Guyana News

The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon in a letter to President Bharrat Jagdeo has praised Guyana's contribution of US$1 million to aid relief efforts for earthquake-devastated Haiti.

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By Oscar Ramjeet It seems as if at least three persons will vie for the People's Progressive Party Civic nominee for next year's presidential race for the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.

The manager of the Guyana Gold Board Bartica office was fired two weeks ago after not adhering to procedures in determining the purity of gold when purchasing the mineral.

I refer to the letter by Antoine Craigwell captioned " Cross-dressing in Guyana ; Is the Supreme Court Courageous ? " and would appreciate the opportunity to respond.

Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of India's Planning Commission, is among the 19 members of the high-level advisory group set up by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon seeking to mobilise financing to help developing countries combat climate change.

The government here said it is "very concerned" over the high airfares Guyanese have to pay to travel on regional carrier Caribbean Airlines and the poor services they receive.

Guyana continues to be a major transshipment point for cocaine destined for North America, Europe and West Africa and "the GOG [Government of Guyana] has neither identified nor confronted major drug traffickers and their organisations," the INCSR, which was released yesterday, said.

By Oscar Ramjeet I read with interest a piece in Caribbean Net News a few days ago on the eve of the 40th anniversary of Guyana attaining republican status, which stated that the country's political parties were calling for national unity.

As the administration continues to consolidate its efforts towards the transformation of the judicial system in Guyana, several measures will be put in place this year to reform and modernize the judiciary.

The Unity Summit in Playa del Carmen, a resort town on Mexico's Caribbean coast, brings together the 24-nation Group of Rio and the 15- nation Caribbean Community and Common market from Saturday to Friday.

A stranger to British Guiana, travelling from Crabwood Creek to Charity, would be forcibly struck by the number of times he would pass through substantial and well-defined village areas outside the sugar estates.

By Abiola Inniss LLB, LLM, ACIArb It is a sore issue in the administration of justice in Guyana that oftentimes laws that have been passed by the National Assembly for the good of the nation are not practically or properly implemented, or simply sit on the shelves in the Parliament Buildings and elsewhere marking time.

The governments of Guyana and Kuwait are in the final round of negotiations here on a double taxation agreement, which will come into effect from April.

Kamla Persad-Bissessar was yesterday finalising arrangements to assume the office of parliamentary Opposition Leader in Trinidad and Tobago, while Guyana was celebrating its 40th anniversary as a republic with mounting speculation about a likely battle in the ruling People's Progressive Party over its presidential nominee for the 2011 election.

A group representing gays and lesbians in the conservative South American country of Guyana is demanding the government remove a colonial-era law that bans cross-dressing in public.

A group of transgender men in Guyana have asked the country's Supreme Court to strike down laws that leave them open to arrest following a police crackdown on male cross-dressers. both homosexuality and transgender dress have been illegal for decades, [police] detained and briefly held six transgender males in jail last February on charges of ...

Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Monday sent a message of greetings to Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the proclamation of its Cooperative Republic.

A Detective Sergeant and a Detective Lance Corporal attached to the Sparendaam Police Station were yesterday charged with accepting a bribe in exchange for dropping charges against a woman.

As a parched Guyana struggles in El Nino's dry grip, President Bharrat Jagdeo has promised to visit areas along the coast affected by the weather phenomenon to assess the situation even as he said that the administration is doing its utmost to assist affected farmers.