– scientists warn
The “lost world” of the Upper Mazaruni River harbours a wide diversity of fishes found nowhere else in the world but the highland ecosystem is under threat from mining activities and protection of this area has been urged.
Nigel Dharamlall, the Permanent Secretary of the Amerindian Affairs Minis-try who was recorded threatening to bar access to his office and withhold stipends from Amerindian leaders during a meeting with some indigenous leaders and youths should apologise or even be fired.
-APNU floats Caricom mediation to break impasse
A team from the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) yesterday warned of harsh consequences should Guyana fail to pass anti-money laundering legislation before a May 29 conference but failed to sway the opposition, which maintained that the “crisis” requires a political solution.
Almost two years after an inquiry uncovered financial irregularities at the state broadcaster NCN, President Donald Ramotar had no answer yesterday when asked why he had not done anything about the findings.
Verification of Guyana’s deforestation figures for 2012 has confirmed a rate of 0.079%, a figure at which cuts in payments to Guyana under the forests protection partnership with Norway are expected to kick in.
Mist swirls around the tops of the three hills of Rupertee and the cold breeze streaming from the nearby Pakaraima Mountains, makes a memory – at least for a while – of the heat that can sear the Rupununi savannahs.
If Veronica Farias has her way each person in the indigenous Makushi villages perched on the edges of the north Rupununi savannah would be using natural oils, locally-made soap and medicine from trees.
The opposition yesterday struck back at the “uncompromising” Trades Union Congress (TUC) for its rejection of the terms for the restoration of the subvention to the Critchlow Labour College (CLC) saying that its stance was unfortunate.
Facing a Friday deadline for passage of amendments to anti-laundering legislation to avoid being referred to a global watchdog, government is working on two tracks for opposition support which will include a public statement on the long-delayed procurement body.
He shaved his head, shirtless while chatting with the cook. In the open, glancing into a little round mirror at the side of the kitchen, purple soap at hand, the award-winning flautist Keith Waithe was (figuratively speaking because he has little to speak of), letting his hair down to giggles from the cooks.
Investigations of aircraft incidents should be done independently of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), operators say and they have renewed a call for the GCAA to hire a qualified flight operations inspector.
The fate of the two men onboard the Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) plane which crashed on Saturday remained unclear last night with army Special Forces expected to reach the wreckage this morning.
By Erica Williams
A Cessna 206 aircraft heading to the interior crashed on take-off at the Ogle International Airport yesterday morning leaving one woman injured.
Karaudarnau is located in the Deep South Rupununi, Region Nine. An indigenous Wapishana village of over 1000 persons, residents depend on farming and ranching.
Karaudarnau is located in the Deep South Rupununi, Region Nine. An indigenous Wapishana village of over 1000 persons, residents depend on farming and ranching.
Karaudarnau is located in the Deep South Rupununi, Region Nine. An indigenous Wapishana village of over 1000 persons, residents depend on farming and ranching.
Karaudarnau is located in the Deep South Rupununi, Region Nine. An indigenous Wapishana village of over 1000 persons, residents depend on farming and ranching.
Karaudarnau is located in the Deep South Rupununi, Region Nine. An indigenous Wapishana village of over 1000 persons, residents depend on farming and ranching.