Year: 2013

With Guyana gaining the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO’s) recognition for achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to curtail hunger and improve nutrition, President Donald Ramotar believes Guyana is doing the right thing, and disclosed that the country will be conferred an award in Rome, later this month for its outstanding success in this regard. The Head of State was at the time speaking at a function organised by the Ministry of Natural Resources, and the Environment in observance of World Environment Day 2013 at Umana Yana. The…

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Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon on Wednesday stated that Cabinet is not pleased with the sloth which entails in the submission of reports regarding maternal deaths in Guyana. Responding to questions at his weekly post-Cabinet media briefing regarding the recent death of a mother and her unborn child, Dr Luncheon said the Cabinet Committee established during the tenure of former Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy to monitor such cases is still functioning. He stated that Cabinet does receive reports which are generated by the institutions where the cases originate, and…

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Linden businessman Haslyn Graham – one of the new radio licensees – has announced plans to launch his radio network by August. Operating under Linden Wireless Communication Network Inc, Graham was granted approval for an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and radio licence. He is currently in the process of setting up the station at a refurbished building, which he has transformed into a studio located on Richmond Hill, Mackenzie. Graham, who is currently president of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA), noted that he has hopes of acquiring a wireless…

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Two hundred residents from a catchment area from Camp Street to Norton Street, Georgetown are now the proud owners of laptops, courtesy of the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) programme. The exercise was conducted on Sunday at the Church of Heavenly Light on Norton Street by a nine-member OLPF team, along with two trainers, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported. The distribution was welcomed by the residents, among them, Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities Chairperson Leon Walcott, who said it was certainly a high point to receive…

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Guyana is again preparing to wow an international audience with its magnificent display of artistry, as preparations move apace for the third annual Inter-Guiana Cultural Festival. The festival, which is a fusion of the cultural diversion of the three Guianas, is slated to be held from July 11-15 in French Guiana. It will feature creative thinkers in all sectors of the arts including literary, culinary, visual, performing, music, fashion, film and craft. The Inter-Guyana Cultural Festival is in its third year and is an initiative of the governments of Guyana,…

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House mortgage lender New Building Society (NBS) has announced new reduced mortgage interest rates, which will take effect from July 1. The building society said the reduction is in recognition of the need to provide affordable housing to all Guyanese. In a release to the media, NBS said, “The directors of the New Building Society in their continuous quest to ensure that mortgages are affordable have taken a decision to reduce mortgages’ interest rates once again.” While the low income mortgage range will remain Gy$ 4 million and less with…

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Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon on Wednesday reported that Cabinet has offered no objections to several contracts in various sectors, totalling more than Gy$ 2 billion. The contracts are as follows:

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