Manickchand sticks to guns on CXC pilot project
Amid criticism new Minister of Education Priya Manickchand is sticking to her guns in implementing the four-month long pilot project in 36 secondary schools throughout the country to reverse dismal performances in Mathematics and English at CXC. The minister said the 30% pass rate in Mathematics the country received last year at the Caribbean Secondary [...]
‘No child left behind’ policy to be reviewed – Manickchand
New Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has said that she has heard enough grumbling about the ‘No child left behind’ policy to persuade her that there should be a countrywide consultation about the policy and whether it should remain in the school system. “I am not going… to answer you now to say whether or [...]
Lack of education could be cause of women seeking pregnancy terminations from uncertified doctors, Teixeira says
Presidential Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira has described the death of an East Coast Demerara woman following a botched abortion, as unfortunate, pointing out that a lot had been done since the passing of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act in 1995. The Act, which became operational in early 1996, made the process of a [...]
Mahadeo Shivraj – the ‘star boy’ who loves the stage
Frequent visits to the cinema where he watched his favourite ‘cowboy’ films from the pit with his friends and sometimes his grandparents is what drove Mahadeo Shivraj in the direction of acting. In fact, he told The Scene, at around the age of five he told his grandparents that he wanted to be a “star [...]
Khemraj Ramjattan can better serve the country in the AFC, says wife Sita
Rajmatti ‘Sita’ Ramjattan is a woman who has supported her husband’s political endeavours for the entire twenty-two-years of their marriage, and it is something she has not regretted. When she met Khemraj Ramjattan, he was a member of the PPP/C and in 2005 when he and Raphael Trotman and others
Service, quality and price are the secret of A Gafoor & Sons longevity, says Sattaur Gafoor
Service, currency, quality and affordable prices are the ingredients which have kept one of Guyana’s oldest and largest businesses going 60 years after it came into existence, according to its Executive Chairman Sattaur Gafoor. In a recent exclusive interview with the Sunday Stabroek, the man behind A Gafoor & Sons Ltd, which has several branches [...]
I did not expect to be a politician’s wife, says Sandra Granger
When she married David Granger, Sandra Chan-A-Sue knew she was going to be a military wife which meant her husband would be away from home a lot of the time. But what she did not know was that forty years down the line she would be married to a politician, still with the name of [...]
Newspaper vendor Jennifer Gulliver
For the last 15 years Christmas Day has found 49-year-old Jennifer Gulliver pounding the streets of Georgetown selling newspapers. The vending of newspapers has been this woman’s only occupation during those years and even though it has not been an easy rood she will tell you that the earnings from the newspaper sales have helped [...]
UG should be made into semi-autonomous body
Following last month’s national and regional elections which saw the PPP/Civic returned to government, but without a majority, the opportunity is now ripe for the combined opposition to make the University of Guyana (UG) into an institution which produces leaders and which functions on a par with universities in the region and further afield. This [...]
New faces in Parliament
This is the first in a series introducing some of the new faces in Parliament to readers. Cathy Hughes is no stranger to the public domain as she works in the media and public relations, but now she will be one of the brand new faces when the next session of the National Assembly opens. [...]
Alana Seebarran: An actress in the making
The newly crowned Miss Guyana India, Alana Seebarran, hopes that her recent title win will provide a gateway into the world of Bollywood films as she dreams of one day being an actress in that genre. “This pageant provides an opportunity to the Bollywood industry,” the striking beauty told The Scene in a recent interview. [...]
First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar: Not comfortable in the spotlight
Being the wife of the seventh executive President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana is something which has not yet quite sunk in for Deolatchmee Ramotar, and if she has her way she would be called Mrs Ramotar instead of First Lady Ramotar. But the fact that her husband is now the most powerful man [...]
Music and Andrew Tyndall
Listening to Andrew Tyndall on the steel pan you would be under the mistaken impression that he had to be introduced to pan music as a toddler. Nothing could be further from the truth since in fact his first feel of the steel pan never came until he was about 12 years old and if [...]
Winston Felix: Becoming APNU candidate just another way of giving service to country
Former Commissioner of Police Winston Felix, who recently came out in support of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), has said that his move was influenced by his genuine desire to see Guyanese unified and his respect for the party’s presidential candidate, retired Brigadier David Granger. The move by Felix to become a candidate for [...]
Putting foreigners in top posts would lower morale of local cops, Felix says
Should the government decide to have foreign nationals fill senior positions in the Guyana Police Force it would indicate a lack of confidence and contribute to the low morale of police officers, former police commissioner Winston Felix said, adding that the force suffered tremendously when the UK-backed reform project was scrapped. Felix, during an interview [...]