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Guyana’s NCN radio to be back 'on air' this weekend
Monday, February 7, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Technicians at Guyana's National Communications Network Inc. (NCN)
have been working overtime to restore the 560AM radio signal which was damaged
by the recent flood...
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Eight killed by flooding and disease in Guyana
Thursday, February 3, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): A leptospirosis outbreak in a flood-stricken part
of Guyana has killed at least three people and affected a dozen others,
authorities said Wednesday, bringing to eight the overall death toll since the
flood began three weeks ago...
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St. Vincent & Grenadines helps flood ravaged Guyana
Thursday, February 3, 2005
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been helping in the relief efforts for flood ravaged Guyana, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Louis Straker...
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Guyana TV station owner to sue over disconnection
Thursday, February 3, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The owner of a popular television station,
C. N. Sharma, is moving to take the Guyana government along with the electricity
company to court over what he calls the unlawful disconnection of power to his
station last Friday. The Channel Six owner is caught up in a legal fight
with the government...
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State obtains interim injunction against Guyana TV station
Wednesday, February 2, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: According to the Association of Caribbean Media Workers, the Attorney General of Guyana, Doodnauth Singh, acting on behalf of the state, has obtained an interim injunction against CN Sharma and Savitree
Singh restraining them from transmitting in any form on Channel Six while the
suspension of his television licence remains in force...
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Commentary: Aid finally arriving to devastated Guyana
Wednesday, February 2, 2005
Since the final days of December, relentless downpours have battered the South
American nation of Guyana, causing severe flooding. While the death toll
currently stands at only six, it is estimated that the inundations have affected
more than half of Guyana’s roughly 700,000 citizens...
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Armed police chased away by angry crowd in
Guyana
Monday, January 31, 2005
GEORGETOWN,
Guyana: According to a report from the Association of Caribbean Media Workers
(ACM) in Guyana, heavily armed police on Friday evening swooped down on a
privately-owned television station CNS Channel Six, after it resumed
transmission on the advice of its lawyers...
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World Food Programme sends 112 tonnes of
food to flood-hit Guyana
Monday, January 31, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): The World Food Programme (WFP)
has sent 112 tonnes of food to Guyana to assist flood-stricken communities, the
mission's team leader said Sunday...
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Guyana ambassador honoured in Washington
Friday, January 28, 2005
WASHINGTON, USA: Guyana's Ambassador to the United States and the Organisation of American States, Bayney Karran
has been recognised by an international organisation for his commitment to the
sustainable development of the Caribbean and the Americas, and for his
pioneering role in mobilising the Caribbean Diaspora...
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UN food agency sends help to flooded Guyana
Friday, January 28, 2005
UNITED NATIONS: A United Nations relief agency is sending Guyana enough food for
10,000 of the people worst-affected by the recent flooding, but warnings have
come of more rains in the next few days, with high tides along the low-lying
Atlantic coast of the South American country...
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Leaking oil adds to discomfort on Guyana’s
east coast
Friday, January 28, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The seeping of oil from a service station into the floodwaters at Strathspey on the East Coast Demerara
in Guyana is not only creating discomfort for residents but posing a hazard to
the traffic as an oily film now covers sections of the main road. The
General Manager of Texaco (Guyana) has carried out an inspection...
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Several schools reopen in Guyana
Thursday, January 27, 2005
GEORGETOWN,
Guyana: A number of schools which were forced to close following the flood are
re-opening their doors today. There are others which will remain closed until
education officials give permission for them to be opened. Education
Minister Jeffery held inspection exercises at several schools over the last two
days...
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Guyana government waives duty and taxes on
relief supplies
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Government officials
in Guyana have made a decision to waive Customs Duty and Consumption Tax on
food and relief supplies being brought into the country for flood victims. President Bharrat Jagdeo
said if the rains continue, then forced evacuation will have to take place to
move people to safety...
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Rumblings in Guyana over relief distribution
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Head of the Guyana
Defence Force (GDF), Brigadier Edward Collins, has suggested that the
country's Civil Defence Commission (CDC) take over relief operations before
the arrival of the international assistance. Collins is also suggesting that
the CDC be given the responsibility for all relief supplies...
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Death toll in flood-ravaged Guyana rises to
five
Monday, January 24, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP):
Devastating floods in Guyana have left five people dead, authorities said
Saturday, as relief supplies trickled into thousands of affected villages in the
South American nation. The bodies of two men and a woman were found
Saturday in three Atlantic coast villages severely affected by the week-old
flood...
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Guyana government may set up tent city for
20.000 evacuees
Monday, January 24, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Following days of torrential rains that caused one of the most severe floods to hit Guyana in over 100 years, officials at the Joint Operation Centre (JOC) told
Caribbean Net News that the situation looks grim, adding that the government of President Jagdeo
is now looking at constructing a tent city for thousands of people...
