Guyana News

Dear Editor, I see from the letters of Mr Jerome Khan captioned “Mr Kwayana’s criticism of Pandit Gossai is spiteful” and Mr Charrandass Persaud captioned “Shri Prakash Gossai is highly qualified for the job he has been offered” (07.03.08) that my earlier letter shows up my maladies, including spite, racism and ambition.

Dear Editor, I read a disturbing letter by one Trevor Atkinson, titled “Omai also made no profit” (07.03.17).

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Hi Everyone, As a child, I had a love-hate relationship with karaila.

For the second time this year Brutal Traxx is bringing entertainment strictly for gospel lovers with a show dubbed ‘Step out in Faith’ the biggest contemporary gospel show.

Simpli Royal has landed the franchise for the Miss Bartica Regatta pageant, billed for Bartica on April 7 and the head of that company promises something to remember.

Known for her flair in pageantry, and having earned kudos for the annual Miss Guyana Talented Teen, Dillon is collaborating with Mc Neal Enterprises, owned by Odinga Lumumba who has the Miss Guyana/Universe franchise, in the hosting of the Miss Guyana Universe pageant.

The Sidewalk Film Club ends March with Quincea

Next week Saturday night at the Red House ten beauties will vie for a chance to represent Guyana at the Miss India Worldwide Pageant in the US, when they take to the stage in the Miss Queen of Beauty pageant.

The Richard Ishmael student who was accused of fatally stabbing a woman at her school just over a year ago was yesterday committed to stand trial for manslaughter.

Five bandits, two of whom were armed with “one long and one short gun”, attacked and robbed a family at Timmers Dam, Angoy’s Avenue in New Amsterdam of $4,000 and a quantity of gold jewellery worth $130,000 around 1:50 am yesterday.

The Local Organising Committee (LOC) said yesterday that several players on the ground were putting the “finishing touches” to the Guyana National Stadium at Providence and all were being managed “by a team”.

Marine turtles face many threats during their lifespan. From the time that they hatch from their sandy nests, to the age of maturity and beyond, there are many dangers that must be avoided.

Over the past several weeks, we have looked at what we can do to help build an environment where we no longer need to use corporal punishment.

The US Embassy will screen the documentary film Ladies First at the National Library on Monday, in honour of Women’s History Month.

Five-year-old Girwattie Nelson of Yakusari Nursery School, who fell 20 ft from a section of the school corridor where some of the rails were missing, ended up with both of her legs in cast on Thursday after x-rays showed that they were fractured.

Relatives of Marcel Neptune who died after he was chopped on the neck last October in the Festival City area are dissatisfied with the lack of progress in the investigation into his murder.

At the end of last year there were some 1,600 persons on anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment in Guyana with 800 orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) being served by the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) OVC programme.

A massive clean-up exercise has begun in South Georgetown and residents hope to host a cultural fete on its completion.

Forty-eight women from across the country have launched a campaign to write to political leaders about the issues affecting them as a way of dealing with the “unfulfilled promises” made to them .They