Year: 2013

The NEW GPC INC/ Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) on Wednesday evening copped the President’s Award for Investment in Tourism, as the Tourism Ministry hosted its annual awards ceremony at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown. The award comes as NEW GPC continues to demonstrate vision and courage in investing its resources in the tourism sector. NEW GPC was successful in its bid for the Guyana franchise for the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and subsequently secured the title sponsorship for the T20 tournament resulting in the event being…

Following last week’s presentation to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, former President Bharrat Jagdeo has travelled to Warsaw, Poland – the location of this year’s United Nations (UN) climate meeting. In Warsaw, the former president has joined with other world leaders to emphasise the urgency of global action on climate change. On Wednesday morning, he met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon to specifically focus on the needs of the smallest and most vulnerable states, including those in the Alliance of Small Island States…

National Geographic Traveler magazine has named Guyana on its annual Best of the World list, featuring 20 destinations plus a bonus readers’ choice destination to visit in 2014. The list reflects what is authentic, culturally rich, sustainable and superlative in the world of travel today. The destinations are featured in the December 2013/ January 2014 issue of Traveler magazine, available on newsstands on December 3, and online at travel.nationalgeographic.com/ travel/ best-trips-2014. “Our annual Best of the World list doesn’t reflect hot spots drawn from celebrity sightings or travel statistics,” said…

Guyana’s health sector is celebrating another milestone as it receives its first emergency medicine specialist, who will be looking to improve the services of the Accident and Emergency (A& E) Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Dr Zulficar Bux underwent three years of training at the GPHC under the supervision of professionals from the Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, U. S. A. He has been recently appointed head of the hospital’s A& E Unit. Dr Bux said prior to his training, he recognised that there is a need for improved…

Digicel was named a winner at the 2012/ 13 Corporate Citizens of the Americas (CCA) Award last Wednesday night at a glittering gala in Washington, DC. The CCA awards are an initiative from The Trust for the Americas with support from the Organisation of American States (OAS), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and AES Corporation. Digicel was named the winner in the Vulnerable Communities Category for its Digicel Foundation education programme in Haiti which sees it on track to build 150 schools by 2014 and deliver training to over 600…

By Samuel Sukhnandan   Founder of ‘Mothers in Black’ Denise Dias is calling on government to make road safety a national priority, in order to reduce the increasing number of road accidents in Guyana, while lamenting that too many “lil’ boys” were being licensed to drive trucks and busses. Dias, in a recent interview, told Guyana Times International that while the current administration has made some steps to curb the issue, a more concerted effort is needed for real results. Dias asserted that unless the matter is addressed in a…

Narine Dat Sookram, who received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, came of no surprise to many, because of his love and passion to serve people. However, instead of celebrating that prestigious moment, he did something very unique and a little different. Sookram actually advocated for the privilege to bestow the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal to other deserving recipients. When Sookram was asked as to why he did what he did, he said, “I did not like the fact that certain officials received the medal automatically, because…

Amid the recent fallout over the seizure of a seismic vessel and ongoing chatter about the Essequibo, Opposition Leader David Granger on Friday issued a warning to the government to safeguard Guyana against the peril of a renewed Venezuelan position to block economic development in the Essequibo. Granger said his coalition, A Partnership For National Unity (APNU), strongly believes that the move by the Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela PC 23 Yekuana vessel to seize RV Teknik Perdana was intended to bar economic development in Essequibo. At the time, the vessel…