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Channel Six TV station 'hauled off' the air
in Guyana
Monday, January 24, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: One of Guyana's most popular television stations was "hauled off" the air when, at approximately 9.30 pm on Saturday, a phalanx of heavily armed police, led by a unidentified government functionary, arrived at the Robb and Wellington Street premises of
the broadcast facility...
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The media copes in Guyana
Saturday, January 22, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Heavier than usual rains in Guyana since Boxing Day have caused so much flooding that more than 400,000 people - half the population - are inundated with dirty flood waters. The
average rainfall for January is eight inches but, up to January 21, over 28
inches had drenched the city and coastal areas...
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Private sector assists in Guyana’s national
relief effort
Friday, January 21, 2005
GEORGETOWN,
Guyana: The private sector, in flood-stricken Guyana, has joined forces with
the government to lend a strong arm of assistance in the national relief
effort, following the massive flooding which forced the closure of the city
and several of its surrounding areas following persistent showers...
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Sections of Guyana’s capital declared
disaster areas
Thursday, January 20, 2005
GEORGETOWN,
Guyana: The Government of Guyana has declared the flood-stricken City of
Georgetown along with a number of surrounding districts disaster areas following
days of some of the heaviest rains seen in the "Garden City" in more than 100
years. Officials told Caribbean Net News Wednesday that the
flood "took over the city"...
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Jagdeo: take food on credit, government will
foot the bill
Thursday, January 20, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, has told residents living on the East Coast Demerara,
they may break-off locks and occupy school buildings and to take food on
credit from their community shopkeepers until the flood recedes and the
government will foot the bill...
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Guyana-born woman jailed for five years
after London 'date rape drug' robberies
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
LONDON, England (AFP): A British court Monday sentenced a Guyana-born woman to
five years in prison for using the "date rape" sedative Rohypnol to drug and
then rob wealthy men after picking them up in London bars...
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Guyana president orders police investigation
into money 'discrepancies'
Monday, January 17, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana's President
Bharrat Jagdeo has set an immediate police probe into Wildlife Division funds
said to have gone missing by the Auditor General, Caribbean Net News
learnt late last week. The Guyana Wildlife Division was under the direct
control of the Environmental Protection Agency until a fraud was detected in
2002...
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Heavy flooding shuts down Guyana capital
Monday, January 17, 2005
GEORGETOWN,
Guyana: A few drops of rain on Friday turned into showers which later became a
prolonged downpour which lasted for most of the morning, leaving the capital of
Guyana, Georgetown, and several parts of the coast flooded. Some city
officials told Caribbean Net News that this was the worst flooding they
had ever seen in the city...
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Guyana minority leader accused of ducking
debate with President Jagdeo
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana's Leader of the Opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Mr. Robert Corbin, has been accused of dodging from a public debate with President Bharrat Jagdeo. According to Liaison to the President, Robert Persaud, President Jagdeo
has proposed Friday January 28, 2005 for the public debate...
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Guyana to export beef and poultry to
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: CARICOM Trade Ministers are presently discussing a
proposal for exporting beef and poultry from Guyana to
Trinidad and Tobago...
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ACM calls for Guyanese intervention in St
Kitts work permit issue
Friday, January 7, 2005
PORT
OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) is
calling on the Government of Guyana to intervene in what it believes could be
an attempt to drive Guyanese journalist, Clive Bacchus, out of St Kitts and
Nevis. Bacchus has worked as a journalist in the CARICOM state since
1998...
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Guyanese woman is new billboard beauty in London -- at 96 years young
Wednesday, January 5, 2005
LONDON, England (AFP): It's never too late to start a new career, even if you're 96 years old -- and the new job is modelling
cosmetics...
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Guyana records bumper sugar crop for 2004
Saturday, January 1, 2005
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Officials at the Guyana
Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO)) reportedly closed production for 2004 recording
some 324,940 tonnes of sugar, the second highest production in 15 years...
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Guyana's air traffic controllers strike
Thursday, December 30, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Guyana's air traffic controllers on Wednesday
went on strike, forcing cancellation of several international flights,
authorities said...
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Cayman Islands honours Guyana prison officers
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Members of the Guyana Prison Service were honoured with
awards for their performance during the year. The honourees included Roxanne
Winfield who was shot on February 23, 2002 and severely injured...
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Guyana slams Suriname in offshore oil dispute
Monday, December 27, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Guyana has accused neighboring Suriname of trying to
block key evidence from a UN tribunal trying to resolve a dispute over
potentially oil-rich offshore territory claimed by both South American nations...
