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An Irish teenager expressed regret and relief following the dismissal of criminal charges against him for making a drunken threat against Guyana’s president. Cillian James Crossan said he was eager to move past the incident. “I am happy it’s all over,” 17- year-old Cillian, from Co Louth, Ireland said. “If I could do anything to change what happened I would,” the Irish Independent reported him as saying. Cillian is spending a year in Guyana as a volunteer teacher. He was arrested in April after a conversation with two bodyguards of…

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By Indrawattie Natram – Scores of rice farmers on the Essequibo Coast who have benefited from a Gy$ 2.5 billion government support said the intervention has given them renewed hope as they return to their fields. The farmers said despite the various challenges such as bug infestation and snail invasion, they have managed to overcome them, and are optimistic that the present autumn crop will be a bumper harvest. The farmers also thanked the major stakeholders who worked assiduously in drafting the plan to alleviate their plight. Wazeer Hussain, a…

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By Indrawattie Natram – Members of the Guyana Police Force, students from various secondary schools on the Essequibo Coast and civilians will soon be benefiting from free Information Technology (IT) training at the Richard Faikall Training College at Suddie on the Essequibo Coast. The move was made possible through the kind donation of a computer centre and library by overseas-based Guyanese company Zara Reality Holdings. According to Zara Reality Holdings Vice President Jay Sobhraj, the company has invested US$ 100,000 in the IT project on the Essequibo Coast. He said…

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By Vahnu Manikchand and Ruqayyah Boyer – Eleven-old Salma Majeed of ISA Islamic School gained 548 marks to cop the top spot in this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), bringing prestige to her school and satisfaction to parents and teachers who worked tirelessly in preparing her for the examinations. Pile of Mae’s Under 12 scored 547. Several other students from the school made it into the top 100. Surrounded by family members, teachers and classmates, Majeed said she is happy to have achieved this milestone because she worked really…

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Almost two years after a Caribbean Airlines 737-800 slid off the end of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport runway, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is optimistic that it will be in receipt of the final report within 60 days. GCAA Director Zulfikar Mohammed told Guyana Times International that the report is presently being reviewed by the investigative team comprising GCAA Aviation Safety Regulations Director Paula McAdam, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and officials of the Trinidad-based aircraft. The first draft of the report was completed last November and submitted…

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Guyana’s revolutionary Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) was on Wednesday evening lauded by British High Commissioner to Guyana Andrew Ayre, who described it as a definitive model of what is possible in a densely forested developing country. The strategy, which seeks to transform the country’s economy on a pathway to sustainable development, has identified hydropower, a biodiversity research centre, Amerindian community development and Information Communication Technology (ICT) among the priorities to be buttressed in the economy, said the Government Information Agency (GINA). The strategy, pioneered by former President Bharrat Jagdeo…

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BY MICHAEL YOUNGE – Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally is expected to seek legal counsel on the way forward regarding the request by Gocool Boodoo to be reappointed as the entity’s chief elections officer, as discussions on the controversial issue yielded little fruit on Tuesday. Discussions at the level of the statutory meeting came to a premature end after Boodoo’s attorney, Mursalene Bacchus wrote the commission explaining that his client had a “legitimate expectation” in so far as being reappointed to the post was concerned. The current…

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