News – Page 726 – Guyana Times International

Education sector making progress

August 18, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Education is recognised as one of the most fundamental building blocks of human development and is one of the strongest instruments for reducing poverty, improving health, gender equality, peace and stability. Government’s heavy investments in the sector have been bearing fruit and this is evident by the encouraging results at the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) over the years. Spending in the sector has increased to allow for the construction and rehabilitation of schools across the country. These include Lower Kaituma Primary, Mabaruma…

85 graduate from Sophia Training Centre

August 18, 2011 TIMES INT'L

The Sophia Training Centre (STC) in Georgetown on July 10 held a graduation ceremony for 85 youths who successfully completed training in six areas under the Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training (YEST) programme. The STC offers six months free training for youths between the ages of 16 and 25 years in catering, handicraft, information technology, office administration, refrigeration and air conditioning, welding and fabrication, and masonry. According to a Government Information Agency (GINA) release, the programme caters for unemployed youths and school dropouts, with the aim of equipping them with a…

‘Grow More Food’ campaign to be expanded

August 18, 2011 TIMES INT'L

The Agriculture Ministry has announced that it will be expanding the “Grow More Food” campaign following the successful implementation of its first phase, which began in 2008. On August 13, the ministry said the campaign will now be intensified to cater for greater challenges and support not only for small farmers, but expanding medium and large scale agro investments to benefit from opportunities resulting from the global food crisis. As such, the government will be distributing fertilisers, seeds, planting materials and livestock to farmers and farmers’ groups across the country.…

Guyanese designer making strides in Barbados

August 18, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Born on January 6, 1973 in Paradise, Berbice River, Karen Braithwaite is the founder of “Kosmic Vibes” and has made Barbados her permanent home where she operates her business from her garage. Her works include tie-dying, wearable arts, fabric painting, and costume jewellery, among other things. Her style is already being appreciated by career women, but her new intriguing line of outfits has sent the love for the trade to a wider spectrum of people. The mother of three described her new collection, “Shilishai”, as a mixture of fabric with…

QC is overall top school at CSEC

August 18, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Bishops High School is this year’s best performing school based on matriculation calculated on students receiving grades one, two and three for five and more subjects while Queen’s College is the top school based on its overall performance of the total scores of all students combined. The analysis of this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate Examinations (CSEC) was released on Thursday by Education Minister Sheik Baksh. Baksh said he is satisfied with this year’s performance of students despite the drop in performance of students of who wrote mathematics. This year…

Govt donates US$ 100,000 to Somali famine relief

August 18, 2011 TIMES INT'L

President Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday expressed his alarm at the unfolding famine in the Horn of Africa, and emphasised his distress at the images of children caught in the ravages of the devastating drought in Eastern Africa. The president announced that government will be donating US$ 100,000 (G$ 20 million) in famine relief, which will be immediately available to the people of the affected areas, as a measure intended to help bring some comfort to them. According to the United Nations, some 12 million persons are affected by the drought.…

APNU, AFC deeply troubled by famine in Africa

August 18, 2011 TIMES INT'L

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) joined with president Bharrat Jagdeo in expressing deep concern and solidarity with the suffering people of Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, who are experiencing the worst famine on the African continent in 60 years. In a statement, APNU acknowledges that the details of this event are still troubling and disturbing, which have been reiterated in the international media: 12 million people in need of urgent help; children dying of starvation; children so weak in the arms of their mothers that they cannot return a handshake;…

USAID plugs cash into curbing underage sex in Corentyne

August 18, 2011 TIMES INT'L

BY MICHAEL ITWARU The Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCCI) received a grant of US$ 28,000 from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to step up awareness on issues of underage sex and enhancement of the No. 63 Beach. At a simple ceremony at the chamber’s office in Corriverton on Wednesday, USAID Chief of Party Dickson Bailey and USAID Mission Director Carol Horning conducted the signing the presence of members of the chamber. In brief remarks, Horning lauded the “dynamic” Upper Corentyne Chamber for putting together…

AFC councillor lauds government’s D&I investments at Supenaam

August 18, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Alliance For Change Councillor Archie Cordis, has said famers are benefiting from the drainage and irrigation investments made by government at Supenaam Creek, Region Two. Speaking at a recent statutory meeting, Cordis said farmers are reaping the benefits from the millions of dollars spent on improving the drainage network system in the said area. He said previously farmers were renting lands on the Tiger Bay Island for huge sums due to poor drainage and irrigation in Supenaam Creek. He noted that with the improvements work done, farmers are thankful as…

U.K.-based Guyanese Professor receives prestigious Doctor of Science degree

August 18, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Guyana has produced many intellectuals in various fields, and Professor Jaipaul Singh, a Guyanese who has been residing abroad for many years, and who is a University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) academic, has become the first to receive the prestigious Doctor of Science degree (DSc). After a long career based primarily at UCLan, Professor Singh was awarded the honour recently at a ceremony for his lifetime’s work on ‘Mechanisms associated with secretory and contractile responses in tissues and cells of the body in health and disease’. He is recognised as…