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Project targets school violence in Guyana
Monday, December 27, 2004
GEORGETOWN,
Guyana: December 26th, 2004....Guyana's Ministry of Education is working
overtime to bring an end to violence in the country's schools by students via
a pilot project. The move was made public by Ed Caesar, the country's
Chief Education Officer. According to Caesar a pilot project is already
in place in two schools...
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Fire destroys historic Roman Catholic church in Guyana
Monday, December 27, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Parishioners openly wept Saturday as a Christmas Day electrical fire destroyed the 134-year old Sacred Heart Roman Catholic church in Georgetown,
Guyana...
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New Guyana telecoms subsidiary giving USVI-based ATN stiff competition
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Atlantic Tele-Network (ATN), a company publicly
trading in the United States Virgin Island of St. Thomas, is up against
extremely stiff new competition to its telecommunications operations in Guyana...
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Guyana, Suriname join new 12-nation South
American bloc
Monday, December 13, 2004
CUSCO, Peru: Guyana and Suriname were among 12 South American nations that
last week launched an ambitious project to integrate the
361-million-people-strong continent into an economic and political bloc dubbed
the South American Community of Nations...
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Guyana judges examine effect of international treaties on local laws
Sunday, December 5, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: A judicial conference that examined how international
treaties and conventions relate to local laws opened Friday in Guyana...
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Guyanese government is committed to fight HIV/AIDS
Sunday, December 5, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The government of Guyana remains committed in fighting HIV/AIDS, according to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie
Ramsammy...
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Guyana Assembly legislates to strengthen autonomy of central bank
Wednesday, December 1, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: A Bill that will amend the Bank of Guyana Act by increasing
the number of members of the Board of Directors to not less than four nor more
than six was passed on Monday by the National Assembly...
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Recognize the power of the pen, says Guyanese editor
Monday, November 29, 2004
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: David de Caires, Editor-in-Chief of Guyana's Stabroek News,
has issued a call to journalists across the Caribbean to recognize "the power of
the pen" and the roles they play in what could be the development of or the
destruction of society...
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Guyana to engage in cooperation talks with Suriname
Thursday, November 25, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The historical border issue between Guyana and Suriname is no reason for the countries to cease cooperation and in this context Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo
will hold cooperation discussions with his Suriname counterpart in March next
year. Jagdeo is expected to continue talks on initiatives already on
stream...
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Guyana magistrate faces disciplinary charges
Monday, November 22, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Judicial Services Commission (JSC)
in Guyana has instituted disciplinary charges against Chief Magistrate Juliet
Holder-Allen following a number of complaints against her and has requested
Claudette Singh, Appeal Court Judge to launch an inquiry into the matter and,
if proven, to apply the appropriate penalty...
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Guyana to host the 2006 Rio Group meeting
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The South American Cooperative Republic of Guyana has been
selected to host the 20th Meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the
Rio Group in 2006. This decision was made at the just-concluded 18th Meeting
held in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Guyana currently represents the 15-member
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping in the Rio Group....
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Four from Africa, Cape Verde seek asylum in Guyana
Monday, November 8, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Three men from west Africa and a man from Cape Verde
who were charged with illegally entering Guyana after their yacht drifted into
the waters of the South American country are seeking asylum, their lawyer has
said...
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Guyana prepares for a tourism future
Sunday, November 7, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana, as every
Guyanese knows, has the potential to become a premiere tourist destination.
Pristine rain-forests, the highest single-drop waterfall in the world,
beautiful rivers, rich and exotic flora, fauna and wildlife provide a diverse
eco-tourism experience for that niche market of tourists...
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Increase in juvenile violence in Guyana
Wednesday, November 3, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Juvenile violence is
becoming more rampant in the Guyanese society. But who is to be blamed for
this growing problem? Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Gail Teixeira feels
that one has to look at violence in the society first to see how it affects
young people...
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Guyana National Assembly to debate CCJ Bills
Tuesday, November 2, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Four Bills to enable Guyana to participate in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
will have their second reading when the country’s National Assembly meets on
Thursday...
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Guyana’s Braithwaite to meet WBA champ in rearranged title fight
Monday, November 1, 2004
PARIS, France (AFP): France's WBA light heavyweight world champion Jean-Marc Mormeck will fight WBC world titleholder Wayne Braithwaite of Guyana for their respective crowns on January 22, the Frenchman's press officer told AFP
on Saturday...
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The African Holocaust
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
In the Mid-1400’s, the first Africans were
taken out of Sierra Leone on Africa’s West Coast as a present for a Portuguese
king. The capture and removal from the African continent of these ten
men marked the beginning of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the wholesale
exploitation and death of at least two hundred million (conservatively
estimated) Africans...
