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PROCLAMATION SUMMONING the SESSION of PARLIAMENT the Clerk: Hon
PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FIRST SESSION (2012) OF THE TENTH PARLIAMENT OF GUYANA UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CO-OPERATIVE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA HELD IN THE PARLIAMENT CHAMBER, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, BRICKDAM, GEORGETOWN 1ST Sitting Thursday, 12TH January, 2012 Assembly convened at 2.11 p.m. PROCLAMATION SUMMONING THE SESSION OF PARLIAMENT The Clerk: Hon. Members, it is now time for the first session of the Tenth Parliament to begin in accordance with the Proclamation which was made by the President and which, for the record, I shall now read: “Proclamation GUYANA No. 1 of 2012 Seal No. 1 of 2012 By the President of the Republic of Guyana. D. R. Ramotar, President WHEREAS by Proclamation dated 27th day of September, 2011, issued under article 70 (2) of the Constitution, the Ninth Parliament of Guyana was dissolved on 27th day of September, 2011; AND WHEREAS, it is provided by article 69 (1) of the Constitution that each session of Parliament shall be held at the place within Guyana and shall begin at the time, that the President shall appoint by proclamation; NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of article 69 (1) of the Constitution, I do hereby appoint the Parliament Chamber, Public Buildings, Georgetown, Guyana as the place where a session of the Tenth Parliament shall be held and 2 o’clock in the afternoon on 12th January, 2012, as the time when such session shall begin. Given under my hand and the seal of the Republic of Guyana, at the Office of the President, Georgetown, Guyana this 9th day of January, Two 1 Thousand and Twelve in the Forty Second year of the Republic. -
Caribbean Visionary: A.R.F
Selwyn R. Cudjoe, Caribbean Visionary: A.R.F. Webber and the Making of the Guyanese Nation (University Press of Mississippi, 2009) There has been a blossoming of interest over the past decade in the intellectual traditions of the Caribbean, viewed not only through various lenses of race, gender and nation but also, more holistically, paying attention to the determining contexts of specific cultures and locales while looking beyond the artificial boundaries of the region. Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, Selwyn Cudjoe‟s own contribution to the intellectual history of the Caribbean has been considerable. One of the earliest and more influential scholars to pay serious attention to the Caribbean literature of resistance, he has gone on to champion Caribbean women‟s writing both in print and through his courses at Wellesley, expanding the parameters of Caribbean cultural studies with books devoted to Eric Williams (1993), C.L.R. James (1994), the nineteenth-century intellectual tradition of Trinidad and Tobago (2003) and – now – a critical biography of Albert Raymond Forbes Webber (1880-1932), all-but-forgotten scholar, statesman and author. The focus on the heroic individual is a commonplace of western biography, particularly of great men, and Caribbean endeavours in the field have not been immune to the tendency. But Cudjoe‟s scholarship has always been concerned with social movements and collectivities, and he uses his biography of Webber to build an intellectual history of Guyana in its relation to the broader Caribbean and African- American thought. Webber was not born in British Guiana, as it was then called, rather in Tobago, but rose to prominence in his adoptive homeland as a champion of improved labour conditions for the working class through his association with the British Guiana Labour Union, and as an advocate of racial integration, urging Africans and East Indians to „unite in common struggle‟ against colonialism. -
Guyana: an Overview
Updated March 10, 2020 Guyana: An Overview Located on the north coast of South America, English- system from independence until the early 1990s; the party speaking Guyana has characteristics common of a traditionally has had an Afro-Guyanese base of support. In Caribbean nation because of its British colonial heritage— contrast, the AFC identifies as a multiracial party. the country achieved independence from Britain in 1966. Guyana participates in Caribbean regional organizations The opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), and forums, and its capital of Georgetown serves as led by former President Bharrat Jagdeo (1999-2011), has 32 headquarters for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), a seats in the National Assembly. Traditionally supported by regional integration organization. Indo-Guyanese, the PPP/C governed Guyana from 1992 until its defeat in the 2015 elections. Current congressional interest in Guyana is focused on the conduct of the March 2, 2020, elections. Some Members of Congress have expressed deep concern about allegations of Guyana at a Glance potential electoral fraud and have called on the Guyana Population: 782,000 (2018, IMF est.) Elections Commission (GECOM) to not declare a winner Ethnic groups: Indo-Guyanese, or those of East Indian until the completion of a credible vote tabulation process. heritage, almost 40%; Afro-Guyanese, almost 30%; mixed, 20%; Amerindian, almost 11% (2012, CIA est.) Figure 1. Map of Guyana Area: 83,000 square miles, about the size of Idaho GDP: $3.9 billion (current prices, 2018, IMF est.) Real GDP Growth: 4.1% (2018 est.); 4.4% (2019 est.) (IMF) Per Capita GDP: $4,984 (2018, IMF est.) Life Expectancy: 69.6 years (2017, WB) Sources: International Monetary Fund (IMF); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); World Bank (WB). -
