Educator and former broadcast journalist Dr Wanda Chesney nee Rohlehr has spent the last 17 years abroad simultaneously sharing the wealth of skills and knowledge at tertiary institutions she acquired in her journey but has returned home to give of her expertise through her year-old WERC Consultancy, as she believes her steps are ordered by God for the greater good.
In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, the second of two parts, Roger Seymour looks at the aftermath of the presentation of the Governance Committee Report on West Indies Cricket – better known as the Patterson Report – to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) in 2007.
Among the national events to mark the 185th anniversary of Emancipation was an effectively packaged theatrical performance titled “August Morning – Opening of the Day”.
Illegal mining at Chinese Landing has been in the news. A report in SN on Thursday last, stated that the Village Council said that it never asked the government to stop all mining on its lands as some of its villagers earn their livelihoods by mining.
When the seven-round Diamond Fire and General Insurance Women’s Chess Championship Qualifiers ends today at the School of the Nations, Georgetown, the winner is likely to be either former women’s national champion Sasha Shariff or Jessica Callender.
What is the work saying? This is my question to myself when confronted with artwork that lacks formal strength (good use of the elements of art and the principles of design) and which also lacks technically sound use of the materials and its methods.
Introduction
In today’s and the next column I shall draw attention to selected policy research that has focused on evaluating the performance of oil rights public auctions over substantial periods of time.
Mining
IACHR grants protective measures to Chinese Landing residents: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on July 21st issued Resolution 41/2023, through which it granted precautionary measures in favour of members of the Indigenous Carib Community of Chinese Landing, who it said are “currently at serious, urgent risk of suffering irreparable harm to their human rights”.
A master’s degree student in water governance and water management, Romario Hastings is eager to banish the stereotypes and preconceptions surrounding Indigenous People and intentionally adopted the Akawaio name, ‘Kapohn’, once he became culturally aware of his identity.
On August 5, the biggest local event celebrating African fashion, the Miss Emancipation pageant, will be held at the National Cultural Centre, where seven young women will compete for the crown.
Bartica is in the midst of a five-day celebration to commemorate Emancipation Day, which began on July 28 and will conclude on August 1, under the theme “Embracing the Motherland, with the Embodiment of the African Culture”.