Year: 2013

The contributions made by the Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO) were lauded by President Donald Ramotar during a function to mark the group’s 61st anniversary at Red House, Kingston on Friday. The head-of-state recounted the history of how the ruling party’s youth arm was founded and the various struggles it faced during the decade, from being banned at one time to the lives such as those of Michael Forde and others lost in the fight for democracy over the past decades. The PYO’s membership was called on by the president to,…

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Guyanese officials and their Brazilian counterparts are scheduled to meet for another round of talks this month at the level of the Guyana-Brazil Joint Commission on Infrastructure Development as both countries seek to expedite the process of deepening bilateral cooperation. This was highlighted by Brazilian Ambassador to Guyana Luiz Seixas De Andrade during a reception to observe the 191st anniversary of the Federative Republic of Brazil, at the Brazilian Embassy last Friday evening. The joint commission meeting will prioritise the move to pave the long stretch of road from Linden…

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Hours after acting Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell released the identity of the alleged gunman who shot and killed super biker Kirk Davis in Eccles; the police on Monday issued a wanted bulletin for the 28-year-old businessman. Randy Jagdeo of Lot 159 Third Street, Alexander Village, who allegedly committed the act on September 3, has since been on the run and is believed to have left the country. According to new information reaching Guyana Times International, moments after the biker’s execution, the businessman was seen at a popular drinking spot on…

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BY VAHNU MANIKCHAND Education Minister Priya Manickchand said when it comes to literacy among children, Guyana is not in a “terrible place”. The minister made the comment on Monday as Guyana joined the rest of the world in observance of International Literacy Day under the theme “Literacies for the 21st Century”. The ministry in an effort to increase literacy in Guyana, handed out free books to the public on Monday. This was done across the country through the ministry’s “Drop everything and read” and “Give a book” campaigns. The ministry…

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The Home Affairs Ministry on Wednesday officially launched the Houses of Justice project at the West Demerara Secondary School, Region Three. This is the first of 10 such bodies that will be established across Regions Two and Three. Houses of Justice are multi-agency service centers that will be established in communities and will be geared to address pressing social needs of citizens at the community level; thereby improving access to public service. It brings together, in its initial stage, six agencies that will be providing vital public services to citizens…

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Former Guyanese Beauty Queen Carolan Lynch, who is wanted by the police for further questioning into the murder of her husband, Swiss House Cambio proprietor Farouk Razac, worked with Roraima Airways, Eping Avenue, Bel Air, Georgetown office as a temporary staff, the company said on Monday. Days after the police issued a second wanted bulletin, Roraima Airways issued a statement saying that the former beauty queen was a temporary staff in a supervisory capacity. Lynch was hired under the context that the case against her was dismissed and that the…

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BY SVETLANA MARSHALL The 28th Session of the Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission (LACFC) opened on Monday in Guyana at the Guyana International Conference Centre, with more than 40 regional forestry experts in attendance. Delivering the feature address, President Donald Ramotar said Guyana continues to play a leading role in the forestry sector as he alluded to the country’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS), an initiative implemented by his predecessor Bharrat Jagdeo. The LCDS is a national framework that utilises one of the first national-scale REDD- plus systems in…

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The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry is currently in the process of finalising its first strategic plan as it takes into consideration mining, forestry, environmental protection and protected areas management. But even as the ministry adds the finishing touches to this crucial document, it is negotiating with the European Union (EU) on the formulation of a Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA). In 2003, the EU adopted its FLEGT action plan after considering the increasing public concern with the social, economic and environmental consequences of…

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