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by Zena Henry The almost two-month old coalition government on Thursday pledged to ensure a level playing-field and transparency for investors setting up operations in Guyana. That commitment was made by Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin in his keynote address at the opening of the US$24 million dollar Giftland Mall at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara. He expressed grave concern about ...

The United States (US) on Thursday urged Guyana to eliminate all forms of discrimination against disabled persons, and mildly hoped that the South American country would eventually allow same-sex marriages. Addressing a reception at the Marriott Hotel to mark the US’ 239th Independence Anniversary,  Charge D’Affaires of the American Embassy, Bryan Hunt welcomed tge June 26, 2015 ruling in favour of ...

A People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) candidate is challenging the constitutionality of two government parliamentarians sitting in the National Assembly because their names have not been extracted from the coalition’s list of candidates. Desmond Morian, a PPPC candidate in the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections, says Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix and Minister in the Ministry of Communities, ...

The Bahamas’ Prime Minister, Perry Christie was the only Caribbean Community (Caricom) leader to signal his country’s solidarity with countries in the region whose territorial sovereignty is under threat at Thursday’s opening of the summit of regional leaders in Barbados. The outgoing Caricom Chairman’s remarks came against the background of Venezuela’s recent unilateral extension of its maritime boundary to include ...

by Zena Henry and Denis Chabrol A 1.7 decline in Guyana’s economic growth in 2014 is already being used as a political football by the main opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), although the Private Sector Commisison (PSC) is disputing claims that the country is heading into a recession. Newly-elected Private Sector Commission (PSC) Chairman, Norman Mc Lean acknowledges that indeed the ...

by Zena Henry Former Minister of Tourism, Trade and Commerce Irfaan Ali has washed his hands as one of those that would have taken free fuel from the state when they were not supposed to. At a People’s Progressive Party (PPP) press briefing Thursday June 2, Ali sought to clear his name saying that he was responsible for the ministry ...

REPRODUCED FROM TRINIDAD GUARDIAN Guyana national Debra Amata has topped the Secondary Entrance Examination (SEA) in Tobago. The 12-year-old Signal Hill Government Primary School student moved to Tobago in 2014 with her parents, who are both medical doctors attached to the Scarborough General Hospital.  A very outspoken Debra scored 238.298 points and told the media her success was due to her ...

REPRODUCED FROM HERALD NEWSby Laura Fraser Dr. Debra Isaac monitors the steady thump, thump, thump of a Guyanese girl’s heart, healthy now thanks to surgery in April and equipment from Nova Scotia that kept the tiny organ alive throughout the operation. The girl was one of a dozen children in Georgetown, Guyana who underwent heart surgery during a visit from ...

Guyana will warn the rest of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) that Venezuela’s recent unilateral extension of its maritime boundaries takes in the sea space of several Caribbean islands when regional leaders meet from Thursday in Barbados for their annual summit. Guyana’s Foreign Minister, Carl Greenidge told AFP that his country would provide hard evidence to other member-states to prove ...

by Zena Henry Government has approved over $6M to aid the two-year long defunct Linden Legal Aid Clinic. The announcement was made by Minister of State Joseph Harmon who expressed Cabinet’s intention to upkeep the subvention- based agency. Harmon said a “spirited” representation was made by Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence as she requested the $6,350,000 that was granted ...