Year: 2011

An overseas-based Guyanese entrepreneur has announced that he hopes to set up in Guyana, a factory that will manufacture the world’s smallest cars and other vehicles. Faizal Khan is a part-owner of the revived manufacturing company Peel Engineering. This company became known when its name was inscribed in the Guinness Book of World Records for manufacturing the world’s smallest car – the Peel P50. However, the company halted manufacturing activities in 1969. Khan and his business partner, car enthusiast Gary Hillman, later brought the brand back into the limelight and…

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The much-anticipated Pakaraima Mountain Safari will now be held twice yearly for safari enthusiasts who cannot be accommodated during the April trek. Tourism Minister Manniram Prashad made this announcement on Friday at the launch of the Ninth Pakaraima Mountain Safari at the Tourism Ministry on South Road, Georgetown. “Let me announce now that there will be, for the first time, a second safari in the year. So from now on it’s two safaris in every year, and we will be having another one in August,” Minister Prashad disclosed. The expedition,…

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By Natasha Waldron Anthony U.S.-based Guyanese Diane Bacchus-Quddus believes “we’re placed here to help others –. To me, that is the purpose of life.” And she is living out that philosophy the best way she knows how — by giving. The vice president of the CPW Pharmacy on Liberty Avenue in Queens, New York is intricately involved in assisting the community through the distribution of vitamins every week to children, adults and pregnant women. This has been a tradition of the pharmacy since 1995. “The fact is that we never…

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Government has announced that it will roll out the first phase of the Educational Television Channel by the end of this month, with Georgetown, New Amsterdam and Anna Regina being among the first areas to benefit. Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon, at his post-Cabinet media briefing on Thursday, March 17th, said this information was revealed by Education Minister Shaik Baksh and the team of the innovative educational TV programme when Cabinet met on Tuesday, March 15th. “This initiative would see, in a mature situation, nationwide coverage that is on the…

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Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh announced on Thursday that government is implementing a drastic cut in the excise tax charged on gasoline, with the aim of cushioning the impact on domestic consumers of significant upward price movement observed on the world market for oil. On Thursday afternoon, Minister Singh indicated that the necessary instructions have been issued to reduce the excise tax on gasoline by one-third, from 30 per cent to 20 per cent. This change will take effect from Friday, March 18th. This latest announcement comes on the heels…

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By Natasha Waldron Anthony The Queens Resource Center, which has been founded by Guyanese Dr. Vijai Lilliah, will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a luncheon, where the vision to enhance the services provided to the aged, blind, disabled and low-income families will be unveiled. The April 2nd event is scheduled to be held at the Trinity Methodist Church in Richmond Hill, and Vijai said he is hoping to advocate for the State and City support in the execution of some additional programs, since several State and City officials are expected…

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The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) is calling on government to craft a National Disaster Preparedness Plan as torrential rains continue to batter Guyana. Party Leader Robert Corbin, at that party’s weekly media briefing, said it is time that government makes the Civil Defence Commission and national disaster preparedness matters of national priority, in light of recent natural disasters striking several countries around the world. Corbin believes the absence of a National Disaster Preparedness Plan could only cause “panic and pandemonium” should disaster strike Guyana, and he opined that this…

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– funding institution officials meet president Development cooperation projects targeting mostly Amerindian communities and tropical rainforest protection will soon enter a new phase with funding provided by KFW Development Bank of Germany. Officials of the state-owned bank met with President Bharrat Jagdeo on March 18 to outline the details, the Government Information Agency reported. The delegation that met with the president included the Director General of Strategy, Environment and Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean, Helmut Gauges, and Senior Project Manager of Agriculture and Natural Resources Management, Dr…

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Government has said that the cost of relief interventions for farmers affected by flooding has amounted to some Gy$255 million. This sum includes the cost for completing emergency drainage works and for those still ongoing at various locations, as well as assistance to cushion the loss of rice, cash crops and livestock. While outlining these interventions during a media conference at the Agriculture Ministry last Friday, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud said that, although Guyana has experienced more rainfall this period than in 2005, the state’s response has averted a national…

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