UG opens its doors to potential students
Possibilities unfolded for hundreds of young people on Friday at the University of Guyana (UG) during this year’s Career Day. Held at the Turkeyen Campus, each year the event sees hundreds of school children engaging in a learning experience that may point them down a particular career path. The University’s Faculties and Schools set up [...]
Children’s Mashramani Road parade a success
Yesterday persons thronged the streets of Georgetown to get a glimpse of the annual Children’s Costume Parade 2011 even though it kicked off with under gloomy skies that opened up later in the morning. In the scattered showers, the parade took off from Independence Park (formerly the Parade Ground) and made its way into the [...]
Dead man’s mother insists that victim was murdered
Body in Barama’s Buck Hall shredder… “Last December when my son came home without his brother that was when I realize Jason is really dead,” said Sandra Parris. Sandra Parris was the mother of the now dead Jason Fraser, 19, whose mangled corpse was pulled from a wood shredder at Barama’s Buckhall, veneer factory in [...]
Sod turned for Sacred Heart Church reconstruction
A turning- of- sod ceremony on Friday marked the beginning of a massive reconstruction of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church. The restoration is being conducted to the tune of $85M. Parishioners, well wishers and religious leaders of the Catholic Church in Guyana gathered at the site where the former 143-year-old church once stood. The [...]
Fuel station owners not pleased with GUYOIL management policies
Some fuel station operators are not happy with the arrangement with regards to their contract with the Guyana Oil Company (GUYOIL), especially since they are opining that the new head of the entity appears to be micromanaging, affecting the smooth running of the government-owned agency. With concerns ranging from unreliable supplies of fuel to threats [...]
Family laments targeting of ex convict by police
“In this country, once you do a crime some time back, you are targeted.” Maybe it’s his criminal past now returning to haunt him, but relatives of Randy Morris believe that he is being unnecessarily targeted by the police, especially since he reportedly refused to co-operate with a cop the family described as corrupt. According [...]
100 attend Lion’s Club annual senior citizen party
As voluntary organisations continue to improve the lives of the less fortunate in society and bring smiles to the faces of citizens throughout Guyana, the D’Urban Park Lions’ Club yesterday treated 100 senior citizens as part of its annual senior citizens’ entertainment party. The venue was the auditorium of the Marian Academy School. Chairperson for [...]
Why does my Green Card expire in two years?
U.S. Immigration TALK… In cases where your permanent residence is based on a marriage that was less than two years old on the day you were given permanent residence, then your status is considered conditional. You are given conditional resident status on the day you are lawfully admitted to the United States on an immigrant [...]
MY FIRST DANCE AT N/A TOWN HALL
From the Diaspora… By Ralph Seeram I stood in a corner watching everyone strutting across the dance floor wondering when I should make my move. I mentally rehearsed my steps; after all I had been practising at home for this occasion. I identified the girls I wanted to dance with; girls who did not seem [...]
Guyana Boxing Board officials reward its affiliates and friends
By Michael Benjamin Shondell ‘Mystery Lady’ Alfred continued a year of phenomenal successes, copping the Female Fighter of the Year award when the Guyana Boxing Board of Control staged its inaugural award and prize giving ceremony for its outstanding affiliates and supporters at the Georgetown Club, Camp Street, Friday evening. Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore was [...]
PNCR delegates must present photo ID at Congress
Saturday’s Special Congresses of the People’s National Congress Reform has long been plagued with accusations of fraud and rigging but a measure is being put in place to minimize this come Saturday when the party meets to elect a Presidential Candidate for the 2011 elections. This newspaper has learnt that the delegates and observers that [...]
ITTF Course to improve nucleus of Coaches
By Edison Jefford The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), in an ambitious move, has self-funded an ITTF Level One Coaches’ Course aimed at improving the number of qualified coaches the association will have in its repertoire mainly for its decentralisation programme. General Secretary of the GTTA, Godfrey Munroe, told the participants yesterday that the Course [...]