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First batch of Guyanese to be evacuated from Grenada
Thursday, October 7, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The first batch of
Guyanese living in Grenada will be evacuated by the Government of Guyana on
Friday. It is estimated that there are more than 400 Guyanese in Grenada...
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Cable break interrupts Internet in Guyana
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Thousands of Guyanese were without Internet service
for most of last Thursday because the Americas II submarine fiber-optic cable
broke in French Guiana, authorities said...
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British policeman charged with Guyana
murder
Wednesday, September 8, 2004
IPSWICH, England: A 42-year-old British policeman arrested in connection with
a murder that took place in Guyana more than 20 years ago was Tuesday charged
with murder...
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Guyana shooting spree
Thursday, September 2, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: According to Britain’s Press Association, four people,
including a 9-year-old girl, have been shot and killed in armed robberies
since last weekend in Guyana, sparking new fears of a resurgence in violent
crime...
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CXC board withholds results of Guyanese
students
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
ST. MICHAEL, Barbados: Hundreds of Guyanese students will not be receiving CXC
results following allegations of fraud, according to the Caribbean Examination
Council (CXC)...
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Canadian official charged in Guyana over
alleged immigration racket
Monday, August 23, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): A consular official at Canada's high commission in
Guyana and a Guyanese man have been charged in an alleged immigration racket,
authorities said Friday...
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New stadium for Guyana meets resistance
Monday, August 23, 2004
NEW DELHI, India: According to the Hindustan Times, India's attempts at
cricket diplomacy with Guyana have run into a dispute within the Indian government and the matter may be
referred to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh if the foreign and finance
ministries don't settle the row soon...
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Canadian official questioned in Guyana over
alleged immigration racket
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): A consular official at Canada's High Commission in
Guyana is being questioned as part of a probe into an alleged immigration
racket, police and Canadian authorities said on Tuesday...
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Carter Center still open to observe
Guyana’s 2006 Elections
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia is still open to
observing the upcoming General Elections in Guyana, but this is dependent on
the role other international observer groups will play...
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Carter praises efforts to develop Guyana's
unrealised potential
Monday, August 16, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana is blessed with extraordinary human and natural
resources, which the country’s leaders are struggling to utilize, said former
US President Jimmy Carter, who has concluded a three-day visit to Guyana...
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Former President Carter arrives in Guyana
Friday, August 13, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The much anticipated visit of former US President Jimmy
Carter began Wednesday when he and a delegation touched down in Guyana...
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Guyana introduces legislation to fight
trafficking in persons
Friday, August 6, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Guyana, seeking to avoid the loss of US aid, on
Thursday introduced legislation in parliament that would punish human
trafficking with penalties ranging up to life in prison...
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Row erupts in Guyana over politician's visit
to Taiwan
Thursday, August 5, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): A visit to Taiwan by Guyana's opposition leader
Robert Corbin has sparked a political row in this South American country,
which has diplomatic relations with Beijing and not Taipei...
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Guyanese-born US soldier gets US
citizenship while recovering from loss of leg
Thursday, August 5, 2004
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): Staff Sergeant
Hilbert Caesar, a Guyanese-born US soldier who lost his leg in a bomb attack
in Iraq, received his US citizenship Tuesday along with 29 others at a
ceremony near Washington...
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Guyana government takes issue with media
reports
Monday, August 2, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: According to the
Guyana government, a Stabroek News front page headline: “IMF bowls cricket
stadium googly” misrepresents the International Monetary Fund (IMF) press
release on the review of Guyana’s performance under the Poverty Reduction and
Growth Facility (PGRF) arrangement...
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Guyana signs US$28m loan agreement with IDB
Monday, August 2, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyanese Minister of
Finance, Sasenarine Kowlessar and representatives of the Inter-American
Development Bank (IDB), Saturday signed a US$28 million soft loan agreement
for the Fiscal and Financial Management Programme (FFMP)...
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Guyana: Born a broken nation, always a
broken nation?
Saturday, July 31, 2004
Dwarfed by its larger neighbors, Guyana is often neglected by the
international community; but for President Jagdeo, the country presents an
enormous challenge. Aside from Haiti and Honduras, Guyana is perhaps the most
hapless nation in Latin America...
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More nurses to be trained in Guyana
Friday, July 30, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Health services in the
Caribbean are being affected by nurses moving to work elsewhere said Guyana
Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy in a recent interview...
read more...
Guyana bitter about EU sugar prices
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Sugar workers, managers and Guyanese government officials on Monday picketed EU offices demanding Europe re-consider its plan to cut the purchase price of
sugar...
