Daily Archive: Thursday, September 19, 2013

Articles published on Thursday, September 19, 2013

Granger meets military veterans

Leader of the Opposition, Brigadier David Granger met military veterans last weekend to discuss matters affecting former members of the Guyana Defence Force, a release from APNU said.

From left are Rab Mukraj, Dr Asquith Rose, Dr Tarron Khemraj, APNU Leader David Granger and APNU MP Joseph Harmon

Key NY backers leave AFC for APNU

Three New York-based members of the Alliance For Change (AFC) have switched their support to main opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Economist Dr Tarron Khemraj, who along with businessman Rab Mukraj and Political Science Professor Asquith Rose, has left the AFC’s New York chapter, said that the party has been suffering from “self-inflicted wounds” for a long time.

Demerara Inter County One Day captain Christopher Barnwell gives his teammates a pep talk ahead of Saturday’s Inter County match against Essequibo. (Orlando Charles photo)

Barnwell to skipper Demerara

All-rounder Christopher Barnwell was yesterday named captain of the Demerara team ahead of this weekend’s Pepsi Senior Inter-County competition which bowls off on Saturday at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda.

Teachers encouraged to be on a mission to change lives

At a motivational workshop for teachers, held on Monday at the National Cultural Centre (NCC), thousands of teachers and education officials were treated to an animated presentation by leading American educator and motivational speaker Ron Clark on his unique contemporary education concepts, principles and methodologies.

Influential Insigne coming of age at Napoli

NAPLES, Italy, (Reuters) – While Barcelona’s Lionel Messi grabbed the headlines for another Champions League hat-trick, Napoli’s diminutive playmaker Lorenzo Insigne also drew plaudits after a match-winning display against Borussia Dortmund yesterday.

Rear Admiral (rtd) Gary Best (left) and Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force Brigadier Mark Phillips walk to the podium for the final inspection of the parade on Tuesday. (Photo by Arian Browne)

New Chief-of-Staff briefed on challenges

Rear Admiral (rtd) Gary Best has alerted Brigadier Mark Phillips about the challenges he is likely to encounter in his new command as Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), and encouraged him to remain focused on leading and effecting positive change in the force.

A section of the art on display which was done by schoolchildren

Visual Arts Exhibition held for Education Month

As a part of Education Month celebrations, the Allied Arts Unit of the Ministry of Education on Monday launched a four-day schools visual arts exhibition at the National Library, Georgetown showcasing work by Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examination students and differently-abled children.

Paddy prices to remain steady

In the light of the last crop’s “confusion” over paddy prices, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) General Manager Jagnarine Singh says prices will remain steady, while assuring farmers, especially those in Essequibo, that millers have been found to be compliant with industry regulations.

Attorneys debate decriminalising ganja possession

(Trinidad Express) – “Jail is no place for the marijuana user,” said noted Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal on Tuesday when asked for her opinion on a recent statement made by Chief Justice Ivor Archie, who suggested marijuana possession be decriminalised, at the opening of the law term on Monday.

The way forward

Next Monday, as part of the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly which opened on Tuesday last, a high-level meeting will be convened on persons with disabilities.

Oops!

Oops! This container fell off the truck transporting it on Mandela Avenue at the turn near the North Ruimveldt Multilateral School yesterday.

Muzzling the dogs of war

By Anne Marie Slaughter WASHINGTON, DC – Sitting in Paris as the United States’s first ambassador to France, Thomas Jefferson reflected on how the new US government could avoid the errors of European “despots” who kept their people subjugated through war and debt.