Guyana
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Government pledges to deal with money laundering, drug trafficking
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana Wednesday pledged “strong political will” in dealing with drug trafficking and money laundering. “We also appreciate how important it is in addressing macro-economic stability and also in addressing the rumours and allegations about money laundering and the parallel economy in Guyana; the rumours seem to be getting more intense these days,” President Donald Ramotar told…
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After Venezuela’s elections
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The presidential elections in Venezuela indicate that the country, without the influence of former President Chávez’s extraordinary charisma and influence, remains essentially democratic in form and practice as it has tended to be since the end of the Jimenez dictatorship, with the polarization between the current two main parties now reaching extreme limits. While expecting that Chávez’s…
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Private sector wants common sense approach to budget talks
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is calling for “good sense” to prevail when President Donald Ramotar meets with opposition legislators on Monday to prevent a repeat of last year as the opposition again threatens to use its slender one-seat majority to cut the GUY$208.8 billion (One Guyana dollar = US$0.01 cents) budget presented to the National…
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‘Son of Chávez’
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News – Hugo Chávez may be dead but chavismo is very much alive in the highly charged Venezuelan election campaign, due to come to a head on Sunday. As has been widely reported, the interim president and Mr Chávez’s anointed successor, Nicolás Maduro, a 50-year-old former bus driver and trade unionist, has been campaigning on the promise…
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GUYANA-POLITICS-Iran seeking to deepen relations with Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Iran is offering to help Guyana develop its agricultural, mining and industrial sectors. Newly accredited Ambassador to Guyana Hojattolah Soltani has extended an invitation for a Guyana delegation comprising agricultural and industrial stakeholders to explore opportunities in his country as it seeks to deepen relations between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. Soltani, who presented his letters…
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Korean manoeuvres in a new era
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News – To many long-time observers, the current behaviour of the government of North Korea now led by Kim Jong-Un, is reminiscent of Winston Churchill’s 1939 comment on the Soviet Union under Stalin. He described it as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” But at the same time, commentaries on the death this week…
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Rebuilding Haiti: The dependency, the hurdles and the pitfalls
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – During his visit here in March Haitian President and sitting Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman Michel Martelly provided confirmation of what we already knew …that more than three years after a devastating earthquake that claimed thousands of lives and wreaked monumental physical damage, the country still faces a long and arduous journey on the road to recovery. It…
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Reepu Daman Persaud dies
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Veteran politician and one of Guyana’s longest serving politicians, Reepu Daman Persaud died on Sunday, according to well-placed sources. He was 77. Hospital sources said he was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH)-based Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) late Saturday night.
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President against extending budget debate
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – President Donald Ramotar says he is not in favour of an opposition request for an extension of the debate on the GUY$209.8 billion (One Guyana dollar = US$0.01 cents) budget and urged legislators to put aside their differences for the betterment of Guyana. Debate on the fiscal package which began on March 25 is due to…
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Former Government Minister dies
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 4, CMC – Former Education Minister Rev.Dale Bisnauth died on Wednesday following a heart attack. Bisnauth, 76, who was appointed Education Minister in 1992 also served as Minister of Labour, Human Services and Social Security. Up until the time his passing he was the Chairman of the Board of Industrial Training.
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