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Residents of Region Nine, (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) are worried that a food shortage is imminent if the dry weather being experienced within the Region persists over the next several weeks. Speaking with Guyana Times International on Monday, an official of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) stated that the dry weather was seriously threatening the lives of the domestic animals in the community along with the Region’s food supply. The official stated that wells within the area were drying up as water sources continued to become depleted. Guyana Times International was…

President David Granger delivered a powerful message of embracing Guyana’s vast cultural and religious diversity at the official launch of the United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week 2016 as Guyana joins the rest of the world in observing this initiative. President Granger called for greater collaboration among all religious and civil society groups to foster social cohesion as he addressed a large gathering at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre (ACCC) in Liliendaal on Monday. He charged those present to embrace Guyana’s rich cultural and religious diversity and use it as…

Finance Minister Winston Jordan said Government will be seeking avenues to target delinquent taxpayers. He was at the time presenting Budget 2016 last Friday in the National Assembly. According to Jordan, it has been observed that the country’s tax structure is yielding uneven amounts of revenue; an issue that continues to place economic strain on the country’s financial system. “The numbers suggest that there is a large population of delinquent taxpayers out there, prominent among whom are the self-employed and persons paying contributors’ tax. We are concerned about the failure…

Guyana Cuba Solidarity Movement (GCSM) President Haleem Khan is seeking answers from the Government as to why a number of Cubans are being denied entry into the country on arrival at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). Khan, in a letter to the editor, alleges that Cubans visiting Guyana are forced to pay bribes to immigration authorities at the CJIA before being allowed entry into the country. According to Khan, on arrival, Cuban nationals are forced to pay between US$100 and US$250 or even more before permission is granted for…

Women of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) were urged to take advantage of training opportunities offered at various Government institutions by their Chief of Staff, Brigadier Mark Phillips. Speaking at a thanksgiving service at the Army’s Base Camp Ayanganna to mark 49 years of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) on Wednesday, Brigadier Phillips praised the women for the work they have been doing over the years. He urged them to take advantage of what the GDF has to offer. “We want more of our women soldiers to take advantage of…

By Alexis Rodney The premature termination of the public hearings of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) is set to have a dire impact on the final report scheduled to be handed over next week. This is according to Chairman of the Commission Sir Richard Cheltenham, who along with fellow commissioners Jamaican Queens Counsel Jacqueline Samuels-Brown and Trinidad-based Guyanese Senior Counsel Seenath Jairam, met with Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Basil Williams Monday. The trio have returned to Guyana to complete the final draft of the report, to…

Holding placards bearing slogans such as “Say no to suicide and yes to life” and “We are the future”, students, teachers, representatives of the Charles Rosa School of Nursing at Linden, representatives of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and others marched on in unison. “I don’t know what you’ve been told, but suicide is not the cure,” those were the words echoed by hundreds of Lindeners, mainly schoolchildren, who marched through the streets of the town on Wednesday, against the scourge of suicide and domestic violence across the nation. The march, which…