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Former US president Carter to visit Guyana
Monday, July 5, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Former US
president Jimmy Carter said Saturday he will visit Guyana to determine the
feasibility of a fact-finding mission by his Carter Center to help the country
map a development strategy...
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Guyana: Urgent action needed on witness
protection
Sunday, June 27, 2004
LONDON, England: The murder of George
Bacchus, a self-confessed death squad "informant", two days before he was due
to testify in related criminal proceedings demonstrates once again the urgent
need for a comprehensive protection scheme in Guyana, Amnesty International
said Friday...
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Guyana death squad witness shot dead
Friday, June 25, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Reuters reports that gunmen on Thursday shot and killed a
key witness in a Guyana death squad case who claimed the interior minister was
linked to extrajudicial killings of several criminals, police officials said...
read more...
Commentary: Guyana government responsible for Bacchus'
assassination
Friday, June 25, 2004
The Caribbean-Guyana Institute for
Democracy (CGID) strongly condemns the cold-blooded assassination of Guyanese
businessman, George Bacchus. It was George Bacchus who exposed state sponsored
murder in Guyana and named Guyana’s Minister of Home Affairs, Ronald Gajraj,
as head of a government “phantom” death squad, said to be responsible for over
four hundred (400) murders...
read more...
Finnish ambassador robbed at gunpoint in
Guyana
Thursday, June 24, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Finland's newly appointed ambassador to Guyana, Ora
Meres-Wuori, was robbed at gunpoint here over the weekend, a Guyanese foreign
ministry official said Wednesday, as police searched for a second suspect in
the case...
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Guyana accuses US of being unfair in report
on human trafficking
Thursday, June 17, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Guyana on Wednesday accused the United States of
being "unfair" in its assessment of Guyana's efforts to combat human
trafficking but promised to fast-track plans to avoid a cut in funding from US
and international lending agencies...
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US cites Caribbean nations for failing to
fight sex trafficking
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The United States on Monday cited two Caribbean
nations, along with eight others, for failing to adequately fight
international sex trafficking, opening the way for possible sanctions, but
removed three countries that made its blacklist last year...
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UN tribunal to settle
maritime dispute between Guyana and Suriname
Monday, June 14, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): A United Nations
tribunal has been empanelled to settle a dispute over oil-rich territory
clamed by both Guyana and Suriname, Guyana's foreign minister, Rudy Insanally,
said...
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IDB approves $28 million loan to Guyana
Friday, June 11, 2004
WASHINGTON, USA (UPI): The Inter-American
Development Bank Wednesday approved a $28 million loan to Guyana to help the
country manage its public finances. Specifically, the money will be used to
educate Guyanese authorities on increasing the efficiency of the tax system
and improve public expenditure management...
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Chinese legislator praises relations with
Guyana
Tuesday, June 8, 2004
BEIJING, China (Xinhuanet): The
strengthening of parliamentary exchanges and cooperation between China and
Guyana will help push forward the expansion of bilateral relations, Chairman
of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Wu Bangguo said
here Monday...
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Guyana woman wins light heavyweight world
title
Monday, May 31, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Gwendolyn O'Neil
of Guyana defeated American female boxer Kathy Rivers on Sunday for the World
International Boxing Association's (WIBA) Light Heavyweight world title...
read more...
New Caribbean operator to use Nortel GSM
equipment
Thursday, May 27, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Trans-World Telecom
Caribbean Ltd. has started installing GSM equipment from Nortel Networks Ltd.
in Guyana. TWTC, a new telecom carrier in the Caribbean, will offer wireless
service through its Cel*Star Guyana subsidiary...
read more...
Hungarian convicted for cocaine trafficking
in Guyana
Thursday, May 20, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): A Hungarian was sentenced to three years in prison
for trafficking four kilograms (8.8 pounds) of cocaine, which he had concealed
in vehicle oil-filters...
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Guyana minister offers to step down to
answer death-squad allegations
Saturday, May 8, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Guyana Home
Affairs Minister Ronald Gajraj said Friday he would step down temporarily to
rebut allegations he was a key player in an extra-judicial death squad that
hunted wanted men...
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Body of kidnapped Iranian cleric found in
Guyana
Thursday, May 6, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): The partly
decomposed body of an Iranian cleric, kidnapped a month ago, has been found in
a shallow grave with gun-shot wounds to the head, police said Wednesday...
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US wants to extradite Guyanese for drugs,
money laundering
Saturday, May 1, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): US prosecutors
want to extradite several Guyanese to face drug trafficking charges in a US
court, Guyana's Attorney General Doodnauth Singh said Friday...
read more...
