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Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang has thrown out a case brought by the owner of BM Soat Auto Sales at Success, East Coast Demerara (ECD) against the Public Works Ministry on the upgrading of the four-lane road from Better Hope–Mahaica (ECD). According to a Public Works Ministry release, Justice Chang on December 20 dismissed the matter as “illegally misconceived”. The delays have cost the public purse tens of millions of dollars. “There are no legal impediments stopping the Ministry of Public Works from proceeding to demolish the illegal structure. The…

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The local mining sector is set to benefit from new technology in 2014, geared at cutting down the use of mercury, Natural Resource and Environment Minister Robert Persaud said. He told Guyana Times International that the sector will receive a great boost with the introduction of more trained personnel and equipment. “We’ve looked in terms of introducing better technology and new technology to improve the recovery and less impact on the environment, more in terms of training in this regard.” The minister said discussions are currently underway with the Amerindians…

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Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali has taken the Kaieteur News to task regarding an article published on Christmas Day headlined “Eccles to Providence hijacked by private developers”. Speaking at a press conference on Friday at his ministry’s Brickdam, Georgetown office, Ali said the news report is riddled with lies and designed to paint the Donald Ramotar administration in a bad light. The minister contended that the report sought to create a picture that government sold most of the land from the Eccles to Providence, East Bank Demerara, to private…

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Four persons were brought before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Friday after they were charged in connection with the Shamdas Kirpilani robbery. Three men and one woman appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts where they were not required to plead to the indictable charges. Howard Rambarose of 6 Meadow Bank, Greater Georgetown, Rajesh Singh of 216 Layne Avenue, and Alistair Naughton of Guyhock Park, were all charged for robbery under arms. They all stood silently as Chief Magistrate Sewnarine-Beharry read the charge which stated that on December 20 at Georgetown,…

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Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh, is calling for more involvement by civil society to foster and promote social programmes aimed at developing Guyana. He made the call at a Guyana Salvation Army dinner and social event on Friday evening. “Nowhere in the world can government alone confront and overcome all of the challenges faced by a country,” he said, adding: “Responsible social partners and responsible citizens are an absolutely critical pre-requisite if our country is to achieve what we want of it.” The minister noted that the work of the…

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Guyana can be proud of many things in 2013, but there were also disappointments. Guyana continues on an upward development trajectory. Several countries in the Caribbean Community (Caricom) experienced negative economic growth, but Guyana’s gross domestic product (GDP) of about five per cent for 2013 was the highest in the region. This has been so for at least the last five years. Guyana’s debt continues to be stable. Many Caricom countries were warned by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of the devastating impact of debt burdens on their economies and…

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The Alliance For Change (AFC) said it has noted with amusement the alarm uttered by Cabinet Secretary, Dr Roger Luncheon regarding his reservation about the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded Leadership and Democracy Project. In a statement, the AFC said any “effort which enhances democracy promotes, rather than undermines sovereignty and at a time when there has been no local government elections for over 14 years, and where the country is governed by a minority party which is continuously at war with the legislative arm of the…

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St Vincent and the Grenadines’ diplomats in the United States are appealing for urgent aid to help their homeland in the wake of the Christmas storm that left several people dead and a trail of destruction. In a letter commissioned to nationals in the diaspora by St Vincent and the Grenadines Consulate General in New York, Consul General Selmon Walters on Saturday appealed for donations of cash, food, clothing, toiletries, water, and medical supplies. Walters, a former government minister in the administration of Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, noted that…

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In keeping with its tradition of spreading Christmas cheer, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) presented hampers and cash contributions, to the surviving spouses, children and relatives of seven of its members who passed away during 2013. This was just one of the activities during which the force undertook to embrace and share the spirit of the Christmas season with its officers and ranks and their extended families, GDF said in a release. The deceased ranks, whose spouses and relatives received the Christmas tokens were Lieutenant Ronald Gonsalves, Sergeant Viola George,…

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