Month: April 2013

Jagdeo elected vice chair of ACP group

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Former President Bharrat Jagdeo, along with Former Dominican Republic President Fernandez Reyna, has been elected vice chair of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Eminent Persons Group (EPG). Former President Jagdeo told journalists in Brussels, Belgium, where the inaugural meeting of the ACP EPG concluded last Monday, that the need for reinvention of the grouping was not based so much on what happened in the past, but what will happen in the future. “Clearly, the world has changed – that’s one of the reasons why we need to remain relevant…

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Linden needs to become self sufficient – Mayor urges cash be retained in community

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Linden Mayor and Town Council Interim Management Committee (IMC) Chairman Orrin Gordon said the community must seek new avenues in order to improve and increase its money circulation, which he believes will lead to it becoming economically stable. He was at the time speaking to members of the community and media operatives at the recently held Linden Media Forum, which sought to shed light on the state of the Linden community. Gordon noted that the money circulating in the community is just over Gy$5 billion, with the goods and services…

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After the storm

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Phagwah’d out While not of the Hindu persuasion, your ever vigilant Eyewitness enjoys Phagwah as much as your average Ramdular down the street. How could he not? Did he not, as a boy, make sure he was there to watch the Holika conflagration? There’s probably a pyrotechnist lurking in every one of us – and it certainly manifests itself most fully when we’re young. To look at those flames reaching for the skies and hear the crackling of the combustion, awaken very primeval emotions. Maybe it goes back to our…

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We will cut the budget if necessary – Greenidge

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The main opposition political party, the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) says it will not be deterred from making amendments to the 2013 National Budget, especially if they find it necessary to reduce financial allocations made to a certain sector for which they believe should not receive the sum suggested in the budget. Shadow finance minister and APNU’s executive, Carl Greenidge made this announcement at the party’s weekly press conference on Tuesday. Greenidge said, while the budget may be the largest ever, he believes that it lacks basic elements…

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Gy$19.2B allocation will advance development of new strategic health plan

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During the presentation of the Gy$208.8 billion, 2013 National Budget in the National Assembly, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh said the health sector will advance development of a new strategic plan, which will incorporate lessons learnt from the previous strategic plan while still consolidating the gains made in the sector over the past five years. It is in this context that Gy$19.2B has been allocated to the sector with the aim of achieving universal health coverage through the primary health care approach, he stated. Over Gy$17B was expended in 2012,…

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Guyana, U. S. sign new open skies accord – Diaspora to be one of the primary beneficiaries

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A bilateral Air Transport Agreement was signed on Monday between the governments of Guyana and the United States that will pave the way for a liberalised aviation relationship between the two that permits unrestricted air services by their airlines. The current accord, will replace the 1946 agreement between the governments of the United Kingdom and the U. S. that has been in effect since 1966 when the country gained independence. The agreement was signed by Public Works Minister Robeson Benn, who has oversight for the aviation sector and U. S.…

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Dunce cap

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Flat Earther Believe it or not, there is a bunch of people who still believe the earth is flat. Yup! You heard that right. They even have a ‘Flat Earth Society” (FES) that informs us, for instance, that the moon landing was a hoax, What else can it be when the moon’s only a thirty-two foot disc, not much bigger than Leguan. Antarctica is a 150 foot wall around our flat Earth which prevents the oceans from falling off. “Glenn” Mook Lall, owner of the Muckraker KN, is the current…

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CJIA installs pro-vision body scanner – to replace pat-down searches

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The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri has installed a pro-vision body scanner, which will replace the traditional pat-down search performed on passengers.  This is the first of such equipment in the Caribbean. Despite the legal and standard nature of the pat-down search, there has been controversy recently about the way it is facilitated, hence, the CJIA’s acquisition of the equipment, which will remove the need for a pat-down exercise. Speaking with Guyana Times International after a sod-turning exercise on Saturday at the CJIA, the airport’s chief executive officer, Ramesh…

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Remanded prisoners and child abuse

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Dear Editor, A couple of working people have been remanded on charges of child abuse– abandoning and ill-treating two children – both of them are gainfully employed. They have a stable life as partners. However, it appears as though raising the children is creating a lot of difficulties. The charges are serious too – abandoning the six-year-old daughter and four-year-old son – causing them unnecessary suffering, beating and ill-treating them, and locking them in their apartment without any supervision and food during their working hours. These issues must be addressed.…

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Memories of Cheddi Jagan live on amongst Guyanese here in New York

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Dear Editor, “We, the people have won.” – C.B. Jagan The decision of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) this year, to observe the anniversaries of Dr. Cheddi Jagan’s birth and death, under the banner “Man of the People” is most appropriate. It focuses the attention of supporters and other interested Guyanese and the PPP, on the leader’s way of life and his strong ties with the Guyanese working people. Hopefully this would provide a better understanding of Cde. Cheddi /people relation and inspire a greater appreciation. Dr. Jagan, the first…

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