Year: 2011

GECOM Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally has urged media operatives to renew their commitment to the code of conduct for the media, at the conclusion of a GECOM/Centre for Communications Studies Journalism workshop. The two-day workshop was aimed at educating journalists, editors and media proprietors on coverage and reporting of general elections. It concluded on Saturday at the Grand Coastal Inn, Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara. Director of the Centre for Communication Studies, Dr Paloma Mohamed, said that the workshop was “remarkable”, and commended the 50-plus participants, who were mostly young…

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Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, on Thursday, October 6, joined Cuban Ambassador to Guyana, Raul Gortazar-Marrero; People’s Progressive Party/Civic presidential candidate, Donald Ramotar; and relatives of the victims of the 1976 Cubana air disaster in commemorating the event’s 35th anniversary. Prime Minister Hinds said the tragedy has perhaps further strengthened the bond between Guyana and Cuba. All the speakers at the event, held at the Cuban Embassy, lamented that the perpetrators of the heinous crime are still unpunished, and are walking free in the United States while there are still five…

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– later returned to ocean A six-foot dolphin was on Tuesday night spotted at the Better Success Foreshore at approximately 20:00h. The dolphin was brought to the shore by fishermen who placed it on display. A huge crowd gathered from neighbouring communities to see the mammal. When Guyana Times International arrived at the Better Success Foreshore, the animal seemed to be in distress. Fishermen in an effort to keep the dolphin comfortable threw water on its back regularly. The dolphin, said to be approximately 100 pounds, was pushed back into…

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Demerara Bank Limited on Monday opened a branch on the East Coast of Demerara with a full range of banking services and products. The state-of-the-art banking facility is located at Lot 3 Public Road, Le Ressouvenir, and aims to service the needs of the growing East Coast population. At the inauguration of the bank’s Diamond, East Bank Demerara facility earlier this year, President Bharrat Jagdeo encouraged commercial banks to provide banking facilities on the East Coast as soon as possible so as to ease traffic congestion in the capital city.…

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Several key and topical issues related to the staging of this year’s regional and general elections were discussed when the newly-appointed British High Commissioner to Guyana, Andrew Ayre, paid a courtesy call on Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Dr Steve Surujbally, at his office on Thursday, October 6. High Commissioner Andrew Ayre was accompanied by Ioana Logofatu, policy officer within the British High Commission. In a media release after the event, GECOM said: “Dr Surujbally updated Mr Ayre specifically on the recent certification of the Official List of…

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By Michael Younge  Justice Brassington Reynolds has adjourned the proceedings into President Bharrat Jagdeo’s libel case against embattled columnist Freddie Kissoon and the Kaieteur News, following a consensual decision to proceed on his long-overdue leave. The decision was agreed to in principle by lead attorney for the plaintiff, Anil Nandlall, and lead defence counsel Nigel Hughes on Thursday at the Supreme Court, after proceedings continued into the libel case. The case has been slated to recommence in the High Court after the court break on December 1 at 13:30h. The…

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The state-of-the-art dormitory at Charity that will accommodate some 200 students from riverine communities in Region Two on the Essequibo Coast is expected to be completed in another two months’ time. The dorm is one of several across the country being constructed or repaired. The Education Ministry is expecting the number of students residing in government-funded dormitories to increase significantly in the next three years, as it pushes ahead with plans to expand access to secondary education. Currently, some 2500 students are occupying state-run dormitories throughout the country. In Region…

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In keeping with its quest to increase access to education in all communities countrywide, the Education Ministry, on Thursday, October 6, commissioned the Martindale Primary School Annexe in Pomeroon, Region Two. The $8 million school, accessible by boat, is located on the bank of the Nunes Canal, an estuary of the Pomeroon River, and less than a mile from the main building situated on the bank of the Pomeroon River. Equipped with modern amenities, the building can accommodate some 30 pupils. Education Minister Shaik Baksh, who attended the occasion, said…

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