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Guyana has completed its 4th Annual Assessment of Deforestation and Forest Degradation under the Monitoring Reporting and Verification System (MRVS), the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported. Interim results on 2013 deforestation rate indicate a decrease in the rate of deforestation from 0.079% as the annual rate for 2012, to 0.068% as the reported rate for 2013.  Total deforestation is 12,702 ...

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)- vowing to pressure government to hold Local Government Elections (LGE)- on Friday said it was not jostling with the Alliance For Change (AFC) for political space. Since the AFC tabled a yet to be debated no-confidence motion against the administration of President Donald Ramotar,  APNU has been ratcheting up calls for government to hold ...

President Donald Ramotar today congratulated the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Company for their contribution to enhancing the social development of students, as a result of their decision to renovate the Information Computer Technology Laboratory’s Resource Centre at the University of Guyana (UG). The Government Information Agency (GINA) reported that President Ramotar said that he was pleased that the company ...

Over 160 Amerindian communities, over a three-year period, will benefit from funding to support their socio-economic development through the implementation of their Community Development Plans (CDPs), the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported. The signing of a $1.3Billion agreement between the Government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has paved the way for the projects’ implementation. Minister of Finance, Dr. ...

Even as Opposition Leader David Granger formally announced that A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) would be embarking on protests to pressure government into holding Local Government Elections (LGE), the Alliance For Change (AFC) said the priority should be passing the no-confidence motion to boot the Donald Ramotar administration out of office. In an address to the nation that largely ...

The Guyana Government and the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Thursday denied that it was about to bribe three opposition parliamentarians at GUY$30 million each to vote against the Alliance For Change (AFC)-sponsored no-confidence motion when it comes up for debate in the coming weeks. In a statement, the Office of the President called on AFC Leader, Khemraj Ramjattan to ...

Joint Statement by Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce and United Minibus Union. The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce (MinTIC) lead by Hon. Minister Ali met with the United Minibus Union and their affiliate member, Zone 32 Motor Bus Association (Georgetown to Parika) on Thursday September, 18, 2014 to discuss the minibus situation countrywide. Both parties agreed that the ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Thursday said it has abandoned ethnic rotation as a formula to decide who should be its presidential candidate and has decided to rely on “meritocracy.” “I want to make it quite clear, there was absolutely after 2011 no rotation principle on the basis of ethnicity or otherwise,” AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan told a news ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Thursday  accused the governing People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) of preparing to buy out at least three opposition parliamentarians at GUY$30 million each to ensure that the no-confidence motion is defeated. “We’ve gotten reliable information that the PPP’s answer to the no-confidence motion is not like what is being sent now. It’s answer is ...

(NEW YORK DAILY NEWS).- A Guyanese champion power lifter who has pumped 800 pounds of iron was brought down by 1.4 pounds of cocaine pellets he swallowed before boarding a flight to Kennedy Airport. Colin Chesney, who may not be known by his nickname “Mr. Clean” in his homeland anymore, was sentenced Wednesday in Brooklyn Federal Court to time served ...