Guyana: LATEST NEWS – 29 June 2016 – Kaieteur News
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- Constitutional Reform… If it involves taming executive powers then so let it be –President Granger
- Govt. reviews 17-year-old contract with Exxon Mobil …but agrees it provides “relative” protection as constituted
- “Major upgrades” still needed for billion-dollar forensic lab
- Norway agrees not to take back US$80M for Amaila – financially-strapped Iwokrama to benefit from forest deal money
- Gold exports rake in US$366M -renewed confidence by small, medium scale miners
- Strategic Development Plan not possible after one year – Business Minister
- Region Ten launches work readiness programme
- CDB remains crucial partner to Guyana’s development -Finance Minister
- GPHC gives recognition to 19 “awesome nurses” –100 expected to be certified by November
- City Council vows to reclaim parapets
- Probe into Roraima Airways airport incident finds safety breaches
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The Big Jubilee Party is Over – by Francis Quamina Farrier
The Big Jubilee Party is Over – by Francis Quamina Farrier
Francis Quamina Farrier
Yes, Folks, I proudly admit that I was one of the older Guyanese who became emotional and did shed a tear at mid-night of May 25/26, 1966 when Guyana gained its Independence from Britain. However, I have to say that it was not quite the same, fifty years later, as I was seated in one of the stands at Jubilee Park in Georgetown, for the Flag Raising Ceremony, celebrating Guyana’s Fiftieth Independence Anniversary. The Big Jubilee Party which so many travelled so many miles to be part of, is now over. The memories are varied; “Enjoyable”, “Not so enjoyable”, and “disappointing”.
We who were there at the National Park in Georgetown, FIFTY YEARS ago, had the privilege of witnessing the Union Jack (the British flag) slowly coming down, as our brand new Golden Arrowhead (the Guyana flag) was slowly hoisted officially, for the very first time, by the then 21 year old GDF Officer, Desmond Roberts. Continue reading →
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