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Reproduced from New York Post Diplomats from Third World countries say the area around the United Nations is crawling with more vagrants than their impoverished homelands. “America is the one of the richest countries in the world, and New York is one of the richest cities. But there are more homeless people here than there are in Gambia,” said that ...

President David Granger on Wednesday accredited Chile’s first ever resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Guyana, Claudio Rachel Rojas at the Ministry of the Presidency. The new embassy is located at 66 Brummel Place, Stabroek Georgetown. In presenting his Letters of Credence to the President, Ambassador Rojas said that the establishment of a permanent mission in Georgetown is testimony of ...

New Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Pierre Giroux lauded the Government’s commitment to the hold local government elections by year end and its efforts at ensuring transparency and accountability. “Canada believes that the holding if these elections will promote shared community values, freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law by strengthening the professionalism and capability of public institutions ...

Former Permanent Secretary of the Public Service Ministry, Hydar Ally has been honoured for his outstanding service and he could soon return as a trainer at the proposed Public Service Staff College, according to the Ministry of the Presidency. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon was quoted in a statement as saying that he believes that Ally was clearly “very heavy on ...

Members of the Guyana Police Force will no longer be barred from taking up some overseas training opportunities, as government seeks to re-tool that law enforcement agency for the implementation of a five-pronged anti-crime strategy, according to Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan. “We then will have to ensure that every one of those training workshops are attended by those senior ...

Former Minister of Public Services Jennifer Westford was a no show for her contribution to budget 2015 debates. Westford was scheduled to be the penultimate speaker to conclude the Wednesday August 19 discussions. However when it was her turn to speak on the budget she was absent, forcing the government to question, “Where is Jennifer Westford?” Information indicated that she ...

Opposition member of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Yvonne Pearson has described the government’s move to devise a new program to accommodate almost 2000 “fired” Community Support Officers (CSOs) in Hinterland villages as “damage control.” Making her virgin speech in the National Assembly Wednesday August 19, Pearson slammed the government for trying to dismantle what she said the PPP-government has ...

The community of Sophia will have all its major roads refurbished before the end of the 2015, says Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson. The minister also says that the ministry plans to install street lights throughout the length of the Sophia Ring road, as well as construct several bridges to link the community’s various fields, and to also link Sophia ...

The government and the opposition on Wednesday continued to be at loggerheads over when Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo should speak during debate on the 2015 National Debate, with the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) charging that government is fearful of the Economist’s arguments. “They frighten Jagdeo, you know. The main problem is that they terrified of this man because when he ...

Opposition member and Head of the Guyana Agricultural and Industrial Workers’ Union (GAWU), Komal Chand feels that the government is unsure about the direction of the ailing sugar industry- gotten rid of continue to nurse it back to economic health. Chand was making his contribution to the 2015 Budget debates at Parliament Wednesday August 19 when he quoted various statements ...