By Anu Dev Well, some may think it’s the time to be jolly and all that but for others it’s that time of the year when the denizens of universities are gearing up for finals. Trying to force in all of the work from the semester into the old grey matter. No jollity here, I can tell you! It’s times like these that I miss QC’s tradition of only having course-work for the first term. But up to now (three whole months!) medicine is fascinating. And I haven’t been grossed…
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PPP/C hails Mandela as ‘greatest freedom fighter’
The ruling People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/ C) on Monday evening hailed the work of “one of the greatest freedom fighters”, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, taking credit for supporting the struggle against apartheid and recommitting to the ideals of the late African leader. Member of Parliament Gail Teixeira, in her opening remarks, said the “People’s Progressive Party supported the African National Congress (ANC) back in the 1950s and 60s and was there when the apartheid was abolished”. She recalled that on June 26, 1925 the Freedom Charter was signed by 3000…
Read MoreNAPS honours stalwarts in the fight against AIDS
The National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) on Friday honoured several individuals and organisations who dedicated their energies for a number of years to impact the fight against HIV/ AIDS. The appreciation ceremony was held at the Cara Lodge Hotel, Quamina Street, Georgetown. Globally, World AIDS Day was observed recently on December 1 and marked 26 years since the first AIDS case was discovered in Guyana, in 1987. This period also marked 21 years since the establishment of NAPS. For over two decades, the NAPS has been working in unison with…
Read MoreCaribbean Regional Youth Council launched
History was made when the third Caribbean Youth Leaders Summit recently held in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, elected the first ever executive of the newly-constituted Caribbean Regional Youth Council (CRYC). Continuing the work that began at the previous summits in Barbados (2011) and Jamaica (2012), youth leaders took concerted steps towards strengthening their national youth organisations and charting a path towards a regional youth governance mechanism. The revision and discussion of the progress and outputs of the previous summits culminated in the creation of the CRYC and the signing and…
Read MoreEU, British ambassadors hail Mandela as human rights champion
European Union (EU) Ambassador Robert Kopecký and British High Commissioner Andrew Ayre have hailed late South African President Nelson Mandela as a great defender of human rights. The diplomats, in an oped to mark Human Rights Day on Tuesday, said Mandela’s devotion to freedom and democracy, his forgiveness towards his former enemies, and his momentous achievements in bringing peace and reconciliation to his country made him an inspiration throughout the world. In observance of the occasion, the EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Catherine Ashton, issued a…
Read MoreAll GuySuCo estates shutdown
– workers demand annual production bonus Disgruntled sugar workers on all estates downed tools on Wednesday, resulting in a total shutdown of operations across the industry. The workers are demanding an annual production bonus for this year. The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), which has organised the current strike, had on November 18 submitted a claim for an annual production bonus of 6.80 day’s pay for a production of 201,000 tonnes sugar, or alternatively 29,500 tonnes per day pay. Deliberations According to a release, at a meeting on…
Read MoreMandela and Guyana
In a world that has, not without good reason, become more jaded about leaders, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, affectionately known by his clan name of Madiba, stood out for his generosity of spirit. In the annals of world history, there are few parallels with the peaceful transfer of power he engineered in South Africa, deconstructing the system of apartheid in which the overwhelming majority of the country were officially denied their basic human rights. In a 1993 speech, while unveiling a statue in honour of Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi at Pietermaritzburg, the…
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Kaieteur News forced to apologise after caught lying yet again Owner and publisher of the Kaieteur News Mohan Lall, aka Glenn Lall, and the newspaper’s Editor Adam Harris have been caught yet again peddling blatant lies about Bharrat Jagdeo in what appears to be a continuing manic obsession with the former president. Guyana Times International confirmed that the property located on Church Street, Queenstown, Georgetown, is not owned, nor is it in the process of being acquired, by the former president, as falsely claimed by the Kaieteur News on the…
Read MoreNEW GPC INC onboard with K& S football
As part of efforts to fulfill its corporate mandate, NEW GPC INC. on Tuesday aligned itself with the Kashif and Shanghai Secondary School football tournament, which is set for a grand kickoff shortly. NEW GPC INC., located at Farm, East Bank Demerara, has been onboard with Kashif and Shanghai for a number of years, and now that the organisation has switched from senior to schools football, the entity has strengthened its alliance by sponsoring the third place prize to the tune of Gy$ 500,000. Speaking at a simple presentation ceremony…
Read MoreCanadian team Revamp, GCC Tigers and Hickers win DMW titles in Guyana
Canadian team Revamp Hockey Club completed their domination of the men’s division of the Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival in Guyana on Sunday evening by beating Trinidad’s Queen’s Park 4-0 in the final at the National Gymnasium, Georgetown. In addition, the vociferous crowd was appreciative of the fact that local national champs, GCC Tigers, defeated Malvern of Trinidad in a more competitive and highly entertaining Digicel ladies’ final. In an all-Guyana Carib veterans’ final, Hickers out classed GCC 7-4, leaving Guyana with two of the three grand prizes…
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