Stabroek News (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
President Bharrat Jagdeo told an Agri-Business Investment Seminar on Sunday last that investing in the agriculture sector particularly in aquaculture will net high returns. According to ...
Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Several companies have submitted bids for construction of the Amaila Falls hydroelectric project, President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Tuesday. The Head of State said that he has seen the prices of the bids but is yet to be briefed on the most recent development. Recently, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) representative, Marco Nicola, had stated that the [...]
Stabroek News (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
President Bharrat Jagdeo recently facilitated a discussion at the Office of the President on regional and international issues with 30 students from the University of ...
Guyana 360 (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
Embattled Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooporation, Henry Jeffery has softened his stance on his firing by Bharrat Jagdeo which surfaced through a Kaieteur News article. A transcript of a recent interview has been exclusively obtained by Guyana360 and published below. Interview with Minister Jeffrey on Kaieteur newsarticle Minister Jeffrey What the Kaieteur said was that there was a...
Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
Dear Editor, Whichever one it is, we’ll never know. That’s the way the cookie crumbles. However, the greatest mistake Dr. Henry Jeffrey or anyone for that matter, who works under His Excellency The President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Great Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, can make is to disagree with him. Hence the reason why certain types of [...]
Guyana 360 (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Probably the most disgusting piece of news we have heard about this corrupt and inept Government led by Bharrat Jagdeo has just surfaced. Well placed Government officials who belive that the administration has overstepped the mark, have leaked information to Guyana360 which suggest that there are wicked moves to block Robert Badal from buying Pegasus. Badal is well known Guyanese businessman who owns...
Stabroek News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
President Bharrat Jagdeo accredited Portugal and Nigeria’s envoys to Guyana at a ceremony hosted at the Office of the President on Wednesday last. According to the ...
Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
President Bharrat Jagdeo announced to the public, following repeated calls by several sections of society for the release of the ‘Torture Report,’ that he would release a sanitised version of that torture report. He said that he would remove the names of the Guyana Defence Force ranks that were identified in the report before the release. [...]
Guyana 360 (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation, Dr. Henry Jeffrey, has broken his silence on the reported conflict between himself and President Bharrat Jagdeo. He said that, as things stand, he could be out of his ministry by January. During an interview with some members of the media yesterday, Minister Jeffrey said that he was not ‘sacked’ by President Bharrat Jagdeo. Rather, it was a mutual...
Guyana 360 (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Minister of Foreign Trade and International Co-operation, Dr Henry Jeffrey, has been dropped from Cabinet. He is now likely to serve in an ambassadorial position.Reports are that Dr Jeffrey and President Bharrat Jagdeo have been having differences of views over time. A source close to the Office of the President said that the most recent clash occurred during discussions on the Economic Partnership...
Guyana 360 (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008
The report into allegations of torture by ranks of the Joint Services will be released but without the names of the ranks mentioned in the document. This is according to Head to State, President Bharrat Jagdeo, who said, during a press briefing yesterday, that the names would be removed from the report in order to protect the ranks from any from of discrimination. He said that once the names of the...
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
Former trade negotiator Sir Shridath Ramphal has hailed Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo stand against the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe, saying that he prevented last Thursday - the day of the EPA signing - from being a "day of shame in the region".
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has opened an office in Guyana, with President Bharrat Jagdeo calling for an agricultural business sector in the country that can survive and prosper in the face of the challenges of climate change and global financial crises.
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 16/10/2008
The ink has dried on yesterday's signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe, but the signature of neither Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo nor any other representative is there as the country's leader said it would.
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 15/10/2008
Despite months of protest against what he described as a "bad agreement", Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo will sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe today after all. But he says it's only because his government was able to get the European Commission (EC) to agree to two of his proposals.
