Satiricus had finally solved one of the biggest mysteries that’d baffled him for years. He was relieved but at the same time shocked. As the man he considered his leader in so many ways, (the other was Rum Jhaat) Satiricus had always wondered why Nagga Man’s face was so contorted. It was the face of a man who had suffered much. And at last Nagga Man revealed the cause: it was because of all the sufferation he had to endure from PPCEE’s persecution for 60 years – just because he…
Read MoreYear: 2016
Wear Red
“Prevention is better than cure.” – Desiderius Erasmus The first Friday of every February is designated “National Wear Red Day” in the US. Heart disease is actually the number one killer of women in America. Attention has been brought to this since 2003 by wearing red to raise awareness about heart disease. I’m not big on picking up American practices (no Halloween, please!) but I’ll make an exception on this one. There are so many decisions we can all make (not just women) about our lifestyle to reduce our risk…
Read MoreThe Wales debacle: Sunlight?
By Ravi Dev While Dr Clive Thomas might be a “town man”, he knows sugar as well, if not more than most who “come from the logies”. And that is why I was quite surprised when he, as Chairman of GuySuCo, went along with the abrupt announcement of the closure of Plantation Wales. Incidentally, I have never really accepted the foisted euphemism of changing “Plantation” to “estate”. This must have happened sometime after independence, since I distinctly remember as a boy in Primary School (Uitvlugt Church of Scotland School) painstakingly…
Read MoreGoing backwards…
…on suicide Prezzie says he needs more than anecdotal evidence to start acting on our suicide epidemic. With the Ministry of Health having conducted at least half a dozen studies on suicide and launched a Gatekeepers’ Programme, OP forming a National Suicide Secretariat and launching so many initiatives over the last decade, you mean just because the MINISTERS changed, ALL THE governmental INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY WAS FLUSHED DOWN THE DRAINPIPE. That’s a real crying shame, fifty years after independence. Guyana didn’t just hit the top of the suicide hit parade in…
Read MoreThe grass isn’t green…
…over in the States? Used to be that cost folks US$12,500 to get a visa for the US. This was what the fella from INSIDE the Embassy – Carroll – charged with his local confederate who now heads the local Guyana-Cuba Friendship Society. After Carroll and his accomplice were both charged, convicted and jailed back in 2000, the movement of bodies to the States handle skipped a beat. A decade later visas – or getting bodies into the states by whichever way possible – were still going for over US$13,000…
Read MoreA brief history of the University of Guyana
The University of Guyana was established in April 1963 and began its operations in October of the same year with a batch of 164 students in temporary premises loaned from Queen’s College in Georgetown. Programmes were at first confined to the Arts, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. However, in 1967, a Faculty of Education was established and this was followed by the establishment of the Faculties of Technology in 1969, Agriculture in 1977, and in 1981, the Faculty of Health Sciences, prior to the establishment of which programmes in Health…
Read MoreHappy New Year: The Year of the Monkey
The New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is marked by the lunisolar Chinese calendar, so the date changes from year to year. This year, the Chinese New Year is celebrated on February 8, 2016. It is the Year of the Monkey. The festivities usually start the day before the New Year and continue until the Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the New Year. Each Chinese New Year is characterised by one of 12 animals, which appear in the Chinese zodiac. The Monkey is the ninth animal in…
Read MoreThe Making of an Artist
Samantha Abraham develops her art form A young, talented artist, Samantha Abraham is well on her way to becoming one of Guyana’s most notable artists. In an interview with Sunday Times Magazine, Samantha said she developed a passion for art since childhood. “For as long as I can remember, I have been drawing. Since grade three or four, I remember drawing my first beach scene for a class assignment. I wanted to get every detail so right. This developed in me a passion for art,” she recalled. While growing up,…
Read MoreProviding quality health care
To aid institutions delivering health care in Guyana has been one of Health and Educational Relief Organization, Incorporated (HERO, Inc.) primary goals HERO, Inc was established in January 2000 and is a democratic, non-profit organisation comprised of a governing Board of Directors and volunteers. HERO-Guyana, under HERO, Inc., which is operated in the USA, was founded in July 2014 by Dr. Andrea Lambert and co-founded by Dr. John Mitchell in the U.S.A. It was recognised that to be able to effectively deliver high quality healthcare services on outreach missions, a…
Read MoreNew GDF officers urged to uphold high standards
The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Officer Corps has been enhanced after 14 new ranks were commissioned on Tuesday. The ranks were issued with their Instruments of Commission by Commander-in-Chief, President David Granger, at the Ministry of the Presidency. These ranks were part of the Standard Officers’ Course #48. With their induction into the Officer Corps, these 14 Army ranks will now enjoy the legal authority and privileges to which they are entitled. Their induction was approved by the GDF and the Defence Board. The newly commissioned ranks, two of whom…
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