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– Ambassador Halloway While positing that a lot more work needs to be done, former United States Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway, has lauded efforts by drug enforcement agencies, both local and foreign, towards trying to put a dent in the illegal narcotics trade in Guyana. Being positioned on the South American continent with strong ties to the Caribbean region, Guyana has long been identified as a transshipment point for major drug trafficking activities. It was against this backdrop that the US established an office of its Drug Enforcement Agency…

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Day three of the 2019 Budget Debate ended in an uproar as the parliamentary Opposition took Government to task over what was described as “lies” spoken about infrastructural projects under the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) regime. During his contributions to the debates, Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson outlined a list of projects, which he claimed the previous Administration went ahead to undertake without conducting any feasibility study. Among those the Minister mentioned was the East Bank (Diamond) to East Coast (Ogle) Road Link Project. “The former President, [Donald] Ramotar, went…

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…but underlines need for shift in mindset of citizens Oil may increase Guyana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which will result in economic growth and the potential for improved services and infrastructure, but it will not change the culture of mistrust and ethnic tension that plagues our politics and our people. This is according to former Social Policy Advisor to the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Administration, Dr Kwame Gilbert. He said, “We are thankful to God for the oil and the possible blessings it brings. But there are some things oil…

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…says Guyana’s Opposition Leader Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is calling for the authorities and the National Assembly to implement measures that will protect Members of Parliament and ensure that Friday’s no-confidence vote can go forward unhindered. Jagdeo made this call during a press conference on Monday at his Church Street, Georgetown office. The Opposition Leader expressed fears that there may be attempts to disrupt the vote by persons in the gallery. According to Jagdeo, it only takes one crossover vote or two abstentions from the Government side for them to…

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A Guyanese man who was nabbed by Police in New York for allegedly shooting and killing his 18-year-old daughter and her friend in the Henrico County will soon face the relevant charges for the crimes. Thirty-nine-year-old, Abdool Zaman who migrated to the United States several years ago and currently residing in Orlando, Florida, reportedly killed the duo, Vanessa Zaman and Leona Samlall as they were walking near the Oakmeade Apartments on Airport Drive and East Nine Mile Road in Highland Springs just after midday last Thursday, one block from where…

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…Ram says in aftermath of estate closures in Guyana Outspoken political commentator and Charted Accountant Christopher Ram has described some of the harrowing tales that have resulted from the closures of several estates across country which came via Government’s downsizing of the sugar industry owing the billions of dollars in subsidised allocations. Speaking with Guyana Times International during an interview on Tuesday, the attorney opined that the current Administration should have implemented the industry’s overhaul in a phased manner as opposed to the four closures within one year. Wales was…

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NEW GPC INC recently successfully completed the United States (US) Food and Drug and Administration (FDA) Audit which will enable the local manufacturing company to export its products to that country. In a release on Saturday, the company detailed that the audit is extremely rigorous in its inspections, but compliance was necessary for it, as well as any other company, to export its products to the USA. “NEW GPC operates a Quality Management System (QMS) which is guided by GMP/USP/BP and encompasses all aspects of the company’s operations. The company…

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By Vahnu Manikchand With just over one year remaining before US oil giant ExxonMobil commences oil production, the need for Government to fast track preparations for first oil is much more imperative. This is according to former United States Ambassador Perry Holloway, during a recent interview with a group of local journalists; his final media engagement in that post as his three-year tenure culminates. Guyana is now home to the world’s biggest new deep-water oil discovery and with principle explorer ExxonMobil pushing for the development of the oil reserves, production…

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A Guyanese man was busted by Federal authorities at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Saturday for trying to smuggle 70 live finches inside hair rollers from Guyana into the US. According to the New York Post, the man, who was not named, had just arrived at the Queens airport on a flight from Georgetown on Saturday when US Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists stopped him. During the course of inspection, the specialists discovered 70 finches concealed in orange hair rollers inside a black duffel bag.…

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