– Georgetown to Mahaica (Part 6)
History this week
By Shammane Joseph
This is the sixth and final instalment in a series of articles which gives a brief overview of the History of the British Guiana railway with particular reference to the Georgetown-Mahaica link.
Being fast in the Spy Shop
“Spyglass go sell in Grenada
Everyone wan spy dey neighba-peeping
Everyone wan spy one-anodda-peeping”
(Everybody Peeping – Super P-2002)A A Fenty at the Spy ShopJust a few lines from a popular soca song of a few years ago.
By Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA
Overview
Long gone are the days when the US Embassy in Guyana was a beacon of hope for many people both from a foreign travel perspective and for facilitating investments.
What the people say about…
Interviews by Tiffny Rhodius
and photos by Jules Gibson
This week we asked the man and woman in the street to reveal what are some of the items on their gift list, what they are giving and what they hope to get.
(This is one of a series of weekly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean)
Janette Bulkan, Stephanie W.
Unless you’ve been on a trip to Mars, or holed up in a cave in the Kanuku, you are aware of what Tiger Woods has been up to – off the golf course, that is – so I’m not going to waste your time reprising the National Enquirer details.
Christmas is a time of joyful preparation. Over the centuries this has tended to become the shining-up and decoration of homes, the stocking up of food and drink for family and friends, joining in the merry round of parties.
Brightening prospects
Introduction
Today’s column draws heavily on the Business Outlook Survey 2010, an annual survey which Ram & McRae has been carrying out for sixteen years.
CHICAGO (Reuters) – For many years, diabetes experts assumed that the closer they could get a diabetic patient’s blood sugar level to what is considered normal, the better.
The Guiana Times News Magazine 1946-1966
By Nigel Westmaas‘Guiana Times does not sell propaganda it sells news carefully analysed and served up in a tasty way.’
Obituary
Desrey Clementine Fox, née Caesar, Minister in the Ministry of Education and former Curator of the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology, died on December 11, 2009, aged 54.
The distinctive National Schools Chess Cham-pionship that was held last weekend for the second year in succession sent an unambiguous message to the organisers and sponsors of the tournament.