Dear Editor, Georgetown our capital city was once famously known as the ‘Garden City, because of its sparkling ponds and canals, tree lined avenues and roadways, flowering plants, hedges, lawns, public gardens and cleanliness. Today I think it would be more appropriate for its signature name to be ‘The City of Big Unrealistic Ideas and Plans that never materialize’ thanks to the dreamers that manage City Hall. Whenever they mess up at the Council or something goes wrong in a major way, you always hear them come out and say…
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Issues affecting sugar not the fault of APNU/AFC Govt
…Coalition members say during protest against PPP officials in Berbice Members of the coalition A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) on Wednesday picketed the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) as it held meetings in Berbice with displaced sugar workers. The coalition members had gone to Edinburgh hoping to confront Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo but he was not there. Nevertheless, they then assembled at Angoy’s Avenue where another meeting was scheduled to be held in order to disrupt the meeting there which they eventually were successful in doing. This eventually…
Read MoreMedia workers walk out of GDF Officers Conference
…claim they were disrespected A group of approximately 19 media operatives on Thursday morning staged a walkout on the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Annual Press Conference hosted at the Base Camp Ayanganna. The media – inclusive of both state and private entities- were invited to cover the Annual Press Conference for 09:30hrs. As such, most of the respective members complied and arrived long before the given time. However, upon arrival, instead of being directed to the conference room located in the Officers’ Mess, they were diverted into another building and…
Read More‘Bad Blood’: Int’l boxers ready for showdown in Guyana
Overseas fighters have begun arriving in Guyana for the international card “Sangre Malo” at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall this weekend. The six-bout card that is jointly promoted by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control and Next Gen Global Marketing under the name, Sangre Malo which is Spanish for `Bad Blood’ promises nothing but fistic fury. Local fighters – Dexter `De Kid’ Marques, Dexter `Cobra’ Gonsalves and Elton `The Bully’ Dharry – will oppose their counterparts from Venezuela, while Shawn Corbin (Guyana) faces Trinidad and Tobago’s Sheldon Lawrence. Two Barbadian…
Read More‘I’m very hungry to play a lot more international cricket’ – Reifer
By Akeem Greene December 9, 2017 in Hamilton, New Zealand will forever be etched into the memory of Raymon Anton Reifer as it was the day he made his Test debut for the Windies. It was the sweetening taste of the pie which has now left the all-rounder yearning for more opportunities to play at the highest level. After initially being picked in the squad for the three-Test tour to England, Reifer also booked the trip to Africa where the Caribbean side played Zimbabwe in a two-Test series before meeting…
Read MoreGuyana’s ‘Green Machine’ moving up world rankings
The Senior National fifteens men’s rugby team, commonly called Green Machine productive 2017 has seen them having an upward movement on the World Rugby rankings from 60 to 49, which is now the highest ranked Caribbean territory. With the rise in rankings, the Green Machine will be engaged in a test series with Mexico (ranked 55), Colombia (ranked 41) and Paraguay (ranked 40) which begins in August. “We will be joining the top two in the console b in South America along with Mexico as the most promising marketing development…
Read MoreGuyana’s Keemo Paul in full support of Stewart after World Cup drama
By Akeem Greene Former Windies under-19 vice-captain Keemo Paul has pledged his support to current captain Emmanuel Stewart after the player was the centre of the latest controversy to hit the ICC Youth 50-over World Cup which is being held in New Zealand. South Africa opener Jiveshan Pillay was given out obstructing the field after picking up the ball and returning it to wicketkeeper Stewart after it stopped close to the stumps. Stewart appealed for the batsman’s dismissal and on review from third umpire, the player who was on 47,…
Read MoreChildren Mash coning for “bigger and better” for 2018
The Children’s 2018 Mashramani celebration is expected to surpass previous years, with the addition of a new component. The new feature will see the Nursery, Primary and Secondary schools displaying different aspects of the Guyanese culture. Acting Administrator for the Unit of Allied Arts, Lorraine Barker-King, during an interview with the Department of Public Information (DPI), said that the implementation of the component will allow for the students to better showcase this year’s theme – ‘Let’s Cooperate and Celebrate Republic 48’. Barker-King explained that “the Nursery children they will be…
Read MoreMan admits to killing brother at North West District
Just over four years after his sibling’s death, Neville France admitted that he killed his own brother, Richard France, on December 12, 2013 at Falls Top, North West District, Essequibo. The 42-year-old man pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter when he was arraigned before High Court Judge, Justice Navindra Singh on Monday. His sentencing was, however, deferred to February 5, 2018 after his lawyer, Siand Dhurjon applied for a probation report to be presented to the court. According to evidence that was provided by Police, the self-confessed killer…
Read MoreCervical Cancer is beatable
By Anu Dev “Prevention is better than cure.” – Desiderius Erasmus January is “Cervical Cancer Awareness Month”! In my gynecology rotation, one of the questions we got asked by different doctors was, “What’s one of the most preventable types of cancer?” And the answer was always the same, “cervical cancer”. Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable types of cancer. That’s because there is both a sensitive test for detecting pre-cancerous lesions — the pap smear — and there’s an effective method of dealing with HPV, one of the…
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