Queen’s College top-scores at ‘A’ Levels in Guyana this year
By Michelle Gonsalves
NINE students from Queen’s College and one from Bishops topped the list this year at the Advanced and Advanced Subsidiary Levels of the General Certificate of Education (GCE) examinations.
Leading the pack at the Advanced Level is Queen’s College’s Robert Mansell, who obtained straight ‘As’ in Chemistry, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, and Physics.
The 18-year-old, who […]
Good waste management makes for a healthy environment.
How we handle waste affects us and our environment. Clean air, water, soil and land spaces are necessary for us and for other living things.
The 3Rs: Reduce; Reuse and Recycle are practised in many parts of the world as a strategy to manage waste. Reducing and Reusing can be done by all, so let’s do […]
CARIFESTA MAKING THE CARIBBEAN A NATION OF LIVING CULTURES
CARIFESTA is here! And last Friday evening, Guyana staged the opening ceremony of CARIFESTA after a 36-year absence. For me, CARIFESTA is about understanding each person’s culture and appreciating those cultures, essential ingredients for national unity.
The first item at the opening ceremony, the Parade of Nations, truly was picturesque, faithfully depicting a diversity of cultures, […]
The Jagdeo Initiative - A mother’s legacy of love
By Parvati Persaud-Edwards
THE Jagdeo Initiative on agriculture did not emerge out of a vacuum but evolved from a childhood where he witnessed his industrious mother help feed the family and augment the family income with produce from her kitchen garden.
It is very likely he also helped her and knows first-hand that food you grow yourself […]
WONDERFUL NEW IMAGE - won in Beijing by Jamaican heroes
JAMAICANS ARE celebrating a new image of their country inscribed in gold and silver by the amazing, record-breaking victories of their athletes at the Beijing Olympics.
Too long burdened with the horrible reputation of a ‘killing field’ for armed criminals, Jamaica has now skyrocketed into international fame as a world power in track and field sport.
Usain […]
EPA bad for the Caribbean
PRESIDENT Bharrat Jagdeo is a towering example to the Caribbean leaders in the fight against the signing on to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) as the Caribbean stands to gain very little. Even the Caribbean Policy Development Centre
(CPDC), one of the leading voices is against the signing of the EPA with Europe, and says it […]
Viva CARIFESTA!
I READ a recent article which stated that the PNCR will be boycotting CARIFESTA X. I am very happy that the Party executives have decided on this action. The PNCR is NOT good for Guyana. They are a selfish lot who only want to control Guyana so that they can fill their pockets.
CARIFESTA X is […]
Donald Ramoutar has the makings of a good President
Please permit me to respond to the letter captioned; ‘Guyanese Need a Special Presidential Candidate’ published in the Wednesday, August 20, 2008, edition of the Kaieteur Newspaper and written by a ghost writer, which contains some unfair and irresponsible statements, and conveys an incorrect impression of Mr. Donald Ramoutar, the General Secretary of the PPP.
While […]
Local response to CARIFESTA X heartening
THE tremendous response by Guyanese at the many venues listed to distribute Carifesta tickets it is overwhelming evidence that when it comes to some issues Guyanese, do not mix them with politics.
I have never seen such a massive turnout of people… queues extending from one point to beyond. Just imagine that there were persons who […]
Free access to CARIFESTA X events commendable
THE decision by President Bharrat Jagdeo to host CARIFESTA X after The Bahamas indicated its inability to do so may have saved the festival from going into dormancy as it did for 10 years between 1981 and 1992.
The other decision that should be commended was the decision to make admittance to all the events free.
While […]
