Upper Demerara River Many Years Ago

Upper Demerara River Many Years Ago By Peter Halder Economic activities in the Upper Demerara River were mainly timber grants. The first grant, I believe, was at Kumaparo, about 60 miles south of Mallali but below Great Falls. The grant was owned and operated by Willems Timber and Trading Company. Jack Willems was the owner [...]

Guyanese celebrate their independence -NYC

Guyanese celebrate their independence -NYC

By Tangerine Clarke

Published: Friday, June 11, 2010 1:05 PM EDT

From left, Council Member Mathieu Eugene, Guyana Consul General Brentnold R. Evans, Ambassador Bayney Karran join honorees James Richmond, Dr. Shaiek Ali, nephew of (Francis Yvonne Jackson), Kwasi Jackson, John “Ossie” Vaughan, Lachman Budhai, Dave Narine, Aliann Pompey, and Carlton Guilliams.

Guyana’s Independence was commemorated in the Council Chambers of City Hall recently, where the words of America’s 16th president Abraham Lincoln – The government of the people, by the people, for the people welcomed the expatriates – nine of whom were honored with plaques and proclamations, during an astounding evening filled with patriotism and love of country.

Fathers know best – by Godfrey Chin

Happy Father’s Day 2010. This is for every father, everywhere. Hoping that while I share this Nostalgia it brings back some poignant memories of your Dad. And while you reminisce, think of all the foibles, derring dos, ding-dongs, ning-ning and narra that made your ‘dad experience’ so pivotal in your maturing years.

Mark Twain once wrote “that as a young man he felt he was wiser than his dad – until he became a dad.” The foregoing I share as proof: ‘Father always knows best.’ Enjoy this banter with my Dalton Sons – Ya think it easy!

Fu Manchu’s sons: “Thank you for that very flattering account of my ‘everywhere’ Dad. My brothers and I are truly lucky to have him. He is an amazing father because of the way he made our childhood so rich with experiences. His kindness to all our young friends, his overpowering enthusiasm for anything he’s involved in, and his ability to have fun while working hard is truly a gift. The pranks he played on us as kids, the pranks he played on our friends, the pranks we watched him play on his friends, speak volumes of his humour. Often times, my brothers and I would hear our friends say in envy, “You guys are lucky; you have a cool dad.” We of course sometimes beg to differ. Here are some snippets to prove otherwise…

How come he could remember the precise score of the Central High v Queen’s College cricket match in 1953, but could never seem to get our names right?

Dad: Hoping for girls to name – Joan, Mary, and Shirley. Kinda hard to remember boys’ names. And worse, to recognize siblings, especially when the clothes were all ‘hand me downs’ from eldest to youngest.

Having to wait for him to bring home ‘cook-shop’ food late in the evening.

Dad: After 11pm the cook-shop sale was half price on leftovers. Had to find some way to feed alya 3.

Hearing him sneaking out early to get the newspaper on the day the Common Entrance results were published.

Dad: With you three slow-like-snail learners, preferred to be shocked early morning

Being amongst the first kids roller-skating in the city.

Dad: And Dad with pillows front and back teaching 3 non-athletes to skate, and de ‘ol man’ falling all over the road, like rain. Hell more bruises than Bruiser Thomas!

Attending the cinemas in theme costume? We remember going to the cinemas as Batman & Robin, Lone Ranger , Zorro, and US soldiers, etc.

Dad: Children in costumes with parent got in free – saving 4 pit tickets.

Showing up to play ‘war’ or ‘cowboy and indians’ with your friends, and you’re dressed authentically enough to play a lead role in a Hollywood production?

Dad: Anything to show off on the neighbours – and help my boys catch the girls.

To have my home assignment crib dwarf all the other children’s presentations.

Dad: That was a three-storey deluxe designer state-of-the-art manger, complete with wall-to-wall carpet and washing machine.

Hearing the greeting, “Here comes Animal and the young Animals,” when we arrived daily at Cosmos Sports Club.

Read full article here: Fathers know best – by Godfrey Chin

Parliament Buildings – Guyana

Masthead Picture Guyanese Online Newsletter – June 2010 < click here Parliament Buildings – Guyana Guyana‘s Parliament Building, designed by Joseph Hadfield, was built on a foundation of greenheart logs. The foundation stone was laid in 1829 and, in April 1834, the structure, stuccoed to resemble stone blocks, was completed. Having been completed, the building [...]

