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The University of Guyana’s Turkeyen and Tain Talks held its seventh meeting in New Amsterdam, Berbice on Wednesday, on Guyana’s emerging oil and gas economy. Present at the talks were Director of the University of Guyana, Berbice Campus and Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Ivelaw Griffith and Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman among others. According to GINA, Minister Trotman told the students and other persons gathered for the Turkeyen and Tain talks that the potential they have heard that Guyana has is real. The Minister noted…

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Guyanese youth who are at risk of involvement in crime and violence will receive greater support and more opportunities for alternative pathways thanks to a recent recommitment made by the Governments of Guyana and the United States. Christopher Cushing, the Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Mission Director for the Eastern and Southern Caribbean, and Winston Jordan, Guyana’s Minister of Finance, on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that formalised their mutual commitment to support the empowerment of Guyanese youth under USAID’s new Youth Empowerment Services (YES) program. The MOU…

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…if successfully passed BY SAMUEL SUKHNANDAN Guyanese dependent on foreign financial support have reasons to fear that the United States (US) congress may make an amendment to the US Electronic Fund Transfer Act to impose a fee for remittance transfers to certain foreign countries, South of the US, including Guyana. The bill, which is titled Border Wall Funding Act of 2017 (HR 1813), has already been introduced in the US House of Representatives by Congressman Mike Rogers, of Alabama’s 3rd Congressional District. In introducing the Bill on March 30, 2017,…

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…as Coalition Govt marks two years in office By Shemuel Fanfair Even as the APNU/AFC Coalition Government is marking two years since gaining political office, Guyanese sugar workers are bracing themselves for tough times as the Administration has announced plans to close more estates, leaving hundreds of workers and their families on the breadline. Sugar workers attached to the Enmore Estate have registered their distress for the financial challenges that they stand to face in the coming months. On Tuesday, Guyana Times International met with a group of community members…

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Protestors representing three separate causes are now questioning the true meaning of democracy – as are some Parliamentarians – after the Police imposed restrictions on their picketing exercise on Monday. Stakeholders against the closure of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) estates, those against the imposition of Value Added Tax (VAT) on private education, and those against the ban on used tyres, turned up to stage a peaceful picketing exercise directly outside of Parliament Building – in clear view of the sitting Members of Parliament – but were prohibited from so…

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Terming the Government’s decision to close more sugar estates as “ill-considered and a major blunder,” the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) on Tuesday called for the ‘White Paper’ on the sugar industry to be urgently debated in the National Assembly. GAWU said in a statement that the new policy, if implemented, could harm hundreds of workers and their families, arguing that consultations with those directly involved with the industry was not done in good faith and none of the recommendations were taken on board. “Our Union calls on…

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