Peace Corps International Director to attend Summer Camp presentations
STUDENTS of La Retraite Primary School will today perform excerpts from their summer camp presentation for special guest - United States Peace Corps Director Ronald Tschetter at La Retraite, West Bank Demerara at 13:30 h.
The camp coordinator is Peace Corps volunteer Michelle Rohlfing, a health volunteer who also teaches at the school as part of […]
One dies in West Coast Berbice road accident
A head-on collision involving a taxi and a motor lorry on the Kingelly Public Road, West Coast Berbice, about 80 kilometres from the city, has left one person dead and about four others seriously injured.
A Guyana Chronicle source reported that the accident occurred around dusk last evening, as the car belonging to Indira Taxi Service […]
Prisons Director Erskine speaks of institutional limitations
Director of Prisons Dale Erskine views the criminal justice system as a holistic entity in which should any sector fail, it could contribute to the failure of the entire system.
And, while stakeholders continually demand higher accountability of the Guyana Prison Service, equally so, the perennial perception of prisons being at the `back end’ of the […]
Successful ACTO meeting another Guyanese landmark
The successful conclusion of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation (ACTO) meeting here represents another important landmark on Guyanese soil and is a reflection of the growing influence of Guyana in regional and continental affairs, coming on the footsteps of the last Rio Summit which was also held here.
The indigenous peoples of the South American continent […]
PNCR, AFC making irresponsible statements on state of sugar industry
THE Guyana Sugar Corporation is compelled to respond to another political party, this time the PNCR, who, along with the AFC, are making irresponsible statements on the state of affairs of the sugar industry of Guyana. Whilst Guysuco has felt the need to correct the misinformation in the press release from the PNCR dated 25th […]
Freddie’s penchant for presenting his views as reflective of others
IN RESPONSE to Freddie Kissoon’s letter (SN, August 21, ‘No names have been supplied’). What has actually gone on too long is Kissoon’s penchant for presenting his views as reflective of others. For example he says ‘I firmly believe no one picks up on it.’ Yet he provides no statistical proof or quantitative evidence to […]
Teachers must be role models in Guyana
Teachers in any society should be role models as they play a most significant and crucial role in shaping, equipping and preparing children for their careers and taking up their rightful place in nation building. For this reason teaching is referred to as the noble profession.
It is therefore imperative and incumbent that teachers carry and […]
Suspects in Regent Street arms cache find
WANTED
CLAYTON Hutson, Joseph Aboud and Frankie Ross are wanted by the Police for questioning in relation to the illegal importation of firearms and ammunition.
Their particulars are detailed below.
Anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of Clayton Hutson, Joseph Aboud or Frankie Ross is asked to contact the Police on telephone numbers 225-6411, […]
Judge says women must walk streets unmolested
- Jails 2 rape accused for 35 years
“WOMEN must be able to walk the streets and visit public places unmolested”, Judge Jainarayan Singh said yesterday, as he sentenced two rape accused, Shawn Mc Intyre and Troy Charles, to 15 and 20 years respectively for raping a 20-year-old Amerindian girl in 2004.
The 35 year prison sentence […]
Reports on Jamaica cutting rice imports from Guyana in half are misleading - says Minister Jeffrey
By Clifford Stanley
MINISTER of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation, Dr Henry Jeffrey, has said press reports on Jamaica being willing to buy only half of the quantity of rice it had committed to buy from Guyana this year were misleading.
Dr Jeffrey told a press conference Thursday that he spoke with Jamaican Industry and Commerce Minister, […]
