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Amerindian Affairs Ministry continues hinterland outreach

October 14, 2011 TIMES INT'L

A team of government and regional officials visited Moruca, Region One, on Saturday, October 8 as part of a countrywide outreach programme. The team included Amerindian Affairs Minister Pauline Sukhai, Local Government and Regional Development Minister Norman Whittaker, Region One Vice Chairman Paul Pierre, Region Two Chairman Alli Baksh, and Mainstay Toshao Yvonne Pearson. A large gathering assembled at the market square to listen to, and share their views with, the visiting team. Minister Sukhai highlighted evidence of progress, not only in the Moruca sub-region but throughout Guyana. She pointed…

Opposition presidential candidates to debate each other

October 14, 2011 TIMES INT'L

By Michael Younge The presidential candidate of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan, has agreed to confront his counterpart in The United Force (TUF), Valerie Garrido-Lowe, and A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) David Granger in a national debate for presidential candidates organised by Merundoi Incorporated and slated to be held sometime in early November at the Theatre Guild in Kingston, Georgetown. Several other entities will be collaborating with Merundoi in this enterprise, including the Private Sector Commission, the Georgetown Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the Guyana Press…

AFC credits aspects of Jagdeo’s fiscal economic policy

October 13, 2011 TIMES INT'L

By Michael Younge The Alliance for Change (AFC) has shared its economic vision for Guyana’s development, while giving credit to President Bharrat Jagdeo for his administration’s role in stabilising the country’s economic rates since 2004. AFC executive and advisor Tarron Khemraj, addressing persons gathered at the Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown on Monday for a public lecture, gave credit to President Jagdeo and his administration for managing to stabilise the country’s exchange rates since 2004, despite the developments on the global scene. He alluded to government’s prudent management of the Bank of…

GDF officer graduates with honours from U.S. army engineering school

October 13, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officer, Second Lieutenant Trevon McIntosh, has been recognised as the international military student honour graduate after successfully completing an engineering basic officer leadership course at the United States Army Engineer School, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. McIntosh received a certificate of achievement stated that the course provided him with an opportunity to learn more and develop his skills in the area, thereby enhancing his professional development. “Definitely I will ensure that the training I received benefits the GDF and further, it has lit the fire that fuels…

More emphasis needs to be placed on mental health

October 13, 2011 TIMES INT'L

More focus needs to be placed on mental health globally, says Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy as the world observed World Mental Health Day 2011 Monday. In a release to the media, the minister said it is appalling to see so many persons living with mental health problems. “On World Mental Health Day 2011, I believe it is really and truly an insane condition that today so many of us are fighting an uphill battle for recognition of mental health as an imperative for the elimination of poverty and for…

Region Three hosts One Stop Shop

October 13, 2011 TIMES INT'L

-Housing Ministry distributes 700 plots The Housing Ministry on Tuesday conducted the penultimate one-stop shop for Region Three distributing 740 lots for the Recht door Zee, Phase Two Area. The exercise, which was conducted at the Hugh Anderson Sports Complex, Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara, saw 200 of those lots dedicated to a special pilot project targeting teachers, police, and nurses. Delivering the feature address, Housing and Water Minister, Irfaan Ali stated that millions of dollars have been invested in housing in Region Three. Minister Ali said there have been…

No one will be allowed to fan flames of ethnic and religious disunity – OP statement

October 13, 2011 TIMES INT'L

The Office of the President on Tuesday issued the following statement on the Guyana Press Association’s response to President Jagdeo’s remarks made at the PPP/C rally on Sunday October 9: Not surprisingly, Gordon Moseley, as head of the Guyana Press Association (GPA), has responded to comments made at the PPP/C Rally in Kitty on Sunday, October 9, and predictably, has taken comments made there out of context. The GPA statement has plucked out sections of President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo’s and Ms Teixeira’s speeches conveniently so as to peddle their line…

Rohee launches books

October 13, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee on Tuesday evening launched two anthologies of his speeches, bills, motions and debates that he tabled and presented in the National Assembly over the years. At the Police Mess Hall, Eve Leary, Rohee presented and autographed hard copies of “Our Public Security Legislative Agenda: Bills, Motions and Debates tabled in the National Assembly” and “Securing Our Nation: A Collection of Speeches” to those attending the launch. The minister dedicated the books to President Bharrat Jagdeo and the head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon.…

Guyana to host second Caribbean Basin Security Initiative meeting

October 13, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Guyana will be hosting the Second Meeting of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) Commission from October 13 to 14 at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Liliendaal Greater Georgetown. The CBSI Commission, which comprises representatives of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), the United States, and the Dominican Republic, was established in an effort to foster greater collaboration between the U.S. and Caricom to address crime and crime related issues. It also represents one of the outcome initiatives of the Inaugural Caribbean-U.S. Security Cooperation Dialogue, held in the U.S. in May 2010.…

U.S. Embassy in push to empower local women activists

October 13, 2011 TIMES INT'L

U.S. Ambassador Brent Hardt, in meeting two Guyanese women activists, Mignon Bowen and Simone Morris-Ramlall, on Thursday, October 6, emphasised that the American State Department considers a priority foreign policy issues and activities relating to the political, economic, and social advancement of women. These two women were selected by the United States Embassy to participate in international visitor programmes in mid-October – one on breast cancer awareness and outreach, and the other on women’s leadership and political participation. Bowen is chairperson of the Avon Community Help Fund established in 2005…