Rice somewhat nice for Guyana High rice production has brought simultaneous market gains and storage woes. GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government says repeated high rice production levels have brought many challenges ranging from lucrative markets to the capacity to store large amounts. Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy said the government has been making major […]
A Canadian Girl at St. Rose’s, Guyana By Shelagh Plunkett Sister Hazel frowned as she examined the papers that told the story of my education up to when we’d left Canada. That was 1974, and my mother and I had been called in to meet the headmistress of St. Rose’s High School in Georgetown, Guyana. […]
Guyana elections gap irks U.S. envoy by Brad Savage ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar on Wednesday forthrightly dismissed a statement by outgoing U.S.Ambassador Brent Hardt who accused the head of state of selectively abiding by the country’s constitution, even as the country awaits long-overdue local government elections. Hardt, addressing a function […]
Questioning what Guyana gets in return for granting national carrier status to Caribbean Airlines (CAL), APNU MP Carl Greenidge complained about the way Guyanese are treated at Trinidad’s Piarco Airport. Greenidge related in his question that Guyanese who had arrived in Trinidad on a January 15th, 2014 CAL flight on their way to Guyana were […]
DEAR EDITOR, Financial Advisor from the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), Roger Hernandez, stressed that passing the new Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) (Amendment) Bill is not good enough. It must be implemented! Laws passed without implementation and enforcement are useless, toothless and an exercise in wasted time. Guyana already […]
A modern crematorium is slated to open its door to the Guyanese public early March in the capital city on a section of Le Repentir Cemetery. It will be the city’s first such facility and already the news is getting thumbs up by many including those who have faced some challenges burying their love ones […]
A postage stamp from British Guiana (now Guyana) dating back to the 19th Century will be up for sale in New York in June. It is expected to be valued at a “record price”, according to the auction house, Sotheby’s. The 1856 one-cent Magenta is believed to be the last of the British one-cent stamp […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb 11, (CMC) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Tuesday said it was “deeply concerned” at the failure of Guyana to approve the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act (AML/CFT). In a statement, the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat said the regional grouping was “at the continuing delay in Guyana’s progress towards […]
By Jasminee Sahoye CASTRIES, St Lucia – Legislation to amend sections of the Anti-Gang Bill in St Lucia will be debated this Thursday in the Senate as the government moves to tackle the emergency of criminal gangs. Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony said it was important for criminals in St Lucia to get the strong […]
Feb 11, 2014 The Financial Action Taskforce (FATF) will today conclude its International Co-operation Review Group (ICRG) in Paris, France but Guyana has failed to debate or vote for the Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill. While many expected the Bill to be returned to the House from the Special Select […]
