Guyana Times

Dear Editor, Please allow me space to share my thoughts on how we may mature politically and grow as a nation. As we proudly celebrate our 50th year of Independence, it is a good time to reflect on the progress we have made as a nation and how the quality of life of all citizens can be improved. We have...

E-Networks and Electronics City are the two latest companies to make timely donations to the Everest Cricket Club to add to the comfort of club members and visitors alike. The Camp Road club, which is arguably Georgetown’s leading cricket club, received two 42” television sets that will be mounted in the club’s pavilion for entertainment purposes. E-Networks, the nation’s...

Satiricus didn’t like family feuds. Not the ones on the TV show, but the real life ones in politics. They can get really mean and vicious. “Like the one that was going on right now between the KFC and the Pee-an-See,” thought Satiricus. He was hanging out at the Back Street Bar with his friend Cappo, the Cane...

GFF’s Stag Elite League… Slingerz FC and Fruta Conquerors continue to distance themselves from the rest of the teams in the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Stag Elite League Finale, following convincing victories on Friday eveningat the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda. Slingerz, who have been termed the “unstoppable” team in the League Finale, overcame an enthusiastic Guyana Defence Force...

… Indigenous Peoples' Affairs Minister ordered Council elections not be held – Vice Chairman By Kizzy Coleman Matarkai, a newly titled village of Four Miles in Port Kaituma, Region One (Barima-Waini), is currently out of leadership, as instructions were passed for elections to elect Councillors not be held in the village. According to reports reaching Guyana Times, Four Miles was a...

– midwives to undergo training as ward expands After months under construction, the Georgetown Public Hospital will now see an expanded maternity ward as the completion of the project is expected by May monthend. This is according to Public Health Minister Dr George Norton who told Guyana Times during an interview that space has also been high on the agenda...

There are several diseases for which mankind have not managed to discover the cure at this time. Physicians can try dealing with the symptoms, but they haven’t found a way of actually treating the source of the disease itself. But in an article I read recently, there’s a new In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) technique that could reduce the...

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) advises the general public that Dennis Street and the Sophia Access Road between ‘A’ Field and Eastern Highway, Georgetown, is now reopened to vehicular traffic, days ahead of its scheduled completion. Construction works on this road began on April 4 and was slated to be completed by April 18. However, recognising that the...

Why would a newly elected Government coming in a wave of goodwill and with campaign promises of positive change, set about, and deliberately so it seems, to destroy it all? Since coming to office last May, the Ganger Government has done nothing but upset and enrage the general population with their actions and policies. They have upset sugar workers, rice...

By Devina Samaroo Recently appointed University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS) President Ron Glasgow eagerly embarks on his new journey to represent the student body and to work alongside other creative minds in implementing measures that will transform overall experience at the Turkeyen Campus. Though he was never previously involved in the core of UGSS activities, Glasgow has always participated...