Dear Editor, Essequibo is a place to behold and be proud of. Essequibo’s roadway, particularly the frequently plied highway, maybe as a result of lighter traffic, is indeed in excellent condition. In some sections, it is a bit dark, but the roads are primarily free from pot holes and rough spots. However, there are a few meandering sections of the road where drivers need to proceed with caution. It would be very interesting to examine accident types and frequency on the coast. This is where I see development in a…
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A Hindu temple on a New York campus
Dear Editor, Kindly consider publishing this letter about the cultural achievements of our foreign students. I live in Miami, Florida. For the last three years, a group of mostly female Hindu students of Indo-Caribbean descent have gotten together and formed a Hindu club and the first ever ‘mandir’ (temple) on a campus in New York City, amongst the city universities. The students are mainly from Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana, with a small percentage from India, America and Europe. The Hindu club gave a kind of parallel academic growth and…
Read MorePensioners get a timely boost
Dear Editor, Just recently I was educating a few of my unemployed friends on the assistance that the government is willing to offer pensioners. Though it took some time for the government to follow through with this initiative, it is highly appreciated by many. Scores of pensioners will now be relieved of the burden of paying electricity bills. Registered pensioners with active Guyana Power and Light (GPL) accounts will now benefit from a subsidy of Gy$20,000 per person. The initiative is expected to guarantee authenticity. Presently, the focus is primarily…
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PYARG awards over 700 youths at 15th graduation ceremony
The President’s Youth Award: Republic of Guyana (PYARG) held its 15th award presentation at the National Cultural Centre (NCC) where 715 youths were awarded: 547 in the bronze category, 148 silver and 30 gold. In 1998, Guyana adopted and launched the programme which is modelled after the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, which was introduced in Great Britain in 1956. The Most Outstanding Participant award in the Gold Category was given to Teekaram Singh and Zimeena Rasheed from the Anna Regina Secondary School, Region Two. Special awards were also given to…
Read MoreThe need for scholarships
By Anu Dev Last week I wrote about the importance of writing the CAPE exams because not enough students write CAPE in Guyana. And it’s really not that surprising because CAPE isn’t as well publicised as CSEC is here. I know I’d never heard of CAPE until fifth form, I was still walking around talking about A-levels. And in general, we don’t make such a big deal about CAPE results. We bring out the marching band, the confetti and the red carpet for our CSEC top students, but our CAPE…
Read MoreGeorge Washington University Hospital team on Guyana outreach
Under a strategic partnership with the Health Ministry, a specialist team from the George Washington University Hospital is currently in Guyana on a seven-day medical outreach. The 21-member team, which consists of urologists, anaesthesiologists, general surgeons and nurses, arrived in Guyana last Saturday. The team includes urologist Joseph Benjamin, a Guyana-born doctor who left this country when he was a child. This is his first trip back to his homeland. The team, which has brought its own medical supplies and surgical instruments, has been conducting complex surgeries in their respective…
Read MoreGuyana, Suriname parliaments to cooperate
– TIP, piracy among issues discussed at meeting Human trafficking and piracy were among issues discussed by a delegation of Surinamese politicians headed by their House Speaker when they met members of the foreign relations committee of Guyana last Friday. Shortly after stepping out of a meeting with members of the Guyana Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Foreign Relations, Speaker Raphael Trotman and parliamentarians, Surinamese Speaker Dr Jennifer Geerlings-Simons told Guyana Times International that meetings attended have proved to be fruitful. She explained that issues common to both countries were placed…
Read MoreEvening fire ravages bonds at Eccles Industrial Site
It was an emotional scene at Eccles, East Bank Demerara Wednesday evening as fire ravaged Comfort Sleep and Payless bonds at their Industrial Site location. The inferno started around 18:35h. Scores of persons flocked the scene as firefighters earnestly tried to prevent the blaze from spreading to other nearby buildings. In tears, Comfort Sleep Manager Deodat Narine told media operatives that he had just closed off operations at the factory, when he received a call from the security guard on duty that the bond was on fire. The bond, which…
Read MoreGuyanese journalist new head of regional media body
St Kitts and Nevis-based Guyanese journalist Clive Bacchus is the new president of the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM). Bacchus was elected at the seventh biennial general assembly of the organisation in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad on October 26, the association said in a release. He will be supported by First Vice President Peter Richards of Trinidad and Tobago, and Second Vice President Dr Canute James of Jamaica. Former President Wesley Gibbings will serve as general secretary, and the assistant general secretary is Martina Johnson of Antigua and Barbuda. The new…
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