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Renowned American entrepreneur Ephren Taylor has had several one-on-one discussions with a group of young people from Albouystown. The double meetings took place at the Pegasus Hotel and the Andrew Six Head Lewis Gym in the community last Saturday, February 19th. Taylor has acquired over 100 businesses in his 16-year entrepreneurial career, which started when he was a 12-year-old who designed a videogame because his parents could not afford to buy him one. Along the journey, Taylor has become a history maker, as he was the youngest-ever African-American CEO of…

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By Natasha Waldron Anthony At its 41st Republic Anniversary Ball held last Saturday, the Guyanese American Cultural Association of Central Florida (GACACF) honoured four Guyanese for the outstanding contributions they have made to the lives of fellow Guyanese both within the diaspora and in Guyana. Those honoured are as follows: (1) Dr Vincent Adams, chairman of the Linden Fund USA, who also provides key leadership within the U.S. Department of Energy. In his feature presentation, Dr Adams spoke to the issue of service to Guyana by the diaspora, whom he…

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By Natasha Waldron Anthony Last weekend, Guyana’s ambassador to the United States, the Honourable Bayney Karran, concluded a two-day visit to Georgia at the invitation of the Guyana Association of Georgia (GAOG). He was their guest at a “Meet-and-Greet the Ambassador” reception last Saturday, and he met with scores of his countrymen who reside in Georgia. “I fielded all the questions about development back home; about the social and economic development of Guyana; about the role the diaspora can play in that process. There was a lot of enthusiasm on…

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The Guyana government is currently moving to introduce and advance commercial aquaculture in hinterland communities, with the digging of ponds and provision of fingerlings to interested farmers. An excavator purchased at a cost of some Gy$30 million to dig ponds for aquaculture farmers on the coastland was recently deployed to Lethem to continue the activity in that part of Guyana’s hinterland. “It is the ministry’s objective to assist those villages in the hinterland region to attain food security through various ventures, aquaculture included, taking into consideration the biodiversity and at…

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People’s National Congress Reform presidential hopeful David Granger has reiterated calls for the establishment of regional agricultural institutes, since urgent attention should be given to intensifying agricultural education in the five huge hinterland regions. Writing in his latest newsletter, the retired Guyana Defence Force brigadier said these regions include Barima/Waini, Cuyuni/ Mazaruni, Potaro/ Siparuni, Upper Takatu/ Upper Essequibo, and Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice, which constitute over 75 per cent of the country`s land space. According to Granger, despite their proven agricultural potential and extensive land resources, these regions all suffer severe…

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The Housing and Water Ministry has signed more than Gy$805 million in contracts for the construction of roads, drainage, other structures and pure water distribution networks in Regions Two, Three, Five and Eight. The signing ceremony was held on Monday, February 21st, in the ministry’s boardroom, where Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali urged the contractors to ensure that the projects are completed within their stipulated periods and are in keeping with high standards of quality, accountability and transparency. He encouraged contractors to be prepared to deal with changing weather…

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The National Taskforce on Trafficking in Persons met officials of the United States Embassy in Guyana on February 15th, as part of ongoing efforts to improve the country’s standing in the fight against the scourge of trafficking in persons. The meeting took place at the Office of Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, who chairs the task force. In brief remarks, Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues- Birkett said the Guyana government takes the issue of human trafficking seriously, and that the presence of the two U. S. officials at the meeting…

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