Year: 2013

Miss Guyana Universe 2013/ 2014 Katherina Roshana has described her recent outreach to children of the Cheshire Home-Young Voices in Linden, Region 10, as an exhilarating and exciting experience. Roshana said on receiving the invitation to contribute to the Christmas Fund of the Cheshire Homes-Young Voices, she felt she wished to do more than making a mere monetary contribution or of some article. Miss Guyana Universe, who is also Miss India Guyana 2013 and the Miss India Worldwide 2013 Most Beautiful Skin awardee, said she decided to treat the children,…

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When Dennis LeBlanc, a former minister who now directs Greenfield’s Pastoral Counselling Centre, was packing his bags in mid-October for three weeks in Guyana, with shorts, t-shirts and other gears for the South American country just north of the equator, he had to remind himself that this trip was not a vacation. The brief visit to the English-speaking tropical country was instead a chance to see firsthand what it would be like to volunteer in a Third World country, helping a longtime friend from seminary who has been travelling to…

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Assistant Police Commissioner and A Division Commander Derrick Josiah was described as a man of dignity who served his country without fear and prejudice as he was laid to rest on Saturday afternoon. As thousands flocked the Uitvlugt Community Centre ground to pay their last respects to the fallen lawman, President Donald Ramotar, reflecting on the life of Josiah, said he served his country well. Ramotar remembered the former commander as a very organised individual, who was always willing to serve above and beyond the call of duty. He spoke…

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New York City’s immigrant population has reached a new peak, with the percentage of foreign-born residents being the highest it has been in more than a century, according to a new report issued by the city. More than three million immigrants – 37.2 per cent of its population – were living in the city in 2011. This is the highest percentage the city has seen since 1910, when 40.8 per cent of New Yorkers were foreign-born. According to the Department of City Planning report, entitled “The Newest New Yorkers”, the…

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Guyana and Argentina will enhance their bilateral cooperation on tourism, which will redound to the benefit of the people and economies of both countries. After meeting with a high-level Argentine delegation on Wednesday, acting Tourism Minister Irfaan Ali disclosed that the countries will work to more closely cooperate on this fast-growing sector in the South American market. The meeting was a follow-up to Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett’s meeting with officials from the Argentine Tourism Ministry, among others, during her trip to Argentina earlier this year. Minister Ali said the…

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Chief Education Officer Olato Sam last Thursday saluted all of the nation’s teachers and educators for what he described as their tireless contributions to the improvement of the education system, as he delivered the feature address at the Cyril Potter College of Education’s (CPCE) 79th graduation ceremony. He said government’s investment in the training and upgrading of educational facilities must be matched with the quality of the teachers necessary to take the system forward. CPCE is on the upsurge and the graduates, according to Sam, must reflect the quality of…

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The Alliance For Change (AFC) is expecting that the 2014 national budget will provide sufficient funds for the total and proper rehabilitation of the road in the Mahdia community. The present condition of the road is in an appalling state, especially during the rainy season. The 2013 budget did not provide sufficient funds to rehabilitate the road. The party in a release said it is unconscionable that for a region that contributes as much to the national coffers, Region Eight residents have to put up with a road as bad…

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