Newsletter – June 2010

In This Issue

Page 1– Masthead Picture: Parliament Buildings in Georgetown; President Jagdeo’s Independence Speech for 44th Anniversary.

Page 2- Editorial; Videos on Life and Education.

Page 3– Guest Editorial – New Models of Governance

Page 4- Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago Elections

Page 5– Guyana Tourism – Guyana Jamboree 2010.

Page 6—Guyana News with Headline News links

Amaila Falls Hydro Project; RUSAL Hydro Project Talks; Governance links; Agriculture; Gold and Diamond Mining Issues.

Page 7—Guyana News with Headline News Links; Golden Grove Community Centre Opens; St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Fire—News links

Page 8– Business Page with GO-Invest links

Page 9– Last Lap Lime – 15th Anniversary

Page 10- Associations: Guyanese Association of Georgia; Guyanese Association of Barbados;

Page 11- Associations: Guyanese association of Manitoba;Q.C. Alumni—”Fireworks in Queens”;“A Taste of Guyana” in Toronto; Friends of Victoria Village “Creole Breakfast”; Buxton- 170th Anniversary Celebrations; The Arts Journal; Ameena Gafoor’s column

Page 12- Arts and Culture: Tony Phillips—artist – Website; Olga Lopes-Seale – “Fun Run” in Barbados; Godfrey Chin: “The Forties in British Guiana.”

Page 13- Arts and Culture: “Reds” Perreira launches book on his life;“Come Walk With Me” A book of Poems by Francis Yvonne Jackson living in Chicago.

Page 14– 15- Historical: “Glimpses of Kingston” 1948. Written by Joy W. Small in Kyk-Over-Al

Page 16– Advertising- Guyana Telephone Calling Cards; Caribbean Cargo and Packaging Services.

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Nostalgia: Henry Street. Werk-en-Rust

Nostalgia: Henry Street. Werk-en-Rust
By Peter Halder
Henry Street in Werk-en-Rust is a short street. It is only one block long. It extends from Princess Street on the south to Durban Street on the north. It is sandwiched between George Street on the east and Smyth Street on the west.
A denizen of Non Pareil Street, Albouystown (vide my Nostalgia: The Street Where I lived: Non Pareil Street, Albouystown), I became familiar with Henry Street in the late 1940s when I met and became a close and lasting friend of Carl Agard. I joined him in Scholarship Class at St. Stephen’s Church of Scotland School at the junction of St.Stephen, Princess and Adelaide Streets, Charlestown. We would go swimming often at clay, the parloff or other parts of the Punt Trench or explore the mangrove area on the bank of Demerara River at Ruimveldt, next to Art Williams Transport offices.
Carl, who often referred to himself as Carl Nigel Stanislaus Yohann Divioli Agard, lived in a large, old house in a spacious “yard” near the southern end of the eastern side Henry Street. The bottom of the house was enclosed but there was no flat/apartment. The principal occupants of the bottom house at night were crapauds of the large, black, ugly variety with lumpy backs.
There was also a small cottage at the back of the yard which was rented.
South of Carl’s placed and towards the southern end of Henry Street was the Corinthian Lodge. The Lodge was a huge white building in the expansive grounds, both of which were always well kept. The caretaker of the Lodge lived in the cottage in Carl’s backyard. South of Corinthian Lodge and the end of street was a wide lawn which bordered the Princess Street trench. We played cricket or bat and ball on the lawn (as we called it) from time to time, using green starapples as balls and wood bats. We also played at St. Phillips playground from time to time.
In the front of the yard was a tall starapple tree. Apart from using the green fruit to play cricket, we would play Tarzan on it especially when we had seen a Tarzan movie at the Cinema

CADRES March 2010 POLL RELEASED

CADRES MARCH 2010 POLL RELEASED

Stabroek staff – June 4, 2010 – In Local News | 104 Comments

PPP/C holds biggest bloc of voters – AFC on the upswing – CADRES poll

The governing PPP/Civic continues to command the single largest bloc of voters but has lost significant support since the last general election, according to a new poll that also shows that an alliance between opposition parties could see a result in their favour.

The March 2010 poll, conducted by the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Research Services Inc. (CADRES), also showed that while no single opposition force currently commands a majority of support, the AFC could hold the balance of power after votes are counted. The poll projected the PPP/Civic’s overall support at 38%, the PNCR at 31% and the AFC at 26%, representing a drop of 16%, 3% and a gain of 18%, respectively.

