Accountability
Enact law to prevent public servants, MPs from accepting gifts – Ramkarran: In view of the revelation by Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus that he received over $46 million in wedding and Christ-mas presents, former speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran last week recommended that there should be a law that precludes government em-ployees and parliamentarians from accepting gifts.
In the court
Brutus withdraws action against AG, Top Cop, Home Affairs Minister: A day after he faced dozens of serious charges, lawyers for Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus have withdrawn an action he brought against a number of officials including the Attorney General and the Police Commissioner.
Having provided 26 years of voluntary service in sport administration nationally, Dr Karen Pilgrim, a veterinarian by training, believes that Guyana will not achieve the glory it is seeking in the field of athletics until it institutes proper programmes in schools, and sport no longer has to depend heavily on volunteerism.
Sita and Jatayu It was Jatayu who tried to pursue
Rawan (1) to save Sita, his treasured King’s
wife, as she prayed to her Rama to free
her from Rawan’s clutch, squeezing tight her spleen.
Chinese grandmaster and world chess champion Ding Liren, 32, will defend his title against India’s Dommaraju Gukesh, 18, in a 14-game classical match starting November 25 in Singapore.
In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, the second of two parts, Roger Seymour recounts the performance of the West Indies at the 1999 DMC Cricket Festival, Toronto, Canada.
Introduction
This is the wrap-up column treating with a retrospective and prospective reflection and review of the ruling Stabroek PSA and its Model PSA variant arising from the recent public auctions.
Donald Trump’s resounding victory has shattered the Democratic Party and the coalitions that sustained it since Franklyn Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal.
From November 6 -16, the Ministry of Education (MoE) for the second consecutive year will host an art exhibition foregrounding the work of students and teachers of Visual Art at the National Gallery of Art, Castellani House.
The Dharm Shala is appealing to the general public to support its annual Christmas luncheon, which is not only for its residents but also seniors from the surrounding areas, by making financial donations.
Hotelier and tour operator Zena Stoll, who owns Adel’s Resort and Coconut Estate at the mouth of Akawini Creek and the Pomeroon River, unknown to many, has been a pioneer of eco-tourism in Guyana.
I remember “Read to Succeed” was once the theme of the activities and exhibitions organized to celebrate the work of library services for the children of Guyana.