Several private schools ordered to stop SBAs
Several private schools have been ordered to stop doing School Based Assessment (SBA) as the regional examinations body tightens up on its monitoring process. The decision comes at the time when the Guyana Government is seeking to regularize private schools which have been mushrooming across the country. Yesterday, education officials acknowledged that they have notified [...]
Works Ministry destroys hotel entrance, garden
By Gary Eleazar The Managing Director of the Double Day Hotel, located at Tuschen on the East Bank of Essequibo, Harryram Bhola, is peeved at the actions of the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works, which visited the establishment and demolished a garden as well as a walkway leading to the entrance of the hotel [...]
Govt. is discriminating in Ads distribution
…Guyana Times obviously aligned to them – Corbin The Government is discriminating in the distribution of advertisement to a company (Guyana Times) that is obviously aligned to them. This is according to Leader of the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR) Robert Corbin who was commenting on the questionable distribution of Government advertisements over the recent [...]
Guyana’s rice industry disorganised, yields far too low
(By: Brushell Blackman) The Project Coordinator for the Latin American Fund for Irrigated Rice (FLAR) Dr Edward Pulver has raised serious doubts about the nature of research work in the rice industry. The FLAR scientist branded the research efforts here as poor. Pulver was at the time speaking at a handing over ceremony of a [...]
Canadian High Commission distances itself from scam
The Canadian High Commission has distanced itself from the recent scam involving a tour coordinator who tricked 42 Guyanese of millions of dollars by promising them a trip to Canada. Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Francois Montour, told members of the media yesterday that the situation is one which is very unfortunate, as he made [...]
EU gives Guyana $27B cushion to compensate for sugar price cuts
European Ambassador to Guyana Geert Heikens has reacted to statements by the local Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud that Guyana would begin losing US$35M per year from October 1, last. On Wednesday last, quoting Minister Robert Persaud, Kaieteur News reported that, “Guyana begins to lose US$35 million yearly.” According to Ambassador Heikens that statement is not [...]
Dem Boys Seh… Do something real
When a lady get baby, de father does hold up de baby wid pride and show off to he friends like if is he mek it. Dem boys seh that dem ain’t mind because in life de father did have an input. He got a right to be proud. However, nuff people feeling proud over [...]
Fire service benefits from Ministries donation
The Guyana Fire Service received one of two packages from the Ministry of Home Affairs, yesterday, at the National Park. The cost of this ‘package’ is $318M and comprised three water tenders, one water carrier and a tender capable of accessing high rise buildings. According to Fire Chief Marlon Gentle, “In 2008 the Guyana Fire [...]
32 year old vendor needs public assistance for heart surgery
Bharat Nankishore has been working all his life with his mother as a grocery vendor. It was last year August “in the market” that the 32 year old began feeling a severe burning pain around his heart, and throughout his left arm. Two days later he went to the Leonora Cottage Hospital and was diagnosed [...]
Rotarians fete senior citizens
Timber truck accident claims one, porter injured
An early morning accident at Butukari on the Essequibo River, has left one man dead and another seriously inujured. The dead man is 28-year-old Clive Bharrat, of Good Hope, Essequibo Coast. He was said to be the driver of a truck that was transporting logs out of the Butukari back dam, according to reports. According [...]
Illegal house lot buyers face penalties
People who have illegally purchased house lots have a chance of legally owning that piece of land, government announced yesterday. According to Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali, a system has been worked out that will entail a fine being paid…a fine that will be calculated on the present market value of the land [...]
PNCR decries PPP rule after 17 years
…Guyana is a failed economic state – PNCR – MP PNCR Member of Parliament, Keith Scott, yesterday told members of the media that the People’s Progressive Party has failed to bring economic boon to Guyana in its 17 years in office. Scott explained that the PPP/C had inherited an economy which recorded an annual growth [...]
