SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT:Unitary Multiparty Republic AREA:214,970 Sq Km (83,000 Sq Mi) ESTIMATED 2000 POPULATION807,600 LOCATION & GEOGRAPHY:Guyana is located on the northeast coast of South America. It is bound by Suriname to the east, Venezuela to the west, Brazil to the south and the Atlan...
an independent republic on the NE coast of South America: a former British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 705,156; 82,978 sq. mi. (214,913 sq. km).Cap.:Georgetown.Formerly,British Guiana. ...
Guyana is at a crossroads as we enter 50 years of Independence. Political will and visionary actions are needed. The first of these has been the formation of a coalition leading to a Government of National Unity. The next action is to share a transformative economic vision with the Nation. ...
Government Guyana Top of Page Country name: conventional long form: Cooperative Republic of Guyana conventional short form: Guyana former: British Guiana Government type: republic Capital: name: Georgetown geographic coordinates: 6 48 N, 58 10 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of ...
This study examines the application of the flexicurity labour system in the Caribbean countries of Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. The flexicurity system has its origins in Denmark and combines elements of labour market flexib... AS Downes - Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para Amér...
ExxonMobil Guyana is also working with the Government of Guyana to build and support a world class Technical Training College that will train, develop, and certify Guyanese workers in electrical, mechanical, instrumentation and process operations to support the oil and gas industry as well as civil...
The People’s National Congress Reform continues to decry the process being used to register persons for the $100,000 cash grant for adult Guyanese, and has pointed out that the Government is trying to create a parallel system to frustrate persons, when it could have used existing database ...
In the face of a limited explanation by the Ministry of Education for its decision to disqualify an eight-year old girl from the national Mashramani Calypso Competition, the opposition said the move violates the child’s rights and accused the government of removing her because the song, ”“...
a state-controlled, socialist economy toward a free-market system. By 1999, improvement in education was among the government's top priorities of the government. Teachers' salaries have been raised and new schools are being built, reflecting an upturn in the country's struggling school system....
Government: Parliamentary Republic Official Language: English Literacy: More than 88% of the people can read and write. Religion: mainly Christian (63%) Hindu (25%) and Muslim (7%) Jaguar Currency: Guyanese dollar National Symbols:Waterlily(national flower), jaguar (national animal) ...