India Guyana Bilateral Relation
India-Guyana Bilateral Relations During the colonial period, Guyana's economy was focused on plantation agriculture, which initially depended on slave labour. Guyana saw major slave rebellions in 1763 and again in 1823.Great Britain passed the Slavery Abolition Act in British Parliament that abolished slavery in most British colonies, freeing more than 800,000 enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and South Africa. British Guiana became a Crown colony in 1928, and in 1953 it was granted home rule. In 1950, Mr. Cheddi Jagan, who was Indian-Guyanese, and Mr. Forbes Burnham, who was Afro-Guyanese, created the colony's first political party, the Progressive People's Party (PPP), which was dedicated to gaining the colony's independence. In the 1953 elections, Mr. Cheddi Jagan was elected chief minister. Mr. Cheddi Jagan of the PPP and Mr. Forbes Burnham of the PNC were to dominate Guyana politics for decades to come. In 1961, Britain granted the colony autonomy, and Mr. Cheddi Jagan became Prime Minister (1961–1964). In 1964, Burnham succeeded Jagan as Prime Minister, a position he retained after the country gained full independence on May 26, 1966. With independence, the country returned to its traditional name, Guyana. Mr. Burnham ruled Guyana until his death in 1985 (from 1980 to 1985, after a change in the constitution, he served as president). Mr. Desmond Hoyte of the PNC became president in 1985, but in 1992 the PPP reemerged, winning a majority in the general election. Mr. Cheddi Jagan became President, and succeeded in reviving the economy. After his death in 1997, his wife, Janet Jagan, was elected President. -
Tribute for Janet Jagan
Speech for the late Janet Jagan former President of Guyana at York College. Members of the head table, consul general of Guyana, Mr.Evans, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. We are gathered here today to pay tribute to a great lady, a lady whom I protected while she served as Prime Minister and President of Guyana. I was honored as a member of the Presidential Guards to serve in this capacity. I was selected to join the Presidential Guards after Comrade Cheddi Jagan became President in 1992 and served as one his Bodyguards until his passing in 1997. The P.P.P won a landslide victory at the polls and he became the new president of Guyana, his wife Janet, became first lady. Prime Minister Samuel Hinds was sworn in as president, Janet Jagan became prime minister, after a year, elections were held and Janet won the Presidency. Comrades here in the Diaspora I don't want you to forget as soon as Cheddi was declared winner all hell broke loose, it was former President Jimmy Carter who saved the day. During this time, I witnessed the caring, compassionate and fearlessness of this great woman, Janet Jagan. Every morning before we left for the office of the President, she would give me a bag with President Cheddi's breakfast. She would then drive to the New Guyana Company, home of the Mirror Newspaper, without Bodyguards. As First Lady, she rarely traveled around with president Cheddi, she never liked the spotlight. However, she would accompany comrade Cheddi and the grandchildren, whom she loved dearly to the swimming pool, a car was sent to pick up Kellawan Lall's and Gail Texeira's and many other kids to go along with them. -
Tuesday, 1984-02-07 (Absent) 1
21st Sitting February 1984 21st Sitting Tuesday, 1984-02-07 (Absent) 1 (Absent-on-leave) (Absent-on-leave) 2 (Absent-on-leave) (Absent) (Absent) 3 (Absent) (Absent-on-leave) H. Nokta 4 1984-02-07 14:05 – 14:15 hrs NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 14:05 hrs ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE SPEAKER Leave The Speaker: Leave has been granted to Cde. Basir from today, 1984-02-07 to 1984- 02-10. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS – FIRST READING The following Bill was introduced and read the First time: Tax (Amendment) Bill 1984 – Bill No 3/1984. [The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, on behalf of the Government.] PUBLIC BUSINESS MOTION APPROVAL OF ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FOR 1984 The Assembly resumed the debate on the motion for approval of the Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 1984. The Speaker: Mr. Singh. Mr. M. F. Singh: Mr. Speaker, it is trite knowledge that history is a record of the past. We can only ignore history at our peril. The past informs us, it enables us to live in the present so that we can plan for the future. My experience in this Assembly, however, convinces me that the People's National Congress as a national administration and as it would wish to be known – the Majority Party in Government – is incapable of absorbing the lessons of history, of learning from its own past inefficiencies and mistakes, and of planning for Guyana's future. After 19 years of People's National Congress misrule and incompetency, its Finance Minister in his Party's 20th year of governing and guiding – rather misguiding – this country tells us that: "I can offer no comforting solution which will allow us to survive and prosper." This is a shame. -
