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By Ivan CairoPARAMARIBO, Suriname-With a dazzling display of colors and laser projections of the participating country’s flags on the Presidential Palace as backdrop, shaolin monks from China, hundreds dancing schoolchildren carrying balloons, a military drum band, drama, ballet performances and a fireworks show Suriname staged a spectacular opening of the eleventh Caribbean Festival of Arts and Culture (Carifesta XI) Friday ...

Even as Economics Professor Clive Thomas was Friday night justifying opposition claims that Guyanese will not pay less for electricity from the Amaila Falls Hydropower plant, President Donald Ramotar urged Opposition Leader David Granger to return to the negotiating table. The Guyanese leader agreed with A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Granger that the “two most important issues” were that ...

The APNU has started preparing for local government elections saying that it is confident that President Donald Ramotar will assent to the new legislation passed last week. Aspects of two of the four local government bills had been sources of contention for the government prior to last week’s vote but the legislation was passed unanimously ending a 12-year reform process. ...

The APNU is calling for the creation of a special institution to tackle domestic and other inter-personal violence which it says has reached epidemic proportions over the last few years. Leader of the Opposition and APNU David Granger told reporters on Friday that they had lost all confidence in the Ministries of Human Services and Home Affairs and the regular ...

Almost two weeks after the decomposed body of fisherman Quincy Sooklall was pulled from the Demerara River, a suspect in his killing was early Friday morning arrested, police said. The suspect was among 23 men and five women who were arrested during raids in Albouystown, Alberttown, Sophia, Meadow Bank, Charlestown and West Front Road. The detainees were expected to be ...

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN).-A lobby group representing US airlines has taken issue with the fuel subsidy that Caribbean Airlines (CAL) benefits from and is attempting to use the subsidy to block an application by the T&T airline to fly directly between Guyana and North American destinations. Responding to questions from the Guardian, CAL yesterday confirmed that it had applied to the US ...

One day after a man was jailed for five years for exporting cocaine in ochroes, a senior private sector representative on Thursday said the United States (US) usually puts Guyana’s agriculture exports under greater scrutiny after such busts. Addressing the final of a two-day National Economic Forum at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC), member of the President’s Committee on ...

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday maintained that the now stalled Amaila Falls Hydropower project would not have incurred any debt to Guyana’s treasury, even as the major opposition party called for an independent assessment to determine the feasibility of the project. Addressing the closing of the 2013 National Economic Forum at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC), Jagdeo said ...

The Guyana Mining School and Training Centre Inc. got underway on Thursday with a Sector Skills Training Seminar. The five-day event, which had a ceremonial launch at the Guyana Forestry Commission, will address Confined Space Entry (Awareness); Transportation of Dangerous Goods; Fall Protection; and Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System. Representative of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) William ...

A lone gunman on Thursday grabbed GUY$16.9 million dollars from two accounts clerks and guns and bullets from two guards while they were on their way to a city bank for Toolsie Persaud Limited , police said. Investigators said the incident occurred around 1 PM when the vehicle that the four men were inside stopped at Sussex and Charles Streets, ...