Articles published on Monday, September 1, 2008
Over 500,000 attended eventsIt was supposed to have been a toned-down version of the opening of Carifesta X, offering up a mix of the artistry showcased at the festival and an official handover to The Bahamas but Guyana’s closing ceremony yesterday exploded into a vibrant celebration of local and regional culture.
-family says she has been beaten A mother of five has been detained by the police after her number was discovered in a cellular phone found on Jermaine ‘Skinny’ Charles at the time of his death and relatives have alleged that she has been beaten.
A recent gathering of persons living with HIV shared their “deepest emotional pain” over stigma and called for recognition of their diversity and the establishment by the government of a desk at which they can lodge complaints.
This charming young lady flashes a smile as she paraded her eye-catching costume at yesterday’s Carifesta X closing.
This member of the Bahamian delegation is beautifully costumed as part of the Junkanoo performance.
A Cane View, South Ruim-veldt house was gutted by a fire last evening leaving a 56-year-old man homeless.
Just a taste: Performers from The Bahamas heating up Carifesta’s closing ceremony last night at the National Stadium at Providence.
In two days, fashion will come alive as the absorbing creations of local, regional and international designers take centre stage at the second Guyana Fashion Weekend (GFW), according to Chief Executive Officer Sonia Noel.
The body of a 39-year-old Dredge Creek man was found floating in the Pomeroon River early yesterday morning with wounds to the front and back of the head.
A 44-year-old supervisor of the Guysuco Albion Estate died after he ran into some horses on Miss Phoebe Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice, while riding his motorcycle early yesterday morning.
The prisoner who escaped while being under guard at the New Amsterdam (NA) Hospital last Monday morning was recaptured on Saturday night on a street in NA, a police release said yesterday.
Guyanese composer, dancer, choreographer, poet and storyteller Doris Harper-Wills on Friday held a special performance for children at the Umana Yana.
A Corentyne, Berbice businesswoman was robbed of over $300,000 cash and a quantity of jewellery, and her 71-year-old mother assaulted, by two armed men on Saturday.
A 53-year-old widow was discovered dead in her La Resource, Essequibo Coast home yesterday afternoon by a neighbour.
Dear Editor, Recently on choosing a running mate and potential Vice President of the United States, Barrack Obama said impressively, “I need somebody who will challenge my thinking and not just be a `yes’ person especially on policy issues.”
This member of the Dominican delegation is celebrating with his flag.
Walcott was right At last night’s closing ceremony for CARIFESTA X, Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo noted “the necessity of placing [cultural] development high on the agenda of nation-building.”
Dear Editor, I have heard everyone talking but no one seems to be doing anything but talk.
Young Warriors Cricket Club of East Canje are the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC)/Isaac Bissoon-sponsored 2007 three-day cricket champions after they whipped Rose Hall Community Centre (RHCC) by 327 runs in the final which ended yesterday at the Rose Hall community Centre ground.
By Carifesta Rebel The Caribbean came (though less than was promised), the world watched (no sorry peeked) and all got involved, the stray dogs, the beggars, the Agri-man (huh) all except the Tacuma worms (wanted bulletin issued-description fat, slimy and slippery…now who does that remind us of) and the PNC (we didn’t get tickets).
Guyanese dancers proudly waving the Golden Arrowhead
Transport Sports Club (TSC) and neighbours Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) registered victories when the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Edward B.
Dear Editor, Mr Vishnu Bisram, true to form, could not resist a petulant dig at the candidate that defeated his predicted choice for the democratic presidential nomination (‘Obama needs the Clintons’ backing to win the presidency,’ KN 30.8.08).
See you in 2010: This Junkanoo reveller from The Bahamas flashes an inviting smile yesterday during the Carifesta closing ceremony at the National Stadium, Providence.
Elvin McDavid, an ex-minister of information in the PNC administration, has criticized the organizers of CARIFESTA X for failing to credit the vision of late President Forbes Burnham.
Akon delivered the goods but not until 2 am yesterday and Brutal Jammers and Fusion entertainers tried desperately to calm the crowd which began calling for the star performer and pelting polar ice cans.
CARIFESTA and Culture CARIFESTA X is over. Those who have worked so hard with just one year’s notice are to be fully commended.
A miserly spell of spin bowling from Orin Forde (4-25) followed by a face saving innings of 40 from former national under-19 captain Steven Jacobs help steered Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) to a tense two wicket victory over their host Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) nationwide Neal and Massey limited overs competition at the GCC ground Bourda on Saturday.
Dear Editor, Allow me please to offer these remarks on the late Mohamed Israel, a former businessman of Henrietta, Essequibo Coast, who recently died in Canada.
Members of the National Steel Orchestra doing their thing yesterday.
To make masquerade contemporary yet retain its traditional origins was the objective of a theatre workshop held on Friday as part of the Carifesta activities.
Sunburst Camptown Football Club was awarded with a win of their abandoned quarterfinal game against Pouderoyen Football Club in the Alpha United Carifesta football tournament.
Dear Editor, Many residents in Region 2 which stretches from Pomeroon to Supenaam join me in expressing our profound gratitude and appreciation for the significant contribution made in the district by the First United Methodist Church, Port Orange, Florida, USA.
When the seeds of Carifesta were first sowed several years before its grand inauguration in George-town in 1972, the objective was really to provide an expansive, unlimiting space within which artists of excellence from all parts and representing a multitude of art forms could exhibit their work, dialogue with each other and distil more and more of what `Caribbean-ness’ is.
It’s limbo time! These members of the Trinidad & Tobago delegation enjoyed themselves yesterday as they performed on stage.
Carifesta X Photos and interviews by Melissa Charles This week we asked the man/woman in the street what their favourite Carifesta event was and what made it stand out.
Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Friday remanded a 30-year-old man to prison who allegedly raped a woman.