When asked directly which party they would support if an election were held at the time of the survey, the PPP/Civic got support from 25% of respondents, the AFC 25% and the PNCR 23%, while other parties drew a total 3%, and persons in the “Don’t know/Won’t say” category accounted for 24%. The “Don’t know/Won’t say” category, CADRES said in a press release yesterday, is sufficiently large to alter the course of an election. Therefore, relying on historical trends, which it said has proven to be a most reliable indicator, CADRES anticipated the way voters in the category would behave, in order to determine the overall measurement of support among the parties.

“In the final analysis, however, the PPP/Civic is still leading, the PNCR is still the second most popular party, however the AFC would have been in a position to hold the balance of power if an election were called in March this year,” CADRES said in the press release.

The next general election is due by the end of November next year and there is speculation regarding the outcome and possible configurations for both the governing party and the opposition groups.

Stabroek News was told that the poll was privately commissioned and CADRES was recently given approval to release the findings to the public. In addition to party support, CADRES will also release the survey’s findings on major issues and leadership, over the next weeks. CADRES explained that it conducted a political opinion survey that covered all 10 administrative regions. continued

Trinidad and Tobago Elections – 2010

Trinidad and Tobago Elections – May 24,2010

Kamlamania II – Stabroek staff – May 28, 2010 – Editorial | Comments

Kamla Persad-Bissessar has created history in Trinidad and Tobago by becoming the country’s first female prime minister.

Patrick Manning has created history of a more dubious nature by becoming quite possibly the first politician to call two snap elections and lose them both. In last Monday’s election, in an astounding case of political misjudgement – Professor Selwyn Ryan prefers to call it “hubris” – Mr. Manning sacrificed another two-and-a-half years in office and converted a comfortable 11-seat parliamentary majority to a humbling 17-seat minority.

Indeed, in taking a high-stakes gamble that Mrs Persad-Bissessar and the United National Congress (UNC) – she was only elected party leader on January 24, with the vanquished founder-leader, Basdeo Panday, hovering in the background like Banquo’s ghost – would be too weak to stand up to the vaunted political machinery of the People’s National Movement (PNM), Mr Manning merely succeeded in galvanising the opposition into a broad-based and formidable coalition under Mrs. Persad-Bissessar’s charismatic leadership.

To his credit, the defeated leader of the PNM has assumed “full responsibility” for the election debacle and his political future is now in serious doubt. Mr. Manning, a born-again Christian, had said before the election that after politics, he would take up preaching. Well, the coalition and the electorate have facilitated that ambition and if Mr Manning were to be true to the inherited Westminster tradition, he should have already fallen on his sword.

Trinidadians and Tobagonians too created history with a record 70% voter turnout, and the results confirmed the overwhelming sense that the people wanted change after eight years of prime ministerial arrogance, poor governance, economic mismanagement, squandermania, corruption, a frightening escalation in violent crime and inadequate public services.

In an election which the experts said was too close to call, Mrs. Persad-Bissessar’s People’s Partnership – the coalition led by the UNC and comprising the mainly middle class, multi-racial Congress of the People (COP), the Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP), the National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) with its roots in the 1970 Black Power movement, and the labour-inspired Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) – confounded conservative estimates and won a landslide victory over the incumbents, polling 432,026 votes to the PNM’s 285,354. The count in terms of seats was 29 to 12, with the UNC winning 21 (including one won by MSJ leader and veteran trade unionist, Errol McLeod, and another won by businessman and civil society activist, Stephen Cadiz), the COP six and the TOP taking the two Tobago constituencies.

Saint’s Annual Golf Tournament

Saint’s Annual Golf Tournament
Date: Sat. July 10, 2010
Time: 7:45 A.M. shotgun start

Registration begins at 6:30 A.M.

ONLY 144 players so 1st to Pay will Play

You r $115 Includes:

“Hole in one” Wins $10,000 CASH

Cart | Prizes | BBQ Lunch Available Locker Room Facilities with towels

Type of play Scramble Format

Address: 15731 Regional Rd 50. Caledon , Ontario L7E 3H9

http://www.gleneagle.ca

Where: Glen Eagles Golf Club – Tel: (905) 880 -0131

Cet Entry form and Contact Names on attached flyer below

Glen Eagles – 2010