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Over 4000 cases of child abuse were reported in 2011 and over half of those have been committed in Region Four, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament (MP) Volda Lawrence told the National Assembly during the second day of budget debates on Wednesday. She stated too that although the 2012 Budget is being presented on seven pillars, the current administration has forgotten to expand on how to actually conduct good governance and improve social services. Lawrence said that currently 18 per cent of Guyanese live below the…

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With positive trends and increasing demands for Guyana’s bauxite, the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry on Monday announced the creation of a Bauxite Development Unit within the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC). The unit has been mandated to coordinate, oversee, and assist in making recommendations relating to all aspects of the economic, social, environmental, and occupation health and safety issues pertinent to exploration, development, mining and promotion of bauxite resources in Guyana. According to a Government Information Agency (GINA) release, this decision was taken in light of the expansion…

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Guyana on Wednesday made an oral presentation in support of its submission for an extended continental shelf to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The presentation was made by Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Minister Rodrigues-Birkett was accompanied by Foreign Ministry Director General Ambassador Elisabeth Harper; Guyana Permanent Ambassador to the United Kingdom George Talbot; Guyana Ambassador to Suriname Keith George; Guyana Geology and Mines Commission Petroleum Division Manger Newell Dennison;…

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Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS) Dr Roger Luncheon has dismissed moves by the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament Carl Greenidge to table a motion in the House to repeal the Former President’s (Benefits and Other Facilities) Act as grandstanding. “I can’t imagine a former minister, who served in some very difficult times, having lost the regard for due process,” he said. The HPS explained that there is nothing a parliamentary motion can do to amend or repeal extant legislation. The Former President’s (Benefits and Other…

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With four more days to go before Easter Monday, parents are wasting no time cashing in on the best bargains on kites for their children. During a tour by this publication on Wednesday along Regent Street, Georgetown, scores of children and their parents were seen choosing their kites which they will fly on Easter Day. This newspaper caught up with one youngster, Joel Banwarie, 14, who was with his mother kite shopping. He related that he had travelled all the way from Melanie, East Coast Demerara, with his mother to…

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BY MICHAEL YOUNGE A mid criticisms for government refusing to lower the rate of the Value Added Tax (VAT), Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Commissioner General Khurshid Sattaur said he has not seen any case to justify such a move. Airing his views on a TVG programme titled “Under the Microscope” on Monday, April 2, Sattaur said a reduction in VAT would not benefit persons whose income are below the threshold since the items they consume on a daily basis do not get taxed. In defence of the tax, Sattaur said…

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By North American Correspondent The president of John Adams High School Student Government in Richmond Hill Cassandra Jagroop, has criticized the plan by New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg to phase out her school saying it will hurt students in the community. Closure of the schools will have a serious impact on the large Guyanese community as there are no other high schools in the vicinity. The City plans to shutter the only two high schools in Richmond Hill (John Adams H.S and Richmond Hill H.S) – two of the…

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