Dr. Rupert Roopnarine of WPA

President David Granger on Monday evening at the residence of the Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, encouraged a group of young Guyanese students studying abroad to return home on completion of their studies.
“We are going to move mountains to enable young Guyanese to come back and have a stake in their native land,” he told the students.

“THIS nation must show that it sets its face against terrorism, terrorist acts, and terrorists,” he said. “And everyone in this country and in this honourable House must provide a united front against extremism,” Attorney-General, Basil Williams told the National Assembly last evening before the passage of the Anti-Terrorism and Terrorist- Related Activities Bill.
In spite of the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) insisting that the Bill be moved to a Parliamentary Select Committee for further consideration, the governing A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) last evening approved the Bill with its majority in the House, while the Opposition refused to vote.
The Bill, presented by AG Williams, comes at a time when there have been heightened terrorist activities globally. “This Bill arrives in this honourable House at a time when terrorism stalks the world,” the attorney-general noted in his opening remarks, adding: “It is imperative that the nations, in comity, strive to implement measures, and to put measures in place to combat this new challenge.”