File: Janette Bulkan.Pdf
Colonial-style Grabbing of Natural Resources but New Grabbers By Janette Bulkan Paper presented at the International Conference on Global Land Grabbing 6-8 April 2011 Organised by the Land Deals Politics Initiative (LDPI) in collaboration with the Journal of Peasant Studies and hosted by the Future Agricultures Consortium at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex ‘Red Star over Guyana’: colonial-style grabbing of natural resources but new grabbers Paper prepared for The Land Deals Politics Initiative International Conference on Global Land Grabbing Introduction China has arranged free trade agreements (Coxhead 2007, Jenkins et al. 2007) which lay out in some details what is to be traded and on what terms in a WTO-compatible framework with large supply countries such as Chile and Peru, both significant for minerals. Smaller countries, including former colonies of European powers, may have experience of one-sided trading arrangements during colonial times and more recently are likely to have enjoyed the various trade shelters arranged by the European Commission, such as the Lomé Convention (1976-1999) and its successor the Cotonou Agreement (2003-2023). How are small countries now relating to a China hungry for renewable and non-renewable natural resources? After decades of lectures and conditionalities imposed by the donor agencies of the former colonial powers, how does the Chinese approach of an unconditional commercial relationship actually work out in practice? This paper deals with the case of Guyana, a small and politically isolated semi-socialist country, the only anglophone in South America. Through association in the Non-Aligned Movement from the time of independence in 1966, Guyana has had formal diplomatic links with China since 1972. -
National Awards Are Given to Citizens of Guyana for Their Services They Would Have Given to Their Country
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION PRIMARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME GRADE FOUR WORKSHEET-TERM 2 SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES WEEK 10: LESSON 2 TOPIC: NATIONAL AWARDS: NAMES OF AWARDEES. Name: ________________________________ Date: ________________________ FACTS/TIPS: National Awards are given to citizens of Guyana for their services they would have given to their country. Some citizens who have received National Awards were: President Janet Jagan received the Order of Excellence. She was a social worker and a great politician. She was also the first female Executive President of Guyana. Janet Clive Lloyd received the Cacique Crown of Honour. He was a great cricketer who captained the Guyana and West Indies Cricket Team during the 1980’s. Clive Lloyd 12 Mr. Ptolemy Reid received the Order of Excellence. He was a great politician and a former Prime Minister of Guyana He was also a successful farmer and a veterinarian. Ptolemy Reid The Woodside Choir received The Medal of Service. This group is made up of many musicians and singers, who performed at many national and international events. The Woodside Choir How recipients of National Awards should write their names? Persons who received National Awards should use the abbreviations of the awards after their names. Examples: Janet Jagan, OE Clive Lloyd, CCH The Woodside Choir, MS 13 ON YOUR OWN. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. Write your answers on the lines. (i) Name two citizens other than the ones mentioned above, who received National Awards. (i) __________________________________________________ (ii) __________________________________________________ (ii) Clive Lloyd received the Cacique Crown of Honour. Give one reason why he was given this award? ___________________________________________________________ For questions 3 to 5 write the names of the following persons after they would have received National Awards. -
Memorandum of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on The
Memorandum of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on the Application filed before the International Court of Justice by the Cooperative of Guyana on March 29th, 2018 ANNEX Table of Contents I. Venezuela’s territorial claim and process of decolonization of the British Guyana, 1961-1965 ................................................................... 3 II. London Conference, December 9th-10th, 1965………………………15 III. Geneva Conference, February 16th-17th, 1966………………………20 IV. Intervention of Minister Iribarren Borges on the Geneva Agreement at the National Congress, March 17th, 1966……………………………25 V. The recognition of Guyana by Venezuela, May 1966 ........................ 37 VI. Mixed Commission, 1966-1970 .......................................................... 41 VII. The Protocol of Port of Spain, 1970-1982 .......................................... 49 VIII. Reactivation of the Geneva Agreement: election of means of settlement by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1982-198371 IX. The choice of Good Offices, 1983-1989 ............................................. 83 X. The process of Good Offices, 1989-2014 ........................................... 87 XI. Work Plan Proposal: Process of good offices in the border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela, 2013 ............................................. 116 XII. Events leading to the communiqué of the UN Secretary-General of January 30th, 2018 (2014-2018) ....................................................... 118 2 I. Venezuela’s territorial claim and Process of decolonization -
