Exploring Iwokrama – The Green Heart of Guyana
Year: 2012
Child, maternal mortality rates significantly reduced – chief medical officer
Guyana has been making significant strides in the reduction of child and maternal mortalities, Chief Medical Officer Shamdeo Persaud said. He was at the time addressing media operatives at a colloquium facilitated by the Health Ministry and the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) on Saturday. According to Persaud, in 1991, there were approximately 1600 under five deaths recorded across the country, but by 2005, this figure dropped considerably to approximately 395 deaths per annum. In 2011, the figure stood at approximately 237 as it relates to children under the age…
Read MoreOn-line Education
As with the rest of the world, the Caribbean has been plunged into a crisis in the delivery of education in a world that is changing so rapidly that the knowledge necessary to just keep abreast is expanding exponentially while the traditional infrastructure and human resources can only be increased arithmetically. That traditional method entailed bringing students from their homes into classrooms in schools and universities, where they were lectured to by teachers and professors. This is as it has been with Plato in Greece or at Taxila in India…
Read MoreSt Stanislaus College wins GBTI’s impromptu speech competition
St Stanislaus College emerged victorious on Tuesday in the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Limited fifth annual Inter-Secondary School Impromptu Speech Competition. Saints defeated St Rose’s High School in the final, which was held at the bank’s recreational centre in Bel Air Park, Georgetown. The three members of each team were given one minute to prepare after selecting one of a list of randomly chosen topics on which they had to make a two-minute presentation. Fifteen-year-old Danyal Goodchild sealed the St Stanislaus victory with his presentation on “Beauty”. Judging…
Read MoreGov’t takes housing drive to Bartica
– more than 400 house lots allocated By Michael Younge More than 400 Guyanese residing at Bartica, Region Seven, were allocated low and middle income house lots at the spanking new Five Miles Housing Scheme being constructed by government on Saturday. The investment in the provision of these house lots amount to Gy$252 million and will result in some 1484 residents benefiting directly. Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali addressing hundreds of residents at the ministry’s fifth “One Stop Shop”, which was held under the theme “Building equity and empowering…
Read MoreGuyana records 17.7 % increase in tourist arrivals
-record level expected in December Guyana will likely by year-end achieve a record-breaking 20 percent increase in tourist arrivals over last year’s figure as up to October, there was already an increase of 17.7 % over the corresponding period according to Director, Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) Indranauth Haralsingh. “We are very happy to report that we have had record arrivals so far for the year , … we have had 148,628 visitors compared with 126,313 up to the end of October,” said the GTA Director at a press conference on…
Read More“Opposition wants power through the back door” – Minister Ali tells Leguan residents
BY MICHAEL YOUNGE Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali has warned residents of Leguan, Region Three of suspicious moves by the opposition political parties to gain power though the back door. Speaking at a Cabinet outreach meeting on Saturday, Ali said, “People took us for granted at the last elections… they did not listen… they experimented and decided to stay home and now our tasks are made more difficult as the opposition continues to seek to sabotage development in Guyana… they want power through…
Read MoreDancers performing an item at the N.Y. 2012 Diwali celebrations at the Cheddi Jagan Square in Richmond Hill, Queens
Mark Vieira named Champion Driver
– Guyana finished second to Jamaica Guyanese ace driver, Mark Vieira was on Sunday bestowed with the title of Champion Driver when the Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) were held at the South Dakota Circuit, Timehri, in front of a massive crowd. Vieira with his fully loaded RX8, powered his machine to cop two firsts and one second in the highly competitive CMRC Group 4 category, outshining his two Jamaican rivals, David Summerbell Jr. and Peter Rae. In a brief interview, Vieira noted that he is pleased to have been…
Read MoreConstruction of synthetic track and field facility taking shape
By Rajiv Bisanuth Despite many delays, construction work on Guyana’s multi-million dollar synthetic track and field facility at Leonora is finally on schedule as it relates to contractual obligations. This was disclosed by Design and Construction Services Limited, Project Manager, Patrick Pitt following a visit to the site last Friday. According to Pitt, Lot Two of Phase Two entails bringing the 400-metre surface to an asphaltic finish and this is currently under construction by B.K International. Pitt noted that the facility is at its most crucial stage of construction and…
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