Pegasus Hotel Expansion
Works on the Pegasus Suites and Corporate Centre have now commenced next to the current Pegasus Hotel.
Privately-owned Pegasus Hotel, looking to capitalize on the emerging oil and gas sector, has unveiled an ambitious US$100M expansion project, including a 15-storey tower and state-of-the-art convention centre.
On March 8, 2018, the sod was turned in the hotel’s adjoining property near the tennis court with Chairman, Robert Badal, hailing the investment as the city’s largest investment.
The contract has been awarded to China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), the same company that is in charge of the US$150M airport expansion at Timehri and the MovieTowne project at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara. Continue reading →
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Guyana: Georgetown celebrates 175th anniversary with ‘City Week’
17 August 2018 – BY Tangerine Clarke – Caribbean Life News. NY
City Hall. Georgetown. Guyana
The Guyana mayor and councillors of the city of Georgetown have planned a week of activities to commemorate its 175th Anniversary, titled: “City Week,” that will begin with a “Gratitude and Celebration” church service at the historic St. George’s Cathedral Church on Aug. 19.
Mayor Patricia Chase-Greene outlined a program to engage Guyana’s diverse population during a showcase of Georgetown’s historic journey that began under Dutch rule. Continue reading →
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Guyana Institute of Historical Research (GIHR) Newsletter
Download: GIHR Online News 2018 Emancipation issue
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Before Columbus: How Africans Brought Civilization to America
Global Research 12 October 2014
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in 2014.
On Monday [October 13 2014], America’s government offices, businesses, and banks all grind to a halt in order to commemorate Columbus Day. In schools up and down the country, little children are taught that a heroic Italian explorer discovered America, and various events and parades are held to celebrate the occasion.
It has now become common knowledge amongst academics that Christopher Columbus clearly did not discover America, not least because is it impossible to discover a people and a continent that was already there and thriving with culture. One can only wonder how Columbus could have discovered America when people were watching him from America’s shores. Continue reading →
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Thoughts on the Demolition of the St. Rose’s High School – by Francis Quamina Farrier
Francis Quamina Farrier
The demolition of the St. Rose’s High School on Church Street, South Cummingsburg in Georgetown, Guyana, began on Monday July 9, 2018, after it was decided by the Board of Governors, that the structure had reached a state of disrepair.
So the demolition was inevitable due to its terminal condition. But that does not ease the pain of many present and former students of the St. Rose’s High School, as well as for many who have never been students of that institution of higher learning, the pain is no less. Continue reading →
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City Hall – Georgetown-Guyana
…EU urges buy-in from all stakeholders as it delivers restoration plan
IT would take some US$4.3M to restore the iconic City Hall Building from its ruins, and while a Comprehensive Restoration and Sustainable Conservation Management Plan has been completed with funding from the European Union, the financing is now needed to execute the ambitious plan to save the building.
Located at the corner of Regent Street and Avenue of the Republic, stands City Hall – one of the Caribbean’s finest timber buildings erected in 1889 but with every passing day, the three –storey rectangular building that imitates the Classical (Gothic) Revival architectural style, continues to deteriorate. On Monday at the Pegasus Hotel, Ambassador of the European Union Delegation, Jernej Videti? formally handed over copies of the Comprehensive Restoration and Sustainable Conservation Management Plan to the Government of Guyana and the Georgetown Mayor and City Council. READ MORE
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China is opening the world’s longest sea bridge — and it contains enough steel to build 60 Eiffel Towers
Undersea tunnel of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge is seen, in Zhuhai city, south China’s Guangdong province, Wednesday, March 28, 2018.
China is the midst of several megaprojects that will transform its cities.
Over the next decade, China plans to encourage 250 million people – roughly 29 times New York City’s population – to move into the country’s growing megacities. To cope with that huge migration, the country has invested tens of billions of dollars in giant infrastructure projects.
In may 2018, China opened its most ambitious megaproject yet: a bridge that connects Hong Kong, Macau, and the mainland’s southern city of Zhuhai. Stretching 34 miles long, it’s the world’s longest cross-sea bridge, according to the AFP.
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Religion: How an ancient Islamic holiday became uniquely Caribbean
How an ancient Islamic holiday became uniquely Caribbean
By Ken Chitwood, University of Florida
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — A throng of Trinidadians line up along the streets of St James and Cedros to admire the vibrant floats with beautifully bedecked models of mausoleums. Their destination is the waters of the Caribbean, where the crowds will push them out to float.
This is part of the Hosay commemorations, a religious ritual performed by Trinidadian Muslims, that I have observed as part of the research for my forthcoming book on Islam in Latin America and the Caribbean.
What fascinates me is how a practice from India has been transformed into something uniquely Caribbean.
Re-enacting tragedy Continue reading →
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