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The ruling People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/ C) on Monday evening hailed the work of “one of the greatest freedom fighters”, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, taking credit for supporting the struggle against apartheid and recommitting to the ideals of the late African leader. Member of Parliament Gail Teixeira, in her opening remarks, said the “People’s Progressive Party supported the African National Congress (ANC) back in the 1950s and 60s and was there when the apartheid was abolished”. She recalled that on June 26, 1925 the Freedom Charter was signed by 3000…

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The National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) on Friday honoured several individuals and organisations who dedicated their energies for a number of years to impact the fight against HIV/ AIDS. The appreciation ceremony was held at the Cara Lodge Hotel, Quamina Street, Georgetown. Globally, World AIDS Day was observed recently on December 1 and marked 26 years since the first AIDS case was discovered in Guyana, in 1987. This period also marked 21 years since the establishment of NAPS. For over two decades, the NAPS has been working in unison with…

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History was made when the third Caribbean Youth Leaders Summit recently held in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, elected the first ever executive of the newly-constituted Caribbean Regional Youth Council (CRYC). Continuing the work that began at the previous summits in Barbados (2011) and Jamaica (2012), youth leaders took concerted steps towards strengthening their national youth organisations and charting a path towards a regional youth governance mechanism. The revision and discussion of the progress and outputs of the previous summits culminated in the creation of the CRYC and the signing and…

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European Union (EU) Ambassador Robert Kopecký and British High Commissioner Andrew Ayre have hailed late South African President Nelson Mandela as a great defender of human rights. The diplomats, in an oped to mark Human Rights Day on Tuesday, said Mandela’s devotion to freedom and democracy, his forgiveness towards his former enemies, and his momentous achievements in bringing peace and reconciliation to his country made him an inspiration throughout the world. In observance of the occasion, the EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Catherine Ashton, issued a…

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– workers demand annual production bonus Disgruntled sugar workers on all estates downed tools on Wednesday, resulting in a total shutdown of operations across the industry. The workers are demanding an annual production bonus for this year. The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), which has organised the current strike, had on November 18 submitted a claim for an annual production bonus of 6.80 day’s pay for a production of 201,000 tonnes sugar, or alternatively 29,500 tonnes per day pay. Deliberations According to a release, at a meeting on…

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As investigations continue into the murder of Nandkumar Poonwassie, also called “Darshanie”, who was found dead on Tuesday at Port Mourant, Corentyne Berbice; B Division Commander Brian Joseph on Friday revealed that the police are hunting for a suspect. The commander added that based on reports and information received, the police have launched a manhunt for the man who is suspected to be from the same village. “We know who the person is, but we have to find him…” A post-mortem examination performed on the body on the man by…

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The A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is calling on the government to implement a Solid Waste Management Plan to effectively deal with the gigantic garbage problem plaguing the entire nation, but especially the country’s capital city. The call was made by APNU’s leader David Granger on Friday at the party’s weekly press conference. The opposition leader pointed out that the government should display leadership and move to address the garbage situation, which is affecting the country’s development. “Guyana has a gigantic garbage problem. Every part of the country, not…

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The Public Works Ministry on Friday embarked on a major exercise designed to alleviate drainage problems in Georgetown, especially in the Lodge, Charlestown, Wortmanville, Albouystown and Queenstown areas. The clean-up entailed the clearing of blocked drains, and removal of vegetation and garbage from the heavily-blocked drainage canals. This move comes in the wake of the heavy downpour on November 27 that caused flooding in parts of the city, East Coast Demerara and in Regions Two and Three. Rainfall, recorded at the Botanical Gardens, measured 128.9mm or 5.1 inches, the highest…

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Despite the heavy rainfall last Wednesday, residents of Buxton and surrounding communities gathered in large numbers at the Tipperary Hall, in Buxton to receive their laptops as the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) programme continued distribution in Region Four. More than 450 beneficiaries from Vigilance, Friendship, Buxton, Annandale and Courbane Park received their laptops. Junior Finance Minister Juan Edghill, who was present at the exercise, highlighted that this initiative is for Guyanese and that the programme is designed in such a way that “it is non-discriminatory, everybody that qualifies will…

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Practical Christianity Ministries President, Pastor W P Jeffrey is calling on government to establish a formal ex-offender rehabilitation programme in light of the crime situation in Guyana. Jeffrey, who is also the founder of the organisation he heads, said even with all the resources being spent to outfit the police and expand the prison and the holding cells, the prospects for any abatement in criminal activities, do not look promising. Recently, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud reported that the majority of crimes are being committed by young people and about a…

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