Twenty-four-year-old Juanita Beejaimal, a Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) teacher at the New Amsterdam Secondary School was named the 2019 Valedictorian when the University of Guyana, Berbice Campus, hosted its 18th Convocation ceremony on Saturday. According to a Department of Public Information (DPI) report, Beejaimal made history as the first student from the Faculty of Natural Sciences to be named the Best Graduating Student and Valedictorian. She graduated with the highest grade point average and attained her Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology. During…
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It ain’t over…
…till the election’s over The Americans have some sayings about endings: “It ain’t over till it’s over” and “it’s not over till the fat lady sings”!! The “fat lady”, of course, is the very buxom Brunhilde who sings in the finale in Wagner’s opera about the end of the Norse Gods!! There’s also the much more ancient “nothin’ is carved in stone” – unless you’re handed a couple of stone tablets from behind a burning bush!! Your Eyewitness prefers the much more homely “don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched”.…
Read MoreCity Constabulary faces heat over lack of security plan
With less than a month to Christmas Day, and with the capital already overcrowded with business activities, the City Hall Constabulary Department is yet to formulate a security plan to provide maximum protection for vendors and shoppers within the boundaries of Georgetown. The lack of a plan was again brought up during Monday’s statutory meeting. The topic of interest became active when Councillor Bishram Kuppen questioned the security arrangements for Russell Square, an area which has long been plagued with vagrants, improper vending conditions, and thieves. “You have about 29…
Read MoreAFC betrayed Guyanese and weakened the notion of “third force” politics
Dear Editor, The party whose leader said they would be “dead meat” if they combined with the PNC, grovelled and licked boots to be first mate on a sinking PNC ship, now an illegal Government. Knowing that Moses got larwah as PM, why did it matter so much to Khemraj that he was the PM candidate and will get larwah too? Was it just the large pension later? And now that the AFC man cannot become President if for some reason Granger’s sickness forces him to quit early, as they…
Read More‘With the resources from oil, free university education possible in Guyana’
– new Chancellor of UG By Jarryl Bryan With the recently increased discussions on the University of Guyana (UG) becoming a tuition-free zone, newly appointed Chancellor, Professor Edward Greene believes that making education at the University free is certainly achievable. During a recent interview with this publication, Professor Greene was asked about his thoughts on the concept of free education at UG. Greene noted that not only is it doable, the right to free education is also enshrined in the Constitution. “I think [free education] is doable. With the resources…
Read More“Fostering a child is very rewarding” – Endar Jeet Singh
“Fostering children is a very challenging task, because there is a reminder that there is the possibility that the day might come where you have to let the legal rights of the child go on to somebody else, especially if the biological parents come back into the picture. It is not a definite thing. However, it is an investment and once you love children that erases that doubt, it erases that uncertainty; it makes it all the more worthwhile.” By Lakhram Bhagirat The thing that children crave the most is…
Read MoreThe endgame for sugar
In December 2015, this newspaper revealed the PNC Government’s plans to shutter Wales Estate, which was reluctantly conceded on January 17, 2016. Minister of Agriculture Holder claimed, “GuySuCo will be exploring the feasibility of alternative ventures utilising the Wales lands. The important criteria for such projects would be wealth creation and employment generation. It is hoped that the first of such projects could commence by October 1, 2016”. He admitted the closure was unrelated to the CoI. A month later, he was more specific: he told the National Assembly that…
Read More‘Guyana open for business’
…GO-Invest boss tells foreign investors at oil and gas summit in G/town The second annual Guyana International Petroleum Business Summit and Exhibition (GIPEX), which will run until Friday, opened at the Marriott Hotel in Georgetown on Wednesday. With Government under the spotlight for Guyana’s poor ease of doing business rankings, the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) is assuring that its operations are being restructured to improve the service it provides for both oil and gas and other sectors. This was revealed by GO-Invest Chief Executive Officer Owen Verwey during his…
Read MoreMarcus Bisram remanded on murder charge
…following extradition from US After being extradited to Guyana from the United States on Wednesday evening, murder accused Marcus Bisram made his first appearance at the Whim Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, where he was charged with the 2016 murder of Berbice native Faiyaz Narinedatt. Bisram was wanted by local police for the murder of Narinedatt, a carpenter. Narinedatt was beaten and ran over with a motorcar at the alleged orders of Bisram, after the carpenter declined sexual advances that were made by the overseas-based Guyanese. The body of 27-year-old Narinedatt…
Read MoreBattle for ‘positions’ intensifies between APNU and AFC
…Granger says ‘negotiations will not be marred by threats’ Leader of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), President David Granger on Wednesday said that ongoing negotiations to revise the Cummingsburg Accord should not be marred by deadlines or threats. The Accord— the deal which the APNU signed with the Alliance for Change (AFC) to contest the 2015 General and Regional Elections— will expire next year. Hence, the two coalition partners have been in discussions for several weeks now to negotiate a revised agreement but have hit several snags along…
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