Year: 2012

Natural Resource and Environment Minister Robert Persaud has called for increased coordination and information sharing between various countries to conserve the world’s remaining tropical rainforests. Persaud issued the appeal at the second meeting of Environment Ministers of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation (ACTO) recently held in Lima, Peru. The forum featured environment ministers and representatives from Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. Discussions were primarily focused on ACTO’s environmental agenda and opportunities for strengthened regional cooperation among Amazonian countries. The agenda is expected to support Guyana and other…

By Michael Younge Guyana is now seeking to double agricultural exports but the country’s multimillion dollar Grow More campaign must be revamped and restructured to meet this objective, Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy said. He made this disclosure when questioned about the status of the much touted campaign, which has seemingly faded over the past year. Minister Ramsammy said that the campaign was “very much alive”, but is being reviewed at certain levels to ensure that there is more accountability and transparency with respect to the monies allocated to, and…

Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company’s (GT&T) Chief Executive Officer Yog Mahadeo said the telephone giant remains committed to pursuing its goal of being a leader in transforming the local telecommunications sector. Speaking at a press briefing last Friday, Mahadeo reiterated that the company is leading the way in this regard in respect to two areas. “First by launching BlackBerry service and giving our wireless customers the latest technology, we are ensuring that customers have a real choice. Our efforts are not only keeping the other guys honest, they are giving…

By Samuel Sukhnandan Germany-based Guyanese novelist Sharon Maas has launched a new e-book, The Sons of Gods – The Mahabharata Retold, an Indian anthology, which she adapted and rewrote as a novel. Maas told Guyana Times International, in an interview last Friday, that it took her 30 years to write the book. According to Maas, she has always loved the Indian epic, but thought that it needed some more work to allow people to understand the story. Maas first came across the Mahabharata in 1973, which was written by Kamala…

A Canadian-based gold mining company said Guyana has great potential to become South America’s favoured destination for investments even as it recently announced the detection of anomalous gold. The values range up to 12,334 parts per billion (ppb) (12.234 grams per ton (gpt) of Au (gold) from recent tests done at its Aranka North project, located in the Waini River. Guyana Times International last week had headlined a report on the company saying it had found large gold deposits, but it was large gold mineralisation instead. Meanwhile, Chief Executive Officer…