Guyana News

-cites importance of climate change adaptation Prime Minister Sam Hinds yesterday hailed the record declaration of 300,000 ounces of gold for 2009 by small and medium-scale miners.

Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud on Wednesday said over 5000 rice farmers have benefited from the fertilizer voucher initiative that was implemented.

-reiterates need for shared governance Guyana will continue on a downward spiral unless fundamental issues that affect the country are addressed since they cannot be washed away by “colourful propaganda”, warns Opposition Leader Robert Corbin.

Guyana can only be successful when there is confidence in its institutions and in its economy according to the Alliance For Change (AFC) and this can only start when all of the country’s people, especially the young from all social and ethnic backgrounds are attracted and can develop successful careers right here in Guyana.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) says it is confident that 2010 will usher in the first steps towards revitalising the sugar industry and it expects all stakeholders to benefit.

The PPP says that despite the tests of 2009, Guyana has advanced significantly and it believes the Low Carbon Development Strategy will bring great gains to the country while contributing to the welfare of the planet.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will on Monday begin the mandatory Claims and Objections (C&O) exercise for upcoming local government polls.

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Manniram Prashad says numerous opportunities abound in the new year to turnaround a threatened economic and tourism downturn.

The “Comfy Cozy House”, a television show for youngsters is set to debut on local television today at noon.

WASHINGTON/KABUL,  (Reuters) – The CIA vowed yesterday to avenge the deaths of seven officers in a suicide  bombing in Afghanistan and to investigate security breaches  that allowed the second deadliest attack in agency history.

Mayor Hamilton Green says if Guyana is to halt its downward spiral religious leaders need to break their silence on the immorality and bullyism being demonstrated at high levels.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A federal judge threw out  all charges yesterday against five Blackwater Worldwide  security guards accused of killing 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007,  saying the U.S.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended 2009 yesterday with their best gains since 2003, driven by optimism  about the economy’s recovery and a brighter outlook for  profits.

An unprecedented high number of strikes, lost man days and lost wages affected the country’s industrial relations climate during last year, Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir said on Wednesday during his year- end press conference.

The Justice For All Party (JFAP) is urging Guyanese to embrace justice and conservation to ensure the future health and happiness of the nation.

TEHRAN – Iranian hardline authorities accused opposition  leaders yesterday of links to “foreign enemies” and warned  they would be shown no mercy unless they changed course.

(Bernd Debusmann is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed  are his own) By Bernd Debusmann WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Who is winning the war of  ideas between the West and al Qaeda’s hate-driven version of  Islam?

One man has been arrested following investigations into the robbery at Engineering Construction Cooperative (ECC) on Tuesday.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – Endangered species from polar  bears to giant salamanders, great white sharks to beluga whales  and Namibian quiver trees to Cuban crocodiles will have their  day on the Internet throughout 2010.

-pilot successful in Region One The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs is expanding the National Hinterland Secure Livelihood Programme in 2010 as the pilot project started in June in Region One proved successful.