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By Ron Cheong There they go again – the Alliance For Change (AFC) trashing Guyana. Even in the wake of their duplicity regarding the country’s development projects being exposed in the debates, they have tripped right along to promulgating another one of their contrived “crises”. Their objective of the current adventure to maligning Guyanese education – asserting that Guyana’s education system is in crisis. But this time their smear campaign has been interrupted and discredited quite abruptly. And that has been done by the actions of no less a figure…

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President Donald Ramotar, Cabinet members and diplomats were among those who turned out in their numbers Saturday evening at the Pegasus Hotel to celebrate the 202nd independence anniversary of Mexico. The head of state said as another milestone for Mexico is being celebrated, one should be reminded that their independence began with a dream of having a free independent and united Mexico. “Mexico is a liberated country, constantly growing and a leader in the international community in several respects… Mexico has a lot to be proud of… we (Guyana) share…

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Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee on Monday announced that his ministry is currently working to draft a new Drug Strategy Master Plan that would be used to guide the country’s current and future anti-narcotics activities. Rohee was at the time addressing the opening of a U.S.-sponsored workshop for local drug enforcement agents. Guyana last unveiled a drug master plan in 2005. That plan expired since 2009. The Gy$ 650 million plan had comprised extensive measures to eliminate the scourge of narco-trafficking and its spin-off effects. Since December 2010, Rohee has…

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In light of the recent double drug bust on Sunday at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), head of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit, James Singh said local law enforcement needs to be more proactive and aggressive in monitoring restricted areas at the facility. A total of 30 kilograms of cocaine was unearthed, which has a street value of Gy$ 21 million. The first bust (28kg) was made by members of the CANU on board a BW526 Caribbean Airlines flight bound for New York, while the second (two kg) was…

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The two embattled staff of Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) who forged top officials’ signatures on two duty-free letters have been dismissed. GRA’s Commissioner General Khurshid Sattaur in an interview with this publication on Tuesday confirmed that intense police probe has proven beyond doubt that the two persons were guilty of the allegation levelled against them. Back in March of this year, the individuals, who were attached to the Tax Exemption Division of GRA as filing clerk and trainee auditor respectively, affixed signatures to remission of duty letters (commonly referred to…

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By Svetlana Marshall An unreliable electricity supply and a lack of wholesome water have triggered workers of the Demerara Timbers Limited, Mabura Hill, Region 10, to take industrial actions, bringing an abrupt halt to the logging operation. On Wednesday, 99 per cent of the Guyanese timber employees, residents, businessmen and women, downed tools and took to the streets to vent their frustration as they called on the administration of Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) to restore the 24-hour electricity supply and wholesome water. The residents warned that if their demands are…

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President Donald Ramotar said he has instructed the police commissioner and crime chief to do all that is possible to find the killer of Detective Corporal Jirbahan Dianand after a visit to the home of the deceased’s parents at Number 64 Village, Corentyne, on Monday. This was disclosed in a brief discourse with the media at the Albion Estate Senior Staff Club. “I’m concerned about this murder and I have even spoken to the commissioner and the crime chief on this matter to do everything they can to catch the…

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Oil exploration consortium Repsol is set to recommence drilling in the Georgetown block shortly after it was forced to abandon drilling of the Jaguar -1 location, President Donald Ramotar said. Asked about the exploration at a press briefing in Berbice, the president disclosed that before he travelled to Region Six, he was informed by the company that it would be investing some US$ 200 million in the next exploration. “Only this morning before I left Georgetown, I had a meeting with one of the companies, Repsol… they are preparing to…

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Works are continuing on the Hope Canal project and if the contractor does not make the deadline, penalties will be applied; Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy told media operatives at a press conference held Tuesday at his Regent Street office. “Indeed, in terms of the construction of the canal which would include digging, earthen work construction of the firm… the shallow part you do not see continues… we have constructed the canal from the Crown Dam to the highway… that is as far as we can go right now from…

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The A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Tuesday hosted a peaceful picketing exercise at its Region Three office, in protest of police violence and harassment of youths in Pouderoyen, West Coast Demerara. APNU Member of Parliament Joseph Harmon said it has become a habit of police ranks to randomly pick up youths and harass them. Harmon said this has been happening over the past few months and youths in Pouderoyen continue to be arrested for loitering. “We are not against the police, but we are against police actions which are…

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