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The training component of the Local Government and Regional Development Ministry and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Youth Empowerment and Inclusion and Reconciliation Project (YEIRP) began on Friday at the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre, Kingston. Thirty youth leaders drawn from Regions Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Ten, will be trained to play a role in the development of their communities and the country The session was opened by Local Government and Regional Development Minister Ganga Persaud and witnessed by United Nations Deputy Resident Representative Chisa Mikami and YEIRP…

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Investigations into the death of 34-year-old Kaimattie Sooknanand, who succumbed after giving birth at the New Amsterdam Hospital in October last year, have revealed that malpractice was among the factors contributing to her death. Sooknanand, who hailed from Number 68 Village, Corentyne, died on October 20, 2012 after giving birth. According to documents presented to this publication by Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran, the post-mortem revealed that Sooknanand’s death was caused by “hypovolaemic shock as a result of placenta praevia”. The Expert Maternal Mortality Committee comprising four doctors and two…

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By Leana Bradshaw – Head of the Catholic diocese in Guyana, Bishop Francis Alleyne has hailed the resignation of ailing Pope Benedict XVI, saying that it is an admirable move in the best interest of the global Catholic community. Benedict shocked the world on Monday when he announced that he was retiring. Bishop Alleyne told Guyana Times International that he believes someone who is more physically able should be chosen to replace Benedict. “Well, his predecessor Pope John Paul II started at the age of 58 which is considerably young…

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Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud last week visited Suriname where he met with his counterpart Minister Jim Hok and discussed the deepening and strengthening of cooperation in the mining sector between the two countries. The meeting follows a mandate given by the Surinamese President Desire Bouterse and President Donald Ramotar. According to the Natural Resources Ministry, the ministers had dialogue on sustainable exploitation and development of natural resources, and how the two countries could cooperate in those two areas. The ministry stated that, “Minister Hok and Minister Persaud…

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The Guyana Relief Council (GRC) is celebrating 19 years of assisting victims of natural and man-made disasters, which according to its chairperson, Yvonne Hinds has been quite an achievement. She said since its establishment in 1994, the GRC has been able to make numerous interventions for persons. “I think we’ve done wonderfully and we’ve raised the bar for charities, because now we’re not only giving you a handout, we also help out with tools of trade and so on. We help people to get their passport and documents back. We’ve…

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Saying that it is fully convinced that more than ever the Alliance For Change (AFC) must fill the leadership vacuum in Guyana, the national executive council of the party met in Whim Village, Corentyne, Berbice on Saturday. It declared that among other things it has the key to the future of Berbicians and the whole of Guyana. The party said together with all the peoples of this country, “we can move Guyana forward to realise its true potential as the bread basket of the Caribbean, the destination of choice for…

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Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has reiterated Guyana’s position for peace between the State of Israel and the Palestinian people at the 12th Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Under the theme “The Muslim World: New Challenges and Expanding Opportunities”, the summit was held in Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt from February 6 to 7, where the minister spoke about the ongoing conflict between the two states. “As the first Caribbean Community (Caricom) country to recognise Palestine as a sovereign state based on its 1967 borders, and as a…

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A seven-year-old differently-abled child from the Hope Children’s Home, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was more than excited when she was presented with a wheelchair on Tuesday by Mochan Persaud of the Vighenshwar Mandir, Brooklyn, USA. The young girl, Shereen Ally, is bedridden, cannot read, write or speak and cannot move her body without assistance by a caregiver. She has been living at the orphanage since she was three years old after her mother had abandoned her at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Surujdai Gildharrie, a caregiver at the children’s…

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