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Imam Roshan Ali who hailed from Charity, Pomeroon died on Thursday afternoon, following a brief illness. Imam Ali, 87, popularly referred to as Uncle Roshan, was the father of nine children, including Guyana’s Honorary Consul in Florida, Ramzan Roshanali. A businessman and farmer in his earlier days, Uncle Roshan was very active in the Muslim community in Guyana. He received the Indian Arrival Committee’s Award in 2009 for his outstanding contributions to the religious and business sectors. He spent his early childhood in Siriki, Pomeroon and later moved to Wismar…

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The Guyana government on Wednesday said that despite it cancelling a multibillion- dollar U. S.-sponsored governance project, some activities of the programme are still ongoing. And it has been revealed for the first time that political parties could have received commodity support valued US$ 50,000 under the programme. “There have been repeated reports that activities in the disapproved project are being implemented, currently, by either the U. S. embassy or the USAID or the International Republican Institute,” Cabinet Secretary, Dr Roger Luncheon told a news conference at the Office of…

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Declaring corruption “public enemy number one” in developing countries, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim Wednesday described how the group is stepping up its fight against corruption. He called upon developing world partners and the private sector to be part of the solution. “In the developing world, corruption is public enemy number one,” said Kim, speaking at an event hosted by the World Bank’s anti-corruption investigative arm, the Integrity Vice Presidency. “We will never tolerate corruption, and I pledge to do all in our power to build upon our…

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Members of Cabinet have criticised what they deemed the unwarranted and malicious attack on the recently appointed Town Clerk Carol Sooba by the Kaieteur News. The appointment of Sooba has sparked outrage in some quarters. At a press conference earlier Wednesday, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon said that members of Cabinet are disgusted and have vehemently objected to the Monday edition of the “Dem Boys Seh” column titled “Dem boys seh… Parbattie aka Carol was a night nurse”. “ Sexist, racist, libellous – were terms used with regards to the…

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Amid increasing tension over the appointment of Carol Sooba as town clerk of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council, Local Government and Regional Development Minister Ganga Persaud maintains that his ministry’s decision was just. Earlier in the year, Sooba was among six persons whose applications were rejected by the Local Government Ministry. Junior Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker had told reporters that none of the applicants qualified for the position. Sooba subsequently reapplied along with three of the previous applicants when the post was reopened. Though she was not recommended…

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The Culture, Youth and Sport Ministry in collaboration with Cuso International on Thursday called on youths to be agents of change at a simple ceremony hosted in observance of International Volunteer Day, held at the GNS Sport Complex, Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown. International Volunteer Day 2013 was observed under the theme “Youth. Global. Active”. During the occasion, tributes were paid to the contribution of youth to peace and sustainable human development. The occasion was attended by Cuso International Representative Taramattie Persaud, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)/ Caricom representative Taku Yoshida and…

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Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh and Chinese Ambassador to Guyana Zhang Limin on Friday signed an economic and technical cooperation pact which would see Beijing providing US$ 4.93 million to finance projects to be agreed upon by both governments. According to a release, the two representatives also signed an acceptance certificate for the procurement of a vehicular mobile container scanner valued at US$ 98,640 to be used by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the discharge of its official duties. The People’s Republic of China, through the provision of economic…

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Two hundred and seventy-six persons on Wednesday graduated after completing training under the Board of Industrial Training’s (BIT) National Training Project for Youth Empowerment (NTPYE) and Single Parent Programme. Under the youth empowerment programme, 247 youths benefited from training of which 54 have already gained employment, while four have advanced to further training. The youths were exposed to training in 17 occupational training areas at 49 training locations. Among the graduates were 70 engineers, 36 welders, 19 mechanics, 15 joiners, and 60 in home economics. BIT also collaborated with the…

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Guyana has progressed under the macroeconomic policies and programmes initiated by government, but there is still more to be done to ensure that it remains on the path to further development. This view was expressed by Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Economics Department Director, Dr Justin Ram during a presentation at the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 124th annual Gala and Awards Ceremony on Wednesday at the Pegasus Hotel. He posited that several measures should be implemented to consolidate the gains obtained thus far under the present administration. Dr Ram…

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