A senior lecturer at the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies at the University of the West Indies is predicting severe negative impacts, including loss and alteration of habitats, smaller and less-diverse fish stocks, and coral bleaching, and urged prompt action to help the region’s fishers prepare. These views are contained in a recent analysis in the Stockholm Environment Journal by Leonard Nurse, PhD, senior lecturer at the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies at the University of the West Indies and a member of the scientific team…
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Jagdeo warns ‘cyber provocateurs’
The People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) on Wednesday announced that it has withdrawn its request for a recount of ballots, the party’s presidential candidate Donald Ramotar told a news conference later that day. He said the withdrawal was influenced by GECOM’s utterances that the recount would cause further delays in the declaration of the results. “I know some people were quite wrongly saying that our challenges to the ballots were an attempt to hold up the elections process. I want to assure you that that is not so, because the…
Read MoreRamotar wins presidency in 2011 Guyana polls
After some delay and anxiety by the Guyanese populace, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has announced that Donald Ramotar, a trained economist of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) has been declared the next president of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. Official results released by Gecom shows that the incumbent People’s Progressive Party/Civic has won the 2011 General and Regional elections for the fifth consecutive time. Chief Election Officer Gocool Boodoo made the revelation during a press conference on Thursday afternoon, three days after ballots were cast countrywide. According to…
Read MoreMajor parties call for peace ahead of polls
The two Major political parties contesting Monday’s general and regional elections – the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic and the A Partnership For National Unity – are calling for peace. In a statement issued on Wednesday, APNU’s presidential candidate David Granger denounced any form of incitement and violence, and urged his members, supporters, friends, and the general public to work towards the peaceful conduct of general and regional elections on Monday. Granger said APNU, together with other contesting parties, freely signed the Code of Conduct for Political Parties Contesting the 2011…
Read MoreSheila Holder hailed as ‘tireless fighter for a better and unified Guyana’
The Alliance For Change on Monday opened a book of condolences for its late vice chair, Sheila Holder who died Sunday night while being treated in the U. S. for throat cancer. The leaders of the party – Khemraj Ramjatttan and Raphael Trotman – were the first to sign the book, which was opened around 15:00h. Thereafter several top-ranking members, including recent addition Moses Nagamootoo, signed the book. Prime Minister Samuel Hinds was also present at the party’s Fourth Street, Campbellville headquarters. In a brief comment, Hinds said that the…
Read MoreGPHC commissions new in-patient facility
BY DANIELLE CAMPBELL Describing the new inpatient facility as another milestone in the modernisation of the health-care sector, Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy on Monday joined others in the medical fraternity in applauding the transformation of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). President Bharrat Jagdeo briefly stopped by to unveil the plaque and officially commission the facility. He urged the healthcare providers to adopt patient-friendly attitudes, since the pride is not only held in the physical structure but in the service. The president urged GPHC employees to maintain accountability for…
Read MorePact inked with Guyana Goldfields Inc for $1B Aurora project
By Ariana Gordon The government of Guyana and Guyana Gold Fields Incorporated on November 18 signed a mineral agreement which sets the conditions for the development of a large gold mine at Aurora in the Cuyuni River. The agreement was signed at the Office of the President. The mineral agreement was signed in the presence of President Bharrat Jagdeo, People’s Progressive Party (PPP/ C) presidential candidate Donald Ramotar, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh, Sir Shridath Ramphal, Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Chairman Major General (retired) Joe Singh, acting GGMC…
Read MoreCaricom SG calls on U.S. to give climate change commitment
The Caribbean Community is urging the United States to commit to the outcome of the Cancún Climate Change Conference. Caricom Secretary General Irwin LaRocque made the call at the accreditation ceremony of the new U.S. Ambassador to the community, D Brent Hardt at the Caricom Secretariat’s headquarters in Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara on Tuesday. The secretary general acknowledged and commended the U.S. government’s efforts to initiate programmes such as Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA), which has 40 projects underway throughout the Americas including in Caricom states. He…
Read MoreAFC, APNU prefer unity govt in case of election deadlock
BY ARIANA GORDON The Alliance For Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Wednesday committed to forming a government of national unity if none of the parties contesting the upcoming elections wins a clear majority to form a government. Responding to a question posed by a member of the audience at the Merundoi Incorporated Presidential Forum held at the Theatre Guild on November 15, both presidential hopefuls, Khemraj Ramjattan of the AFC and David Granger of APNU said a government of national unity is a must. “We…
Read MoreCommonwealth approves 15-member election observer mission
Former Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Secretary General, Denis Marshall, Queen’s Service Order, (QSO), who also served as a minister in the New Zealand government, will lead a 15-member Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) for the upcoming general and regional elections in Guyana. The group was constituted by Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma at the invitation of the government of Guyana, a release from the Commonwealth Secretariat said. “The Commonwealth has a long history of engagement with Guyana, and we are pleased to be observing these important elections,” said the secretary general. “We hope…
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