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Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar has maintained that the country’s position in the call for political, entrepreneurial, and popular will to achieve food security in the Caribbean Region still stands. This was made clear by the President during the closing press conference after the 25th CARICOM Heads Inter-Sessional Meeting in St Vincent and the Grenadines in which Chairman of CARICOM and Prime Minister of the host country, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves; Prime Minister of Barbados Freundel Stuart and Secretary General of CARICOM Ambassador Irwin LaRocque participated. Guyana has been described as the…

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– Ramotar encourages Guyanese living in Florida Some 400 Guyanese gathered last Saturday in South Florida for an evening of cultural entertainment, traditional cuisine and congratulatory messages as they celebrated the 44th anniversary of their homeland becoming a Republic. The celebration, held at the Walter C Young Performing Arts Centre, was particularly special as the event was graced by Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett along with her Barbados counterpart, Senator Maxine Mc Clean. Following a sumptuous dinner of cook-up rice and curry and roti ‘washed down with good old…

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– says assertion of property ownership in Florida is a ‘blatant lie’ Former President Bharrat Jagdeo was discharged from hospital on Tuesday after receiving treatment in Miami, Florida for dengue fever and pneumonia. The former President is expected back in the country later this week Guyana Times International  was reliably informed. Jagdeo initially began receiving treatment in Guyana and was advised by his medical team to seek further treatment in a recommended hospital overseas. The former President immediately agreed to go on the advice of his doctor. Jagdeo expressed sincere…

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Research carried out by Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM), University of the West Indies (UWI) has found that the 2013 Limacol Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 (CPLT20) tournament generated a combined impact of US$105.6 million across the region. Limacol CPL was launched last year to sell-out crowds, with over 250,000 spectators attending matches across Antigua, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and St Lucia. Global stars including Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Ricky Ponting and Muttiah Muralitharan took part in the tournament, dubbed the “Biggest Party in Sport”, where franchise team shareholders…

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Vincent Indallall, 37, a former member of the U.S. Army and of Cromarty Village, Corentyne, was on Monday morning killed when he allegedly lost control of his motorcycle CC1042 and crashed into a utility pole on the Clifton Public Road. The motorcycle ended up on the southern side of the road in a trench, shattering a lamp post in the process. He was picked up in an unconscious state with his left hand severed and was rushed to the Port Mourant Hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival. According to…

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The Parliamentary Opposition parties are still to respond positively, to government’s invitation to participate in pre-budget consultations even as preparations for its presentation in the National Assembly remain on-going. It was revealed yesterday by Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh that despite formal invitations to the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC), both parties have declined to participate in the consultative process with officials of the Ministry of Finance. “I don’t know whether they will shift their position, but as of now there is an…

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In light of the revelations resulting from an undercover drug sting operation, which linked cocaine traffickers in Guyana to the Italian mafia in the United States of America, President Donald Ramotar on Wednesday said that he asked his Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee to seek international help to go after local connections. “I have directed the Minister of Home Affairs to write to the United States to ask them to give us the information that they probably have and to extend to them our commitment, our full cooperation to fighting…

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In December 2013, the New York City Department of City Planning issued a detailed report showing that Guyanese are the second largest immigrant group in Queens and the fifth largest in New York City. Immigrants from Trinidad & Tobago occupy the eighth position. The report, The Newest New Yorkers, is based on data collected in the 2010 Census and the 2011 American Community Survey. The report details the change in population and provides comprehensive information on the foreign-born population to policy makers, program planners, and service providers to help them…

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– President Ramotar tells Latin American and Caribbean heads Members of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), on the final day of the 2nd Summit in Havana, Cuba, unanimously adopted a proclamation declaring the area a zone of peace. The proclamation reaffirms the commitment of member countries with the purposes and principles enshrined in the United Nations charter and International Law, and aware of the fact that prosperity and stability in the region contribute to international peace and security. The declaration is mindful that peace is a…

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