By Anu Dev When my own CSEC results came out in 2011, I’d been vacationing with my family in Suriname. I learnt about it, in what is now the old fashioned way — via the newspapers. This year, the Education Minister broke new ground – she personally streamed the results of the top 52 performers who’d secured 11 or more passes with Grade Ones. My family were avid viewers over in New York, where we were vacationing: my brother Abhimanyu had written 17 subjects at the age of 14 and…
Read MoreYear: 2014
This riggnin thing gone too far
When de Pee-N-C party decide to change dem name, de first time dem put on just a “R”. People wasn’t sure why dem do that. At first, dem seh it mean “reform”, but de only ting dem was reformin was how to get re-elected all de time by thiefin de elections from de Pee-P-P and from de people. But thankfully, eventually every body realise that the “R” was fuh “riggin”, although it was since in Burnt Ham time that de Pee-N-C was involved in big time riggin by diggin. That…
Read MoreRobbery…
…in CPL final This Eyewitness never made it a secret that he’s an avid (even a rabid) fan of the Guyana Amazon Warriors – henceforth the “Warriors”. So when he screams “we wuz robbed!!!!” in the CPL finals, he knows there’ll be the issue of being an “interested party”. But he’ll preface his statements with this caution that’s guided him since he was a stripling. It’s from Dr No. When a thing happened the first time it’s “happenstance”; a second time, “coincidence” but when for the third time – its…
Read MoreThe one without sin
Satiricus was livid. He’d just read this letter in the Stabber. Here was this fella Ah-Gun-Seh maligning the fair name of the Founder-Leader again. Claiming that the great Kabaka was not “sin-less”!!! “Oooooh!!” Satiricus shrieked, “When will this persecution cease?” Had the magnificent Odo not fulfilled every demand of the prophecy?? He was not as other sinful humans. What else did these people want??Was he not born under a star in a barrack in the village of Titty?? How could people like Ah-Gun-Seh tell people it was not really a…
Read MoreA retreat as well as an adventure
The expanding town of Lethem lies on the Takutu River, which forms the border with Brazil, opposite the Brazilian town of Bonfim. It is the main commercial centre of the Rupununi in Region Nine. It is also the largest town and the administrative centre of the Rupununi region, and includes a hospital, a police station, an army camp, a telecommunications station, schools, guesthouses, restaurants and stores. The indigenous population comprises mainly Macushi and Wapishana tribes. Taking a bus from Georgetown to Lethem can be rough but adventurous. Along the way…
Read MoreWhy business leaders support a price on carbon
The companies we turn to every day for electricity, transportation, consumer goods, and even electronics face risks from climate change. Most need reliable water for production processes and products. Extreme weather and temperatures can hurt their productivity and damage their supply chains and assets. Business leaders understand that climate change can have real economic impact, and that their current business models may not be profitable in a 4-degree warmer world. They also see opportunity in innovating for a cleaner future. Several global companies, including Google, Walmart, and Shell, have started…
Read MoreJoe does talk before he think
Joe de Hard Mouth fella ain’t only gotta hard mouth. He gotta big mouth too. Very big, if yuh ask dem folks down by Church Street, not too far from de National Library, right wheh people does go and pray. But Hard Mouth does ignore that de name “Church Street” is fuh a reason. It gotta lotta other words to describe Joe mouth. But it might be a too big mouthful fuh this column alone to print. De Hard Mouth man is always de one who always talkin some ting.…
Read MoreColonial Homes of Georgetown
In the ever changing landscape of Guyana, especially in the district of Georgetown, some striking old traditional wooden buildings can still be found. In the conservation of our wooden built heritage, strategies had to be adopted to make the use of historic buildings current so that they can survive for the benefit of future generations. This is so since the original use of the building may not have been sustainable enough to safeguard the future of the building. The term “adaptive reuse” is common among conservation enthusiasts. It is the…
Read MoreHistory of Central High School
Central High School was founded around 1928. However, it is likely that its founder, Joseph Clement Luck or J C Luck as he has come to be known, had been experimenting with the idea for some years previously. J C attended Queen’s College during the early beginnings of that fine secondary institution and, in 1947, earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from London. Following graduation, he became an entrepreneur who tried his hand at farming, shop keeping, gold digging and rice milling but success did not come until he decided…
Read MoreBattle of the Contenders shifted to September
The Guyana Boxing Board of Control’s Battle of the Contenders card has been shifted to September 13 and will now be held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The event was originally scheduled for August 30 in open air at the Banks DIH ground, Thirst Park, but the concerns over the weather have forced organisers to make the switch. Sakima Mullings of Jamaica will take on Guyanese Dereck Richmond in a Junior Middleweight eight-round clash, while Iwan Azore and Dexter Gonsalves will meet in a Junior Welterweight eight-round contest. Two…
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