Dear Editor, I am noticing a great movement – the spread of cricketing academies in Guyana. I know that in Guyana it is not possible to have these academies on a full-time basis, so these one-week camps are indeed most fabulous. What makes me even happier is the fact that people of great cricketing pedigree are being utilised. Just recently, Milton Pydanna helped out in Berbice, and Clive Lloyd did his part in Lusignan. As for Lloyd, the former Guyana and West Indies captain told the young participants (at the…
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National Sports facilities are constructed for all to benefit
Dear Editor, Letters recently appeared in the local media, under the name of a Claudius Prince, still questioning the choice and wisdom of locating the national, all-weather synthetic athletic track in the vicinity of Leonora, West Coast Demerara. Even as the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport recognises and fully respects Mr Prince’s democratic right to express his opinions, it tires of having to repeatedly explain and defend its reasoned and well-intentioned decisions and actions. Especially, as in Prince’s correspondence, when the various writers’ views and conclusions are clothed in…
Read MoreGuyana to chair UN second committee on economics
Guyana will serve as chair of the Economic and Financial Committee (second committee) of the United Nations General Assembly for the 67th session, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a release. The UN Assembly on Tuesday elected Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador George Talbot, by acclamation to the post. Ambassador Talbot is the first representative of a Caricom member state at the United Nations to hold the position. The second committee, which deals with a wide range of development matters, will have a full agenda of issues…
Read MoreConveniently, two lawyers gat a convenient interpretation!
It look like de BC gat fuh do like what a certain doctor does be doing pun de TV and teach people about words. While de BC wouldn’t deal with plenty words like de doc who teaching everybody, it gon have more challenges with a particular word that some refuse fuh understand. De word is “convenience”. While much was said about it, it is de first word, maybe de only one, in this new BC series call “Hard Word”. Just like how de doc does do it, context must be…
Read MoreSpecialty hospital contract to be reviewed – Dr Luncheon
By Michael Younge Government’s chief spokesperson, Dr Roger Luncheon on Wednesday announced that the controversial contract to Surendra Engineering to build the US$ 18.1 million specialty hospital will be reexamined. Luncheon, who is also secretary to the Cabinet, explained that the administration became aware on Tuesday of the formal protests and calls for an official review to be undertaken by one of the bidders, Fedders Lloyd. He said it was the usual practice for the disadvantaged bidder to lodge a protest in accordance with the protest provisions in the Procurement…
Read MoreBirds-in-crotch smuggler convicted
A man, who sought to smuggle three finches in his crotch out of Guyana, was Tuesday ordered to pay a fine or spend six months in jail. City Magistrate, Faith Mc Gusty handed down the penalty to Shivastil Ramrattan after he pleaded guilty to committing the offence on September 3. Ramrattan was caught on September 3 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri with the ‘towa-towas’ in his pants crotch. Guyanese laws require wildlife exporters to acquire permits from the Wildlife Management Authority but Ramrattan had none. He told the…
Read MoreCulture Ministry hands over Gy$ 5M cheque to ACDA
Culture, Youth and Sport Minister Dr Frank Anthony, in the company of Permanent Secretary Alfred King, on Wednesday handed over a cheque valued Gy$ 5 million to African Cultural Development Association (ACDA) executive member Eric Phillips. The cheque represents the ministry’s financial contribution to ACDA for the August 1 hosting of Emancipation Day celebrations at the National Park. The donation, which should have been given to the association prior to the hosting of the event, had to be delayed due to an unforeseen incident on the part of ACDA. Minister…
Read MoreGuyanese youth ambassadors in U.S. on exchange visit
Twelve students and two mentors representing several regions of Guyana have embarked on a three-week exchange programme to the United States, known as the Youth Ambassadors Programme (YAP). The YAP group arrived in Washington, DC on Tuesday and will travel to various parts of the United States before the programme concludes on September 25. This is the first time the regional programme has hosted youth ambassadors representing Guyana, the U. S. embassy said in a release. On August 28, U. S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Thomas Pierce met with the 12…
Read MoreUK, Guyana to work closely on climate change
The Office of Climate Change, based in Office of the President, on Monday received a delegation from the United Kingdom as part of ongoing bilateral engagements on climate change. According to a release from the OCC, the delegation led by British High Commissioner to Guyana Andrew Ayre also included Ian Bolton, climate change and energy desk officer at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Matt Nottingham, political officer at the British High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The visit was geared towards gaining a better understanding of how the…
Read MoreIPC unveils five-year strategy for Amerindian development in Guyana
The Indigenous Peoples Commission (IPC) on Wednesday launched its first five-year strategic plan under the theme, “Building competence and promoting rights of indigenous peoples”. The plan was made possible with the direct assistance of United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). In presenting the five-year strategy, IPC Chief Executive Officer Autry Haynes said that Amerindians are a humble people seeking to modernise their way of life. He added that the shifting dynamics, and value of extractive materials and the eco- system services/ forest are some of the issues that lead to the…
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