Joint Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guyana, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and the People’s Minister for Foreign Relations of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Elias Jaua Milano
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guyana, the Honourable Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, and the People’s Minister for Foreign Relations of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela met in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday October 17, 2013 on the instructions of their Presidents with the aim of advancing the bilateral political dialogue in light of the recent event.
The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 2050h last night on the Hampton Court Public Road, Essequibo Coast, and which resulted in the death of pedestrian Nalini Sasenarine, 42 years, of Hampton Court.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs this afternoon unveiled the names of the persons representing Guyana at today’s talks with Venezuela on the seizing of a ship by Caracas in this country’s waters last Thursday.
Five years after it was launched with much fanfare, the flagship Skeldon sugar factory is only producing at 36% of expected output and the latest plan from GuySuCo projects its grinding capacity at far less than what its Chinese builder was contracted to deliver.
Farmers on the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri reserve are worried that they would be uprooted permanently without due process following the destruction of some of their crops by the contractor for the expansion project.
A Yakusari resident was found dead on the Jappo Public Road, Corentyne on Tuesday evening and it is believed that he was the victim of a hit-and-run accident.
A family of eight is now homeless after a fire of unknown origin destroyed their Recht Door Zee, Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara home yesterday afternoon.
A 12-year-old Patentia East, West Bank Demerara child is now nursing injuries to his body after a lantern post fell on a shed that he was playing under yesterday afternoon, and his relatives are saying that this could have been avoided had the post been removed years ago.
The Director of Guyana’s Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA), Ann Greene yesterday said that a six-day-old baby was removed from his mother’s care on Tuesday as he was severely dehydrated and is currently still being observed at the George-town Public Hospital by a team of doctors.
President of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union, Komal Chand, says that although the Guyana Sugar Corporation has made its 2013-2017 strategic plan available, the union is yet to receive a copy.
Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry remains mum with respect to the agenda for today’s talks with Venezuelan officials on the seizure of a vessel in Guyana’s waters on October 10 and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashleigh Jackson believes that the talks should be more weighted towards the maritime boundaries rather than the event of last Thursday.
The retendering of a laboratory project for the Ministry of Agriculture’s Agriculture Sector Development Unit (ASDU) on Tuesday received three bids with two being from foreign companies.
A release from the OAS yesterday said that the review process that is currently being carried out by the Committee of Experts of the anti-corruption mechanism, MESICIC, will conclude with the adoption of the Guyana country report by the Committee at its next plenary meeting to be held in March 2014, in Washington DC at OAS Headquarters.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on Tuesday presented a cheque valued $10M to the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) towards its REDD+ Readiness Planning initiative.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs here has expressed deep concern over a controversial ruling by the Dominican Republic that would strip citizenship from the offspring of undocumented migrants.
It’s a scrap metal dealer’s dream come true. Thirty thousand tonnes of scrap metal are up for grabs for whoever can prove that they have the ability to handle this amount.
At about 1930h last night, police say that the body of Arvin Dilall, 35 years, of Yakusari, North Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, was found along the Jappo Public Road, Corentyne.
Venezuela yesterday released a ship it had arrested in Guyana’s waters on Thursday and while the crew was also freed its captain was charged with violating the boundaries of a “security zone” thereby setting the stage for what is likely to be a prickly meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries in Trinidad tomorrow.