Year: 2012

Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo, last week received an honorary doctorate of philosophy from Nobel Prize Laureate, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chairman and TERI University of India, Chancellor, Dr Rajendra Pachauri. In a ceremony at the university’s New Delhi campus, Dr Pachauri highlighted the former president’s keen interest in climate and his outstanding work. “There are very few heads of government in the world who understand the scientific, economic and social dimensions of climate change like President Jagdeo. His sense of the global injustice that climate change represents is…

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Police in Canada have charged a Toronto reggae singer and three others in a scheme to allegedly smuggle cocaine into Canada hidden in hollowed out fruits from Guyana. The arrests stemmed from a seizure last week of 20 kilos of coke allegedly stashed in hollowed-out star apples that arrived at Pearson Airport in an air freight shipment destined for a nonexistent Toronto business. Police alleged the coke, which was seized from fruits that were contained in 17 boxes was worth more than five million Canadian dollars. The Mounties alleged the…

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The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) renewed its call for cruise liners across the world to truly explore the wonders of Guyana. The call was made when the luxurious MS Vista Mar docked at port Georgetown at the Guyana National Shipping Corporation Limited (GNSC) wharf last Sunday afternoon after sailing from Brazil where the cruise commenced on January 27. In the absence of acting Tourism Minister Irfan Ali, GTA Director Indranauth Haralsingh during a courtesy visit, welcomed the captain of the cruise liner, Alfio Bizzi and his team to the land…

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The Gaming Authority has been reconstituted so as to monitor the operations of the country’s lone casino, being operated at Princess Hotel, Providence. Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee on Friday, February 3, said the body was reconstituted in accordance with the Gambling Prevention Amendment Act. The Gaming Authority has the responsibility to oversee the casino operations at Princess Hotel, Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD). “They also have the function to issue licences under Section 32 of the Gambling Prevention Act, monitor the operations of the casino, administer the regulations of…

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The Private Sector Commission (PSC) last week held discussions with top officials of the British High Commission during which the body outlined business prospects and opportunities provided to the country with the current configuration of the National Assembly. Head of the team for the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico’s Department of the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Madeline Knox and British High Commissioner, Andrew Ayre were the UK’s representatives at the meeting. Knox and the high commissioner were given a brief history of the country’s political situation by the PSC…

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The Home Affairs Ministry has appointed three persons to sit on the Firearms Licence Approval Board, minister with the portfolio Clement Rohee announced on February 3. The three persons appointed are Peter De Groot, Cecil Kilkenny and Dr Bhiro Harry. According to Rohee, the move to have the persons appointed to the newly-established board follows recommendations made by the Disciplined Forces Commission in May 2004. Last year, Minister Rohee tabled an amendment to the Firearms Act so as to ensure that there are changes with respect to the granting of…

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