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Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett on Friday launched the Guyana Diaspora Project (GUYD) at the country’s embassy in Washington, DC. The GUYD project is designed to compile data about the resources, skills and level of interest which is available in the Guyanese diaspora. Persons and organisations who wish to assist in Guyana’s development can submit their information online through a dedicated website, or by way of social media. The information obtained would allow for skill sets and resources which are available in the diaspora to be matched and channelled toward…

By Samuel Sukhnandan – Canadian oil exploration firm CGX Energy Inc on Wednesday announced that it will be investing some US$ 1 billion within the next five years in its operations in Guyana, as it continues its search for oil and gas. CGX Inc Executive Chairman, Dr Suresh Narine said the company has been operating on these shores for the past 15 years and plans to continue its search, given the possibility of a large find. “CGX has proposed a work plan that spans between an estimated US$600 to US$1…

Vice President (Operations) of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Carla Barnett Monday praised Guyana’s economic performance, which has and continues to withstand the effects of the global financial crisis. Dr Barnett is currently leading a delegation from the bank in talks with the government with regards to its new country strategy. She said that financial crisis has impacted the region quite profoundly. In the case of the CDB, this impact is seen in the demand for additional borrowing. She went on to explain that borrowing member countries have severely…

Guyanese of all ilk and social origins have come out in unity at the gratuitous and vicious attack by Kaieteur News’ columnist Freddie Kissoon against Mahatma Gandhi, which stated that the Indian freedom fighter and icon of peace may have been a homosexual. In his column of February17, “Has colonialism permanently damaged the Guyanese psyche?” from out of the blue, he declared that Gandhi was a ‘homosexual’. Gandhi, of course is not Guyanese and many were shocked as to why Kissoon would bring up the question of Gandhi’s sexual orientation.…

Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Chairman Bibi Shaddick on Tuesday responded to a misleading advertisement in the Kaieteur News, clarifying that there is no law in Guyana that prohibits a person from owning three media operations. For several weeks, the Kaieteur News has been publishing an advertisement which states that the best friend of former president Bharrat Jagdeo is the only Guyanese who owns three media houses, insinuating that the owner of the Guyana Times / TVG/ RGI, Dr Bobby Ramroop acquired his licences as a result of his affiliation…

By Danielle Campbell-Lowe – Surinam Airways Country Manager Rudi Westerborg said that the airline will welcome with open arms, all passengers who have expressed a preference for flying the Georgetown-New York route with the Dutch-owned airline. Westerborg was responding to reports about the possible entry of the airline into direct competition with Caribbean Airlines, which could eventually dominate the market should Delta Airlines carry through with its announced withdrawal in May. He told Guyana Times International that although proposals and plans are in their initial stages, the possibility of Surinam…

The Guyana Revenue Authority on Wednesday hailed the role of its officers in what it said was the largest ever drug bust in the country’s history – 792 lbs of cocaine secreted in timber at a Soesdyke lumberyard for export to Holland. The GRA press release follows: “On Tuesday, February 19, 2013, the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) made the largest drug bust in the history of Guyana, when a total of three hundred and fifty nine point eight kilograms of cocaine (359.8kg) was discovered…

President Donald Ramotar said the issues surrounding Chinese labour at the Marriott Hotel are more political in nature rather than a genuine concern for Guyanese. Responding to questions during a press conference at the Miami Hilton last Saturday, the president dismissed the suggestion that allowing Chinese skilled workers to construct the hotel is an indication that Guyana lacks the skills. “That’s not the issue; in fact to me, when I look at the issue, I think it’s more like the opposition looking for an issue to try to make a…

– says local contractors, workers benefit directly or indirectly Scores of Guyanese are benefiting directly and indirectly from the construction works ongoing at the site where the multimillion-dollar Marriott Hotel is being built in Kingston, Georgetown, Atlantic Hotels Inc Chief Executive Officer Winston Brassington said on Wednesday. This disclosure comes on the heels of a plethora of media reports which suggested that a Chinese-only workforce is being used to construct the hotel without any input from locals or contribution from Guyanese construction companies. “Absolutely not true, there are many service…