is a man of towering intellect possessed of a people-centred vision as befits a Caribbean visionary. His work as an integrationist in the region has been outstanding. Indeed, when the history of this period is written, Bharrat Jagdeo’s name would be revered and…

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Guyana is seeking Canada’s support in promoting real trading opportunities in the agriculture and tourism sectors, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh told that country’s recently-accredited ambassador to Guyana during a meeting on Wednesday, September 14. Ambassador David Devine met with Dr Singh, during which the minister wished him a successful and rewarding term of office while conveying his appreciation for the longstanding and generous support provided to Guyana by the government and people of Canada since establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1966. Minister Singh also highlighted…

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Adepleted National Assembly passed the Access to Information Bill on Thursday, September 15. This bill gives citizens the right to access information under the control of public authorities. It was tabled last June 17 and subsequently sent to a special select committee chaired by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds. The bill aims to promote transparency and accountability in the workings of the government and public authorities. “Mr Speaker, there were no major changes in principle, purpose or intent. Amendments were mainly to clarify what was intended and to remove ambiguities and…

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