Osama bin Laden, arguably the most hunted man in all of history, was finally run to the ground and killed on Labour Day. As the founder of al- Qaida, which had bombed U. S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, he most notoriously earned his place at the head of the U. S.’ most wanted list after he inspired the destruction of the World Trade Center Towers on September 7, 2001, and thumbed his nose publicly at the Americans directly afterwards. This was an event that altered America forever.…
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PPP meeting in New York a success – ACG
The Association of Concerned Guyanese – USA said on May 1st that the recent New York meeting between PPP/C presidential candidate Donald Ramotar and supporters was a huge success, despite the efforts of the two major opposition parties to disrupt the event. At the well-attended event, President Bharrat Jagdeo declared that Donald Ramotar would make an excellent president because he is not bigoted; and, like Cheddi Jagan, he is guided by the philosophy to struggle for the rights of the people and to ensure that Guyana continues to be developed…
Read MoreLarge gathering cheers Jagdeo, Ramotar in NY
Nearly a thousand Guyanese warmly greeted President Bharrat Jagdeo and Donald Ramotar in New York as they addressed a full audience that turned out to welcome the duo at Club Tobago on Friday evening, April 29. The meeting was held to meet and greet Ramotar, who was chosen earlier in the month as the PPP presidential candidate for the 2011 general elections. The meeting was organized by supporters of the PPP and its various affiliate groups across the Northeast U.S.A., including Pennsylvania, Washington, and New Jersey. The ACG group from…
Read MoreUS State Department proposes new, tougher guidelines for passports
By Matie Singh The U.S. Department of State is proposing an additional item “Biographical Questionnaire” for some passport applicants. The proposed new four-page form, “DS 5513”, asks for all addresses since birth; lifetime employment history, including employers’ and supervisors’ names, addresses and telephone numbers. The list goes on to request personal details of all siblings – living and deceased; mother’s address one year prior to and one year after applicant’s birth; the names and address of every clinic/hospital and doctors from which applicant’s mother sought and received pre- and post-natal…
Read MoreIndians after Indentureship – The rice industry
When indentureship ended in 1917, some 239,000 men, women and children had been hauled from India in ships, to labour on the sugar plantations of this land. Only a quarter of them ever returned to their native land – the others decided to make Guyana their home. As it was, the home was not exactly hospitable. Wracked by diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, and TB; housed in logies that were dank and leaky; bound by contract to toil for a pittance in the cane fields from dawn to dusk,…
Read MoreGuyana to benefit from £2.9B UK Climate Fund
The British government has allocated 2.9 billion pounds of Overseas Development Assistance for international climate financing from which Guyana stands to benefit, the High Commission here has announced. According to a statement released on May 3, the funds, which will cover the period 2011/12 to 2014/15, will be administered through the UK’s recently-established International Climate Fund (ICF). “We expect to spend 50 per cent of the total on adaptation in poor and vulnerable countries, with around 30 per cent for work to reduce carbon emissions and 20 per cent for…
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