Carolyn Rodrigues News

Desrey Clementine Fox, nA©e Caesar, Minister in the Ministry of Education and former Curator of the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology, died on December 11, 2009, aged 54.

Guyana has appointed a new Ambassador to Suriname. Merlin Udho The new diplomat, Merlin Udho, arrived in the neighbouring country on November 20 and assumed the position on November 23 following the presentation of her credentials to the authorities there, Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues confirmed yesterday.

The Maritime Zones Bill 2009, which is intended to address some of the shortcomings in the Maritime Boundaries Act of 1977 and elaborates on the Continental Shelf and other areas, was on Thursday sent to a special select committee.

Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett says Guyana is going full blast to implement of the Caribbean Community Single Market and Economy and called on sister member states to view this process as critical to the region's survival, especially in this time of harsh economic environment and social realities.

Havana, Oct 21 Foreign ministers from Belize and Guyana are starting Wednesday tight agendas in Cuba, to strengthen relations among these countries.

Government officials have been mum for the last two days on the fate of an application by Guyana for a waiver of the Common External Tariff on cement amid reports that there was resistance to this from Barbados and Trinidad at a key meeting in Bridgetown last week.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and her Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro Moros made a joint recommendation yesterday for the appointment of a new personal representative to help advance the search for a solution in the border controversy between the two South American neighbours.

United Nations, Oct 9 Venezuela and Guyana highlighted on Friday the excellent state of their bilateral relations, in spite of their dispute about the Esequibo region.

Go-Invest CEO Geoffrey Da Silva was recently appointed Honorary Consul for Portugal in Guyana.

Guyana has written the Antigua and Barbuda government inquiring about its new immigration policy after it received information that the passports of three sets of Guyanese children travelling to that country with their parents were being held by the authorities until their exit.

The private sector supports a proposal from Brazil to build and fund a seaport in Guyana along with paving a Linden to Lethem road as they believe that area could become the country's economic hub.

Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir on Wednes-day underscored Guyanaa s commitment to building what he called a a oesocially just market economya as a player in regional and international trade whileA deepening and strengthening a raft of economic reforms.

Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson, at the weekend, had blasted reports on the various criticisms being levelled against his government's new policy.