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With an already strong defence cooperation programme with several bilateral partners, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is now set to benefit from the expertise of the Mexican Army in the area of disaster response and management. This was confirmed Wednesday when President David Granger met with Mexico’s Ambassador to Guyana, Ivan Robero Sierra Medel. The meeting was held at State House. The Ambassador said that the move to strengthen military-to-military relations between the two countries came out of discussions at the Caricom-Mexico Summit, which was held in Belize in October…

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One day after showing intense emotion after being found guilty, Troy Jackson was on Wednesday sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment by Sexual Offences Court Judge Simone Morris-Ramlall. A 12-member jury, by 10-2, determined that Jackson was indeed the perpetrator of an indecent assault that occurred on October 20, 2016 in the county of Demerara. The charge detailed that Jackson placed his penis against the seven-year-old female victim’s genitals. In an impact statement read out by ChildLink Counsellor Celeste Mullin, the young victim stated that she was upset over what the…

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Students from Grades Six and Nine, from several schools in Region Four on Sunday afternoon, tested their knowledge of Mathematics as they competed in the inaugural Math Olympiad created by the Brain Central (BC), an online educational portal. According to the Department of Public Information (DPI), the two-day (February 3-4) collaborative initiative between BC and Scotiabank saw 45 students, going online and simultaneously take two (2) timed quizzes, consisting of 40 questions set to be completed within 50 minutes. Lance Hinds, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), BC, was quoted by DPI…

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The need for information pertaining to the oil and gas industry was on Tuesday reinforced by the newly-established Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chambers (GOGEC), which met with a Canadian expert on oil and gas. GOGEC President Manniram Prashad, during his brief remarks at the consultation, touched on the goal of the Chambers as it related to the country’s future as an oil- and gas-producing nation. He noted that emphasis must be placed on the importance of disseminating knowledge pertaining to the industry, as the sector will have an impact…

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The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is set to hear the Guyana Government’s appeal of the constitutional challenge to presidential term limits. According to information posted on the CCJ’s website, a hearing on the matter is scheduled to begin at 10:00h on March 12, and will be done via audio-visual recording. Former Speaker Raphael Trotman and Attorney General Basil Williams were the named respondents in the original constitutional challenge, which was filed by Georgetown resident Cedrick Richardson in the High Court. This court action, among other things, challenged the…

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Three gunmen on Monday afternoon relieved a Drysdale Street, Charlestown, Georgetown businessman and his worker of over G$2 million in cash and other items. The victims, Jonathan Alli, 30, of Drysdale Street, Charlestown and 35-year-old Dexter Cyrus, a salesman of La Grange, West Bank Demerara, were held at gunpoint by the three men about 14:20h and relieved of G$2 million in cash, one Samsung Galaxy S5 mobile phone and a Samsung Galaxy A3 cellphone. Reports are Alli owns and operates a grocery and confectionery business in Section A, Block X,…

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A 10-million-dollar initiative to produce ground coffee has been launched at Santa Rosa in the Moruca sub-region of Region One (Barima-Waini). The project has been launched as one of the green sustainable initiatives to be implemented within the hinterland for this year, and it is intended to boost the region’s economy. Members of the village are required to select 12 farmers who would each be required to plant an acre of coffee, which would be used to produce Robusta Coffee. Each acre will host six hundred coffee plants. Addressing those…

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It is a rare occasion when all serving on the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown (M&CC) agree on an issue, but at Monday’s statutory meeting one such occasion arose — when there was unilateral agreement that the homeless people lining the City’s streets are causing an eyesore. The issue was raised by Councillor Ivelaw Henry, who reported that between 06:00hrs and 18:00hrs on any day, the “social rejects” could be seen lining the pavement in front of the Bourda Market and the pavement leading to the Bourda…

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Guyana is expected to benefit significantly from the hosting of the 24th Inter-American Committee on Tourism (CITUR) Congress of Ministers and high-level officials of tourism next month. This is according to Business and Tourism Development Minister Dominic Gaskin, who underscored the importance of the event and the benefits to be realised from staging it in Guyana. Minister Gaskin was speaking at the launching of the Congress in January. He maintained that the Congress would raise the country’s tourism and business profiles and would also contribute to Guyana’s economic growth in…

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By Samuel Sukhnandan Government has given its nod to the appointment of a new Board of Directors for the troubled and debt burdened Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) after booting Economist Clive Thomas from its chairmanship and replacing him with newcomer and head of the Special Purpose Unit (SPU) of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited’s (NICIL), Colvin Heath-London . A source close to Guyana Times International said Wednesday that the decision was taken by Cabinet recently and the names of the other new Board members could be released soon.…

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