The Guyana branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) will be hosting the 16th biennial conference of presiding officers and clerks of the Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic region of the group from October 26 to 31. The conference aims to explore the key features of an effective parliament in order to enhance the capacity and effectiveness of the presiding officers and clerks; maintain, foster and encourage impartiality and fairness on the part of the presiding officers and clerks of various parliaments; promote professional development, knowledge and understanding of parliamentary democracy…
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Miss Guyana Universe 2013 off to Moscow
Miss Guyana Universe 2013 Katherina Roshana has departed for Moscow, Russia, empowered by her love for Guyana and the support of thousands of fans in Guyana, and around the world. The beauty queen is bubbling with energy and excitement, as she prepares to represent her country at the international pageant, whose activities start on Friday evening. Her heart is empowered with one desire of making Guyana proud and enabling Guyanese to taste victory. Roshana, who is also Miss Guyana India Worldwide and the Miss India Worldwide – Most Beautiful Skin…
Read MoreDefaulting taxpayers make their first court appearance
– as GRA introduces stricter penalties for tax cheats Several persons sued by the City Council for nonpayment of rates and taxes made their first court appearance on Tuesday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Magistrate Faith McGusty. Dr Jennifer Basdeo- Green, wife of Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green is being sued for Gy$10,145,631 for nonpayment of rates and taxes for the period of 1997-2013. Green was represented in court by Attorney Robert Corbin who wrote the court asking to be excused. Her matter is adjourned to November 18. Rajpati Latchmansingh…
Read MoreGuyana Chronicle regrets buying printing press from Glenn Lall
– tens of millions paid to Lall without public tender The tens of millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money that have been paid by the management of the Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL) for the purchase of what has turned out to be a scrap-metal printing press from Mohan Lall, aka Glenn Lall, owner and publisher of the muckraking Kaieteur News, to improve the print quality of the Sunday and Guyana Chronicle newspapers appear to have gone down the drain. According to sources inside the Chronicle, the press sold to…
Read MoreANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL… Guyana blacklisted in draft CFATF report – Nandlall
Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall said unless Guyana attends the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) November meeting with the enacted Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Bill in hand, it will not be able to prevent the adoption of the draft report in which the county is blacklisted. During an interview on the National Communications Network (NCN), on Monday, Nandlall, who is also the attorney general, noted that this was not even guaranteed. Review He reminded that Dominica was in a similar position in May, when…
Read MoreGuyana opens high commission in South Africa
By Michael Younge Bilateral relations between Guyana and South Africa are expected to be improved significantly, as the government of Guyana has officially established a new high commission in one of that country’s three capitals, Pretoria, following the appointment of Barbara Halley as the new chargé d’affaires. Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett said Halley was appointed over a month ago and was in South Africa, assisting with the completion of the premises where the commission will be housed. She explained that President Donald Ramotar approved the establishment of the…
Read MoreNew GECOM commissioner sworn in
President Donald Ramotar on Monday swore in Athmaram Mangal as the new commissioner to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), to replace Jaya Manickchand, who resigned a few weeks ago. Ramotar congratulated the new member of the GECOM team and took the opportunity to reiterate the importance of the commission. He also said there was need for it to function at its maximum. Ramotar said he hopes that the new commissioner will serve the commission with pride and professionalism, maintaining its standards. The president noted that the new GECOM commissioner is…
Read MoreThe pre-1992 Guyana was indeed a dismal one
Dear Editor, It is evident that members of the opposition and even a few members of the media become exceedingly annoyed when reference is made to the conditions that Guyana, as a nation, endured prior to 1992. It was indeed a dismal era. Estate workers were subjected to harsh and extreme living and working conditions. Pillaging and intimidation drove many people away from Guyana. Eventually, Guyana managed to overcome this epoch of agonising way of life and the callous conditions that accompanied it. Though the memory of that particular era…
Read MoreSouth Georgetown CPG cluster maintains high performance
Dear Editor, The community policing group (CPG) members of the South Georgetown cluster continue to lift their operational standards of performance in an exemplified manner tremendously. On October 11 at around 04:40h, another car hijacking was averted when a mobile vehicle patrol CPG team, comprising rural constables (RC) Dhillon DeMendonca, Donald Joseph and Selwyn Forde, along with CPG members Ezekiel Mandesir, Keenan Abrams and Edward Adams, were approached by a male, who informed them of the hijacking incident. They responded promptly, and managed to intercept the said car on Mandela…
Read MoreGuyana should promote safe gold-mining practices
Dear Editor, It is important to promote public awareness as it relates to the use of mercury and its effects on human beings and the environment. Mercury emissions can result directly from natural activities, such as volcanic eruptions and the erosion of rocks. Humans also use mercury for mining activities, coal fired power plants and for manufacturing and processing needs such as thermometers. The consumption of mercury-laden fish is also an indirect exposure to the substance which has been linked to cancer, birth defects and developmental anomalies. The government recently…
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