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Fire at Lusignan Prison – July 11, 2020
-15 prisoners injured, no deaths, -All prisoners accounted for
DPI, Guyana, Sunday, July 12, 2020
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has reported that the fire which was started at the Lusignan Prison on Sunday has been fully extinguished. Continue reading
– assure they will do all that is necessary to remain COVID-free
Westjet – Boeing 737-700
DPI, Guyana, Thursday, July 9, 2020 – By SHAQUILLE BOURNE
One hundred and forty-two (142) Guyanese returned on Thursday via WestJet Airlines. This was the first such flight from Toronto, Canada.
Tears along with expressions of joy prevailed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) as the citizens breathed a sigh of relief to be on home soil after the COVID-19 pandemic had significantly reduced international travel. Continue reading
Stranded Guyanese return from Miami
–Minister of Health said ministry will remain in contact with returning nationals
After months of being stranded in the USA due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a decision taken by the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) has brought the first group of Guyanese home on Saturday,
The returning nationals told DPI they were thrilled to be back home. Continue reading
Nov 26, 2019 – Guyana:
The Farmers Group along with the Hand-in-Hand Women’s Group in Kwebanna Village, Moruca sub-region, Barima/Waini, Region One, successfully concluded a one-week training exercise in preparation for the hosting of the first-ever Cassava Festival scheduled for December 14.
The session which was conducted by Hinterland Employment Youth Service (HEYS) Catering Facilitator, Margaret Cornette, saw fifty women participating in the five-day exercise.
The training targeted members of the two groups to creatively experiment with the Cassava Flour before the commissioning of the much-anticipated Cassava Flour Processing Facility. Continue reading
Nov 19, 2019
His Excellency President David Granger, this afternoon, received a courtesy call from the Prime Minister of Barbados, the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri. Continue reading
DPI, Guyana, Monday, November 4, 2019 –
Guyana can see its economy grow by a further 86% next year after expanding by 4.4% this year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). That is 14 times the projected pace of China and driven by ExxonMobil’s discovery and production of oil.
“We’re moving from a very low base to a stratospheric leap,” Minister of Finance Winston Jordan said in an invited comment.
While Guyana’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) is $4 Billion, it will expand to about $15 Billion by 2024, according to the IMF. Continue reading
Ralph Ramkarran
SHARED GOVERNANCE
Conversation Tree Blog – January 12, 2019 – by Ralph Ramkarran
In a lengthy article written in 2011 before the general elections of that year, for “Freedom House” on “Countries at the Crossroads 2011: Guyana,” Assistant Professor Joan Mars, of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice of the University of Michigan-Flint, said: “Elections are constitutionally due to be held in 2011.
Calls by the political opposition for shared governance have not been endorsed by the ruling PPP/C administration headed by President Jagdeo; with its consistent absolute majority in parliament, the PPP/C has had little incentive to agree to share power, but the idea may be gathering momentum as a major rallying point in the forthcoming elections.“ Assistant Professor Mars, a former practising lawyer in Guyana, concluded: “The current system of majority rule should be reformed to provide for a power-sharing model that is representative of the ethnic diversity in the population. Continue reading
Ralph Ramkarran
– By Ralph Ramkarran – Conversation Tree Blog
(On behalf of this blog and its readers, I extend to President Granger best wishes for a speedy recovery).
Ralph Ramkarran
Firemen are first responders who are required to help and protect victims and their property. While purporting to do so, many fireman seize the opportunity to steal from victims. The stealing of property by firemen from the Fly Jamaica aircraft which had mechanical problems and landed with some difficulty at the CJIA, is a shameless and sickening disgrace. It was far more extensive than has been reported. Continue reading
Guyana: The Government’s Fall Was Always A Distinct Possibility – by Ralph Ramkarran
Ralph Ramkarran
Posted on December 22, 2018 – by Ralph Ramkarran – Conversation Tree Blog
What transpired in the National Assembly on Friday evening was always a distinct possibility, with the Government’s one seat majority. Election results mean something. In 2011, the electorate told the PPP/C that it wants that party to join in a coalition to manage the affairs of the nation. The PPP/C ignored the message. The electorate removed it from office in 2015. Then it proceeded to give the APNU+AFC coalition a mere one seat majority.
This conveyed another message – that the APNU+AFC coalition government should proceed cautiously and engage with the Opposition. Continue reading →
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