Articles published on Sunday, May 8, 2016
The government doesn’t have jobs to give out and as such is moving to encourage entrepreneurship, where people create job opportunities for themselves, President David Granger said on “The Public Interest” last Friday.
The Ministry of Education today said that the May 26 float parade will require the relocation of students from seven city schools who are sitting the CSEC and CAPE examinations that day.
The Giftland Mall last week welcomed the Slice of Heaven Bakery to its food court.
As the acting principal of the Government Technical Institute (GTI) Renita Crandon-Duncan faces two major challenges: she is young and she is a woman.
Global demand The world is bombarded with claims of free trade and its virtues.
I do not get the impression that the governance of the world is good or that it is getting better.
Bartica was yesterday officially declared a capital town and President David Granger promised that all government buildings in the municipality will be powered by renewable energy by the end of his current term in office.
John Gladstone, the owner of Plantation Vreed-en-Hoop, was regarded as a prime mover for indentureship.
Story and photos by Joanna Dhanraj Success, East Coast Demerara, has a population of just about 2,000 people, many of whom work at the La Bonne Intention Estate will soon be shifted to the Enmore Estate.
It’s the middle of the day on Alexander Street in Kitty; as I’m walking across the road a voice calls out from one of the parked cards I’ve just passed; “Dave.”
An after-tax profit of just over $2 billion was achieved by the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) for the year ended December 31, 2015, slightly lower than in the previous year.
Resolute action Between Earth Day 2016 and Earth Day 2017, 55 national instruments of ratification will have to be submitted to the Paris Agreement before it comes into operation.
A second half horror show in defence from Fruta Conquerors witnessed Slingerz FC recording an embarrassing 8-1 win when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League continued on Friday.
The distribution of food supplies to some residents in the Rupununi has begun as several far off communities are now faced with food shortages following the end of what was described as the worst droughts to hit the region since 1988.
In Havana on April 28, the Dominican Republic and Cuba agreed to explore the possibility of a partial scope trade agreement.
The discipline of chess received a massive shot in the arm last week when it was revealed by FIDE, the world governing body for the sport, that three Guyanese players have achieved the Candidate Master (CM) status.
In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour fuses fact with fiction to compose a diary of wicketkeeper Cyril Christiani’s participation in the 1935 Series against England.
By Nigel Westmaas How the Poor Live “…There has been a good deal said on all sides, but personally I sympathise with all the laboring sections in the colony and my organisation as well as myself feel not alone for the sections we approached the Chamber of Commerce on behalf but also for the much underpaid clerks, who as well toil faithfully and hard for their meagre stipends, and are exposed to the same cruel, vicious nefarious and highly immoral profiteering system existing.
National Table Tennis Coach Linden Johnson said the upcoming Pan American Junior Cadet Championships scheduled for Vancouver, Canada next month will be the ultimate test for his young team who is aiming to secure a spot for the World Junior tournament set for South Africa, in December.
The Water Street vendors who were given 24 hours to move from the pavement in front of the former Guyana Stores Limited bond are pleading with the City Council to give them an adequate amount of time to move as they have nowhere to go.
Guyana will put in a bid for a cut of the grant financing for renewable energy projects being made available by the United States but President David Granger says it will be insufficient for the government’s plans to reduce national dependence on fossil fuels.
Volume 1: The Foundation (Hansib Publications Limited, 2015) by Clem Seecharran A review by Winston Mc Gowan This book is the first of a three-volume history of cricket in Guyana from 1865 to 1966.
President’s College, Bishops’ and St. Rose’s High Schools secured wins in the u-14 boys section when the National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) Georgetown and East Coast Regionals’ continued Friday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
A Friendship Secondary School student is currently battling for his life at a city hospital after he was struck down by a motorcycle just before midday on Friday in the vicinity of his school.
ORLANDO, United States, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago international Kevin Molino has lamented his country’s absence from next month’s historic Copa America Centenario.
If you are looking for something special to make for breakfast on this Mother’s Day morning or for afternoon tea, these cheddar-scallion biscuits would be ideal.
Most mothers will be happy to be pampered and showered with gifts today but not Rita, of Bush Lot Village, West Coast Berbice.
Every gym I’ve ever walked into, I’ve seen most guys working hard on their upper body, while neglecting or just going through the motions when it comes to their legs.
MADRID, (Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic will meet second-ranked Andy Murray in a blockbuster final at the Madrid Open after beating Kei Nishikori 6-3 7-6 (4) yesterday.
