Central High School will not be scrapped and relocated – Chief Education Officer
August 12, 2012 – KNEWS
Central High School
Central High School will be neither scrapped nor merged with the Lodge Secondary School. This is according to Chief Education Officer, Olatto Sam, during a brief telephone interview with Kaieteur News yesterday, August 11.
The proposition for relocation came after it was realized that the building in which the high school is being housed for the past 80 years, is not in keeping with requirements [more]
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“Fiery Friday” at Linden
Saturday August 11, 2012 – KNEWS
– Anger boils over at Police pre-dawn tear gas offensive
– Buildings razed on both sides river
– Police say suspected acts of arson
– Joint Services deny operation to clear barriers
– Six detained for various offences
Anger at a surprise tear gas offensive, smoldering debris from buildings burnt to the ground, and a battle to keep the streets clear, characterized the town of Linden yesterday as the government put off a key meeting intended to hammer out a deal and return the town to normalcy.
The protest against electricity tariff increase in the town is now into its fourth week and Lindeners are maintaining their demand – for the increases to be withdrawn and for President Donald Ramotar to meet them and thrash out the events that followed the first day of the protest when three residents were shot dead by Police.
Palpable tension gripped the town in the wee hours of the morning as conflagrations raged on both sides of the Demerara River. A total of six buildings and two vehicles were destroyed.
Residents claimed that the mayhem started when ranks of the Joint Services swooped down on the community in an effort to remove barricades, using teargas to disperse those present, and even throwing canisters with the pungent substance into people’s yards. Continue reading →
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A Tribute to Hugh Cholmondeley
By Sir Ronald Sanders
Hugh Cholmondeley
To say that Hugh Neville John Cholmondeley was a golden voice of broadcasting in Guyana in the 1960’s and early 1970’s is to speak a truth but not to tell the whole story. While he had a voice that commanded attention, it was his recognition that broadcasting had a key role to play in enlightening society that distinguished him.
In 1968, he became the first general manager of the Guyana Broadcasting Service (GBS). In that role, he set about two important and standard setting tasks. The first was to establish a team of outstanding broadcasters in Guyana who would extend the boundaries of radio beyond a purveyor of entertainment into the realm of debate on national issues; of investigative broadcast journalism; of reflecting the society through documentaries; and “live” coverage of national events when and as they happened. His early radio documentary series ” was path breaking. Continue reading →
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Usain Bolt is for the ages – commentary
Usain Bolt is for the ages
Stabroek News – August 11, 2012 Editorial
Watching Usain Bolt, flanked by two fellow Jamaicans, leap onto the podium after his unprecedented defence of two sprint gold medals, it was clear that his arrival in the pantheon of Olympic legend owes as much to personal charisma as it does to athletic prowess. He is also an important national symbol whose victory comes on the heels of Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of Independence. While Bolt is the fourth Jamaican to win a sprint gold in the Olympics (after Ben Johnson, Donovan Bailey and Lynford Christie) he is the first to do so under Jamaican colours.
It is fitting that Jamaica’s first homegrown triumph should come in the form of its greatest athlete. It is hard to imagine someone outrunning Bolt in this generation, or any other, but even if that were possible, could anyone establish pre-eminence with such panache and so much palpable joy? Continue reading →
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