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– Persaud Tells Sugar Workers Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud has assured sugar workers at the Skeldon factory that government will never block pay increases or other incentives to them. He implored the workers to get back to the fields and help the ailing sugar industry return to profitability. He also assured the management of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) that the administration will help it pay its bills, but he urged a swift resolution of the industrial dispute over wage increases. GuySuCo and the unions representing workers – the Guyana…

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President Bharrat Jagdeo, on Thursday night, hailed outgoing Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as a true friend of Guyana and a South American hero, as he conferred on him Guyana’s highest national award – the Order of Excellence.  In his address to the packed auditorium of the National Cultural Centre, President Jagdeo described President Lula as a global statesman and a champion of the developing world. “But above all, he is a leader of deep values, who is driven by a sincere conviction that the actions of each…

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Sharon Monplaisir, a New Amsterdam resident, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for possession of two grammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo, on Thursday at that New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court. It was alleged that, on November 16, police were on mobile patrol along Saint John Street, New Amsterdam when a group of persons known to the police were spotted in a yard. The police entered the yard and, after searching several persons, Monplaisir was arrested and taken to the Central Police Station, where…

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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CGX Energy Incorporated, Kerry Sully, has said that oil in commercial quantities could be discovered offshore Guyana in the Guyana Basin within the next 12 months, and Guyanese can benefit from such a discovery. He made these remarks during the 15th Annual Guyana Manufacturers and Services Association (GMSA) Dinner and Awards Ceremony, last Thursday. Sully explained that the Canadian oil exploration company started negotiations with Guyana in 1996. Since that time, CGX continues to make all the necessary preparations. It started to explore the…

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The world observed International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25 last. Guyana Times International spoke with several Guyanese in the United States on the issue. Gwen Pile, former senior mistress at Bishop’s High School, believes violence against any human is unacceptable. She emphasised the effects of this act on women, whose roles have changed over the years from mother and homemaker to single-parent and breadwinner. “Women have even, over the years, risen to prominence both nationally and internationally in politics and international affairs.  So, like…

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As Guyana successfully hosted the IV Summit of South American Nations (UNASUR) and officially took its chairmanship, President Bharrat Jagdeo urged the leaders to analyse what UNASUR must do to create a South American democratic identity that helps democracy to become so entrenched in all societies that nobody in any of the states would even contemplate taking power in any other way but through the ballot. This is among four main areas he suggested to the leaders during their meet last Friday. If the heads want their citizens to feel…

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The first-ever Commonwealth Caribbean Regional Student Leaders’ Roundtable was held in Guyana from November 17-19, 2010 at the University of Guyana. This initiative was a partnership effort between the Commonwealth Youth Programme’s Caribbean Centre and the University of Guyana, aimed at assessing the common needs and development aspirations of human populations, as well as exploring mechanisms for better networking and advocacy. The sitting was a consultation of young student leaders of tertiary institutions across the Commonwealth Caribbean, with a special invitation being extended to Suriname, because their youth participation structures…

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By Ravena GildhaRie Brazil’s outgoing head of state, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,has accepted Guyana’s  highest award — the Order of Excellence — which was conferred on him with much pomp and celebration on Thursday evening at the National Cultural Centre.   “It is received with great pride,” he told the gathering of hundreds, adding that it represents a symbol of the special friendship that unites the peoples of Guyana and Brazil. Noting this as his third visit to Georgetown, the Brazilian leader reflected on the relationship shared by the two…

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Hundreds of timber harvesters,furniture makers and others involvedin the wood sectors inEssequibo now stand tobenefit from a G$20 millionkiln-drying facilityestablished at Land ofPlenty, Essequibo Coast,Region Two. With this investment, the stakeholders would earn more from their activities, and even produce for exportmarkets.The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) on Thursday commissionedthe facility, set up under aunique public/privatepartnership venture,in which a speciallyestablished KilnDryingFacility Associationwould manage the operationswith guidancefrom the ForestProducts Marketing andDevelopment Council.For a small fee, timber harvesters would beable to use the kiln to drytheir woods faster andmore effectively than airdrying. This…

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