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UNITED NATIONS, GENEVA (3 December 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, will undertake an official visit the Commonwealth of the Bahamas from 9 to 11 December 2013. Her visit will be the first ever to the Caribbean country by an independent expert of the UN Human Rights Council. “I will study the ...

Guyana is moving to improve the level of transparency and accountability in the extractive industries, particularly mining, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment said Tuesday. This undertaking is being advanced through the hiring of an international or local consultancy team to commence a Scoping Study of the adoption of the global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Guyana. ...

The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) is strengthening its legal and administrative muscles to enforce the broadcasting law against illegal broadcasters and those that flout content rules. Chairman of the GNBA Board, Bibi Shadick on Tuesday announced that three lawyers are to be hired to take offenders to court. “We have reached the stage where we have identified attorneys-at-law — ...

Another licensed firearm has ended up in the hands of criminals and the owner has been shot during an armed robbery on Tuesday. Police said that about 12:25 Tuesday afternoon, 48-year old Fenton Duncan of Roxanne Burnham Gardens and 38-year old Sherry Ramroop of Eccles, East Bank Demerara were at a car wash on Mandela Avenue. There, they were held ...

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) on Monday launched the Guyana Strategic plan for the Integrated Prevention and Control of Chronic Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and their risk factors strategy 2013-2020. The official document for the plan was handed over to Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran by PAHO/WHO representative, Adrianus ...

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development in collaboration with Guyenterprise, today held a Corporate workshop to educate various stakeholders of their role in solid waste management (SWM).       This is part of the Ministry’s public awareness and community participation component of the Georgetown Solid Waste Management Programme (GSWMP). The key purpose of the workshop held at Georgetown club, Camp ...

The successful career and example set by Captain Debbie Gouveia were lauded by President Donald Ramotar as he delivered the feature address at the unveiling of a stamp to honour her contributions to the aviation sector on Saturday. The President congratulated the Guyana Post Office Corporation for honouring several women for their outstanding contributions to the sector and described the ...

The curtains came down on the 2013 National Drama Festival on Saturday evening with the hosting of the award ceremony at the National Cultural Centre, amidst call by Minister of Culture Youth and Sports Dr. Frank Anthony for the holding of village and regional drama festivals. This would allow winners to advance to the National Festival, and encourage the emergence ...

The 19-year old man who allegedly killed the South Central hotelier was Monday arraigned for the alleged murder of the owner of South Central Hotel, Joseph Alexander Jagdeo. Brian ‘Big Foot’ Leitch was not required to plea to the indictable offence when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. Leitch, who was unrepresented, was remanded to prison until December 7. ...

The Firearms Licensing Approval Board has been instructed to examine Guyana’s gun laws and regulations and recommend how they can be overhauled, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee said Monday. “I completely put that out of my head. I thought the best thing would be to put it to those men who are not political. Let them come up with something ...