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By Svetlana Marshall – The opposition on Wednesday night passed a motion calling on President Donald Ramotar to establish a commission of inquiry to probe the incidence of human trafficking in Guyana. Government did not support the motion, which was moved by Opposition Leader David Granger. “This motion is a motion about humanity, it’s a motion about the type of society we want to live in, it’s a motion about our children and it’s a motion about the future of our country,” the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) chairman…

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Today, few can appreciate the overweening role the state played in the economy during the era of the People’s National Congress (PNC). By 1984, there were 35 non-financial enterprises in the agricultural, mining, manufacturing, quarrying and services areas. The government controlled 80 per cent of the economy and the private sector was confined to small-time enterprises, paddy cultivation and small-time milling. But even in rice, the PNC government totally controlled the industry. They did this through several stratagems: all rice milled by the private mills had to be sold to…

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Opposition Leader and A Partnership for National Unity Chairman, Brigadier (retired) David Granger has called for greater citizens’ representation in Caribbean electoral politics. He made this call while participating in a two-day regional forum on “strengthening regulation of political parties and political financing systems in the Caribbean”. The forum, sponsored by the Organisation of American States and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, brought together representatives from government and opposition parties from 14 Caricom states in Bridgetown, Barbados May 8-9. Granger, reacting to the “Draft Model Law on…

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Tulsie Persaud also called Ajay Jaikaran, 33, of Lot 4 Cemetery Road, Triumph Village, East Coast Demerara, who was arrested a week ago as a suspect in a major U.S. visa scam has been cleared of the charges which were read to him. There was no evidence against Persaud when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Tuesday last, since the person whom he was accused of conning confirmed that he was not the person who collected the money. As such, the man told the court that he did…

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The University of Guyana Centre for Communication Studies (UGCCS) and Ohio University Scripps College of Communication on Friday signed an activity agreement to build on their existing relations. CCS Director Carolyn Walcott said the partnership is significant as it takes the relationship the UGCCS enjoys with Ohio University to a new level. “About three or four years ago, the University of Guyana Centre for Communication Studies signed a three-year agreement with the Ohio University for the strengthening of journalism and mass communication in Guyana. That was a very successful project…

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The man who allegedly killed Maryann Nauth at a city hotel on Sunday was nabbed at Supenaam en route to Venezuela, police sources have confirmed. Vinod Balgobin was apprehended early Wednesday morning at the Supenaam Stelling by police on the Essequibo Coast. The alleged killer was spotted by officers who were conducting routine checks. Balgobin is currently in custody at the Aurora Police Station on the Essequibo Coast. According to information reaching Guyana Times International, someone spotted him leaving Parika on Wednesday and contacted police on the Essequibo Coast to…

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The government of Guyana and the diplomatic community joined the head of the European Union (EU) to Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, Ambassador Robert Kopecký and his family in observing ‘Europe Day’ last Thursday. At a reception at his Bel Air Spring’s residence, Ambassador Kopecký said the European federation has deepened and broadened since the initiation of Europe Day, pointing out that Croatia will become the 28th member of the EU on July 1. He said the EU continues to maintain a longstanding relationship with non-European countries in the…

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The Peoples Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/ C) has defended the government’s position on the issuance of radio licences, removing itself from suggestions made that it used “racial profiling” in the process, while condemning sections of society for misleading the nation on the issue. Legal Affairs Minister and Attorney General Anil Nandlall said the PPP/ C administration has never once tried to use its executive powers to impose punitive sanctions in an unreasonable and unlawful fashion against any section of society. Ethnicity Nandlall, during his address to the media on Monday…

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The private sector must work to strengthen inter-firm collaboration, reduce costs, maintain employment, and lay the groundwork for strategies of diversification, innovation, and value-added exports in the medium term. This is according to a study undertaken by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on the strengthening of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector. The study showed that the public sector can help SMEs integrate more fully and competitively into global production processes through several means. These include providing investment and trade information, the establishment and enforcement of quality standards that…

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