PSC recognizes Canadian High Commissioner
The Private Sector Commission of Guyana (PSC) took the time yesterday to recognise the newly appointed Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Francois Montour, by presenting a plaque of appreciation in his honour. In a simple ceremony held at Duke Lodge, Kingston, Chairman of the PSC, Captain Gerry Gouveia, lauded the relationship between the Canadian International [...]
Do something real
When a lady get baby, de father does hold up de baby wid pride and show off to he friends like if is he mek it. Dem boys seh that dem ain’t mind because in life de father did have an input. He got a right to be proud. However, nuff people feeling proud [...]
Rice millers will have to pay farmers within 42 days
…new proposed legislation Government says new legislations will ensure that rice farmers are paid within 42 days by millers. Additionally, millers will not be granted a licence to operate unless they pay off 95 per cent of what they owe farmers. These are among several pieces of new regulations that government will be seeking to [...]
GPOC commemorates “World Post Day”
The Guyana Post Office Corporation will be commemorating “World Post Day” today along with 190 other postal administrations across the world. Various activities have been planned in observance of this date which was first officially observed and declared World Post Day in 1969 in Tokyo, Japan. According to Public Relations Officer, Yolaskee Jervis, “There will [...]
Word of Kwame’s return sparks picketing exercise
“I am responsible for making the Kwame/Julius tape,” admitted Mark Benschop, Head of the Benschop Foundation yesterday when he along with three others picketed the Human Services and Social Security Ministry. According to Benschop, although he has made it public that he facilitated the creation of the tape the police have not requested his assistance [...]
Rice industry receives state of the art equipment
Price causes raised eyebrows On Wednesday, the rice industry received a Laser Land Leveller and a John Deere tractor from the government to improve rice cultivation. The two pieces of equipment were bought from Farm Supplies Limited to the tune of $19.6M. The tractor cost $11M (US$55,000) and the Laser Land Lever another $8.6M (US$43,000). [...]
THE PANHANDLING ECONOMY
When the global financial crisis hit last year, the President of Guyana promised that Guyana would formulate a national response so as to build a firewall to protect us from the effects of the crisis. That firewall was never built because the political leadership in Guyana did not know where to begin. Without a template [...]
Several titles to be decided today in QC Badminton tourney
The Queens College Annual Lower and Upper School Boys and Girls Singles Badminton Tournament continued on Wednesday at the Queens College Badminton Courts with several finalists decided. Those finalists will collide in the respective categories this afternoon at the same venue in the championship matches. In semi-final results from Wednesday: Lower School Boys Singles semis: [...]
Hikers ‘A’, GCC ‘B’ maintain top spots
Hikers surged ahead in the Men’s ‘A’ division last Wednesday evening with another 3-0 beating of Old Fort as the Banks Night Hockey Championships continued at Thirst Park. Earlier in the evening Old Fort ‘B’ dealt a thrashing to the Hikers ladies by a 5-0 margin, while Western Dragons edged Flora GCC ladies1-0 and GCC [...]
Football Referees receive timely donation of shirts from New GPC Inc.
When members of the Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC) officiating in the ongoing Guyana Football Federation Super League take the field this Sunday, they will be resplendently outfitted in aqua blue and grey kit, embossed with the Codal Tonic Logo on the right sleeve, thanks to a timely donation by the New GPC Inc. The [...]
7th Hand in Hand Mutual Fire and Life Cycle Meet on tomorrow
Greaves to defend feature 35-Lap title, 3 BMX & Helmets to be given away The Inner Circuit of the National Park will again be a hot bed for cyclists tomorrow when the 7th annual Hand in Hand Mutual Fire & Life Insurance Company sponsored 11-race meet comes off. Riders enjoyed an excellent day at last [...]
MVP Mohamed leads Zone B to Sports Ministry Trophy and Busta 1st prise
In blazing sunshine, on a lightning fast outfield and watched by a colorful crowd of over 2,000 which produced a carnival-like atmosphere, underdogs Zone B defied all odds to beat Zone A in the final of the Enterprise Premier League 20/20 Inter-Zone cricket competition last Saturday at the Enterprise ground. The 20/20 Festival in the [...]
