Daily Archives: 12/19/2019

Guyana: Five die in Fairfield Mahaicony as Minibus Crashes into Truck

12/19/2019 – 2:18 am
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Guyana: Don’t Mess with Christmas and Independence – by Francis Quamina Farrier + 2 Videos /Photos

12/19/2019 – 1:26 am

– by Francis Quamina Farrier

Folks stop me all the time to share some of the things which bother them as citizens of The Cooperative Republic of Guyana, asking me to write about whatever the issue is. John’s issue was about two special days on the Guyanese calendar – Christmas and Independence. Since we are now in the Festive Season I was not surprised that he wanted to bare his soul about some of what bothered him regards this particular year-end Holiday.

“Too commercialized”, he blurted out, regards the Pre-Christmas commercial activities as one of those “Music Carts” went by blasting “All I want for Christmas is You” by Maria Carey. Incidentally, after twenty five years, that very popular Christmas song has finally reached Number One on the charts this year, 2019. Deep inside, I thought to myself that the commercial activities at the end of the year which includes the Christmas Holidays, are all part of the culture of many countries around the world, including our own Beautiful Guyana.        Continue reading →

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Guyana: Govt.’s takeover of Berbice Bridge deemed legal by Chief Justice

12/19/2019 – 12:35 am

The Berbice River Bridge

 Dec 19, 2019  News

Government’s decision to temporarily takeover the operations and functions of the Berbice River Bridge have been deemed lawful by Chief Justice Roxane George. In a ruling handed down yesterday at the Victoria Law Courts, Justice George said she found that the takeover was done for a legitimate public purpose.

As such, she said the court found no reason to interfere with the decision made by Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, as there was no evidence to support that he acted arbitrarily.          Continue reading →

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Video: Memories: Miss Jamaica wins Miss World 2019 title

12/19/2019 – 12:06 am
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