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty is infringed on by others with nuclear arms and it is willing to normalize ties with states that had been hostile towards it, state media reported today.
Dear Editor, Airports by their very nature are regulatory agencies, and for this reason they are managed and controlled by governments or independent airport management companies.
The Black Nunbird is mostly glossy blue-black with white-grey edges on its wings and a bright orange-red beak from the puffbird family.
(Sports Xchange) – In a game in which both starting centers did not return after sustaining leg injuries, Kyle Lowry scored 33 points as the Toronto Raptors defeated the Miami Heat 95-91 yesterday in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
In a written submission to the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the education system, several teachers of the Bishops’ High School are advocating for teachers to be paid to mark those School Based Assessments (SBAs) which are part of the requirement for the external examinations conducted by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC).
Digicel yesterday launched its 4G network at Bartica as that community was officially declared a town, offering a mobile experience on par with developed countries around the world.
MOHALI, India,CMC – West Indies’ Twenty20 World Cup star Carlos Brathwaite sparkled but for a brief moment as his Delhi Daredevils continued their erratic form in the Indian Premier League, to plunge to a nine-run defeat to Kings XI Punjab here yesterday.
Having discussed the ailments associated with the oesophagus (that tube which connects the oral cavity with the stomach), the next step would be to zero in on stomach problems.
Dear Editor, Never in my wildest dreams have I ever even remotely entertained the thought that a public convenience could become a cause of so much contention in Linden Town.
GREGOIRE LAKE, ALBERTA (Reuters) – A raging Canadian wildfire grew explosively yesterday as hot, dry winds pushed the blaze across the energy heartland of Alberta and smoke forced the shutdown of a major oil sands project.
Dear Editor, The decibel level in the exchange in your letter columns between Captain Gerry Gouveia and Mr Jerome Khan over the Ogle Airport renaming is certainly rising.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. – Winston Churchill Assuredly, demonstrating a negative attitude with clear absences of transparency, prime examples of high-handedness and pellucid cases of disinterest is tantamount to courting disaster, and has contributed the demise of many.
LONDON (Reuters) – A British vote to leave the European Union next month could make the country more vulnerable to militant attacks and cause instability across the continent, two former senior British intelligence officials said.
As conflicting information circulates about the location of the outstanding US$5 million for the sale of government shares in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT), President David Granger is adamant that former president Donald Ramotar is the one to provide answers.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said in a commencement speech yesterday that US race relations have improved over the last three decades, but that significant work still needs to be done.
DOHA, Qatar, CMC – Jamaican Omar McLeod held off a late burst from fellow countryman Hansle Parchment, to win the men’s sprint hurdles at the season-opening Doha Grand Prix of the IAAF Diamond League here Friday.
by Alim Hosein The National Gallery of Art, in collaboration with the University of Guyana, the Guyana National Museum and the St Joseph Mercy Hospital will mount a special exhibition in celebration of Guyana’s 50th Anniversary of Independence.
Dear Editor, I have been following with interest the controversy over the decision to rename the Ogle International Airport after one of the pioneers of local aviation, the late Eugene Correia.
President David Granger on Friday expressed satisfaction with Minister of State Joseph Harmon’s conduct in China and said that their longstanding friendship did not cloud his views on the matter.
Sunday’s Cartoon
Crocus commonly called Rain Lilies in Guyana originated in the Mediterranean Region and South West Asia and is a member of the Iris family.
According to the report of the Forensic Audit of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), over half of the claims records requested for analysis could not be produced.
The Hassan Mohamed organized criterium event which was scheduled to be staged yesterday at the National Park was postponed due to inclement weather.
(Trinidad Guardian) The owner of the Claxton Bay bar where a teen bandit was beaten so badly by his “victims” that he never regained consciousess after he was hospitalised feels no joy he is dead.
More than any other president who has served in this country, President David Granger appears to have a penchant for renaming things.
Dear Editor, My comments about the coincidence of Correia being a dominant operator and shareholder at the Ogle Airport and the renaming of the airport to Correia could have more than one interpretation, and if one of those interpretations is deemed to be disrespectful to the President, I offer him my apologies.
COLOMBO (Reuters) – United Nations human rights experts yesterday urged SriLanka, which is under scrutiny for its human rights record during the 26-year Tamil insurgency, to implement judicial reforms to speed up prosecutions.
