…NEW GPC maintains performance exemplary versus other suppliers’ The principals of the NEW GPC INC have strongly refuted the publication of a Kaieteur News article in its Wednesday edition which they say are riddled with “lies, misinformation and half-truths” about the shipment, procurement and guarantee of pharmaceuticals and supplies. The Kaieteur News article claimed that the “NEW GPC and others must deliver over Gy$600M owed for drugs or else,” purporting to summarise the views of Public Health Minister, Dr George Norton on the subject of “undelivered drugs”. The newspaper claimed…
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Formula 4 demonstration set for CMRC Guyana leg
Guyanese racing fans will be in for a treat when current Formula 4 driver Calvin Ming brings one of his newly acquired machines for a demonstration run during the final leg of the 2015 Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) later this year. Ming, through his father Stanley, a former president of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) and racer, confirmed that he is looking to bring one of his Formula 4 machines back to Guyana to show exactly what he does in North America. Reports indicate that he…
Read MoreASK-G sweep Kata and Kumite divisions at senior championships
The Guyana Karate Federation (GKF) hosted its annual Senior National Karate Championships this past Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. President of the International Karate Daigaku (IKD) David Clarke, 6th degree Black Belt was present to deliver the opening remarks at the event and remained until the end when he helped to present the medals. Kicking things off were the male and female 14-17 years, followed by the Adults (18+). Wrapping up the day was the Men’s Division. In the Men’s Kata the three-member team of Roger Peroune, Shaquille…
Read MoreRamroop wins Demerara Mutual Life golf tournament
Twelve-year-old Laksmana Ramroop stunned Guyana’s golfing world on Saturday to win the Demerara Mutual Life golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course, East Coast Demerara. The talented Ramroop ended with Net 63 and Gross 91 to win ahead of Patanjalee “Pur” Persaud and Parmanand Persaud. Patanjalee “Pur” Persaud in second place chalked up Net 67 and Gross 85, while Parmanand Persaud finished third with Net 67 and Gross 87. Nearest-to-the-Pin was Gavin Todd, while Best Gross of the day was won by Patrick Prashad. Leslie Kellman was adjudged the most…
Read MoreFour teams repeat as category champions
By Avenash Ramzan Four teams displayed dominance by retaining their titles when action concluded in the three-day Amerindian Heritage Month sport activities on Sunday at Everest Cricket Club Ground, Camp Road, Georgetown. Central Rupununi of Region Nine maintained their hold on the male football title; Georgetown of Region Four retained the female football trophy; Orealla/Siparuta of Region Six successfully defended the male volleyball competition; and Laluni of Region Four extended their dominance in tapeball cricket by lifting the title for the second successive year. New champions were crowned in female…
Read MoreRock Star
Satiricus was agog. And he hadn’t even had a tipple of grog. There in the staid, old, State newspaper, the Kronic, was the blaring headline – “Pressie – Rock Star in Lindon”!!! This was not the old suck-up rag that it used to be when the PPEE were running the show. So the new Editor couldn’t possibly be trying to score brownie points with the Big Enchilada. “No Siree!!” thought Satiricus. “Hadn’t Naga Man, who’d willingly given up all the paraphernalia of High Office as “Prime Moocher” to become the…
Read MoreThe Shanice Jones Collection
Determination carries multi-talented Shanice Jones into new horizons While attending a summer sewing program in 2006, Guyanese Shanice Jones discovered her exceptional talent for fashion and design. “As a young child I always made dresses for my dolls, and dreamt of wearing my own designs, Jones recalled in an earlier interview with Sunday Magazine, but after creating a stunning gown for herself, Jones knew that she had found her purpose. Since then the designer has made a name for herself on international catwalksas model and fashion designer, and has launched…
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…for Bridge Investors? The saga of the Berbice Bridge continues…all brought about, let us not forget because some politicians (the AFC to be precise) wanted to scrape up some votes from Berbice. This is a point that everyone conveniently overlooks nowadays. They look at the nominal charge on the Demerara Harbour Bridge…and exclaim – “Hey!! The folks in Berbice deserve a break!” But the Demerara Bridge – even though it has twice the traffic of the Berbice Bridge at least – is tremendously subsidised to the tune of at least…
Read MoreThe ladies of international pageantry
While many of us know of Miss Guyana World and Miss Guyana Universe, there are a “world” of other pageants in which Guyanese women by birth or descent are involved, some of which are not so well-known; we shall look at their reigning queens. Miss Guyana UK Zena Sherlock Bland was recently crowned Miss Guyana UK 2015 at the Guyana High Commission in Bayswater, London. British by birth,she came to Guyana at age threesince her father, then a single father to herself and brother, believed a Guyanese education was best…
Read MoreJohn Edmonstone
The ex-slave who influenced Darwin John Edmonstone was a freed Guyanese slave who taught taxidermy to famed naturalist Charles Darwin at Edinburgh University in Scotland. Edmonstone is said to have been born in Demerara, Guyana and while still a slave,he learned taxidermy from British naturalist Charles Waterton (1782 -1865). His ‘master’, Charles Edmonstone, had a daughter who married Waterton in 1829, and Waterton was a regular visitor at his father-in-law’s Mibiri Creek, Demerara estate. John Edmonstone, writes Melissa Pandika, author of OZY magazine online, accompanied Waterton on bird collecting expeditions,…
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