Month: November 2017

Determined Jaguars held to fighting draw against T&T Warriors

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By John Ramsingh A 19th minute header from Sheldon Holder and tight defending ensured that Guyana came out with a spirited 1-1 draw against Caribbean Powerhouse Trinidad and Tobago in their International Friendly match at the Ato Boldon stadium in Balmain Couva, Trinidad on Tuesday night. The hosts controlled much of the game including the early exchanges and had three shots on goal within the first 13 minutes which was played at a high intensity in front of about 1,500 screaming Soca Warriors supporters. However, it was the visiting Golden…

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Health Behaviour

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By Anu Dev “Rest when you’re weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.” – Ralph Marston Back when I was rotating through Family Medicine, we had a lecture on the concepts of “Heath behaviour” and “illness behaviour”, which I believe may be useful to the general reader. Heath behaviour refers to any action a person undertakes to promote, maintain, or protect health. And illness behaviour refers to the actions taken when sick to get better. It made me remember that, at…

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Nostalgia ‘64

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Satiricus was brooding. The last time he had barely dodged the bullet at the Back Street Bar about Prezzie’s speech in America, where the man swore on his heart (and hope to die!) that he was always a real die-hard Burnt Hamite. Satiricus didn’t care much for Prezzie’s beliefs…but feared he’d have to explain why his leaders, Nagga Man and Rum Jhaat, still hadn’t spoken out. “Sato, leh me aks yuh somet’ing,” began Bungi, before Satiricus could even start on his beer. “Burnt Ham people na bin gi’e Nagga Man…

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“KARMA CURRY” by Jerry K. Durbeej

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By Petamber Persaud “Derailed” could be an appropriate subtitle to the novel, “Karma Curry”, because evil plots, machinations and schemes are derailed, in the world of humankind, and in the sphere of the gods, even many good intentions are derailed and, also, the world of the author does not escape slices of derailment. In this novel, the world of the immortal and the world of mortal feed off each other for survival, a novel approach to storytelling. “Karma Curry” is about love, lust, betrayal, unrequited love, filial responsibility, revenge, remorse…

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Opposition says independence of constitutional agencies must be respected

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…as Audit Office, GECOM 2018 budgets slashed The recent multi-million-dollar cuts by the Finance Ministry to the budget proposals put forward by several constitutional agencies is not going down well with the Parliamentary Opposition. The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) party wants the autonomy of these agencies to be respected by the government. According to PPP/C Parliamentarian Juan Edghill, the agencies submitted their plans based on the programs they have to conduct. He was adamant that these agencies, especially the Audit Office of Guyana, be allowed to carry out their…

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Paruima: Scenic and Serene

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Paruima Village, with a population of about 800, is located in Upper Mazaruni, Region Seven. It is said to be the only Arecuna speaking community in Guyana. The Paruima and Panasima Falls are scenic waterfalls in that territory. Located in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni region between Guyana and Venezuela, the area also hosts stunning views of the Kamarang River leading to Venezuela. There are also huge rock formations between which children enjoy playing hide and seek. Paruima Village also contains a place of worship, sports ground and a college named the Davis…

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Over 2100 graduate from UG at 51st Convocation Exercise

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– graduates urged to capitalise on country’s oil find A total of 2,165 students from across seven faculties graduated at the University of Guyana’s 51st convocation exercise last Saturday, and two separate ceremonies were held – the first at the National Cultural Centre (NCC) and the other at the Sophia Exhibition Centre. At the morning ceremony at the NCC, the graduates were urged to unite in their diversities with the aim to develop and advance Guyana. This was expressed by keynote speaker Dr. Dhanpaul Narine, a US-based UG Education Resource…

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Prostituting…

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…the PhD Ken Danns has thrown his hat into the ring once again. A fella with a decent PhD in Sociology from Stonybrook, NY, back when Burnham was busy constructing his dictatorship and Rodney was undermining him from within, Danns studiously sat on the fence while teaching at UG. He finally jumped off into the PNC camp as a candidate from the “Reform” wing in 2001. He was one of five Guyanese who were brought together by the US military – SOUTHCOM – in 2011, just after the elections of…

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A focus on community development

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Founded in 2014 by Nirmala Ramprasad, Green Dupatta is a Canada-based registered charitable organisation devoted to advancing sustainable development and agriculture. The core of sustainable development is found in an organisation’s ability to sustain itself and eventually become self-sufficient. Hence, Green Dupatta provides communities with the base necessities to create programmes that are not solely reliant on funds from abroad. In 2013, Nirmala travelled to Guyana for the first time, in her visits to family and friends, and came upon an abandoned building, which she was told her grandfather, Harry…

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Greenidge asserts that Honorary Consuls are not paid personnel amidts complaints

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Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge has sought to set the record straight regarding Guyana’s handling of its Honorary Consuls in various countries, making it clear that the volunteers are not employed by the Government of Guyana. Minister Greenidge was making reference to a misleading article in the Kaieteur News which reported that the Honorary Consul in Miami, Ramzan Roshanali, was allegedly being criticised by Guyanese in North America. However, Minister Greenidge explained that the post of Honorary Consul is voluntary, which means the officer is providing service based on the…

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