Dear Sir, Since around 2005, it has become one of the rites of summer for Guyanese abroad, especially in the United States and Canada, to hold village reunions in the many scenic parks of the city in which they live. Recent years have seen a marked proliferation of these social events, as every village seeks to claim a day for itself. Indeed it is not unusual for there to be two village reunions side by side in different sections of the park. A village reunion is seen as an opportunity…
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Good news for Guyana where food is concerned
Dear Editor, Guyana is to receive an award for cutting extreme poverty and hunger, and this kind of news should really make all of us very proud. But first, I have a very compelling matter to talk about. I get very perturbed, when I read that globally, one third of all food produced is wasted or lost, while millions of people go hungry. Last year, I went to Canal Numbers One and Two and I was totally taken aback. I saw enough wasted fruits to fill a few barrels. I…
Read MoreGBTI posts Gy$ 1.8B after-tax profit – CEO cites uncertainty in gold, sugar industries
By Svetlana Marshall – The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has recorded an aftertax profit of Gy$ 1.814 billion in 2012, representing a 32 per cent increase when compared to the bank’s returns for 2011. GBTI Chief Executive Officer John Tracey made this disclosure in the bank’s 2012 report. He said the return on equity stood at 20.17 per cent at the end of the year, while the return on average assets stood at 2.23 per cent. Revenues for 2012 amounted to Gy$ 5524 million, an increase of…
Read MoreStill learning lessons from SSEE
One of my idiosyncrasies is that I like to keep memorabilia – old papers from school, scrappy artwork drawn during a particularly boring class, miscellaneous stuff. Now, I’m by no means a packrat, anything quite of that (disturbing) magnitude, but I do hold on to enough stuff that my drawers and nooks are quite chock full.Sifting through some of my miscellanea, I stumbled across (literally stumbled, given the amount of things I have strewn across my floor during CAPE exams – much to my mother’s consternation) my old speech from…
Read MoreEscapee-chasing policeman died from heart attack – autopsy
A post-mortem examination performed on the body of 23-year-old Police Constable Dorwin Pitman who died last Monday while giving chase to a prisoner gave the cause of death as cardiac arrest. The autopsy was performed on Wednesday by local pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh at the Georgetown Public Hospital mortuary. Stacey Pitman, the mother of the dead constable, said she believes that the heart attack was as a result of the electric shocks her son might have received. She said that her son never suffered from a heart ailment, as if…
Read MoreGuyana Independence Festival in Toronto promises to be exciting
– tax, housing officials on hand to address concerns of Guyanese Preparations are well advanced for this year’s Guyana Independence Festival slated for June 23 at the Centennial College (Progress Campus). The event is expected to be very exciting, with the attendance of President Donald Ramotar and a number of businesses and entities from Guyana that will be showcasing some of the great products that the country has to offer. Additionally, some government agencies would be represented to address concerns of Guyanese in Canada, including the Guyana Revenue Authority and…
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Former President of Guyana Bharrat Jagdeo last Wednesday received the honorary doctorate conferred upon him by Trent University, his fifth such honour in recent years. Trent University, with a world-class reputation in environmental and resource sciences, water science and biomaterials, conferred the honour on Jagdeo in recognition of his global advocacy for averted climate change through avoided deforestation, by linking economic development in forested countries to carbon sequestration, ecosystem services and preservation of biodiversity.
Read MoreGov’t blasts Caribbean Airlines over high airfares
The Tourism, Industry and Commerce Ministry is opposing what it described as arbitrary increases in airfare ticket prices by Caribbean Airlines (CAL), accusing the regional carrier of attempting to rake in profits owing to the high demand in the Guyana market. Acting Tourism, Industry, and Commerce Minister Irfaan Ali lamented, in a statement, the airline’s high fares. He made reference to the 50-minute flight to Trinidad and Tobago that costs US$ 425. “We are well acquainted with the fact that the Trinidad market is not required to pay the increases…
Read MoreExcitement building as CPL showdown draws near – NEW GPC/ Limacol acquires Guyana franchise
With just over seven weeks to go until the inaugural Caribbean Premier League bowls off, CPL Limited has announced the signing of its first franchise agreement on behalf of Guyana. The franchisee is well-known Guyanese businessman Dr Ranjisinghi “Bobby” Ramroop, owner of the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation Inc (NEW GPC INC). The final agreement with Dr Ramroop was signed just on Monday in Guyana with CPL officials. This announcement comes hot on the heels of the recent selection of the new franchise-based teams that took place on Wednesday, June 5…
Read MoreCPL draft attracts global attention –franchise teams named
Montego Bay, Jamaica – As the Caribbean Premier League draft took place Wednesday and players were selected to the six franchise teams, fans around the world logged on to the CPL website, www.cplt20.com and the CPL Facebook page, www.facebook.com/ carnivalt20, and followed intently on Twitter@cpl_t20 to see which players were recruited. The CPL social media networks were abuzz as some fans applauded the choices of the team selection panels and others debated the composition of some of the squads. The CPL website was blown away by hundreds of thousands of…
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