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The First Infantry Battalion was on Tuesday adjudged this year’s Drill Champions when the curtains came down on the Force Annual Drill Competition, which was held at Base Camp Ayanganna. The Band Corps came in second while the 3 Infantry Battalion placed third.
The highly contested competition saw participation from nine composite platoons which consisted of ranks from various units, according to a release from the Guyana Defence Force. The members of the Band Corps during a Rifle Drill (GDF photo)

Drill competition

A sweeping Rupununi vista as seen on Monday from the air. (Sydel Thomas/Central Housing and Planning Authority)

Magnificent

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Thursday evening hosted a traditional “Dining out” dinner for five of its recently retired Officers.
A release from the GDF said that the former officers honoured were Colonel (Ret’d) Paul Arthur, Lieutenant Colonels (Ret’d) Ramkarran Doodnauth and Lawrence Fraser, Commander (Ret’d) Orin Porter and Major (Ret’d) Edward Peters. The event was held at the Officers’ Mess, Base Camp Ayanganna.
Chief of Staff Brigadier Godfrey Bess and other senior officers were present.
From left are: Lieutenant Colonel (Ret’d) Ramkarran Doodnauth, Major (Ret’d) Edward Peters, Chief of Staff Brigadier Godfrey Bess, Colonel (Ret’d) Paul Arthur, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret’d) Lawrence Fraser and Commander (Ret’d) Orin Porter. (Photography by LCPL Joshua Forrester of the G9 Branch)

GDF says farewell to retired officers

In preparation for the commencement of long-awaited restoration works, the contractor, Fides Ltd has erected a barrier around City Hall. (Orlando Charles photo).

Preparation begins

The northern portion of the Thomas Lands road in the vicinity of the YMCA has been sinking for a number of months posing a serious traffic hazard. The authorities appear not to have noticed.

Sinking

The Kingston Pump Station extruding large volumes of water yesterday after torrential rain flooded parts of the city.

A great force

Remembering the war dead: President Irfaan Ali preparing to lay a wreath yesterday at the Cenotaph as part of the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony. (Office of the President photo)

Remembering the war dead

From left to right are Latacy Boston, DJ Flexx Royce Doorn and Michelle Boston.

Flexx Nation aiding various causes here

Full-scale emergency drill at CJIA

Remembrance: Yesterday, the British, Canadian and Indian High Commissioners along with the Guyana Defence Force and the Guyana Legion laid wreaths at the Commonwealth War Graves, Eve Leary, Georgetown. From left are UK High Commissioner Jane Miller, Indian High Commissioner K J Srinivasa and Canadian High Commissioner Mark Berman. (Guyana Police Force photo)

Remembrance

US Marine Corps celebrates 246th birthday: In honour of the 246th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps, US Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch hosted a small gathering at her residence on November 6.
A statement from the US Embassy yesterday said that the U.S. Marine Security Guards marked the occasion with Lynch as the guest of honour. The Ambassador read a greeting from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. In keeping with the tradition of the ceremonial participation of the oldest Marine, the statement said that Retired Colonel Brian Chin from Georgetown attended.
For more than 200 years, Marines have been engaged with American diplomacy. U.S. Marines have been detailed as a security force escorting diplomatic personnel; they have defended, and rescued personnel at American embassies and consulates around the globe, the statement noted.
The statement added that the connection to Guyana is strong as Guyanese American servicemen and women travel to Guyana by the hundreds every year to visit family.
US Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch (fourth from left) at the event (US Embassy photo)

US Marine Corps celebrates 246th birthday

Located in Region Two, the Tapakuma Lake is being scouted as a potential eco-tourism and competitive fishing spot in the region by the St Deny’s/Tapakuma village council. (David Papannah Photo)

The picturesque view of Tapakuma Lake in its glory!

SBM Offshore to fund $68M East Coast mangrove restoration project

A young woman places a diya in front of the Alexander Village Vishnu Mandir in observance of Diwali. See more photos from Diwali night on centre pages. (Photo by David Papannah)

Diwali night scenes – Photos by David Papannah

$665M in contracts signed for agriculture sector works

Guyana’s latest centenarian, Lilian Rosaline Chin welcomed staff from the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security to her Seaforth Street, Campbellville home on October 28th.
During the visit, Lilian and her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren chatted about her life and journey. On behalf of the Ministry, Lilian was presented with a hamper to mark the occasion.
According to a release from the Ministry, Lilian was born in 1921 in Newtown, Kitty and attended the Moravian school. When her husband passed away at 53 years, she was 51. Lilian found solace by helping children around Gordon Street, Kitty where she lived for 35 years.
Lilian is the second centenarian known to her family as her grandmother lived to be 105 years old. Her oldest child is 81. (Ministry of Human Services and Social Security photo)

Lilian is 100 not out

ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, EEPGL yesterday afternoon kicked off public consultations at the Umana Yana in Kingston on its fourth proposed well development - Yellowtail. In recent weeks proposed oil projects and related developments have attracted increasing public attention. A section of the gathering during the information session yesterday.

Yellowtail consultation

A Barbados Housing and Investment Mission arrived on Friday for a visit. The team included Timothy Maynard, Permanent Secretary; Kelly Hunte, Senior Housing Planner; Ian Gill, General Manager of the National Housing Corporation and Ian Foster, Chief Technical Officer. A team from the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation including Mark Hill, CEO; Paul Waithe, Manager Bio-economy; Marina Taitt, Director of Quality also formed part of the delegation. The team toured housing projects and also visited with G-Invest yesterday. This CH&PA photo shows the team on a visit to a construction project.

Barbados investment mission visits housing projects

The grapple that will be used by Dutch maritime solutions provider Koole Contractors to remove wreckages from the Demerara River. The Department of Public Information (DPI) said the firm was hired by the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) to remove three separate wreckages under a $787.6 million contract that was signed early last month between Director General at MARAD, Stephen Thomas and Koole Contractors’ representative, Janneke Kuijper. (DPI photo)

Contractor commences wreckage removal in Demerara River

Health Ministry receives new ambulances

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