– Guyana’s GDP pegged at 4.5 per cent for 2013 Latin America and the Caribbean will see stronger economic growth, despite ongoing uncertainties at the international level (particularly the difficulties faced by Europe, the United States and China), according to new estimates released on Tuesday in Santiago, Chile, by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). ECLAC also projected a 4.5 per cent GDP for Guyana in 2013, while indicating that the country’s GDP was 3.8 per cent for this year. According to the Preliminary Overview of…
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Recalcitrant WICB
After five years of a sustained rearguard action to ward off any meaningful changes in its structure proposed by the “Patterson Report”, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has once again demonstrated its contempt for the intelligence of the West Indian people. The Patterson (Governance) Report had been commissioned by then head of the WICB, Ken Gordon “to consider the composition and structure of the WICB and to make recommendations which will improve its overall operations, governance effectiveness, team performance and strengthen its credibility and public support.” Two years later…
Read MoreLall’s radio licence refusal tied to U.S. visa revocation
– personal vendetta against QAII exposed Kaieteur News publisher Glenn Lall The personal vendetta that Kaieteur News (KN) publisher Glenn Lall has against Executive Chairman of Queens Atlantic Investment Inc (QAII) Dr Ranjisinghi Ramroop has yet again been exposed and continues to be manifested daily in articles of the mud-slinging tabloid. The grudge first took root with the launch of Guyana Times in 2008 and spiralled into hatemongering, as KN continued to predicate attacks on almost every company associated with, or owned by, Dr Ramroop. KN was in business when…
Read MoreGov’t says ‘under threat’
– appeals for international support One year after the new parliamentary dispensation, the Government Information Agency (GINA) has released a report circulated to international and regional bodies. Below is an abridged version. After the November 28, 2011, general and regional elections under the proportional representation system, the Peoples’ Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/ C) won the single largest bloc of votes, and therefore in accordance with the Guyana Constitution, formed the government with 32 seats. The two opposition parties, the A Party for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change…
Read MoreGold heist boat owner was deported from U.S. – Sources
The boat at the centre of the US$11.5M gold heist reportedly left Guyana in June. This is according to information from Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell who spoke with reporters on Wednesday morning. “It came the 17th of June and left the 19th of June. We got a name, we got an address, we did some work and we’re still looking,” Brumell said. Authorities say searches for the owner of the ship have come up empty handed. The owner, according to high level sources, was deported from the United States…
Read MoreCaribbean Airlines accorded flag carrier status
– launches inaugural flight to Toronto By Elvin Carl Croker It was a doubly sweet experience for Caribbean Airlines on Tuesday when its new Boeing 767 jet touched down at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport for its inaugural flight to Toronto, Canada, and Transport Minister Robeson Benn announced that the airline was now the national flag carrier. On hand to welcome the jet was Caribbean Airlines Manager (South America) Carl Stewart who greeted airline Chairman Rabindra Moonan and Chief Executive Officer Robert Corbie among others who were the first to…
Read MoreHundreds of NY-based Guyanese flock Sri Swami Ganapathi concert
Indo-Guyanese and other Indo-Caribbeans are keen followers of Swami Ganapathi, based in Mysore, India, and they turned out in large numbers for the spiritual concert held last Sunday afternoon at the Flushing Temple auditorium where His Holiness Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swamiji performed continuously for two hours. The event was organised by supporters. Sri Swamiji has millions of followers at his holy Datta Centers around the globe, including several in the U.S. He is well known in Guyana and the Caribbean. He previously conducted spiritual ceremonies and concerts in Guyana and…
Read MoreGuyana and Venezuela commit to strengthening relations at all levels
– as new Ambassador is accredited The relations Guyana hold with neighbouring Venezuela at the political, diplomatic and bilateral cooperation levels were described by the new Venezuelan Ambassador to Guyana Reina Margarita Arratia Diaz as “unstoppable.” She presented her letters of Credence to President Donald Ramotar on Wednesday bringing a message from President Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Government about their commitment to continue strengthening ties for the benefit of the people of the two countries. Chavez was re-elected president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela after a comfortable victory…
Read MoreGov’t unveils Diaspora project in Canada
By Ron Cheong Guyana’s High Commissioner to Canada Harry Narine Nawbatt; IOM Mission Chief Rui Reis; Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett; Honorary Consul General to Toronto Sattie Sawh and Guyana’s Ambassador to Washington, Bayney Karran at the launch Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett rolled out the Guyana Diaspora (GUYD) Project in Canada on Monday at a gala ceremony held at the Radisson Hotel, Toronto East. The initiative is being undertaken in partnership with International Organisation for Migration (IOM), which has decades of experience in migration and development, and is billed…
Read MoreDefying the odds…– Young doctor succeeds despite severe challenges
By Danielle Campbell Kumarie Kooseram has always been on top of her game and had grown use to being an A-student all her life. So it came as no surprise when she emerged best graduating student after sitting the Common Entrance exams (now National Grade Six Assessment), second best at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and best again at the A-Levels. Her success was again well-deserved when she was adjudged best graduating student at the recent 46th Convocation of the University of Guyana’s medical programme. Kooseram grew up at…
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