Dear Editor, As a young IT student, I am very unhappy that the government’s plan to improve the country’s ICTs-related infrastructure is now being threatened. From what I gather in the media, the fibre-optic cable from Brazil, through the border town of Lethem and which is on its way to the coast is now in limbo with the combined opposition, the Alliance For Change (AFC) and the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), cutting budgetary allocation to the project to Gy$ 1. I recall that the government had embarked…
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Let us step up the local tourism drive
Dear Editor, I am fully in support of the views expressed by a letter writer in your newspaper captioned; “Local tourism must be pushed” which appeared a few days ago. The letter writer was very much on target and made a simple, but strong case for local tourism to be encouraged in Guyana. Editor, it would not be unreasonable to say that quite a huge number of Guyanese have not really explored their own country. Perhaps the tourism authority would want to do a simple survey to find out…
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Tourist arrivals in Guyana up by 20 per cent in first quarter
The Tourism Ministry has reported a record high of 36,352 arrivals in the first quarter of this year, representing a 20 per cent increase over last year’s international arrivals. “It is clear that the country’s interest in tourism is very aggressive at this moment. This steady increase is testimony to the continued investment in the country’s tourism sector and the aggressive marketing strategies used,” acting Tourism, Industry and Commerce Minister Irfaan Ali explained in a statement. The Unites States (U. S.) remained as the top market with a total of…
Read MoreRacial incitement
This newspaper does not have to remind readers of the delicate nature of race and ethnic relations in Guyana. All the stakeholders in our country agree on this point and back in the 1990’s a Race Relations Board was established and this was eventually succeeded by the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC). Whatever might have been the opinions on the actual functioning of the ERC, there is unanimity on the need for maintaining ethnic harmony. The ERC is in limbo at the moment on account of the opposition slashing its budget…
Read MorePresident to address N.Y. Indian Arrival celebration
By North American Correspondent The 27th annual Indian Arrival celebrations will be held this Sunday, May 20 at the Smokey Park at 127th Street and 95th Avenue in the heart of Richmond Hill, Queens. The Indian arrival program will commence at 2:00 PM and conclude around 8:00 PM. The organizers are hoping that President Donald Ramotar will grace the celebrations. The President is scheduled to be in New York at a public function on Saturday afternoon. The festivities, organized by the Indo-Caribbean Federation, include a cultural variety concert featuring…
Read MoreRamotar updates U.S.-based Guyanese
– says significant progress made in spite of challenges President Donald Ramotar’s first official visit to the United States included an address to US-based Guyanese at the Guyana Embassy, Washington D.C. last Sunday. The head of state pointed out that the country has moved forward in spite of the challenges being faced. Assuring the gathering that he was aware that they are closely monitoring the situation at home, the President said that the current political status is being experienced for the very first time in the history of Guyana where…
Read MoreN.Y. police searching for driver and car involved in hit and run accident
New York police are searching for the driver and car involved in a deadly hit-and-run accident in Richmond Hill in the wee hours of Sunday morning in which 47-year-old Rohan Singh, a Guyanese, was killed. Sources say that the hit and run accident occurred on Liberty Avenue and 108th Street in Richmond Hill. Reports say that Singh was hit so hard that his body flew in the air and hit a post under the A train and the driver just kept on driving. Within minutes Singh was rushed to Jamaica…
Read MorePoverty greatest threat to security
President Donald Ramotar on Tuesday called on governments to do more to “reduce poverty and inequality” because they pose “the greatest threat to democracy and security” in the region, and “can only be addressed through hemispheric cooperation”, during an address to the Permanent Council of the Organisation of American States (OAS). In a protocolary session of the council at the OAS headquarters in Washington, DC, President Ramotar said, “for Guyana, no priority is greater than to combat poverty, extreme poverty, inequality and social exclusion through policies that promote economic growth,…
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