Month: April 2013

St. John Association of Guyana Saving lives since 1933

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Across the world, thousands of members of St. John give their time for the benefit of others. They respond to major emergencies, and teach others skills to save lives. For 80 years, Guyana has been benefiting from these life-saving programmes. St. John Association of Guyana was established in Guyana in 1933 under the leadership of the late Dr L H Wharton; the Brigade, which is the paramilitary and reserve arm, was established in 1952, with Sir Frank Holder as the commissioner. The first official headquarters of the St. John’s Ambulance…

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Guyana emerging as a leader in sustainable development – Tourism Authority

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Guyana is committed to sustainable development as it seeks to ensure its resources remain for future generations. Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) Director Indranauth Haralsingh made this assertion during an interview with a Trinidadian filming crew from the Environmental Network, at his GTA office in Sophia. According to a release, the filming crew from a TV 6 programme, “Showcase Environment”, is in Guyana to film a series of mini-documentaries for their scheduled October-December programme. The team visited the GTA and spoke to the director about the drive to promote sustainable tourism…

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Protest fever

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Satiricus was dazzled. On his daily rounds as a scribbler, he was passing the Office of the President. He wondered if it was a meteor landing, when he saw the light, but realised that it was just the glare from a head so bald and so smooth that it made a billiard ball look like a catahar! Moving to another angle to avoid the reflection, he realised it was his drinking buddy from back in the Big Market day, Mook Lall. Lall had moved on (Satiricus wasn’t sure whether the…

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Guyanese students performing well at CXC, CAPE – Giles

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Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Senior Assistant Registrar Susan Giles has said that, over the years, Guyana has shown a lot of faith and commitment to the programmes offered by the council, and was among the first to sign onto its advanced proficiency programme in 1998. Giles said that Guyanese students have also been excelling at the examinations, especially in the national awards, where students have been raking in the top awards, and the number of entries from Guyana, for both CXC and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), has also…

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OAS keeps eye on U.S. gun, immigration debates

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Organisation of American States (OAS) Secretary General José Miguel Insulza has expressed hope at the progress that has been made in the United States Congress on two important issues – immigration reform and gun control – which, despite their national nature, have a strong impact on the entire region. Insulza highlighted the significance of these debates for all the member states of the OAS. “The importance lies,” he said, “in that the reform directly impacts not just the lives of the large number of citizens in the region that have…

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UG want more money but can’t account fuh it

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Every time yuh talk to a UG student yuh always bound to hear a complain – no proper library, no proper classrooms, no proper lecturer, no proper labs, no proper ground, no proper dorms, and no proper facilities. It look like every ting bad on de campus nowadays, even de minibus drivers and conductors dem who does want to charge de students extra money as soon as de sun go down. But de same time de student body call fuh more money from the government budget is de same time…

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Bolivian delegation undertakes study tour in Guyana

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CUSO/ VSO, through its Accenture partner under the Making Markets Work for the Poor, recently hosted for the first time a delegation from Bolivia for a study tour. According to a release, the purpose of the visit was to study the practices implementation of the Making Markets Work project in Guyana and to be informed of its successes and challenges. The Bolivian contingent consisted of Santiago Etcheverry, a tour guide; Modesto Tapia, a traditional handicraftsman; Velma Lopez, a vocational school administrator and Kenny Knapf, a member of the municipal administration…

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Police hunting killers of domino chief

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Police said they are following leads that two men on a CG motorcycle are responsible for the murder of Georgetown Domino Association (GDA) President Orin Joseph, who was gunned down a few feet from his home on Sunday evening. According to a police source, the force has received information that on the night of the murder, two unknown men drove into the area and soon after gunshots rang out. The men on the motorcycle then fled the scene, but not before relieving Joseph, who is the owner of the “Sius”…

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Teen killed as mining pit caves in

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By Vahnu Manikchand and Umadevi Bux – A teenager was killed and another person injured last weekend, after a mining pit caved in on them at Pamela, Mahdia, Region Eight. Dead is Dennis Anthony Barker, 16, of Lot 550 East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, while Scotland Pluck, 20, of Number Eight Village, Berbice was injured. Barker was pronounced dead on arrival at the Mahdia Hospital, while Pluck was admitted. According to a police press release, around 15:40h on Saturday, the two young miners were working in a mining pit when it caved…

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U.S. missionaries reach out to Long Creek residents

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By Danielle Campbell – Residents of Long Creek on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway took full advantage of the services of a group of United States medical missionaries, who were on a four-day outreach in the community. The 20-man team came on the invitation of superintendent of the Guyana Missionary Baptist Church, Reverend Brenda Harewood and provided services at the Carlyle Miller Cottage Hospital and Health Centre. Optometrist Raleigh Bynum told Guyana Times International that his team was seeing patients who needed eye glasses, reading glasses and general therapy for the eyes.…

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