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– “The struggle is not yet over” – Teixeira Guyana has moved from the depths of collapse and despair to a modern democratic nation under the PPP/C administration and, while it is still challenged to overcome old and new obstacles no one can deny that the country has moved steadfastly and made quantum leaps, Presidential Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira stated during her address to mark the celebration of 20 years of the party in government. She declared that history will illustrate that the PPP/C administration restored and reconstructed every…

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– Guyanese among those sworn in By North American Correspondent King Manor Museum in Queens held a naturalization ceremony last week to commemorate the 225th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. Several Guyanese were among those sworn in as new citizens of the United States of America. The Guyanese said they were proud to be Americans. Medgar Thom, originally from Guyana, came to America over ten years ago and was happy to finally be naturalized. “I’m excited to be a citizen,” he said. “I’ve waited a long time for…

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– hailed as good citizen and creative businessman Hundreds of people turned up on Wednesday to pay their last respects to well-known businessman Naeem Nasir, who passed away late Tuesday night at the Dr Balwant Singh Hospital. Nasir, the owner and managing director of Bakewell and chief executive officer of the Nasir and Nasir Co Ltd, had been hospitalised for a serious condition. He passed away around 11:45h on Tuesday, with family members and close friends at his bedside. President Donald Ramotar said Nasir’s passing is a tremendous loss to…

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By Samuel Sukhnandan As the Caribbean Community continues to face great challenges in agriculture with an already high food importation bill, former President Bharrat Jagdeo is calling on regional governments to work towards forging greater political support for the agriculture sector. The former Guyanese leader was addressing participants at the “Jagdeo Initiative” seminar, held at the Guyana International Conference Centre on Friday, as part of activities to mark GuyExpo 2012. Jagdeo said, “Without political support in each country behind this sector, then any technical initiative you have – no matter…

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By Bhisham Mohamed Tragedy struck on Wednesday at Aranka Backdam, North West District, when a mining pit reportedly caved in killing three miners and injuring two others in the process. The Anns Grove, East Coast Demerara residents were pinned and by the time they were pulled from the wreckage, it was too late.   The dead men were identified as Elson “Johnny” Singh, 47, of Two Friends, Anns Grove; Devon “Bungu” Barry, 22, of Middle Walk, and Deonarine “Chubby” Singh, 25, of Lot 7 Middle Walk. The injured are 29-year-old…

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Amerindian Affairs Minister Pauline Sukhai is calling on all Amerindians to tap into their resources in order to improve their livelihoods and add to the progress in their respective villages and regions. “Sometimes, we do not recognise how resourceful our villages are, and we tend to remain in a state of dependency and feel that others are obligated to bring development to us, but I want to encourage you to look within your villages, to see for yourself that you, as a people within Guyana, have rich resources and you…

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By Vahnu Manikchand “We want justice” was the chant of Lindeners greeting the commissioners of the inquiry into the shooting to death of three of their own as they began their visit to the mining town to have a first look at the scenes where the events of July 18 and days subsequent to that occurred. Scores of Lindeners stood in the scorching sun awaiting the commissioners. Most of them, dressed in black, gathered at Casuarina Drive near the entrance to the Wismar-Mackenzie Bridge calling for justice for Allan Lewis,…

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The Trinidad and Tobago government said it “is moving to establish” a food security facility with Guyana. TT’s Finance Minister Larry Howai, delivering the TT$ 58.4 billion budget on Monday, said that with agricultural land becoming less and less available in Trinidad and Tobago, the Kamla Persad-Bissessar administration is now looking to its fellow Caribbean Community (Caricom) country to deal with the situation. Howai said that the facility “would commit both governments to expanding agricultural production in Guyana through the establishment of commercial relationships for funding the establishment of several…

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