Guyana's security ministry firebombed
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Arsonists late
Sunday hurled Molotov cocktails at Guyana's security ministry, amid ongoing
demands by the political opposition and other organisations for a probe into
Home Affairs Minister Ronald Gajraj's alleged links to an extrajudicial death
squad...
read more...
Iranian police in Guyana to probe scholar's
abduction
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Iranian police
were in Guyana on Monday, probing the abduction of an Iranian scholar earlier
this month, amid concerns among Shiites here that Guyanese police had been
slow to solve the case...
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Canadian oil firm back in Guyana
Monday, April 26, 2004
TORONTO, Canada: According to the Calgary
Herald, a Canadian oil company, expelled four years ago by Suriname over a
maritime border dispute with Guyana, recorded the first seismic images at its
onshore concessions along the Cortenyne Coast, officials said...
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Venezuela may supply Guyana with oil
Thursday, April 22, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Venezuela may supply neighboring Guyana with up to 10,000
barrels a day of oil and petroleum products, with a final agreement coming as
early as a month, Bloomberg News reports...
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Letter: Guyana Institute for Democracy
responds to Stabroek Newspapers
Thursday, April 15, 2004
In the April 13, 2004, edition of the
Stabroek Newspapers, Mr. Rakesh Rampertab, the reputed editor of the website:
Guyanaundersiege.com, published a letter titled "The Guyana Institute for
Democracy has made false accusations against my website." I therefore wish to
respond as follows...
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Iran's Foreign Minister voices concern over
kidnapping of cleric in Guyana
Sunday, April 11, 2004
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP): Iran's Foreign
Minister Kamal Kharazi voiced concern Saturday over the kidnapping of an
Iranian cleric in Guyana and called on officials there to work quickly to
secure his release, state media said...
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Iran sending fact-finding mission to Guyana
to investigate cleric's kidnapping
Thursday, April 8, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Iran is sending
a fact-finding mission next week to Guyana to investigate the fate of a
kidnapped Iranian cleric, an official said Wednesday...
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Guyana gold output expected to increase in
2004
Thursday, April 8, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana's gold production
is expected to reach 384,000 ounces this year compared with 376,440 ounces
last year and most of the output will come from its joint venture Omai mine,
the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission said Tuesday...
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LETTER: Jagdeo accuses Guyana Institute for
Democracy of misinformation
Wednesday, April 7, 2004
While passing through New York recently,
President Bharrat Jagdeo in an interview on Spotlight Television accused me of
"spreading propaganda" and misinformation with regard to the number of African
Guyanese young men that have been killed by the government operated death
squad in Guyana...
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more...
Iranian official kidnapped in Guyana
Sunday, April 4, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Guyanese police
were Saturday searching for an Iranian official at an Islamic college who was
allegedly kidnapped in a hail of gunfire, police said Saturday...
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Guyana says Caribbean should reject
Aristide extradition
Saturday, April 3, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Guyana's
President Bharrat Jagdeo said Friday that Caribbean nations should oppose
moves by the interim Haitian government to extradite ousted president Jean
Bertrand Aristide on embezzlement and murder charges...
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Cuba and Guyana sign agreement
Thursday, March 25, 2004
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: A Cuban diplomat has confirmed that the 22nd Session of Cuba-Guyana Mixed Commission concluded after two days of deliberations, with a final agreement signed by Cuban government minister Ricardo Cabrisas and the Guyanese minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation, Clement
Rohee... read more...
Carrington admits border disputes disturb Caricom spirit
Sunday, March 21, 2004
PARAMARIBO (AFP): Edwin Carrington, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) and
Cariforum, agrees with Suriname's President Ronald Venetiaan that border disputes between Guyana and Suriname disturb the Caricom spirit...
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World Cup 2006 qualifiers CONCACAF: Guyana 1 Grenada 3
Monday, March 15, 2004
BLAIRMONT, Guyana (AFP): Result here Sunday from a first round, first leg match in the 2006 World Cup CONCACAF regional qualifier:
Guyana 1 (Harris 30) Grenada 3 (Charles 15, Roberts 70, Bubb 88).
GID concerned about rampant drug smuggling from Guyana
Saturday, March 13, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Guyana Institute for Democracy
(GID) is concerned about the significant number and frequency of Guyanese being arrested in North America for smuggling cocaine, marijuana and other narcotic substances from Guyana, according to a statement released Friday... read more...
Guyana's role in drug trade under
scrutiny
Sunday, March 7, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana's role in the
international drug trade has come into sharp focus and under the scrutiny of
the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), but the government continues
to participate in a number of initiatives aimed at combating the drug
scourge... read more...
Guyana - NYC cocaine ring uncovered
Saturday, March 6, 2004
NEW YORK, USA: Police have uncovered a huge Guyana-to-New York City cocaine ring involving baggage handlers overseas and at Kennedy Airport, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Thursday...
