Government has launched the Guyana Improving Teacher Education Project (GITEP), aimed at improving learning in the classrooms by advancing the quality and delivery of teacher education. The project is supported by the World Bank, which will provide US$ 4.2 million of the total cost. The GITEP will also look at improving the management of teacher education programmes offered both at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) and the University of Guyana. Education Minister Shaik Baksh, in addressing the gathering on Wednesday, said that the project will see greater developments…
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US$12.5M Enmore packaging plant commissioned
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) on Monday, May 9, commissioned its US$12.5 million Enmore, East Coast Demerara packaging plant, which is intended to transform sugar production, moving from the traditional sole output of raw sugar to the export of an additional 40,000 tonnes of packaged sugar per year initially. In later years, the factory would see production of packaged sugar rising to 80,000 tonnes per annum, allowing GuySuCo to enjoy a premium price for the value- added product on the international market. Currently, GuySuCo produces and exports only about 8000…
Read MoreGuyana on course to attain MDGs – finance minister
Stakeholders on Monday met to discuss the draft United Nations Assistance Development Framework (UNDAF) and the Common Country Assessment (CCA) for Guyana 2012- 2016, with the aim of obtaining contributions and observations. UNDAF is the UN strategic plan to foster the administration’s National Poverty Reduction Strategy and to support government’s commitment in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Over the years Guyana has made enormous strides, and is well on its way towards achieving the MDGs, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh said during his address at the meeting held at…
Read MoreGRA expands anti-smuggling network
Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) last week signed on to an agreement to share information among Latin American and Caribbean countries, as the region takes steps to stamp out smuggling and counterfeit goods. The pact was signed last Wednesday, May 4 at the conclusion of a two-day conference in Panama that brought together the Customs chiefs of a number of Caribbean and Latin American countries. Signing on behalf of the GRA was Commissioner- General Khurshid Sattaur. Sattaur told Guyana Times International that the agreement will enable GRA to expand its network…
Read MoreCommunity’s help a must in child protection efforts
– President Jagdeo calls on religious leaders to be more aggressive By Janelle Persaud The importance of community involvement in protecting the country’s children was reiterated when President Bharrat Jagdeo commissioned the Gy$25 million Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) Building, situated at Broad and Charles Streets, Charlestown, Georgetown, on Friday, May 6th. The building has been upgraded and furnished to provide a child-friendly environment, even to featuring a play park in the compound. Child Care and Protection Agency Director Ann Green described the event as a milestone, thanking President…
Read MoreJagdeo urges UNASUR member states to remove hindrances to free movement
President Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday, May 9, urged officials of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) to remove hindrances to free movement, and communication barriers which isolate member states. The president was speaking at the installation ceremony of newly- appointed UNASUR Secretary General Maria Emma Mejia Velez. President Jagdeo, in his capacity as chairman of UNASUR, presented Mejia with the instrument of appointment at a State House ceremony. Velez is a former foreign affairs minister of Colombia, and has served in several ministerial and ambassadorial postings in the Colombian…
Read MoreChanderpaul questions Hilaire’s comments
Former West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul has demanded an explanation from WICB Chief Executive Ernest Hilaire regarding the comments he made about the lack of discipline and application in the team, leading up to its massive post-World Cup overhaul. In a strongly-worded letter addressed to Hilaire, a copy of which is with ESPNcricinfo, Chanderpaul questioned whether the comments were directed at him. Chanderpaul, along with senior players Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan, were axed from the side for the ongoing series against Pakistan. Hilaire’s interview with Line and Length network,…
Read MoreGuyana Karate College holds Dan-level exams
Karate history was made on Sunday, May 2, when the Guyana Karate College participated in the biggest-ever Dan level examinations held under the watchful eyes of Master Frank Woon-a-Tai; and, for the first time under the auspices of the International Karate Daigaku (IKD), the newest worldwide karate organisation based out of Toronto, Ontario, dedicated to the teachings of Masters Funakoshi and Nakayama, where all aspects of karate are being studied and analysed. These include philosophy, physical education and fitness, self defence and sport. Leading the Dan rankings for the GKC…
Read MoreD’Andrade, Morgan win TELESUR 10k in record time
National long distance champion Alika Morgan and former national champion Lionel D’Andrade completed emphatic victories in record time in their debut in Suriname’s TELESUR 10km road race, last Sunday, May 1. D’Andrade was the first of close to 200 starters to complete the course, and he established a new course record of 33 minutes, 50 seconds (33:50s). Morgan, who won the women’s category, finished 20th overall with a new female record of 41:01s. Placing second overall was Surinamese teen Syveryo Simison, who clocked 34:02 to win the junior category; while…
Read MoreAll-round Chennai cruise to fourth straight win
Chennai Super Kings continued their dominance at home and eased to a fourth successive win in conditions where power play took a backseat to opportunistic strokemaking, and stamina and steady consolidation was in greater supply than short outbursts of runs. The sweltering Chennai heat and a slow pitch made for a tiring ordeal for batsmen, and it seemed at one stage that Rajasthan Royals, at the back of Rahul Dravid’s fluent half-century, would have the better of the contest. But an inspired recovery from Chennai’s faltering bowlers and a controlled…
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