Daily Archive: Thursday, May 12, 2016

Articles published on Thursday, May 12, 2016

From left:  Sita Nagamootoo, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, Natasha Lewis from the Ministry of Social Cohesion, Minister of Social Cohesion,  Amna Ally and First Lady,  Sandra Granger with the performers from the 'One' production, last evening at the National Cultural Centre

Social Cohesion Day wraps up with ‘One’

The Social Cohesion Day of activities wrapped up last evening on a high note with the staging of  ‘One’, a special programme, which chronicled Guyana’s struggle for independence, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

President cautions against early pregnancy

President David Granger on Mother’s Day cautioned against early pregnancy. At the time, he was handing over a $100,000 donation to the St John the Baptist Anglican Church in Bartica on behalf of the Ministry of the Presidency, to be used as ‘seed money’ for bursary awards for children who are successful at the recently sat National Grade Six Examination.

Collette Cupidore

Fire razes Agricola house

An early morning fire, suspected to have been set by an occupant who is mentally unstable, gutted an Agricola, East Bank Demerara (EBD) house yesterday and the man was later arrested after he fled the scene.

Injured firemen recount harrowing Gafoor’s blaze

Five of the six firefighters who were injured following Monday’s blaze at the Gafoor’s Houston Complex are now at home recovering while the family of the other is left to cover the cost of a much needed CT scan as the man remains a patient of the Male Surgical Ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Tony Cozier

Media legend Cozier passes

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Renowned regional and international cricket journalist Tony Cozier, the voice of West Indies cricket for more than five decades, has died.

President David Granger and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo along with their spouses writing their personal commitments to the promotion of social cohesion on white helium filled balloons, which were later released. (OPM Photo)

View country’s diversity as asset

President David Granger yesterday called on the nation to view Guyana’s diversity as an asset and not a liability and to use the occasion of the declaration of Social Cohesion Day, May 11, to reject divisive political culture, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

Golden Jaguars working on defence

Guyana’s national soccer team the Golden Jaguars continued their preparation yesterday at the Providence National Stadium ahead of Sunday’s International friendly encounter against Canada’s U23 team.

Pollard cameo floors RCB

BANGALORE, India, CMC – Kieron Pollard stunned Royal Challengers Bangalore with a typically flamboyant cameo but West Indies teammate Chris Gayle’s wretched form continued as Mumbai Indians emerged with a six-wicket win in their Indian Premier League contest here yesterday.

CBU, CPL praise late media titan

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Tributes have continued to pour in for the late regional and international cricket journalist, Tony Cozier, with the Caribbean Premier League hailing his “passion, insight and enthusiasm” and Jones P.

A peek at history

Dear Editor, Mr Ralph Ramkarran’s article in Sunday Stabroek of May 8, ‘Indentureship and independence’ gave us a peek into a part of the history of British Guiana, now independent Guyana.

Independence Blues

– and Regrets by Alfen Any full-blooded, fair-minded citizen of this Green Land who has made it past fifty-five or sixty-five would have to concede that Guyana has never been allowed to realise its full, powerful “potential” since 1953 to 1964 and 1964 through ’66, ’70, ’80 and 1992 to today.