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Miss Guyana Universe 2013 Katherina Roshana has departed for Moscow, Russia, empowered by her love for Guyana and the support of thousands of fans in Guyana, and around the world. The beauty queen is bubbling with energy and excitement, as she prepares to represent her country at the international pageant, whose activities start on Friday evening. Her heart is empowered with one desire of making Guyana proud and enabling Guyanese to taste victory. Roshana, who is also Miss Guyana India Worldwide and the Miss India Worldwide – Most Beautiful Skin…

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– commercial banks, other financial institutions to get on board The Guyana government and the Inter-American Development Bank on Monday unveiled a US$10 million project which targets small enterprise development, offering loans as high as Gy$300,000 to start up or expand business, with interest rates below six percent. The Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) Development and Building Alternative Livelihood for Vulnerable Groups project, funded under the Guyana-Norway Partnership was launched at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Liliendaal. An initial tranche of US$5 million will be released for the first phase…

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The tedious process of disembarking at Trinidad and Tobago’s Piarco International Airport and passing through security before boarding an aircraft to the United States will be something of the past – effective November 1, 2013. According to a release from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), the United States of America Transport Security Administration (TSA) has approved the request for the alternate procedure to be applied for passengers from Guyana transiting in Port-of-Spain (POS). “It means that passengers leaving CJIA and passing through POS can do so hasslefree. The existing…

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–– NIS, 1561 shareholders get nothing –– owe 354 million in taxes When Guyana Stores Limited (GSL) was privatised in 2000, Mohan Lall, also known as Glenn Lall, and Tony Yassin of Royal Investments Inc (RII), acquired 70 percent, the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) had 10 percent, and employees and other small shareholders collectively owned the remaining 20 percent of the company. For the next decade, the company refused to hold annual general meetings, did not issue annual reports and simply declared every year that, since they did not make…

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Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Inc (BMGGI) has proposed to build a 50-megawatt power plant in Linden – an initiative community leaders have welcomed, although they expressed concern about only being made aware of the plan during a recent visit to China. Region 10 Chairman Sharma Solomon and Linden Mayor and Town Council Interim Management Committee (IMC) Chairman Orrin Gordon said they were optimistic about future investments in the community by China, after concluding the visit to that country. The disclosure was made at a meeting with stakeholders on Monday at…

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Hundreds of People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/ C) supporters on Sunday flocked the Lusignan Market tarmac, East Coast Demerara to be part of a rally to celebrate the party’s 21st anniversary in government. Addressing the gathering, President Donald Ramotar said the party is celebrating one of the most important victories of the Guyanese people. “For a long time, our people struggle against all kinds of oppression and when we got independence, we thought that that was the time when we would move forward in our country but then again we…

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BY BHISHAM MOHAMED   Reigning Miss India/ Guyana Katherina Roshana was crowned Miss Guyana Universe 2013 before a packed-to- capacity Pegasus poolside just before midnight on Sunday. The 23-year-old sponsored by the NEW GPC INC under its Limacol brand will be representing Guyana at the Miss Universe Pageant slated for November 9 in Moscow, Russia. Roshana, who is a graduate of New York University and hopes to become a doctor in oriental medicine, will be competing with 89 other delegates for the coveted title with some optimism of bringing home…

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“If not materialized, it could be a lost opportunity for Guyana” By Samuel Sukhnandan   Former President Bharrat Jagdeo said the Amaila Falls project is a lost opportunity that Guyana could regret, if it does not materialise. Jagdeo expressed the sentiment while noting the economic benefits that would have been derived out of that major investment. He was at the time addressing a forum at the International Conference Centre where stakeholders from the private sector gathered to discuss critical economic issues.   Guarantee Jagdeo debunked claims that the project is…

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President Donald Ramotar recently went on a ground -breaking visit to Atlanta, Georgia, where he held discussions with local officials, civil rights leaders, and members of the Guyanese community. In a release, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said, the president was given a tour of the former church and the gravesite of slain civil rights icon Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr where he met with King’s son, Martin Luther King III. King, along with leading historians, academic and civil rights figures, exchanged views with the president on the course of…

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