Month: August 2013

Bioethanol plant signals great potential in Guyana’s energy sector.

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By Svetlana Marshall – Guyana’s first bioethanol demonstration plant was commissioned by President Donald Ramotar and Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy at the Albion Sugar Factory on Tuesday. The Gy$ 85 million plant funded by the Inter-American Development Bank-Japanese Special Fund for Sustainable Energy and Climate Change and the government of Guyana was developed through a technical cooperation. It was designed to fulfil three primary objectives: demonstrate the production of fuel grade ethanol locally, provide fuel for future demonstration of use of ethanol as a vehicle source, and develop the…

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Packed programme to celebrate Amerindian Heritage Month

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The Amerindian Affairs Ministry on Tuesday unveiled the calendar of events for this year’s annual Heritage Month celebrations which features a range of activities to reflect the way of life of the first people. The month will be observed under the theme “Honouring our culture, advancing our future”. The month will commence with an interfaith service at the Umana Yana on August 31 at 17: 00h, followed by the grand launch on September 1 at the Amerindian Village, National Exhibition Complex, Sophia at 17: 00h. The programme will include several…

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The Guyana Watch medical team was incredible

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Dear Editor, Maybe all of the reports have not been collated as yet, but from what I am gathering, the Guyana Watch medical team did an incredible job during its visit to Guyana that just ended over the weekend. We just have to congratulate all of the members, but we cannot forget the local support base. A big thank you is in order for the Education Ministry, as it allowed for its various schools across the country to be used, together with the Health Ministry, for facilitating the visit. The…

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Urgent action needed to stop gender-based violence

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Dear Editor, In my quest to represent a land that I am very passionate about seeing thrive and reach a place where justice, peace and the rights of all are protected, I writhe with disbelief and anguish at the recent events of gender-based violence that are being perpetuated in our society like an untreated contagious plague. In my role as an ambassador for Guyana, I cannot sit in a corner and remain silent about an issue I have been advocating for endlessly, both nationwide and internationally, in an effort to…

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Helping those with suicidal tendencies

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Dear Editor, I hate the idea that we have poisonous chemicals ‘knocking about’ our homes. I know of people who ingested poison and died. They actually committed suicide by virtue of the fact the poison was available. Outside of the home, it is the same too. Just about anyone can go and buy chemicals from pharmacies. Making matters worse is that prescription drugs are now obtained very underhandedly. So, even if the house is safe chemically, still potential suicidal victims can access their lethal doses unimpeded. Something has to be…

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Smart move by AFC on Amaila

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Dear Editor, The Alliance For Change (AFC) made a smart move to reverse course and support the Amaila Falls Hydropower project. When I was in Guyana, I told friends the AFC would change course. I had expected A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) to do the same, as popular opinion is in favour of the project, but the party coalition is stubbornly holding on to its anti-Amaila position. I have been conducting an opinion survey for the North American Caribbean Teachers Association (NACTA) on the initial rejection of the hydro…

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Streaming in schools

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Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself – John Dewey Seeing the (amazing) spike in the number of subjects the high-achievers wrote this year, I was particularly interested to see what exactly were the subjects written by these students. It was no surprise to discover that several wrote subjects across “streams”. I’ve had time to think long and hard about our system of streaming in our educational system in Guyana. I’ve always liked our system of streaming students into groups of subjects centred on an endeavour of…

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Rohee elected PPP General Secretary

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– “I have full confidence in him that he will do a good job” – Ramotar . By Michael Younge – Long standing People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP) member Clement Rohee was unanimously elected to serve as the party’s fourth general secretary when its recently installed 35-member central committee met on Monday to renew its leadership team. Rohee won the committee’s support after incumbent secretary President Donald Ramotar declined re-election and backed his candidacy for the helm of the party, explaining that he was unable to bear the burden of…

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Miss TT wins International Jamzone Pageant.

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By Umadevi Bux – Trinidadian, Breige Wilson, 23, was early Wednesday morning crowned Miss Jamzone International after an exhilarating four-hour contest held at the National Cultural Centre. Meanwhile, Guyana’s Alicia Bess, 23, came in as first runner-up; Curacao’s Marvia Laurence, 28, as the second runner-up; St Kitts and Nevis’ Zinga lmo, 18, the third runner up and St Lucia’s Consuelo Dupal, 21, as the fourth runner-up. The beauties were given the final question: “If you were a doctor and the Caribbean was your patient, what would your prescription be to…

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Rice Board officials meet over cocaine bust

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Directors of the state-run Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) on Wednesday convened an emergency meeting to discuss the interception of cocaine on a rice shipment from Guyana in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday. GRDB General Manager Jagnarine Singh disclosed that he has not been officially contacted by local law enforcement on the issue. The 69 kilograms of cocaine was on August 12 discovered in a shipment of rice which left Guyana for Venezuela. The seizure was made by law enforcement officers in the Dominican Republic in a container of rice…

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