President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dr. Julian Hunte On Tuesday evening paid a courtesy call on president Donald Ramotar at Office of the President which was then followed by a meeting. Joining the meeting were Minister of Culture Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony, Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall, Chairman of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) Clive Lloyd, Presidential Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira and Director General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Elisabeth Harper. On Friday, President Donald Ramotar had requested a meeting with CARICOM…
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Guyanese wins top business award in Canada
By North American Correspondent Guyanese Terry Sawh, President of Topnotch Group of Companies of Canada, copped the Procurement Advocate of the Year Award at the Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council`s (CAMSC) 7th Annual Business Achievement Awards Presentation recently held at the prestigious Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto. The Procurement Advocate of the Year Award is offered to an individual who strongly promotes supplier diversity through outreach activities to various groups and is respected by their peers for advocating supplier diversity in Canada. Sawh has satisfied the criteria for…
Read MoreWomen’s Group makes donation to GPHC
By North American Correspondent Members of a Guyanese Canadian women’s group called the Guyana Pioneer Group, comprising of seven female Guyanese, engaged in fundraising in Toronto to assist the Burns Unit within the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). The project was initiated by the Toronto-based Burn and Health Care Charitable Foundation and the Burns Care Unit of the GPHC. The Guyana Pioneer Group has been collaborating with the founders of the project to help them realize their goal to provide a better facility for burn victims in Guyana. The Guyana…
Read MoreDonkey ears long; he deaf to he own story
Remember de village crier? It was a man who use to walk around de village knocking a “taawa” (de round thing yuh does cook roti pun) with a wood mallet meking announcements or he does ring a bell. De sound of de mallet hitting de “taawa” was to get yuh attention and yuh interest to know what he about to say. Dem was de days when only de few “big ones” had telephone and de mass of “lil ones” didn’t know what one look like. In dem days de “communication”…
Read MoreAPNU to seek amendments to broadcast legislation
The A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) said that among the issues it intends to raise for urgent resolution within the tripartite political talks with the People Progressive Party/Civic PPP/C) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) are amendments to the broadcast legislation, and the continued domination of the state media by the PPP/C. At a news conference on Thursday, the party said that during the recent elections, the extent of abuse of the state media by the PPP/C reached new levels. “APNU believes that urgent action must now be taken…
Read More21-year-old charged for death of mechanic
A young man was last Thursday granted bail by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry for causing the death of a mechanic during an accident. Gavin Barckoy, a customs broker of Lot 342 Cummings Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown, made an appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to the charge of causing death by dangerous driving. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge, which stated that on October 9 at North Road and Cummings Street, Georgetown, he drove motor vehicle PKK 216 in a manner dangerous to the public,…
Read MoreGovernment announces new diplomatic postings
By Danielle Campbell Climate change expert and foreign negotiator, Michael Brotherson heads a list of Guyanese selected for diplomatic appointment overseas, Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett announced recently. The minister speaking at a media conference revealed a number of new picks for diplomatic postings, including Michael Brotherson as honorary consul general to Barbados. Brotherson has worked for 20 years with the Foreign Service in various capacities, and more recently with the Climate Change Office attached to the Office of the President. The Foreign Ministry has also appointed Ambassador Extraordinaire George…
Read MoreAmerindian settlements
It is generally believed that Guyana’s first inhabitants, the Amerindians, originally entered the territory of what is now known as Guyana about 11,000 years ago. Initially they lived on the low, swampy coastland region. Research by the Guyanese anthropologist, Dennis Williams, shows that while the earliest Guyanese were hunters, about 7000 years ago they graduated to become hunter-gatherers. Archaeological studies reveal that a group of these people occupied Barabina Hill near to Mabaruma around that period. In the North-West District and the Pomeroon, where they were firmly established as fish,…
Read MoreInternational project to foster conservation of “indigenous wisdom”
By Matt Hallett Imagine lifting off from Georgetown on a flight into the interior and peering out your window only to see green stretching to the horizon in every direction. Consider hiking through the lush Iwokrama Forest to the peak of Turtle Mountain where you watch spider monkeys bound through the trees below. Close your eyes and picture a sky so full of stars that you almost have to shield your eyes. Think about what it would be like to take a night hike through the savannah and forest habitats…
Read MoreChavez, Ramotar discuss improving bilateral relations
On January 4, the presidents of Venezuela and Guyana, Hugo Chávez and Donald Ramotar respectively, discussed matters of mutual interest over the phone. According to a press release from the Venezuelan Foreign Office, Chávez expressed “his readiness to strengthen political, economic and social relations between two brotherly peoples, and his willingness to join efforts to achieve that end”. For his part, President Ramotar thanked the president for the invitation he received to visit Venezuela as president-elect on the occasion of the summit to establish the Community of Latin American and…
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