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  • The Guyana People’s Militia

    By David Granger | Wednesday, November 5, 2008 | 3 Comments

    The Guyana People’s Militia

    As Dave Martins’s popular, patriotic ballad “Not A Blade of Grass” pervaded the airwaves to find acceptance as Guyana’s second national anthem,  the sonorous slogan “Every Citizen a Soldier” signalled the establishment of the Guyana People’s Militia in December 1976. Yet, it was quietly disestablished …

  • British regiments in British Guiana

    By David Granger | Sunday, November 2, 2008 | 3 Comments

    British regiments in British Guiana

    Radicals regarded it as their ritual duty to yell “Limey go home” on encountering British soldiers in British Guiana in October 1953, fifty-five years ago. Under the governorship of Sir Alfred Savage, the soldiers were reviled as invaders. But the regiments were replenished and replaced …

  • The Guyana Legion

    By David Granger | Sunday, October 5, 2008 | 0 Comments

    The Guyana Legion

    The First World War (1914-1918) changed the course of human history in significant ways. For over 700 loyal British Guianese officers and soldiers who voluntarily enlisted and travelled overseas as members of the British West Indies Regiment, it was an unforgettable experience, but often for …

  • Pet Corner

    By David Granger | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Vaccination schedules

    One can extract from last week’s Pet Corner that there is no correct vaccination protocol. Below, I will be discussing some options that are open to us.
    Vaccination against Canine Parvovirus (CPV)
    One can vaccinate against Parvovirus by using a vaccine that contains either inactivated viruses …

  • Retraining the police

    By David Granger | Wednesday, September 3, 2008 | 8 Comments

    Retraining the police

    By David Granger
    Onlookers at the Guyana Police Force’s169th anniversary parade last July must have been astonished at the sight of some Britishers in typical beachcombers’ gear marching amidst their differently attired Guyanese counterparts. What was important, however, was not their uncommon apparel but their serious …

  • Guyana’s periodicals

    By David Granger | Wednesday, September 3, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Guyana’s periodicals

    Guyana’s periodical press has survived through resilience and resourcefulness for over two centuries. This was so in part because Guyana’s polyglot population, most of whom are descendants of people who had been enslaved and brought to this country, or who came as indentured servants, yearned …

  • Bookshelf

    By David Granger | Sunday, August 31, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Bookshelf

    Shridath Ramphal and the art of diplomacy

    Richard Bourne (ed) Shridath Ramphal: The Commonwealth and the World. Essays in Honour of His 80th Birthday.  London: Hansib Publications Ltd., 2008. 206 pages. ISBN 978-1-906190-20-0.
    That any person could be granted twenty-six honorary doctorate degrees; twenty-one national awards from …

  • Bajans ‘float’, bawl in enthralling performance

    By David Granger | Thursday, August 28, 2008 | 0 Comments

    Bajans ‘float’, bawl in enthralling performance

    It was Barbados in dance but it looked more like the poetic story of a few gifted beings unfolding on the stage at the National Cultural Centre (NCC) on Tuesday night, a beautiful and profound tale.
    Antigua’s National Youth Choir during one of their stimulating performances …