GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - The Private Sector Commission (PSC) and Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) Tuesday said they intend lobbying the Guyana government to beef up the necessary institutions to deal with corruption. In a joint statement, the two organisations agreed that the “perception of corruption of Guyana is too important to be ignored and negatively impacts on business and investment”.
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana - THE revolutionary PetroCaribe initiative that allowed signatory nations to benefit from subisdised Venezuelan fuel and the role its architect, Hugo Chavez, the late President of Venezuela, played as a patron in Latin American and Caribbean integration were among the highlights of an afternoon of reflection on Monday, six days after his death.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Much comment has been made, following the recent death of President Hugo Chávez, emphasizing forebodings about the fate of the PetroCaribe initiative and other forms of assistance, including the creation of the Alba; and the effects of any disappearance of these initiatives on the economic welfare of the Caricom countries, among other countries of the hemisphere.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Less than 24 hours after Barbados declared an alert following an increase in gastroenteritis on the island, health authorities in Guyana say they are monitoring reports of an outbreak of the infection of the lining of the digestive tract in the north west district that has so far resulted in the death of one person.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The revolutionary PetroCaribe initiative that allowed signatory nations to benefit from subsidised Venezuelan fuel and the role its architect Hugo Chávez, the late President of Venezuela played as a patron in Latin American and Caribbean integration, were among the highlights at a reflection of the life of the leftist leader Monday afternoon.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaican and Guyanese citizens account for the vast majority of CARICOM nationals who have been refused entry into Barbados over the last five years, according to statistics compiled by immigration officials there.
However, the statistics, which are among the evidence tendered before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the Shanique Myrie case, have shown that the majority of CARICOM nationals seeking entry into Barbados came from Trinidad and Tobago, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – President Donald Ramotar has accused the opposition parties of using their one seat majority in the National Assembly to derail legislative democracy as the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) hinted at the possibility of calling a snap general election in Guyana.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Nurses in the Caribbean will sit the Regional Nursing Entrance Examinations (RENR) in October after the regional governing body agreed to a proposal by the Barbados-based Caribbean Examination Council (CXC). The proposal was discussed at the just concluded 41st joint meeting of the Executive and Education Committees and 10th Practice Committee of the Regional Nursing Body (RBN) held here.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News - Succession in politics and the politics of succession can be rather thorny issues. Just over a month ago, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced that she was abdicating, at the age of 75 and after a reign of 33 years, in favour of her son, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, who will become King on April 30. Her fellow monarch, Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, even though she is almost 87 and has been Queen for 61 years, shows no sign, however, of stepping down to allow her son, Charles, to ascend to the throne.
Georgetown, Guyana– CMC - Seven months after the uprising in the mining town of Linden, Guyana which led to the deaths of three protestors, Lensley Wolfe, Chairman of the Linden Commission of Inquiry, on Thursday handed over the report of the Commission to President Donald Ramotar.
"It was indeed a most grueling experience but the focus of all the commissioners was on ensuring that justice is done and we, all of us, are satisfied that justice has been done," Wolfe said.