Everybody know it gat some people who like fuh push dem self and mek others believe that dem is de best thing since slice bread. In other words, that set does believe dem is de only expert it gat. Now that de broadcast authority in place, Enrico sehin de committee lack “expertise”. People who know he seh is because he not pun de committee mek he sehin that! Dem also sehin that he believe that he is de only such expert it gat! Others sehin he just “trying a thing”…
Read MoreYear: 2012
Power: By any means necessary
Executive prerogative David Granger and the APNU sound like the proverbial “broken record”. (Incidentally, do young folks nowadays know what’s a broken “record”? It’s like a scratched CD! – Just keeps repeating a line most annoyingly!) They’re back whining that they ought to be on a “Tripartite Budget Committee” to craft the budget. Can you believe this ‘eye pass’? Who do they think they’re fooling? What is a budget? It represents in a “dollar-and-cents” sense, the vision of the executive being implemented – based on the resources available to it.…
Read MoreThere is a need to pursue agriculture research
Dear Editor, I applaud the ‘pursuit of a dream’ by Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy. He has committed to the realisation of a sister school at the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA), with the aim of enhancing and progressing the institution’s agriculture research capacity and capability. This is a sign of growth and it is concomitant with any evolving society. I am excited and more so, because the ‘area of specialisation’ is what is most necessary in Guyana. Before I go on, I have to tell of a ‘broken heart’…
Read MoreAnother boost for education
Dear Editor, I was very elated with the news that a Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) lecturer has been selected for the Faculty Leadership Pilot Programme. This is a real boost for the institution and I do congratulate the deserving recipient of this special award. It is an incentive already and it is bound to add that special aura to the college. Just recently, another (University of Guyana) lecturer was in the news in the area of scholarship enhancement. He is already in the process of a PhD project…
Read MoreAlika Morgan deserves that helping hand
Dear Editor, If it happens, I will celebrate with her and her coach. I am talking here about the word that I got regarding celebrated long distance runner, Alika Morgan. Her coach, Leslie Black revealed that he is in negotiations with two U. S. colleges for a scholarship for the runner. Currently she is preparing for the CSEC exams in January. According to Black, Essex College and Linden Wood University have shown interest in Morgan. The coach further explained that Linden Wood is currently assessing Morgan’s records. She is 21…
Read MoreGuyanese-Canadians raise over US$10,000 for GPHC burns unit
A concert fundraiser was held recently in Toronto for the Burns and Healthcare Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital in Guyana. The concert was held at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts where guests were treated to steel pan music, local Guyanese entertainment and Bollywood songs. The auditorium was packed with guests of Guyanese descent, suggesting the fundraising concert was something of importance to the large Guyanese community in the Toronto area. The initiative was undertaken by the Toronto based Burns & Healthcare Charitable Foundation with the proceeds,…
Read MoreA certain man gat a very misleading name!
Is not that de BC like fuh “knock” people, but some people does really do some stupidness that does cause that pun dem self. De other day, it was reported that some students in Bolt country, Jamaica, “tun” up dress inappropriately fuh school. Apparently, de boys “tun” up in tight tight pants and de girls in short short skirt! De teachers send dem home immediately. People seh de teachers right. Now, that is something de students cause pun dem selves. Some want fuh know if de students wear de same…
Read MoreGov’t in partnership to fast-track learning in Math, Chemistry
By Lakhram Bhagirat The Education Ministry and the Roraima Learning Trust have launched a new micro- learning pilot project targeting 70 schools, with more than 150 students in the area of Chemistry and Mathematics. The project seeks to disseminate the CXC syllabus into small modules that can be used on an Information Communication Technology (ICT) platform. The programme will be developed by the University of Innsbruck, Austria and is being introduced to Guyana by Honorary Consul to South Africa Kojo Parris, who is also the chief executive officer of the…
Read MoreAgricola residents protest teen’s killing
–political parties call for full investigation By Bhisham Mohamed Slain Agricola teenager Shaquille Grant would have turned eighteen on Wednesday and his relatives plan to leave no stone unturned in seeking justice for his untimely death. Bearing placards with the name of the police rank who allegedly pulled the trigger, and other messages calling for justice, the relatives picketed the Brickdam Police Station where four other young men were being held by the police. The mother of the dead teenager is calling for the officer to be charged for the…
Read MoreGirl killed in accident with Greene laid to rest
Eleven-year-old Saziya Jamalludin of Lot 26 Adelphi Village, East Canje, Berbice, was laid to rest on Wednesday after a funeral service at her parents’ residence. The former Fifth Grader of the Rose Hall Estate Primary School last rites were conducted according to Muslim customs even as her mother remained in an unconscious state at the Georgetown Public Hospital, while her father, who was at home did not have the strength to stand at the side of her white coffin at the ceremony held at their home. Relatives said that Bashir…
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