Guyanese OnlineNews – 02 February 2018
GRDB defendants served with over 2,000 statements
Jamaican utility official named new GPL Chief
Stalled hospital project pushes businessman to recover $27M donation
Former Wales sugar workers renew call for severance pay
200,000 marijuana plants destroyed, three arrested
Group stages protest outside Venezuelan Embassy over border controversy
Jamaican takes over The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) leadership
Mr. Albert Gordon
The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) on Friday announced the appointment of Mr. Albert Gordon effective February 1, 2018 as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Mr Gordon is a Jamaican national but stands truly as a son of the Caribbean. The appointment of Mr. Gordon forms part of GPL’s plans to modernize, expand and improve electricity supply in support of the development of Guyana,” the power company said in a statement. Continue reading
Back in History – Reveals the true Black History
By Yvonne Sam
Irregardless of how new and unique something may seem to be, it carries with it a legacy of the past, for everything that exists in the present has come out of the past. Therefore, the more we understand about the past the more we will know about the present.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
– George Santayana, The Life of Reason (1905-06)
For one month each year Canadians deign to pay attention to Black History in the most perfunctory manner possible. For many, it is all about the Underground Railroad, and how progressive Canada the Savior is. Continue reading