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CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers
Monday, March 1, 2004
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: Host Grenada demolished Guyana, 5-0, Saturday night in the first leg of their first-round qualifying series in the CONCACAF zone.
Bermuda crushed tiny Montserrat 13-0 on Sunday to set up a clash with El Salvador.
In a first round, first leg match on Saturday Surinam defeated Aruba 1-0...
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Britain's Prince Andrew touches down in Guyana
Friday, February 27, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Britain's Prince Andrew touched down in Guyana on Wednesday for a one-day visit to the south American country, saying he wanted to boost trade links and get a first-hand account of social problems facing the former British colony...
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Guyana going to UN Law of the Sea Tribunal on maritime dispute with Suriname
Friday, February 27, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Guyana on Wednesday said it would take a maritime boundary dispute with Surinam over a potentially oil-rich offshore area to the United Nations Tribunal on the Law of the
Sea...
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Venezuelan Government accuses opposition of using Guyana issue as electoral propaganda
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
WASHINGTON, USA: Venezuelan Ambassador to the Organization of America States (OAS), Jorge Valero says it's irrational to say that Venezuela is giving the disputed Essequibo region to Guyana on a platter, no OAS country would take the accusation seriously and it is an insult to the Caribbean Economic Community
(Caricom)...
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Venezuelan opposition claims Chavez surrendered Essequibo to Guyana
Monday, February 23, 2004
CARACAS, Venezuela: Former Venezuelan Attorney General, Jesus Petit Da Costa is calling President Hugo Chavez a "traitor" for supposedly surrendering the south-eastern Essequibo region of neighboring Guyana, traditionally claimed by Venezuela...
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Venezuelan President Chavez visits Guyana
Friday, February 20, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Georgetown Guyana Thursday to discuss oil and other bilateral agreements. He was greeted by a 21-gun salute and playing of the Venezuelan national anthem on the tarmac at the Cheddi Jagan international airport where he was received by President Bharrat Jagdeo and Venezuelan Embassy trade attaché Fernando Rincon...
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Venezuela and Guyana to discuss UN role in border controversy
Sunday, February 15, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Presidents Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana will meet here next Thursday to review the United Nations mechanism set up to resolve a more than 100-year-old border dispute between their neighboring countries, the
Guyanese Foreign Ministry said Saturday...
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Guyana wants competitive telecommunications sector
Saturday, February 14, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Prime Minister of Guyana and Minister with responsibility for Communications, Samuel Hinds said that Government's programme is to work for an open, competitive telecommunications sector in Guyana...
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Guyana, US sign an agreement to fast-track the
processing of deportees
Saturday, February 7, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Guyana and the
United States on Friday signed an agreement to fast-track the processing of
would-be deportees... read
more...
Guyana: Need for immediate inquiry into
death squad killings
Saturday, February 7, 2004
LONDON, England: Amnesty International
urged the President of Guyana on Friday to open an immediate inquiry into
allegations that a "death squad" has tortured,
"disappeared" and killed dozens of individuals since 2002... read
more...
US revokes Guyanese security minister's visa
Friday, February 6, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): The United States has revoked the travel visa of Guyana's home affairs minister, Ronald
Gajraj, amid calls for a probe into allegations that he was a key player in a state-sponsored death squad that hunted dangerous criminals, a top official said Thursday...
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United Nations says Guyana must criminalize spanking by parents
Friday, February 6, 2004
GENEVA, Switzerland: The Committee on the Rights of the Child has concluded its thirty-fifth session and issued its conclusions and recommendations to various countries reporting on their compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child...
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US names Caribbean states eligible for development aid
Thursday, February 5, 2004
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The United States on Tuesday named Guyana and Haiti as two of 63 countries eligible to share billions of dollars in US aid under a new program aimed at rewarding developing nations which commit to democratic and free market reform...
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Guyana gearing for the information age
Wednesday, February 4, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Guyanese Government has been and will continue to work at closing the digital divide and liberalizing
tele- communication in Guyana. This is the commitment given by President Bharrat Jagdeo at the commissioning of the University of Guyana's Information Technology Centre at the Turkeyen Campus...
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Ex-US diplomat to Guyana gets sentence reduced
Sunday, February 1, 2004
CHICAGO, USA: A former American diplomat convicted of selling hundreds of U.S. visas while stationed in Guyana was re-sentenced Friday to 6-1/2 years in prison...
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UK envoy says Guyana must probe 'hit squad' claims
Friday, January 30, 2004
LONDON, England: Guyana's government must investigate claims that a Cabinet minister led an extra-judicial hit squad blamed for more than 40 executions in the past year, the British High Commissioner in the country said Thursday...