Chinese restaurants being targeted by M&CC to improve sanitation
As part of its sustained efforts to ensure that restaurant foods are prepared under hygienic conditions, the Food Hygiene Department of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown will today kick off a sensitisation campaign. And according to Chief Meat and Food Inspector, Jackdeep Singh, the initial targets will be the operators of Chinese restaurants [...]
Kaieteur Sport scores another first
Kaieteur Sport Journalist Michael Benjamin was among the first set of recipients of commendation plaques awarded by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) which held a ceremony to recognise the input of various stakeholders who consistently help to promote, cover and assist in the development of the sport. The ceremony which was held at [...]
Educating the educators in a poor educational system
By Michael Benjamin Cries of substandard pay coupled with almost unmanageable students and what many teachers perceive to be inflexible education officials reverberate throughout the corridors of our schools. This has resulted in the unpalatable haemorrhage of skilled and qualified teachers to other overseas institutions. The old idiom that ‘change is the only constant’ may [...]
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Former First Lady gets moving send off
…buried near to daughters It was a serene ambiance Friday at St Andrew’s Kirk when friends, family, Government officials and people from all walks of life gathered to bid farewell to Former First Lady Joyce Hoyte. She was laid to rest at Le Repentir Cemetery in close proximity to her children, who predeceased her, following [...]
“Is a miracle possible for West Indies in ICC Cricket World Cup 2011?”
Colin E. H. Croft “Do you believe in miracles?” With only 10 seconds left, this was the eternal question, asked by American Broadcasting Corporation’s commentator, Al Michaels, when USA played USSR at ice-hockey, in the medal round, on February 22, 1980, at that year’s Winter Olympics, at Lake Placid in New York. Actually, with fully [...]
Amateur boxing goes to West Coast Demerara today
President of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA), Steve Ninvalle will travel to the West Coast Demerara this morning where he will deliver short remarks before declaring the U-16 and Junior Boxers Championships open. The competition is slated to get underway at 12:00hrs, just after the completion of the weigh in and draw between 09:00hrs-1100hrs [...]
We have to import teachers
On Thursday I got a bit of a shock. I happened to be at a press conference when I heard Dr Roger Luncheon announce that Guyana was going to import teachers, because those that we have simply could not provide children with an education in Mathematics and Science. I was a bit taken aback because [...]
Will Teixeira, Harding and Holder champion women’s issues?
With two women running as presidential candidates this year and one running as a prime ministerial candidate, this seems the perfect time to ensure that women’s issues finally find a way to the top of the national campaign agenda. The situation concerning domestic violence was stated well in a Kaieteur News report on February 6, [...]
Guyana Boxing Board officials reward its affiliates and friends
By Michael Benjamin Shondell ‘Mystery Lady’ Alfred continued a year of phenomenal successes, copping the Female Fighter of the Year award when the Guyana Boxing Board of Control staged its inaugural award and prize giving ceremony for its outstanding affiliates and supporters at the Georgetown Club, Camp Street, Friday evening. Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore was [...]
King Kong ain’t gat nuttin on me, Stella!
I hereby reply to Stella’s Friday piece, “Freddie, your fly is down.” Stella did you see the movie “Training Day’ when Denzel Washington yelled out “King Kong ain’t got sh.t on me.” Well it is the same here, Stella. My fly is never down, Stella. If it was ever down, King Kong would have ate [...]
El Dorado maybe in sight at last
Since the late 1970’s and until recently, the economy of Guyana has been the sick man of the Caribbean falling second only to Haiti as the poorest country in the region. Much of that has changed, and the economy looks set to change for the better even more. The improvement in Guyana’s economic circumstances will [...]
GT&T /MCYS/GSL 10/10 underway
The rivalry for the top prize in the 2nd Annual Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GT&T) / Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport (MCYS) and the Guyana Softball League (GSL) 10/10 Nationwide Softball Competition begun yesterday, at the Everest Cricket Club ground. With over $10million in cash and prizes up for grabs, the tournament has [...]
