Year: 2012

Guyana has lived up to expectations in the aspects of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) of which it was a signatory, and has taken the lead in the Caribbean region in the area of implementation. This was the view of Latin America and the Caribbean and European Commission Directorate of Development and Cooperation Jolita Butkeviciene, who is in Guyana on a mission to assess the country’s cooperation with the European Union (EU). Accompanied by head of the EU Delegation to Guyana, Ambassador Robert Kopecký and other officials, Butkeviciene met President…

Youths on the Essequibo Coast have urged President Donald Ramotar to explore ways in which branches of the University of Guyana and the National Library could be set up in the county, and to address the problem of unemployment. The young people had gathered at a forum organised by the Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO), the youth arm of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) at Cotton Field, Essequibo on Saturday. President Ramotar told the youths that government under his presidency will continue to invest in the country’s human resources. Ramotar said…

Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) Director General and Chief Executive Officer Alec Sanguinetti said Caribbean governments need to sit together and agree on a way forward for the tourism industry. Sanguinetti told Guyana Times International in an interview that such a move will pave the way for a more robust tourism industry, which continues to be affected by high electricity costs and taxes. The CEO believes that much more needs to be done to strengthen this sector, which could prove to benefit both the governments and peoples of the…

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee said that with the new economic frontiers such as mining and oil exploration, many new opportunities are opening up and as such, a higher level of public safety and security is required from the security sector. The minister was at time speaking on a panel discussion entitled “Budget Implementation” along with colleague ministers, Priya Manickchand and Pauline Sukhai, on the National Communication Network (NCN), the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported. Rohee explained that as Guyana progresses further, it is attracting more and more foreign investors,…

The report and proposals coming out of the Country Assessment of Living Conditions (CALC) should be used to shape social development in Barbados. According to Elbert Ellis of the Caribbean Development Bank, which contributed $500 000 to the CALC study, the report has revealed statistics indicating that the level of poverty in Barbados is at 19.3 per cent; and indigents – people whose level of food consumption is inadequate to meet the minimum nutritional requirement in Barbados – was recorded at 9.1 per cent. He was speaking at the opening…

By Svetlana Marshall Hundreds turned out to witness the opening of Linden Town Week 2012, which took place amid protests over the impending hike in power tariffs and residents turning their anger on the APNU, which it overwhelmingly voted for at last year’s regional and general elections. The launch of the annual event took place last Sunday afternoon at the Linden/Georgetown Bus Park with the customary pomp and ceremony. The week-long celebration was declared opened by the Interim Management Committee Chairman Orrin Gordon. Delivering the feature address, Principal of the…

Ninety-four foreign miners were recently detained for breaking a range of mining regulations during an exercise dubbed “Operation El Dorado”. Following the arrests of the foreigners, several of them Brazilians, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud; GGMC Board of Directors Chairman Major General (retired), Joseph Singh and other senior officers of the government met with a high-level delegation from the State of Roraima, Brazil. According to a Government Information Agency (GINA) release, Minister Persaud pointed out that the operation is intended to target illegal mining and other unregulated mining…