Year: 2013

Along with the appointment of a new board of directors at the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), a second round of changes will be implemented at the entity. “As was announced by the president, GuySuCo by the end of the month will have a new board of directors announced,” Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy said. He has assured that he remains committed to his promise which is to make changes to the board of directors. “As part of my presentation during the budget, I committed to making changes to the board…

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Guyana’s Sunni Muslim School, Madrasa Nooranie, has formalised plans for the establishment of a branch of the Markaz Al Ihsaan Theological Institute of Higher Islamic Education of Trinidad and Tobago to be based at the famed Anna Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC). The Madrasa Nooranie was established in September 2003 at the ACIC. The deal was confirmed by principal of the institute, maulana Dr Waffie Mohamed when he visited Guyana earlier this month. Markaz Al Ihsaan was established in 2000 as a theological institute to provide quality higher Islamic education from…

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The foundation set by Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chaves for flourishing bilateral relations with Guyana was recognised by President Donald Ramotar and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro as the two leaders met in Guyana last Saturday. Following their discussions, the heads of state signed a joint declaration, signalling their commitment to its content which focused on strengthening and widening relations between the two countries. As part of the declaration, the two sides highlighted the greater thrust given to the United Nations Good Offices Process since the appointment of good officer…

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The Health Ministry on Monday dispatched 70 newly-trained doctors to its main hospitals across the country. Fourteen of the doctors are being deployed to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, 10 to the West Demerara Regional Hospital, eight to the Suddie Public Hospital, eight to the Linden Hospital Complex and 30 to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. During a press conference in the ministry’s boardroom, Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran emphasised that these efforts are part of the ministry’s vision to facilitate the continuous learning of health-care providers. He noted that…

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A leading regional academic on Tuesday called on Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries to adopt a common position as it regards the ongoing situation in Syria. Professor of social and political change at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Brian Meeks, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that his advice to regional governments is that “they should do it together, they should consult each other (and) they should act multilaterally through their respective organisations, in particular, the Caribbean Community and whatever decisions are made, should be…

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The Peoples Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/ C) has accused the opposition of misleading the public about the Amaila Falls project. Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh, speaking at a PPP/ C press conference on Monday, said the joint opposition continues to engage in disseminating false information about the project as they attempt to justify their non-support. Referring to comments made by Alliance For Change (AFC) leader Khemraj Ramjattan that his party was unaware of the interest rate for the project, Dr Singh said the AFC member’s comment is absurd. Well known…

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The Guyana Police Force has warned against unsubstantiated statements about its handling of the matter against Simona Broomes, the president of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) who has been accused of theft and assault by a human trafficking offender. In a statement, the police said the incident took place on April 21 at Puruni, but the victim who allegedly suffered at the hands of Broomes, Ann Marie Carter had evaded the police until her arrest in August. “Upon being arrested, Ann Marie Carter made an allegation that she was…

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BY UMADEVI BUX When the mother of 17-year-old Alex Vimal Kahdhai decided to place him and his siblings in an orphanage because she could no longer take care of them, he had little hope of becoming someone with a bright future. But he challenged his circumstances amid children like himself at the Prabhu Sharan Orphanage located at Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara and defied all the odds to secure 15 subjects at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. A student of the Saraswati Vidya Niketan (SVN) School, the…

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A section of L’Aventure Secondary School, at Canal Number One Polder, West Bank Demerara, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday. The morning blaze, suspected to have been electrical in origin on the third day of the new term, displaced 699 students. Headmistress Althea Stewart, speaking with Guyana Times International said she was at the Ministry of Education office in Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara when she was informed, by telephone, of the occurrence. The distressed woman said she hurried there and observed that the building was engulfed and the lone female…

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