-Prashad says tourism sector will receive major boost A British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) team comprised of eight children between the ages of twelve and fifteen years old docked on Guyana’s shores on Saturday, February 5th, after travelling from the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago in a sailboat. The team is on a quest to retrace the footsteps of Sir Walter Raleigh when he was in search of the fabled El Dorado, the City of Gold. Like Raleigh, the team sailed across the Caribbean Sea from Trinidad and Tobago. Their sailboat…
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Colonel Kemraj Persaud heads GDF promotions
Acting Colonel Kemraj Persaud has been promoted to full colonel, heading a list of 49 officers who were promoted by the Guyana Defence Force. The appointment of Colonel Persaud is retroactive to January 1, 2010, a release from the GDF said. The release added that, in accordance with Part III, Section 16 of the Defence Act, Chapter 15: 01 of 1977, Chief-of-Staff, Commodore Gary Best, has announced that President and Commander-in-Chief, Bharrat Jagdeo, has approved the promotions of 49 officers and 225 other ranks. One officer’s elevation in rank is…
Read MoreGuyana to observe United Nations’ International Year of Forests
The year 2011 has been declared The International Year of Forests by the United Nations to raise awareness and strengthen the sustainable forest management, conservation, and sustainable development of all types of forests for the benefit of current and future generations. In recognition of the importance of forests, not only as a form of sustenance but also a form of long-term survival against climate change threats, there are a number of activities planned by the Guyana government. Among these will be continued emphasis on the Mangrove Restoration project that was…
Read MoreGuyana implements EPA
Guyana has met the legal requirements to implement the European Union Economic Partnership Agreement, making this country the first Caricom member state to do so. On Thursday, February 3rd, the National Assembly passed the Customs Duty (Amendment) Order 2011, which makes way for Guyana’s entry into the EPA. Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh moved for the confirmation of the Order, which was tabled in late January after its signing on January 14, prior to the publishing of the official Gazette Order No. 1 of 2011, which amended the Customs Act…
Read MoreNew Revelations Dance Theatre – a cultural innovation
By Natasha Waldron Anthony Dance is her passion! And beyond that, Guyanese-born Sandra Primus is more than grateful for the training shereceived in Guyana during her time at the National Dance Company, since, she says, it is the foundation of her sustenance here in the U.S. Primus founded the New Revelations Dance Theater in Brooklyn, New York five years ago. There she teaches dance in various forms, fused with modern, jazz, Indian, African and ballet. She told Guyana Times International that when she migrated to the United States ten years…
Read MoreGuyanese unifies Central Florida Caribbean community through her work
By Natasha Waldron Anthony GGR Marketing and Public Relations, the brainchild of Guyanese Guenet Gittens-Roberts, continues to galvanize the Caribbean community, especially Guyanese, in Central Florida to have a greater voice. The marketing company serves as a portal, navigating businesses and individuals to effectively understand and become involved in the Caribbean market and community. This year, the company, alongside the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce in Central Florida, will assist Disney World in identifying what makes the Caribbean community different. Gittens-Roberts said that there are no studies on the Caribbean…
Read MoreGDF trio to stand trial for killing gold dealer
The three dismissed Guyana Defence Force Coastguardsmen charged with killing a Bartica gold dealer back in 2009 has been committed to stand trial in the High Court after a prima facie case had been made out against them at the conclusion of the preliminary inquiry. The PI held at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court, West Coast Demerara, was presided over by Magistrate Nyasha Williams-Hatmin. The now dismissed coastguards are: Sherwin Hart of 123 Eccles, East Bank Demerara; Deon Greenidge of 155 Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown; and Devon Gordon of 108…
Read MoreGy$130M contracts signed to upgrade roads in Diamond
By Michael Younge The concerns of residents are slowly being addressed, as government rolled out yet another plan for massive infrastructural, rehabilitative and upgrade works at the Diamond and Grove Housing Schemes along the East Bank Demerara. This plan was announced after the Housing and Water Ministry signed two contracts for the rehabilitation and upgrading of several key access roads in the scheme, on Tuesday at the Diamond Secondary School. The contracts, totalling Gy$130M, will see work commencing on some seven roads in the Block A, Diamond Housing Scheme area…
Read MoreFormer GDF soldier honoured by U.S.
– saved bedridden patient, children from burning building By Danielle Campbell Many Guyanese living abroad make the news for all the wrong reasons, but Beverley Massay’s story is a shining example of bravery and courage that can be exemplified by all. Massay, an overseas-based Guyanese, was recently awarded by the State of New York’s Home Care Association for saving the life of her 91-year-old bedridden patient, who suffers from dementia, and those of her patient’s four teenaged grandchildren. Beverley Massay (left), her mom (centre) and her daughter Massay’s sister, Esther…
Read MoreWater and education top priorities for Dazzel Housing Scheme
– govt also commits to road construction and other social amenities Residents of Dazzel Housing Scheme, situated behind Paradise on the East Coast of Demerara, will have their water problems alleviated this year, after President Bharrat Jagdeo intervened in the co-op society-run community. During a meeting with residents at a church in the area on Saturday, Jagdeo said that he would reduce to one year the three-year phased programme undertaken by the Housing and Water Ministry, allowing residents to benefit from improved access to the essential commodity. The community lacked…
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