2013 – Page 45 – Guyana Times International

PYARG awards over 700 youths at 15th graduation ceremony

November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

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…

The need for scholarships

November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

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…

George Washington University Hospital team on Guyana outreach

November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

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…

Guyana, Suriname parliaments to cooperate

November 1, 2013November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

– 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…

Evening fire ravages bonds at Eccles Industrial Site

November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

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…

Guyanese journalist new head of regional media body

November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

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…

St Maarten govt knocks blog report on Guyana’s consular service

November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

– says Guyana’s reputation tarnished by false blogging The government of St Maarten has flayed a blog report in that country which made numerous damning allegations about the consular services being provided by Guyana to its citizens living on the island. In a statement, the St Maarten government said it had taken note of a press release from the government of Guyana expressing concern over allegations in a news blog discrediting both the consul general to Barbados, Michael Brotherson, and the interim director of the Department of Foreign Relations for…

Chinese company to develop GRA parking lot

November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

– Sattaur says company demonstrating corporate social responsibility Bai Shan Lin has partnered with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to develop a portion of the railway embankment immediately east of Camp Street, into a parking facility for use by GRA’s staff and customers. GRA Commissioner General Khurshid Sattaur said such a partnership initiative is worthy of emulation as it augurs well for development, the tax body reported on Tuesday. Sattaur said, given the nightmarish plight GRA faces to find parking for staff and customers at its headquarters on Camp Street,…

IDRF will continue to support Guyana – chairman

November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Having already contributed significantly to Guyana, the Canada-based International Development and Relief Foundation (IDRF) will continue its support for projects in the South-American country, IDRF’s chairman Winston Kassim has assured. Speaking at IDRF’s annual fundraising gala in Toronto on Saturday, Kassim told the over-sold crowd of 500 supporters, that there is still a great need for better health services and access to education in Guyana. He said this need will be addressed through IDRF’s strong and longstanding partnerships with a number of non-profit groups in Guyana, particularly the Central Islamic…

No education crisis

November 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Yet again, Guyana has dominated the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate Examinations (CSEC) awards. This year (2013) Guyana won five of the eight awards including: most outstanding overall student, most outstanding student in humanities, most outstanding student in sciences, most outstanding student in business studies and most outstanding student in technical vocational. It should also be noted that within the last decade, Guyana has been consistently winning CSEC awards because of the excellent performances recorded by students. In 2012, the country won four of the eight regional awards. This achievement is…