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Visitors to the National Park in Georgetown may have noticed the recent appearance of benches around the jogging trail. These seats are part of the “Ad-A-Bench” drive being spearheaded by the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry’s Protected Areas Commission and Guyenterprise, with the aim of restoring public seating in the park. The new benches are designed to facilitate the placement of advertisements by sponsors, as well as provide much-needed public seating around the park. The drive is part of the Three Parks Initiative, which aims to rehabilitate and upgrade the…

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Guyanese students will now learn to speak Portuguese at the secondary level, as the Education Ministry last Thursday officially added the language to the curriculum, with five pilot schools kicking off the initiative. The five schools which will commence Portuguese language training are: Queen’s College, the Bishops’ High School, St Stanislaus College, St Roses High School and St Joseph High School. Speaking at the launch at the Theatre Guild, Kingston, Education Minister Priya Manickchand said since Brazil and Guyana enjoy close relations, persons learning Portuguese will boost these relations further…

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Amerindian leaders on Tuesday flayed the government and the Guyana Police Force for delays in gun licences issuance and ammunition acquisition, the handling of domestic violence and having to travel to Georgetown to obtain a passport. These issues were raised during the ongoing National Toshaos Council conference at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara. According to the Government Information Agency (GINA), during a meeting with Home Affairs Ministry officials and police top brass, toshaos lamented that they often experience difficulties in accessing ammunition. In response, Police Commissioner…

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Key stakeholders have benefitted from a three-day workshop held last week at Cara Lodge in Georgetown titled “Innovative and Regulatory Incentives for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Initiatives”. The workshop was conducted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), with support from the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ). With representatives from Curacao, Guyana, Grenada, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago in attendance, the workshop was part of an overarching sustainable energy project in the Caribbean under the theme…

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Water and agriculture In 1945, with the ratification of the UN Charter by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being. However, since 1948, October 24 has been celebrated as United Nations (UN) Day. The purpose of the United Nations is to bring all nations of the world together to work for peace and development, based on the principles of justice, human dignity and the well-being of all people. It affords the opportunity for countries to balance…

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Miss Guyana Universe 2013 Katherina Roshana made a special courtesy visit to Russian Ambassador to Guyana Nikolay Smirnov, in whose home city – Moscow, the international pageant will be held. Ambassador Smirnov said he has been monitoring the various pageants in which Roshana was involved, and has admired her.  Describing her as ‘exceptional’, he said he believes the local queen is very charismatic and would make Guyana proud.  In what could be a good omen, he noted that Katherina is a popular Russian name. The ambassador informed Roshana about the…

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– as over 700 more lots are allotted in Berbice By Whitney Persaud   Potential homeowners on Monday were reminded that with the implementation of the Mortgage Interest Relief (MIR) initiative, first-time homeowners paying interest on a housing loan of up to Gy$30 million from a commercial bank will be exempt from personal income tax. Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Myrna Pitt reiterated this point during a One Stop Shop in Port Mourant, Berbice. The event, which was hosted at the community centre ground in…

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Junior Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker last Friday officially handed over the Gy$83 million Mahaica Market to the area’s Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC). The ribbon cutting ceremony was attended by Region Four Chairman Clement Corlette, local government officials, including Unity/Vereeniging NDC Chairperson Anoopwattie Veeren and dozens of vendors. Minister Whittaker told the gathering that the market was another example of government’s support to bring order to the manner in which people vend and to provide healthy, safe and hygienic conditions for buyers and sellers. Minister Whittaker challenged the appointed Market…

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CARICOM heads have expressed dissatisfaction with the slow pace at which the ‘Jagdeo Initiative’ is being implemented within member states, noting that a more welcoming approach would see the region becoming more food rich. Addressing the media following the just concluded agriculture ministerial meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy told a news gathering last Friday that while a number of activities were done across the region to satisfy the call for the implementation of the ‘Jagdeo Initiative’, it is still not…

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– eyes 2022 as date for full phase-out By Samuel Sukhnandan   The Guyana government has signed on to a new international pact to control mercury emissions – the Minamata Convention on Mercury. This was done during an international conference organised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and held in Minamata, Japan from October 9 to 11. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud signed the Minamata Convention on Mercury on behalf of the government. He was accompanied by the acting commissioner of the Guyana Geology Mines and Commission,…

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