November 2013 – Page 23 – Guyana Times International

Youths snapping up house lots

November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

– another 1600 allotted at Farm, East Bank Demerara BY SABATINI DANIELS Housing Minister Irfaan Ali said there has been a significant shift in the average age of landowners in Guyana due to the Central Housing and Planning Authority’s (CH&PA) one stop shops. Speaking at the seventh One Stop Shop for the year at the Guyana National Stadium on Wednesday, where in excess of 1600 house lots were distributed to Farm Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara. The minister stated that years ago persons in their 50s and 60s retired…

National Youth Policy being developed

November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

The Culture, Youth and Sport Ministry with support from the Commonwealth Youth Programme Caribbean Centre and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Guyana have undertaken the task of revising a National Youth Policy for Guyana. As previous newspaper articles would have mentioned, the consultant advising the process is aiming to complete the policy by year-end. The policy will be supplemented with a strategic implementation plan, inclusive of a monitoring and evaluation framework that identifies clear activities, actions, goals and timelines. The consultant is being assisted by two broad base national…

Linden-Lethem Road will increase agriculture production, says President Ramotar

November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

-As National Toshaos Council meeting successfully concludes With plans in the making to upgrade the Linden/Lethem Road into an all weather thoroughfare, President Donald Ramotar told toshaos to anticipate heightened agriculture production in areas in proximity. The president was at the time delivering his final remarks as the five-day, National Toshaos Council (NTC) meeting concluded at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC), Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown on Friday, with a spirit of high optimism. “I’m sure a road like that will stimulate agriculture production in your own areas because you will…

Desperation steppin in fuh de Mook

November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Old people seh a man who sinkin in water and can’t swim gon clutch on to straw to save he life. In a case like that is both he and de straw gon go down, no matter how many straw he hold on to. That is whah de old people call desperation, and desperation does mek people do just about any ting. Is like when a man losin he woman, he does want to beat she and bun down she house. Some a dem does even want to commit suicide.…

Govt banking on APNU to amend procurement act

November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

– insists that it must retain oversight role Government has confirmed that it will be moving soon to table an amendment to the Procurement Act to allow the administration to retain its “no objection” power over contracts. And it is banking on the main opposition party A Partnership for National Unity to get this done, asserting that it sees no need why the coalition would not support the amendment. The move will certainly irk the opposition that has been clamouring for the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) to be set up…

UG Berbice campus launches social work degree programme

November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Berbice residents now have the opportunity to obtain a degree in social work without being burdened by the financial and other costs of travelling to the University of Guyana Turkeyen campus to attend classes. This follows the launching of the programme at the Tain campus in Berbice last week. The move to offer the degree programme at the University of Guyana’s Berbice Campus (UGBC) has been lauded by students, many of whom were unable to pursue the degree after completing the diploma in social work. Some students have waited for…

Lall, Yassin owe further Gy$156.7M plus interest in rates, taxes

November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

The Kaieteur News has again been exposed for carrying a misleading article – the most recent one published in its edition on Sunday regarding Property Holdings Inc (PHI), which is headed by Executive Director of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington. The article, which appeared on page seven, claimed that the PHI owes the Mayor and City Council for rates and taxes on six properties. It noted that a request to waive interest was sent to the M&CC through the Local Government and Regional Development Ministry.…

Govt fires back at APNU over environmental management

November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

– says EPA making strides in preventing pollution The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry has chided the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) for its “double standards” on certain issues while endorsing a green economy. The ministry’s comments come in wake of APNU’s criticism of government’s management of environmental issues as it called for the administration to develop a comprehensive strategy. Last Friday, Opposition Leader and APNU Chairman David Granger, during the coalition’s weekly press conference, said such a strategy was needed to protect the population from hazards, to preserve…

More jobs created as Guyanese businessman opens Gy$1B hardware store

November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

– owner says Guyanese can expect low prices and high quality As Guyana continues to see a boom in its construction industry, a hardware company out of Trinidad, R Maye Inc, owned by Guyanese Rajendra Maye, has made a timely investment here to add to the supply of related materials. R Maye Guyana Incorporated, at Lot 477 Plantation Site, Providence, East Bank Demerara, was officially opened on Saturday evening. In attendance were the employees of the new hardware store, President Donald Ramotar and Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali. Giving…

WWF mounts major scientific expedition in Guyana

November 1, 2013November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

A multinational team of scientists is now in Guyana under the auspices of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF Guianas), to collect vital and potentially significant data on the biodiversity of the South Rupununi, a unique and diverse ecosystem within Southern Guyana. In a release, WWF said Rupununi is one of the last great wilderness areas on Earth and home to over 1400 species of vertebrates, including many highly endangered globally. The Southern Rupununi Biodiversity Assessment Team (BAT) comprises Guyanese and international scientists who have expertise in the detection and identification…