Guyana: an Overview
Updated April 17, 2020 Guyana: An Overview Located on the north coast of South America, English- President David Granger leads a coalition that narrowly speaking Guyana has characteristics of a Caribbean nation won in 2015, with 33 of 65 seats in the unicameral National because of its British colonial heritage (the country Assembly. The coalition consists of Granger’s A achieved independence from Britain in 1966). Guyana Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for participates in Caribbean regional organizations and Change (AFC), led by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo. forums, and its capital of Georgetown serves as The largest party in the APNU is the People’s National headquarters for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), a Congress Reform (PNCR), which dominated the political regional integration organization. system from independence until the early 1990s; the party traditionally has had an Afro-Guyanese base of support. In Guyana currently is facing two enormous challenges—a contrast, the AFC identifies as a multiracial party. political crisis concerning the conduct of the March 2, 2020, elections, and a public health threat due to the Figure 1. Map of Guyana Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. U.S. officials and some Members of Congress have expressed deep concern about credible allegations of electoral fraud. On April 15, 2020, an Organization of American States (OAS) election observation mission maintained that the political crisis is not intractable and urged the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to ensure that procedures for a planned recount are transparent and consistent. With regard to COVID-19, as of April 16, 2020, Guyana reported 6 deaths and 48 confirmed cases, although testing to date has been limited. -
June - September 2015
c ss Issue 04 ... June - September 2015 Contents The Parliament's Maces 3 The Election Process 5 The Constituency Office & Representation: 8 o 'AbadiejO'Meara A New Chapter for the Red House 10 And National History Visits by Parliamentary Delegations from: 13 Bermuda, The United Kingdom 0-- Canada Our Region, Our Parliaments: 16 5t. Vincent and the Grenadines and Guyana School Outreach: Taking the Parliament to the nation's youths 19 Here's What's Showing on the Parliament Channel 22 We welcome your comments and suggestions Send CrossTalk feedback to [email protected] or Tel: 624-7275 ext. 2275 2 Issue 04· .. June - September 2015 ~ THE PARLIAMENT'S MACES By Lorraine Berahzer & Danielle Williams The Trinidad and Tobago Parliament is steeped in rich history that embeds almost During the 13005 to 14005 the every symbol, rule and procedure. Two beau mace gradually evolved by tiful pieces of that history take shape in the form of the Parliament Maces. being decorated and adorned Originally used as a weapon by a royal bodyguard to defend the King, the mace has with precious metals and be now become a symbol of the power the Mar came known as the civic mace. shal of the Parliament holds. It also symbolises the authority and privileges of the House. It is interesting to note that this metal staff, which is held over the right shoulder of the Marshal when he escorts the Presiding Officer in and out of the Chamber at the beginning and end of each sitting of the respective House, originated in the 13th century. -
Mensagem Nº 176
MENSAGEM Nº 176 Senhores Membros do Senado Federal, De conformidade com o art. 52, inciso IV, da Constituição, e com o art. 39, combinado com o parágrafo único do art. 41, da Lei no 11.440, de 29 de dezembro de 2006, submeto à apreciação de Vossas Excelências a escolha, que desejo fazer, da Senhora MARIA CLARA DUCLOS CARISIO, Ministra de Primeira Classe da Carreira de Diplomata do Ministério das Relações Exteriores, para exercer o cargo de Embaixadora do Brasil junto à República Cooperativa da Guiana. Os méritos da Senhora Maria Clara Duclos Carisio que me induziram a escolhê-la para o desempenho dessa elevada função constam da anexa informação do Ministério das Relações Exteriores. Brasília, 9 de maio de 2019. EM nº 00127/2019 MRE Brasília, 2 de Maio de 2019 Excelentíssimo Senhor Presidente da República, De acordo com o art. 84, inciso XXV, da Constituição Federal, e com o disposto no artigo 39, combinado com o parágrafo único do artigo 41, da Lei nº 11.440, de 29 de dezembro de 2006, submeto à apreciação de Vossa Excelência o nome de MARIA CLARA DUCLOS CARISIO, ministra de primeira classe da Carreira de Diplomata do Ministério das Relações Exteriores, para exercer o cargo de Embaixadora do Brasil junto à República Cooperativa da Guiana. 2. Encaminho, anexos, informações sobre o país e curriculum vitae de MARIA CLARA DUCLOS CARISIO para inclusão em Mensagem a ser apresentada ao Senado Federal para exame por parte de seus ilustres membros. Respeitosamente, Assinado eletronicamente por: Ernesto Henrique Fraga Araújo 00001.002629/2019-01 OFÍCIO Nº 126/2019/CC/PR Brasília, 9 de maio de 2019.