The British would like to indulge themselves with the thought that the death of Queen Elizabeth marked the end of an era in their portion of the planet, but in the UK as well as in the rest of the world the real fin de siècle came on February 24th this year, with the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
For the past few months, social media has been buzzing with the latest catchphrase: ‘quiet quitting’.
The one constant in our daily lives is the element of change.
Two separate tilts at trying to persuade the Government of Guyana to help meet some of the costs associated with ensuring that a representative group of local agro-processors and craftsmen and women participate in this year’s Seventh Annual Florida International Trade Fair and Cultural Expo (FITCE) which will be held on October 19th and 20th have been turned down.
In an interview with Stabroek News last Monday, President Irfaan Ali defended the controversial $566.9m contract award to Kares Engineering Inc for the rebuilding of the North Ruimveldt Secondary School and evinced exasperation at the concerns that had been raised about the process.
“We have come to a solution,” said President Irfaan Ali in August last year after discussing with President Chandrikapersad Santokhi the problem our fishermen face in obtaining fishing licences from Suriname.
It is tempting to view the British Royal Family as a very long reality tv show stretching back centuries and offering up an addictive mix of characters, palace intrigue and above all over the top pageantry.
Yesterday we reported on a recent LAPOP survey which found that 65% of Guyanese would be prepared to trade away elections for material guarantees.
The global response to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch last Thursday, has been varied, as expected.
If the older sports fan is asked what he/she remembers most from the year 1972, one might get an answer along the lines, “Hmmmm… 1972?
One of the things that the release to the public of the results of the major examinations in our primary and secondary schools systems usually does is to present what one might call ‘the bright side’ of an education system.
On Friday, September 9th, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a statement on the conclusion of the government’s engagement of the Regional Security System (RSS) to evaluate/review corruption allegations that had been made on August 11 by Detective Sergeant Dion Bascom about the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) handling of the probe into the murder of Ricardo Fagundes on March 21 last year.
The season of exam results is upon us again. While the top achievers both at CSEC and CAPE have been announced, we do not as yet have the figures for how the two sets of candidates as a whole performed.
The more President Ali prevaricates on the substantive appointments of a Chancellor of the Judiciary and a Chief Justice, the more he is seen to be cavilling and obstructing this process for political reasons.
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson on Tuesday announced the return of the Guyana Prize for Literature after an interval of six years.
In a report published last month, which assesses global employment trends for youth for 2022, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) divulged that unemployment in this group, estimated at 15.6 percent, was three times higher than the adult rate in 2021.
The Guyana Men’s football team kicked off the 2022-23 CONCACAF Nations League Tournament on a positive note, on 4th June, in the Dominican Republic, by beating Montserrat 2 – 1.
The people of the Caribbean would be unlikely, this early, to ‘burden’ the proceedings of the September 1-3 First AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum held in Barbados, with a host of exalted expectations.
On Friday, the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) responded to an editorial that appeared in Tuesday’s edition of Stabroek News which had raised questions about the award to Kares Engineering Inc of the contract for the construction of the North Ruimveldt Secondary School.
Most older nations view their history in terms of one long continuous sweep, from the beginning of human occupation in their particular land space down to the present time.
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