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Guyana pushes for special treatment at Mexico Summit
Friday, January 30, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: A special plea for special and differential treatment was put forward by Guyana, at the recent Summit of the Americas in Monterrey,
Mexico...
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Canada cancels Guyana security minister's visa
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Pursued by allegations of his involvement in a death-squad that assassinates suspected criminals, Guyana's Home Affairs Minister Ronald Gajraj has been barred from traveling to Canada, Guyana's Foreign Ministry said late Monday...
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New Parliamentary website for Guyana
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The launch of a website for the National Assembly has been described as an innovation of vast importance by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph
Ramkarran, SC...
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Economic improvements in Guyana
Monday, January 26, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The International Monetary Fund
(IMF), the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) and the Paris Club have agreed that Guyana has taken the steps necessary to reach its completion point under the enhanced framework of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
(HIPC) Initiative. Guyana becomes the ninth country to reach this
point...
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Guyana certified for fisheries export to EU market
Saturday, January 24, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana has officially been given the green light to export fishery products to European countries. A certificate, placing Guyana on list one of exporters, was handed over to the Minister of Fisheries, Satyadeow
Sawh, by the Head of the delegation of the European Commission, Per Eklund at Le Meridien Pegasus...
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Indian Government agrees to finance stadium in Guyana
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Indian Government has agreed to contribute US$6 million towards the financing of a multi-purpose stadium in Guyana...
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Guyanese embassy to be opened in India
Monday, January 12, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: During a weeklong diplomatic visit to India, President Bharrat Jagdeo announced plans to open a Guyanese embassy in the South Asian country, the government said...
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Guyana champ challenges Ali's girl after Nigeria no-show
Monday, January 12, 2004
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP): The top female middleweight in the Caribbean, Guyanan champ Gwendolyn
Oneil, has vowed to seek out and beat Mohammed Ali's daughter Laila after the most famous name in boxing ducked out of a planned fight...
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Guyana Institute for Democracy welcomes US immigration reform
Saturday, January 10, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Guyana Institute for Democracy
(GID) has welcomed the sweeping immigration reform measure proposed by United States President George W. Bush on Wednesday...
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Indians in Guyana want 'arrival day' to be made public holiday
Sunday, January 4, 2004
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Indian community in Guyana wants May 5 to be declared a public holiday to mark the arrival of Indians to the Caribbean nation 166 years ago...
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Guyana monitoring importation of meat
Saturday, January 3, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The government of Guyana has implemented additional monitoring mechanisms to safeguard the country from Bovine Spongiform Encepholopathy
(BSE or mad cow disease)...
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Guyanese respond to New Year's text messages from President
Saturday, January 3, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyanese welcomed a text message sent all mobile users conveying best wishes for the New Year by President Bharrat Jagdeo and First Lady Varshnie
Jagdeo...
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Corruption allegations denied by Guyana Minister of Finance
Thursday, January 1, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana Minister of Finance Sasenarine Kowlessar said Wednesday that allegations of corruption in the issuing of duty-free concessions to re-migrants are unfounded and malicious and if anyone has evidence of such acts they should provide it to the relevant authorities...
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Guyana to supply raw sugar for Trinidad and Tobago refinery
Thursday, January 1, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: On Christmas Eve Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago concluded an agreement for the twin island Republic to import raw sugar from Guyana in 2004...
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New Guyana envoy at OAS
Friday, December 19, 2003
WASHINGTON, USA: Ambassador Bayney R. Karran today presented credentials as Guyana's new Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, hailing the organization's commitment to the principles of democracy and good
governance...
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Guyana police handled hoax kidnapping well says Deputy Commissioner
Thursday, December 18, 2003
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Deputy Commissioner, Law Enforcement, Superintendent Leon Trim, in an exclusive interview with the Government Information Agency (GINA) yesterday, stated that he disagrees with persons who have accused the Police Force of not acting promptly enough in last week's hoax kidnapping case...
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Guyana, US sign ICC immunity deal
Sunday, December 14, 2003
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Guyana and the United States signed an agreement exempting Americans from being turned over to the International Criminal Court
(ICC) for trial, thereby ensuring that military aid to this South American country is not cut, an official said Saturday...
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Kidnapped teenager recovered by Guyana police
Thursday, December 11, 2003
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Members of the Guyana police Force's anti kidnapping unit swooped down on a house in Alberttown Wednesday, and recovered an 18-year-old kidnap victim, who had been abducted the previous
day...
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Man caught trying to smuggle cocaine from Guyana
Thursday, December 4, 2003
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): A Guyanese man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he attempted to smuggle cocaine in East Indian delicacies to the United States...
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