Year: 2011

Guyanese designer making strides in Barbados

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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…

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QC is overall top school at CSEC

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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…

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Govt donates US$ 100,000 to Somali famine relief

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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.…

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APNU, AFC deeply troubled by famine in Africa

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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;…

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USAID plugs cash into curbing underage sex in Corentyne

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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…

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Trey Songz and Eve rock national stadium

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By Bhisham Mohamed As promised, patrons were not disappointed after they stormed the Guyana National Stadium on the night of August 13 to witness, what can be described as “one of the most energetic concerts,” which featured queen of rap, Eve and R&B heartthrob, Trey Songz. First to take to the stage was rapper, Don Gialiani, who performed his signatures songs “Dougie remix” and “London Girl” among others. His performance was followed by Guyana’s own Timeka Marshall, who also belched out some of her hits, which also added some vibes…

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“I don’t live in Guyana but Guyana lives in me”: Guyanese poet Elly Niland

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By Venessa Deosaran Overseas-based Guyanese Elly Niland is a prolific poet and playwright, admired for her acclaimed work in fusing East Indian Creole, Caribbean and British English to create linguistic and cultural explosions of outstanding literary work within the twentieth century. Elly was born in Guyana in 1954, and has lived in Surrey, England with her husband, an Irishman named Chris, and children since 1971. In an exclusive interview with Guyana Times Sunday Magazine, Elly revealed she was born on the Corentyne coast in her great grandma’s house at Number…

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

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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…

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

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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…

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Digicel praises government’s move to liberalise telecommunication industry

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Digicel (Guyana) on Saturday welcomed government’s move to create a liberalised telecommunications industry stating that customers will benefit from “significantly reduced” international calls and greater services. In a release to the media, the company said brining “an end to the outdated monopoly regime for international calls in Guyana” is a step in the right direction. According to the company, Guyana is one of the last Caribbean countries without competition in the international calling market and as a result Guyanese “are forced to suffer sky high prices for international calls and…

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