Year: 2013

Women turn subsistence farming into business

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By Indrawattie Natram   Women have traditionally lived as subsistence farmers, eking out a meagre living off a few crops, just to maintain their family, with or without male assistance. Today, while many women dominate in offices, some women from the Upper Pomeroon choose to remain in farming – but not to exist in poverty. They have adopted farming because they have seen the satisfying advantages of farming as a business. Four women from Kabakaburi, a village in the Upper Pomeroon, located 40 miles from Charity on the Essequibo Coast,…

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A Guyanese tradition

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The Limacol brand name has been a tradition in Guyana and around the world since its Guyanese developer, J. A. Adamson (later nicknamed Johnny “Limacol” Adamson) was employed as chief pharmacist, chemist, general manager and managing director at what was then known as Bookers Drug Store in British Guiana in the early 1900s. According to Alvin O. Thompson writing in “Colonialism and Underdevelopment in Guyana 1580 – 1803” (1987) Adamson developed Limacol “after some months of experimenting”, when he needed to find a substitute for bay rum, which was expensive,…

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2012 Guyana Prize for Literature IV

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By Petamber Persaud   (Continued from last week)   The 2012 Guyana Prize for Literature was awarded in September 2013.   Extract of an interview with Brendan de Caires in Georgetown, Guyana, August 16, 2013. de Caires is a literary critic and reviewer, working in Canada. He has worked in Trinidad as editor and book reviewer for the “Caribbean Review of Books”, (CRB) and for the review section of “Caribbean Beat”. He has also published other literary articles and reviews, and is a co-founder of Moray House Trust in Georgetown.…

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Govt’s ONE STOP SHOP.. 844 get house lots at Zeelugt

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Approximately 844 house lots were distributed to Guyanese for phase three of the Zeelugt Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo when the Housing Ministry staged its fifth ‘One Stop Shop’ exercise for the year on Friday. The lots, which ranged from low income to middle income, cost Gy$92,000 to Gy$300,000.  Speaking at the event hosted at the Uitvlugt Community Centre, Housing Minister Irfaan Ali said the government will invest Gy$700 million in phase three of the housing scheme for infrastructural development. He stated that this was in addition to the Gy$20…

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Family Court to boost social services – CC&PA

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Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) Director Ann Greene said she is looking forward for the speedy orders that will follow the commencement of operations of the Guyana Family Court. Greene believes that with a system solely dedicated to the family and other related social services, Guyana’s children will be able to benefit from the speedy delivery of orders that will see them being placed into care and the work and services provided by the CC&PA would be boosted as family matters would also be resolved in a timely manner.…

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TVG, RGI among broadcasting entities issued with licences

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Nine broadcasting entities that have submitted their relevant documentation for licences to continue to operate were on Friday presented with their licence certificates by Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Chairperson Bibi Shaddick. She stated that the licences for television and radio are issued under the Post and Telegraph Act and assign the frequency and the specifications of transmission. Five television stations were presented with their licences at the small handing over ceremony at the GNBA office, Hadfield Street. These are Television Guyana Incorporated, GWTV Channel 2, Pinnacle Communication Incorporated, Multi…

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New Amsterdam hosts Town Week

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New Amsterdam Town Week 2013 was officially launched on Sunday under the theme “Embracing Our Diversity, Uplifting our Community”. The week of activities is being promoted by staff of the New Amsterdam Municipality. The day’s activity commenced with a parade from Marks Bridge to State House, where the official ceremony was held.  At Main and New streets, Mayor Claude Henry took the salute and congratulated the COFONA Junior Band for their involvement in the parade. Speaking of the oldest town in Guyana, Mayor Henry said after 122 years, the town…

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Finance minister outlines Guyana’s challenges to lending institutions during visit to U.S. capital

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Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh met recently with several key international financial institutions in Washington DC in the United States to discuss ways in which these institutions can better serve the needs of Guyana and its regional neighbours. Dr Singh returned last week after representing Guyana at the 2013 annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, the 2013 Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting, and the fifth Meeting of Finance Ministers of the Americas and the Caribbean, according to a release from his office.…

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Need for partnership to improve the education sector highlighted

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– as Region Five honours educators, top performers Teaching is considered one of the noblest occupations in the world over, due to the role teachers play in the creation of a country’s manpower. In recognition of the efforts made by educators, the regional administration of Region Five under the theme “Promoting Excellence” recognised those who have served the region for 30 years and more. Some of the teachers have remained at the same school for their entire career, an indication that in some instances they have taught and positively impacted…

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GUYANA-VENEZUELA MARITIME DISPUTE.. UN to suggest steps to help resolve border issue

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– Minister Rodrigues-Birkett maintains vessel was in Guyana’s waters United Nations Good Officer mediating talks between Guyana and Venezuela, Norman Girvan is to suggest a series of steps the two countries can take to help resolve their long-standing border issue. In a statement on Monday, the UN said that on October 17, the personal representative of the United Nations secretary general on the border issue between Guyana and Venezuela had very productive separate meetings with the Foreign Ministers of Guyana and Venezuela, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and Elías Jaua respectively.  The ministers,…

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