Guyana
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Trying to understand ‘convergence’
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s reference, in her opening remarks at the recent meeting of CARICOM Heads in Port of Spain, to the view that “CARICOM, as it was originally envisioned, has reached its political, socio-economic and ideological limits,” may have its genesis in the thinking of her foreign minister, Winston Dookeran. In our editorial of December 21,…
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Nelson Mandela
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end. – Nelson Mandela, Robben Island 1975 Today is the 95th birth anniversary of Mr Rolihlahla Mandela better known as Nelson Mandela…
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Guyana appoints first ever Commissioner of Information
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government has appointed former attorney general and minister of legal affairs, Justice Charles Ramson, as the country’s first ever Commissioner of Information. Ramson took the oath before President Donald Ramotar describing his position as a “clearing house for all information requested for by members of the public”. The appointment of a Commissioner of Information…
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EU countries tardy in assisting the region implement EPA measures
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Outgoing Director General of the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) Directorate, Ivan Ogando Lora, says European countries have not lived up to their promise of assisting regional countries in implementing measures contained in the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed with Europe nearly five years ago. “With the exception of two states, EU member states have not lived up…
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JAPAN-CARICOM discuss areas of cooperation
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul 16, CMC – The 16th Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-Japan Consultation began here on Tuesday with the Asian country signalling its intention to further deepen relations with the 15-member grouping. Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Ambassador Akira Yamada, said his country has paid increased attention to the development agenda of the region and that Tokyo’s…
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ECLAC underscores regional integration as key to development
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says regional integration is key to development, as delegates discussed the medium-term challenges and the shaping of a post-2015 development agenda in the Caribbean. During the Sixteenth Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of ECLAC’s Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), executive secretary Alicia Bárcena said that…
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CARICOM heads’ conference again
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – It seems worthwhile to return once again, editorially, to the subject of the recent CARICOM Heads of Government conference held in Trinidad and Tobago earlier this month. Most commentaries suggest a certain pessimism about the outcome of the meeting, and there has been no substantial comment from any of our heads refuting this view. Instead, we are…
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An unchanging US foreign policy
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – From whatever angle one views the current political crisis in Egypt, the spectre of an unchanging United States foreign policy returns an unflinching stare. The truth is that it mattered little to Washington whether the events of July 3 that removed Mohamed Morsi from office amounted to a military coup or otherwise. What mattered was whether Morsi’s…
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Bad weather blamed for mishap involving 12-seater plane
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – All 12 people on board an Air Services Limited (ASL) plane survived an early morning “crash” after the aircraft landed off the Matthews Ridge airstrip in Region One on Monday. Transport Minister Robeson Benn said that the “plane crashed during bad weather” and the single engine Cessna Caravan “may have (to) be written off”. The Government…
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Opposition party urges rejection of multi-million dollar license fee
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is calling for a meeting between the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) and television broadcasters to discuss the recent decision to impose a GUY$2.5 million (One Guyana dollar = US$0.01 cent) license fee on the industry. In a statement, APNU said that it was also urging broadcasters to…
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