Patents and intellectual property rights in Guyana Barton Scotland, Consultant Project RLA/92/G 32 Georgetown, Guyana, september 1994 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The present report is the result of a comparison between the existing legislation in Guyana and the requirements set out by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, 1992 (hereinafter «the Convention»). In addition to the comparison of the laws and the Convention, specific recommendations have been proposed to improve the present system. The report concludes, inter alia, that the scope of the current legislation is inadequate and outdated. Moreover, it does not promote the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. On the basis of these conclusions, the proposed principal recommendations include: the review of the current national situation as it relates to bio- diversity and intellectual property rights (IPRs); the development of a comprehensive national policy which addresses crucial is

Sancho family researchers are trying to locate the following, and or their descendants, all are the descendants of Ma Omni Sancho. Clarence Thomas - deceased, whose children are: Harold, Bridget, Lilian, Asquith, Leonard, Kenneth. They live in the USA. Henry Thomas - known as striking Henry - a boxer - deceased Albert is the descendent of Henry, who died before Albert was born Sonny Thomas - known as Sonny Shark - deceased Dora Samuels, whose children are: Emerson, Maybel. Maybel married Kingston, and had 15 (yes 15) children, some of whom are in the US and one in Dutch Guyana. Dora has 13 Grandchildren, 54 great grandchildren, 21 great, great grandchildren. Dora dies in her 92nd year in December 2001, in NY. If you have information please do forward to childrenofsancho@yahoo.com. Thanking you, Sancho of Nabaclis

Sanchos of the Caribbean I am looking for Sancho family members of Trinidad. Sancho of Trinidad and Tobago. Brent Sancho, Cyril Sancho, E Gerald Sancho, Glenn Sancho, Grace Sancho, J.Sancho, Janet Sancho, Julia Sancho, Kareene Sancho, Keith Sancho, Dr. Patricia Ann Sancho, Peter Sancho, Phillip Sancho, Ralph Sancho, Sade Sancho, Sharon Sancho, Simon Sancho, Vincente Sancho, and Zinette Sancho. Sancho of Barbados. Hoolio Sancho, Lisa Sancho, and Morlyne Sancho. Sancho of of Grenada. Pepe Sancho I wonder whether they are related to the Sancho family of Guyana, formerly British Guiana, and or to Ignatius Sancho 1729-1780,of Westminster, England. I am a Sancho of Guyana, I am of the opinion I am descended from Ignatius Sancho; the literary African man of letters and the arts, in eighteenth century England. The Sanchos of Guyana are in the process of identifying, locating, researching and documenting, their history – the history of the Sancho family. I

Sports Flashes --Tutorial Are Still Secondary Schools Champions Tutorial High School maintained their all-round athletic supremacy yesterday when they retained the Private Secondary Schools Championships at the BGCC ground, Thomas Lands. Tutorial piled up 269 points to win comfortably from second placed Golden Grove, who finished with 122, Chatham High were third with 43, Alleyne High fourth with 38 and Guyanese College fifth with 28. Fredericks School of Home Economics and Progressive Preparatory Institute both failed to score a single point. Wyndham Fraser and Carlene Pitt, both of Tutorial, took the title of Champion boy and girl respectively. Key to schools: THS - Tutorial High School, GG -Golden Grove, CH - Chatham High, AHS - Alleyne High School, and GC - Guyanese College. The Details 75 Meters Boys Under 13: E.Chester (THS)-1 H.Craigwell (GG)-2 B.Smith (THS)-3 time 9.2 Girls Under 13: N.Lawrence(GG)-1 H.Harris(THS)-2 I.Powdar(GC)-3 time 9.3 100 Meters

Village Council and etc E. C. Demerara Mr. Hinds resigned as chairman of the village council of Plaisance March 31, 1898. V.C.Bunbury chairman of the village council of Plaisance c 1983. Mr.Pitta chairman of the village council of Golden Grove & Nabaclis c 1893 - replaced by Thomas Adams. Can you identify,locate, and communicate with their descendants and or direct them to me? Can obtain the list of the names of the "Africans" who purchased plantations Golden Grove & Nabaclis? Sancho of Nabaclis

Surnames of SANCHO and their Extended families.... ABRAMS, ADAMS, ADKINS, AGADA, AGARD, ALDEN, ALEXANDER, ANDRIES, APPLEWAITE, ARCHER, ARMSTRONG, ARTHUR, ASHBY, AUSTIN, BACCHUS, BAIRD, BAMFIELD, BARNWELL, BARRY, BATSON, BAYNE, BAYNES, BENJAMIN, BENN, BENTINCK, BEST, BLAND, BRADSHAW, BRITON, BROWN, BURKE, CAESAR, CALLIGHAN, CARRYL, CAYNES, CAMPBELL, CHANCE, CHICHESTER, CLARKE, COBB, COLE, COLLINS ,CORT, COSBERT, CRANDON, DAVIDS, DAVIS, DOVER,DOWNER, DUGUID, ELCOCK, ELLIOTT, EZECHIELS, FINGAL, FORTE, FOX. FRANCIS, FRASER, FRESO, GARRAWAY, GEORGE, GILES. GILL, GITTENS, GLASGOW, GRAHAM, GRAVESANDE, GRAY, GREENE, GRENADA, GROVESNOR, HALLS, HARRY, HARMON, HASSANAH, HAYWOOD, HAZEL, HERCULES, HINDS, HOHENKIRK, HOMER, HOPPIE, HUNTELY, HURRY, IFILL, JACK, JACKMAN, JACOBS, JAMES, JERRICK, JEUNE, JOHNSON, JONES, JOSEPH, JOYCE, KELLMAN, KENDALL, KHAN, KING, KINGSTON, LAKE, LAMBERT, LANCASTER, LASHLEY, LAURENCE, LAWRENCE, LAYNE, LEITCH, LEJEUNE, LONCKE, LOWE, LUKE, LUTCHMAN, LYNCH, MAISON, MAPP, M

Highlighting some prominent Sanchos. Bertrand Abrams, an economists, an associate and comrade of Walter Rodney. It must be noted that Bertrand Abrams is mentioned in Dr. Walter Rodney's Literature - The Groundings with My Brothers. Eusi Kwayana stated in his review of Clem Seecharan's "Bechu", the following, "Whether by instinct or by design, Clem Seecharan's writings hanker after a certain theme among others. He far from ignores the empty poverty of bonds people; rather he writes with indignation about them. He takes pains to list their bread -without- butter grievances and the dull details of their vacant lives" Yet he comes back again and again to reveal, if not to argue that these bonds people have minds, that their minds oftenare elevated and help them to rise above the hell of their daily surroundings. In this, in some distant way, though not on the surface, he shares a vision with Bertrand Abrams, -may he rest in peace, my contemporary from Golden