Guyana
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Govt reflects on Chávez’s PetroCaribe initiative
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. Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh,…
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Jamaicans, Guyanese top list of CARICOM nationals denied entry to Barbados
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…
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Government hints at early poll
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. “We see that reality happening now in the first instance to elect the Speaker and…
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Caribbean nurses to sit regional exams in October
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…
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Succession issues
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.…
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Commission of Inquiry report handed over
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…
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Following Agriculture Ministry’s coconut conference…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle – AGRICULTURE Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has indicated that a number of activities have been finalized regarding the future of the coconut industry following a stakeholders’ conference held in the Boardroom of the Ministry of Agriculture last month. The major decision has been how locally produced coconut products are to be exported. In an interview last Monday,…
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GUYANA-LABOUR-Workers on strike demand higher salaries
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE), Wednesday warned that its members employed at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) would remain off the jobs accusing the company of reneging on the collective labour agreement regarding salaries. “Unless they stick to what is in our agreement like they want us to stick we…
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The politics for CARICOM securing 0AS second spot
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle – THE ORGANISASTION of American States (OAS) is scheduled to hold its 43rd General Assembly in June when elections will take place for the posts of Secretary General and Assistant Secretary General (ASG). Neither of the incumbents—Secretary General Miguel Insulza, a former Foreign Minister of Chile, and Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin, the Suriname-born diplomat and former…
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Immigrants freed, Obama cites Navy threat as cuts loom
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., (Reuters) – President Barack Obama today warned of threats to Navy readiness and a storm broke over the government releasing hundreds of illegal immigrants due to budget pressure as automatic government spending cuts crept closer. In the latest event staged by the White House to warn of the possible damage to public services, Obama spoke at the…
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