Month: November 2010

Georgetown- 

Just diagonal to the Guyana International Conference Center where the UNASUR summit will be opened tomorrow, is the brand new 50m Olympic size pool which is yet to be commissioned.

Georgetown-

Georgetown Deputy Mayor Robert Williams today disclosed that City Hall will be moving to secure all its municipal markets during the December month and the Christmas Holidays. Williams said the city police will be vigilant in and around the markets to look out for criminal elements. The security men will also be on the lookout for persons who will be selling on the paves and around the corridors of the market.

 Liliendaal,Georgetown-

The Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC) at Liliendaal is ready for the hosting of the 4th Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) summit which opens tomorrow. Heads of Government of the 12 member states are expected be part of this conference and among those are newly elected Argentine President Christina Fernandez, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and outgoing Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Sophia, Georgetown-

 A book of condolence was opened this morning at the headquarters of the People’s National Congress Reform in tribute to the party’s stalwart Winston Murray.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has pledged to provide more assistance to this country’s aspiring writers. Persad-Bissessar made the statement last night during the official launch of a book outlining her rise to the office of Prime Minister. The book ‘KAMLA: Ascent of a Woman’ written by author Rhona S Baptiste was launched last night at the National Library. This is the second book to have been published focussing on the country’s first PM.