Articles published on Saturday, April 3, 2010
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave the United States’ main Latin American foe, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a needed boost with a brief visit yesterday to discuss oil, defense and nuclear energy cooperation.
-says donors must do more for transparency PNCR-1G MP Winston Murray is advocating a code to guide the conduct of ministers, as part of a concerted approach to rein in what he described as rampant corruption within government.
Despite the protracted uneasiness in relations between Guyana and Suriname arising out of a still unresolved territorial claim by Guyana’s eastern neighbour the Corporation says that agricultural exports to Suriname almost trebled over the five year period between 2003 and 2008, increasing from $1 billion in 2003 to $2.9 billion two years ago.
The commercialization of child sex abuse in the tourism sector in some Caribbean territories is becoming an escalating problem, according to a recent study commissioned by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Qualfon’s unacceptable discourtesy towards representatives of our local media during last week’s tour of the company’s business premises by President Bharrat Jagdeo, presents the Guyana Press Associa-tion (GPA) with an opportunity to demonstrate its preparedness to defend and protect the interests of media workers.
Businessman and former race car driver Peter Morgan, who was earlier this year sentenced to ten years in a New York Court for drug trafficking, has filed a notice of appeal seeking a 33-month deduction from his sentence.
– jailed for 10 years in UK A woman was jailed for ten years recently in the United Kingdom (UK) after she was found guilty of smuggling one kilo of cocaine from Guyana to the UK, according to the Chelmsford Weekly News.
– Chief Meat and Food Inspector The Georgetown municipality’s inability to effectively monitor and regulate the growing practice of urban food vending may be rendering the capital increasingly vulnerable to public health risks according to Chief Meat and Food Inspector Jagdeep Singh.
-several other regions benefiting from El Nino interventions The Ministry of Agriculture on Tuesday presented three mobile pumps valued $210,000 to Region Seven farmers to alleviate the hardships they are suffering due to the prevailing El Nino conditions.
Private sector to visit Roraima state before year end A return visit to the Brazilian state of Roraima by a sizeable Guyanese business delegation following last week’s ground-breaking encounter with a multi-sectoral Brazilian business team in Georgetown is likely before the end of 2010, according to President of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana Paul Stephenson.
– blames ‘governance deficiencies’ for crisis Government interventions like last month’s infusion of $258 million into the country’s rice industry to stave off the El Nino-related threat to an estimated $600 million worth of rice under cultivation are unlikely to avert losses to the industry that could amount to a significant portion of the total current rice crop, according to a Region Three rice farmer and one-time PPP activist.
-Barbados CMO Chief Medical Officer in Barbados, Dr Joy St. John says that while the Caribbean region has made significant progress in accessing HIV treatment, there is room for improvement as young women have infection rates that are significantly higher than males their own age.
Pipe Dream As Guyanese consumers absorb the implications of the 2010 budget on their lives, they must also get used to hearing the country talk much about diversifying the economy and achieving very little.
The Ministry of Health said government is reaping the rewards from its investment in the Cuba/Guyana Partnership and recently dispatched a Cuba-trained doctor to serve at the Lethem Hospital.
Paramakatoi farmers recently benefited from apiculture training, as the Ministry of Agriculture embarks on a series of training exercises countrywide to boost farmers and vendors knowledge of proper agriculture practices.
Jacquelyn Hamer is a retired Guyanese diplomat and a Director of the skills training organization Visions of Excellence.
Chief Executive Officer of GT&T, Major General (ret’d) Joe Singh says that the recent vandalism of the Cable Landing Station at Totness, Coronie in Suriname, is not expected to delay the ongoing US$60 million project for a Suriname-Guyana Submarine Cable System (SG-SCS).
