Month: November 2013

– as Glenn Lall remains silent The families of the six Kaieteur News pressmen who were gunned down in cold blood at the newspaper’s printing press back in August 2006 are disappointed that they have not heard from the police despite a series of recent articles in the media. Guyana Times and the Evening News have been carrying a series of investigative pieces on the mass murder which occurred on the evening of August 8, 2006. “We glad that Guyana Times and Evening News remember us. That day come and…

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The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry has dismissed comments and articles on Guyana’s Third National Report, indicating an elevated deforestation rate, as misinterpretations. In a release, the ministry noted that the third national report stating the deforestation rate for the year 2012, under the Monitoring Reporting and Verification (MRV) System for REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus Sustainable Forest Management), has been jointly produced by the Guyana Forestry Commission and Indufor, and is currently being subjected to an independent accuracy assessment conducted by the University of Durham,…

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– fourth still being reviewed President Donald Ramotar has assented to three of the four local government reform bills passed in the National Assembly on August 8. The Fiscal Transfer Act, the Municipal and District Council Amendment Act, and the Local Government Commission Act became law on Wednesday with the president’s assent. The president’s assent came close to three months after the bills crucial to the holding of local government elections under a new regime were passed. Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon made this disclosure on Wednesday…

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By Samuel Sukhnandan   As the University of Guyana (UG) celebrates 50 years of existence, there is much to be proud of, but yet there are still many areas which need serious attention for the institution to develop into one that meets international standards. The “Jagan Night School”, as it was previously called, churns out approximately 2000 students yearly. This number is likely to grow, as the Guyanese economy continues to expand, thereby creating more job opportunities for a growing population. The demand for higher education is also likely to…

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The Independent Media Workers Association of Guyana (IMAG) has expressed its deep concern over the resignation of Guyana Times reporter/ Television Guyana news anchor Leana Bradshaw and her colleagues Whitney Persaud and Sabatini Daniels. In a statement, IMAG said it understands that Bradshaw resigned because she was afraid for her life after being asked to present a news item concerning the owner and publisher of the Kaieteur newspaper, Glenn Lall. “IMAG believes that the expression of fear in the execution of professional journalistic duties is a troubling development in the…

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