Daily Archive: Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Articles published on Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Frankie Fredericks

Former Namibian sprinter Fredericks suspended by IOC

ZURICH,  (Reuters) – Former Namibian sprinter Frankie Fredericks was suspended by the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday after being placed under formal investigation in France in a probe into allegations of vote buying to win the 2016 Summer Olympics for Rio de Janeiro.

The COFONA Band Corps marching into State House before the commencement of the Literacy Extravaganza.  (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

Stay in school

First Lady,  Sandra Granger on Saturday encouraged children gathered on the lawns of State House, New Amsterdam, East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six) to stay in school and to pursue every opportunity to learn in order to fulfil their potential.

Ralph Ramkarran

Ramkarran wins case at UK Privy Council

Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran SC has successfully represented Trinidad High Commissioner to India, Dave Persad, in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) in London, United Kingdom, in the case of Dave Persad (Appellant) v Anirude Singh (Respondent) which was heard on June 21.

UG inaugurates Psychology programme

The University of Guyana last evening launched its Psychology programme, which, for the first time, will allow students in the Social Sciences to pursue Certificate, Diploma, Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree courses in the discipline from next year.

It’s really time to wake up

Dear Editor, Last week Guyanese at home and abroad were treated to the sight of the opposition holding up placards and loudly disrupting the President’s address in parliament, to protest what they see as his unilateral appointment of Justice James Patterson as the new GECOM Chairman.

Top heavy

Dear Editor, It has been reported that UTT (University of Trinidad and Tobago) is facing serious financial difficulties and may not be able to operate beyond January 2018.

Dr Jagan and free and fair elections

Dear Editor, Ever since President David Granger at his 7th meeting with Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo to discuss the naming of a Chairman of GECOM announced that he had so chosen Justice Patterson, the PPP has raised fears of electoral rigging never mind it was the PPP in 1962 which was the first to introduce rigging at the PPP Congress where it padded the electoral list with one hundred WPO members in order to prevent Hindu intellectual Balram Singh Rai from becoming Chairman of the PPP.

Power and the glare of public scrutiny

Not least among the challenges of holding political office is the sense of unease that is often felt by the office holder about being constantly in the public limelight and as a consequence, being almost always open to public scrutiny and to the mix of adulation and criticism that attends the occupancy of political office.