Category: News

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud said the government will continue to pursue development that is free from environmental destruction. He made the comment at an environment stakeholders’ workshop at the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre (Red House), Kingston, Georgetown on Friday. The forum brought together participants from several state agencies as well as the private sector and was geared towards creating new partnerships for the development and protection of the environment. Persaud said the government will spare no effort to advance in this regard. “The Natural Resources and Environment…

Read More

Stakeholders involved in the Conservancy Adaptation Project (CAP) met last Saturday to discuss the results and future investments for the 2008-2013 project. The project results include enhanced government’s knowledge and capacity to manage the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) and the coastal drainage systems as well as a US$123 million package of investments critical for flood management. Agriculture Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy in his remarks to the gathering at the Regency Hotel, Hadfield Street, Georgetown, noted the importance of the project since Guyana’s development, he said, is largely dependent on,…

Read More

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman said women have made contributions to all spheres of life, as he lauded their contribution to society on the occasion of International Women’s Day. Trotman in a statement said the National Assembly of the Parliament of Guyana joins women the world over and particularly in Guyana, to commemorate this day. This year’s theme, “Inspiring Change,” could not have come at a better time, especially when Women are playing pivotal roles in leadership capacities all across Guyana, Trotman said. “Guyanese women have registered successes,…

Read More

Several bills including one to radically revamp the education sector are currently in draft format before Cabinet for review, Presidential Adviser on Governance, Gail Texeira said. According to Teixeira, the bills in varying stages of draft are expected to be tabled before the National Assembly in the near future. These include the highly anticipated Education Bill. Teixeira, who was speaking to media operatives at last Friday’s post-Cabinet press briefing, noted that the other bills include the Solid Waste Management Bill and the Hire Purchase Bill. Speaking with Guyana Times International,…

Read More

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds urged party supporters on Sunday to bring in new members to the fold as the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) sets its sights on regaining the majority in the National Assembly. Hinds made the comments while addressing a gathering at Babu John as the party paid tribute to its late founding leader, Dr Cheddi Jagan on his 17th death anniversary. Absent at the ceremony was President Donald Ramotar, who was at the time attending the Caricom Heads of Government meeting in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Guyana’s…

Read More

Scores of Essequibians are calling for a snap election if the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) (AML/CFT) Bill is not passed by the opposition in Parliament. The calls were made at a public forum held at the Anna Regina Town Council on Friday. Persons from both public and private entities voiced their opinions on the Bill, and said the opposition is using its one-seat majority in Parliament to slow down development in Guyana. Essequibians who attended the forum said they believe the delay in the passing…

Read More

Shadow Finance Minister Carl Greenidge said the government of Guyana might be on a “fishing expedition” in an effort to bring financial closure on the estimated US$58 million Marriott Hotel (Guyana) Project. On September 19, 2013, Atlantic Hotel Incorporated (AHI) Chairman Winston Brassington had boldly stated that AHI would have achieved financial closure at the end of that year. At the time, the company had already spent US$20 million on the project. But to date, Brassington has been tight-lipped on the matter. Brassington had announced that Republic Bank would have…

Read More

First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar and members of the First Lady’s Foundation visited and delivered goodies to approximately 100 Region Three senior citizens who would have made significant contributions to Guyana’s development. The gesture was in observance of International Women’s Day on Saturday. The presentations were done at the Patentia Secondary School, West Bank Demerara and Zeelugt Primary School, West Coast Demerara, while visits were made to the homes of five senior citizens who were unable to travel to the venues. International Women’s Day which was launched in 1911 is celebrated…

Read More