Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence – George FWill Friday last was Sports Day at QC and in true QC fashion; it was a day chock-full with activities, competitive bantering and tensions running high. It was also my last ever Sports Day as a student of Queen’s College. Must all good things come to an end? The weeks leading up to Sports Day were beyond hectic: we usually put a lot of preparation into being absolutely ready for Sports Day. But having “march practice” daily at lunch…
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Bosai officials meet President Ramotar
– discussions held on major expansion plans Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud accompanied executives of Chongqing Bosai Minerals Group and their affiliate, Bosai Minerals Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) to a meeting with President Donald Ramotar on Saturday as efforts continue to expand bauxite operations and create more jobs. Bosai’s operation in Linden is poised for major expansion with approximately US$ 100 million in investments that will allow the company to access greater quantities of ore and pursue further developments. During the meeting which also included Bosai Company Secretary Norman…
Read MoreAbusive relationship ends deadly
– Seaman stabbed to death, wife held By Tiffany Bowen Seven years of an abusive relationship ended tragically for a Mon Repos couple early Tuesday morning. According to reports, 21-year-old seaman Sam Lall, also called “Samo” or “Alien”, of Block 8, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, was allegedly stabbed to death by his 25-year-old common-law wife, Villda Beaton, also known as Priya. Beaton’s sobbing mother, Rita Pritilal, told this publication that the couple was always in the habit of fighting. The tearful woman related that sometime around 05: 30 on…
Read MoreFishing expedition
Satiricus likes a courtroom drama – like he’s said before. So he’s been transfixed by the parade of witnesses before the Linden Commission of Inquiry (CoI). He’d thought the inquiry would’ve been a boring drone with the old, stern commissioners dotting their i’s and crossing their t’s. But here it was, the opposition lawyers grilling the policemen that’ve been on the stand up to now, trying to trip them up. It was Perry Mason all over again! “Perry Mason, me behind!” growled Kuldeep sourly. “Those opposition lawyers are on a…
Read MoreThe gold rush
By Jainarine Deonauth There is currently a new wave of excitement in Guyana’s mining sector. Everyone wants a piece of the pie, as the high prices for gold in particular on the world market are triggering the gold rush. Nationally, the mining sector in Guyana is seen as critical to national development. Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh was quoted in the media recently as saying that the local economy recorded a 2.8 per cent growth in real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) up to mid-year, with the mining sector playing a…
Read MoreThe Caribbean at the UN
The traditional end-of-September opening of the UN General Assembly this year drew its usual complement of 100+ of world leaders – including most of those from the Caribbean. PM Kamla Persaud-Bissessar was one of the more than one-third who decided to stay at home. As usual, the US president dominated the press coverage, even though he treated it more as a campaign stop in the ongoing US presidential sweepstakes. There was no Gaddafi this year, striking his tent in Central park to compete for primetime reportage. Obama’s half an hour…
Read MoreJagdeo urges greater regional support for agriculture
By Samuel Sukhnandan As the Caribbean Community continues to face great challenges in agriculture with an already high food importation bill, former President Bharrat Jagdeo is calling on regional governments to work towards forging greater political support for the agriculture sector. The former Guyanese leader was addressing participants at the “Jagdeo Initiative” seminar, held at the Guyana International Conference Centre on Friday, as part of activities to mark GuyExpo 2012. Jagdeo said, “Without political support in each country behind this sector, then any technical initiative you have – no matter…
Read MoreThree killed, two hurt as mining pit caves in
By Bhisham Mohamed Tragedy struck on Wednesday at Aranka Backdam, North West District, when a mining pit reportedly caved in killing three miners and injuring two others in the process. The Anns Grove, East Coast Demerara residents were pinned and by the time they were pulled from the wreckage, it was too late. The dead men were identified as Elson “Johnny” Singh, 47, of Two Friends, Anns Grove; Devon “Bungu” Barry, 22, of Middle Walk, and Deonarine “Chubby” Singh, 25, of Lot 7 Middle Walk. The injured are 29-year-old…
Read MoreSukhai urges Amerindians to exploit natural resources to create wealth
Amerindian Affairs Minister Pauline Sukhai is calling on all Amerindians to tap into their resources in order to improve their livelihoods and add to the progress in their respective villages and regions. “Sometimes, we do not recognise how resourceful our villages are, and we tend to remain in a state of dependency and feel that others are obligated to bring development to us, but I want to encourage you to look within your villages, to see for yourself that you, as a people within Guyana, have rich resources and you…
Read MoreHigh drama as commissioners visit Linden
By Vahnu Manikchand “We want justice” was the chant of Lindeners greeting the commissioners of the inquiry into the shooting to death of three of their own as they began their visit to the mining town to have a first look at the scenes where the events of July 18 and days subsequent to that occurred. Scores of Lindeners stood in the scorching sun awaiting the commissioners. Most of them, dressed in black, gathered at Casuarina Drive near the entrance to the Wismar-Mackenzie Bridge calling for justice for Allan Lewis,…
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