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A 47-year-old cyclist was killed early on the morning of Wednesday 08th December after he was struck down on the Turkeyen Public Road, East Coast Demerara, (ECD) by a reportedly drunken driver who resides in Canada. Dead is Suresh Sawh, a machine operator of 136 Fourth Street, Martyrsville, Mon Repos, ECD. The driver has been taken into police custody and is assisting with investigations. Guyana Times International was told that a breathalyser test revealed that the driver had consumed in excess of the legally stipulated amount of alcohol. In a…

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– no consensus on consul general to Barbados Several of Guyana’s diplomatic missions are without heads – a situation the administration said it is working to fix. Among the vacant posts are ambassadors to Brazil and Venezuela, as well as an honorary consul general to Barbados.     Government recently moved its ambassadors to Brazil and Venezuela and posted them to missions in Canada and Kuwait respectively. Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon, when asked on Thursday whether replacements have been identified, said no. Ambassador Odeen Ishmael was last week moved from Venezuela…

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Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon announced on Wednesday, December 08th, that government’s fibre optic cable has landed from Brazil, and it is now up to Guyanese authorities to lay the cable from Lethem to the city.  He told the media that the $1 million contract to lay the cable has already been signed. “What is now almost exclusively the Guyanese responsibility is to lay the cable from its point of entry into Guyana, just off the bridge in Lethem, (all the way) towards Linden, then back towards Providence.”  The next…

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By Natasha Waldron Anthony  The CARICOM Consular Corps (CCC) in New York held its Christmas get-together at the Jamaican Consul General’s office last Friday. This is since Jamaica is the current chair of the body. Jamaica Consul General, Dr. Geneive Brown Metzger, told Guyana Times International that, high on its agenda for the New Year, the corps plans to address the issue of deportation.  “We already started a conversation with the agencies that service deportees, and we strongly believe there’s significant benefit addressing the issue as a corps”, she said.…

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Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited on Thursday, December 09th, launched the second five-year phase of its “Power To Make A Difference” programme, and announced its more-than-$31 million commitment towards community development for the coming years.  “The Power To Make a Difference” (PMAD) is the bank’s social investment and community outreach programme in Guyana and across the region. General Manager (Credit) Patricia Plummer, in giving details of the PMAD initiative, said that it is structured on four pillars: power to care, power to help, power to learn, and power to succeed. The…

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…says GHRA’s calls for electoral reforms suspicious  By Janelle Persaud  The composition of GECOM as it is has delivered free and fair elections,” says General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Donald Ramotar, in response to calls by the political opposition for the body to be independent of political influence.  Representatives of the People’s National Congress/Reform (PNCR), the Alliance For Change (AFC), the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) and the Guyana Action Party (GAP) recently expressed this position at a forum organised by the Guyana Human Rights Association to address electoral…

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Guyana is on the right path towards ensuring the protection of human rights, an achievement that has been influenced by the initiatives which the country has taken. The establishment of commissions on women and gender equality, Rights of the Child, and the Indigenous Peoples, all attest to government’s commitment in ensuring that the rights of its people are protected. Presidential Advisor on Governance, Gail Teixeira, in acknowledgement of International Human Rights Day, made this declaration as she recounted some of the achievements which Guyana has made over the years.  According…

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“This has been a topical issue on cabinet’s agenda”–President Jagdeo The Alliance For Change (AFC) is to move a motion early next year seeking to resuscitate the annual National Awards and Investiture Ceremony after years of absence, says Raphael Trotman. During the last sitting of the National Assembly, Trotman reiterated his position on the issue while stressing the importance of the national event being staged. “A country needs awards because the people need to see that their peers are achieving and are being recognized,” he outlined. He lamented the fact…

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