Guyana’s culture, tourism and other products are currently on display at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Centerin Washington DC. The event dubbed ‘Winternational’ is an exciting celebration showcasing the cultural and culinary traditions of Washington’s diplomatic community. The festival features a bustling global marketplace with more than 50 embassies promoting their countries through vibrant and interactive displays of visual art, food, handcrafts as well as travel and tourism. (Photo by Guyana Embassy in Washington DC)
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Guyana named one of the go-to places for 2020
….direct AA and JetBlue flights from New York to G/town seen as added incentives Guyana has made this year’s Condé Nast Traveler’s list of 20 Best Places to go in 2020. According to the December 2 publication, the list was compiled “by surveying the magazine’s well-travelled staff, and our hyper-connected network of writers based all over the world,” the Department of Public Information has reported. It stated that while Guyana has been “under the radar” and “shielded from the masses,” this is about to change with the discovery of oil…
Read MoreGuyana’s sugar workers down tools over increase in wages
Led by their unions, thousands of sugar workers attached to the Albion, Blairmont and Uitvlugt Sugar Estates downed tools on Tuesday demanding an increase in their wages. While some remained at their various posts, some picketed the Ministry of Presidency reiterating their calls as they demand that President David Granger intervenes. Speaking at the protest line, President of the Guyana Agriculture and General Workers Union (GAWU), Komal Chand, stated that the Government ought not to ignore the plight of the…
Read MoreImproved infrastructure needed to develop agri-tourism – Reg 2 businessman
Using agriculture as a way of attracting tourists to various destinations in Guyana might sound like a plan, but some stakeholders might have differing views on how it can be achieved. In Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), there is one such individual who believes that key infrastructural and utility services must be developed before such initiatives can materialize in his community and wider region. During a media visit organised by the Tourism Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG), owner of Barakatt Lumber, Edward Barakatt explained that there are many aspects of infrastructural development…
Read MoreGuyana’s Private Sector to set up working group to advance discussions on local content legislation
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) will soon be establishing a “Multi-Stakeholder Working Group” inclusive of civil society, labour unions, and political parties in an effort to broaden discussions on local content legislation in light of numerous concerns being raised countrywide about the lack of a local content policy and repercussions of such. According to the Council of the PSC, recent calls for legislative protection that were made by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) as well as the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) have gone unanswered and…
Read MoreCommunities need to take more active role in battle against HIV/AIDS – PANCAP Director
As Guyana joined the rest of the world in observing World AIDS Day on Sunday, the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and Aids (PANCAP) is rallying its efforts to place much-needed emphasis on the need for communities to be involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). World AIDS Day was observed on December 1, and this year’s theme is “Communities Make the Difference”, in recognition of the contributions of communities to the AIDS response globally. The advocacy of these social units has brought about…
Read MoreFormer Jamaican PM says major adjustments needed ahead of Guyana’s oil boom
From tackling inflation to ensuring everyone gets an opportunity to prosper, former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson-Miller, has delivered sound advice for local authorities as they prepare for the oil boom. Simpson-Miller was at the time delivering the feature address at the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) annual awards ceremony on Thursday night at the Marriott Hotel in Kingston, Georgetown. Simpson-Miller was the first female Prime Minister of Jamaica, serving from March 2005 to September 2007 and then again from January 2012 to March 2016. As someone…
Read MoreManifestos and voting in Guyana
The release of manifestos is as much a part of the Guyanese electoral scene as “bottom house meetings”: both are geared to persuade the voting public where to put their X’s on elections day. With the former, the party offers in writing a “plaster for every sore” that afflicts the body politic but hopefully imbued with an overarching, comprehensive vision. “Bottom house” meetings, are more about informing the party faithful why not to vote for other parties and are generally no-hold-barred affairs, exemplified, for instance, by PNC Chair Volda Lawrence’s…
Read MorePPP promises to advance Constitutional reform with input from citizens
As constitutional reform under the current coalition Government has hit a brick wall, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) in its 2020 election manifesto has promised that if elected to office, it would advance constitutional reform with the input of the citizens themselves. In its manifesto, the Party noted the importance of ensuring that the people participate in something as critical as revising the supreme law. The Party referenced the constitutional reform it piloted in the late 90s-early 2000s as an example of the process that is needed. “We are aware…
Read MoreExxonMobil Guyana supports 7th STEM Conference
As part of its ongoing commitment to the advancement of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, ExxonMobil Guyana teamed up with the Volunteer Youth Corps (VYC) Inc to stage the Seventh STEM Conference at the Ramada Hotel in Georgetown last Saturday. Under the theme “Present Innovators, Future Creators,” the event brought together 400 students from 11 secondary schools in Georgetown. These schools have been actively implementing the STEM after-school programme facilitated by VYC Inc. ExxonMobil Guyana made a contribution of some G$20 million to support these activities, which are…
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