The mother of the five year-old girl from Berbice who was raped earlier this week said her daughter is in stable condition at the Intensive Care Unit of a Berbice hospital. The mother said that her daughter began responding to relatives, eating regularly and showing encouraging signs of recovery following emergency procedures to save her life last Friday night. She explained that the profuse bleeding from the child’s genitals has been substantially reduced, and the child seemed to be regaining strength but complains of pain in the abdomen, legs and…
Read MoreYear: 2011
A joyous Christmas with the First Lady
First Lady Deolatchmie Ramotar has been busy this Christmas season – visiting the Paediatric Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital and the Palms Geriatric Home, giving out gifts and other goodies to the patients and residents of these institutions as she settles into her new role as the wife of President Ramotar. In an interview with Guyana Times Sunday Magazine, the First Lady said she is adapting to this new role quite easily. “I have so many plans I hope to achieve, but I must take everything in stride. Nothing…
Read MoreLiving her father’s legacy
Tanuja Raghoo is the proud founder and president of Caribbean Spotlight Television Programming, the first full-service Indo-Caribbean media network in New York An accomplished Guyanese television host and producer, Tanuja Raghoo began her tenure in the television industry nearly 25 years ago. Her company, Caribbean Spotlight Television Programming, launched in 1986, airs on several television programmes on two Time Warner Channels, Channel 96 and ITV Channel 77, and soon on local television network TVG/ 28. In an interview with Guyana Times Sunday Magazine, Tanuja said she first entered the business…
Read MoreWinning GT& T song competition is a dream come through – Brandon Harding
The new champion of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company’s jingle and song competition, 2011 disclosed that the road to success was not easy, but with hard work and determination, his dream has become a reality. A favourite in the competition from the inception, Brandon Harding, the 17-year-old from Coomacka Mines, Linden, was named the winner of the competition just before midnight on December 19 at the National Cultural Centre. Coming in second spot was Poonam Singh and in third was Esther Osborne. Harding was born on April 14, 1994…
Read MoreAn emerging Christmas tradition
Another successful year for the Rupununi Christmas Fair A representative from Karasabai receives a trophy from Toshao Patrick Gomes Held Saturday December 17 at the Market Place in Lethem, Region Nine, the second Rupununi Christmas Fair once more successfully hosted participants from communities across the region – as far away as Awarwanau in Southern Rupununi, Shulinab in South Central, Karasabai from South Pakaraimas, Parishara and Haiowa of Central Rupununi, and Annai from Northern Rupununi. In response to participants’ requests from last year, the Fair, which started as a Christmas Food…
Read MoreCanadian journalist wins CTO award for photo taken in Guyana
The Caribbean Tourism Organisa-tion (CTO) has honoured veteran Canadian travel journalist Theresa Storm with an award for excellence in photography. The award was for the best photograph published in conjunction with a feature article in a Canadian publication in 2010. It was the sole photography award announced during the media awards luncheon held on December 8, as part of Caribbean Week festivities in Toronto. Storm took the photo in Guyana, South America (part of the CTO), on a fall 2009 trip organised by the Guyana Sustainable Tourism Initiative (GSTI), a…
Read MoreOfficial sign erected to welcome visitors to Richmond Hill
By North American Correspondent Although the community of Richmond Hill in Queens, New York is known to be in existence over for 200 years, there is no official sign identifying the community. However, this has since changed as a beautiful sign now welcomes people at the entrance of the community. This sign has been put up at the initiative of a few Guyanese who began moving in to the area during the early 1980s when White Americans had started migrating to other parts of the country. The sign was mounted…
Read MoreHuge number of casino patrons causing traffic congestion
By North American Correspondent There is profitable business for the recently opened Richmond Hill casino but with the new video gambling enterprise which is based at the famous Aqueduct racetrack come big traffic headaches and parking problems for the Richmond Hill community. The casino builders did not cater for the huge number of people who have patronized the casino resulting in massive traffic jams around the casino area, situated at 111 Street and the Conduit at one entrance and another at Rockaway Blvd. Some eight million people are expected to…
Read MoreCommonwealth says election process was fair
– but shortcomings must be addressed The Commonwealth Secretariat’s final report on the conduct of Guyana’s general and regional elections 2011 has cited several issues that must be adequately addressed before the next elections are held. The report, despite stating that the election process was democratic, did not fail to highlight some of the shortcomings observed at the polls. According to the report released on December 22, the elections were credible and “many of the benchmarks for democratic elections were met,” though there are particular concerns as it relates to…
Read MoreGuyanese Grinches
Street Bullies We all probably know about the Grinch – Dr Seuss’ devious, anti-holiday character who “Stole Christmas”. Well, if you didn’t, then meet his local representatives – the YCT APNU youths and wannabe youths. Seems that we jumped the gun when we bid them farewell for the holidays from their protest marches in the city. They marched again last Friday and into their now customary Big Market gathering. There, they fit right in with the ambiance and scream like fish vendors. While we’re not sure whether we’re to be…
Read More