New Chinese-made ferries arrive in Guyana

Demerara Waves – December 21, 2011

The vessels moored alongside the THD’s Georgetown Ferry Stelling.

The two Chinese-made ferry vessels worth more than US$14.4 million have arrived in Guyana are to be put into operation on the Essequibo River early next year.

Financing of the design, construction and transportation of the MVs Sabanto and Kanawan was done through a grant by the Government of China.

Speaking aboard one the vessels, Public Works Minister, Robeson Benn said the vessels would begin serving the Parika- Supenaam route in early February. He said changes are being done to the stellings to facilitate the mooring of the vessels.   

MASCOBEE… A BOXING DAY SAGA – by Waltie Ainsworth

MASCOBEE…A BOXING DAY SAGA

By: Ewalt ‘Waltie’ Ainsworth                   12 19 2011

Mascobee was a visible minority, and “witless Putagee bastard,” according to his father.  He was a constant annoyance, practiced bestiality, lied on patacake, connoisseur, vagabond and a dam scamp; separately and sometimes all together.

One Christmas holiday season, he was caught on the seawall penetrating a crab hole.  Word spread quickly in the community about Putagee Joe (alias Mascobee), pursuing happiness in the mud and that did not stop him.  Mascobee almost lost a vital part of his anatomy as a blue crab disregarded his chants for help making multiple incisions below his waist.

A.P.N.U Submits Extracted List of Candidates for Councils

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Press Release :  Tuesday DECEMBER 20, 2011

 A.P.N.U SUBMITS EXTRACTED LISTS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE GENERAL AND REGIONAL ELECTIONS

A.P.N.U has submitted the extracted names of candidates to fill the various places won for the National Assembly and the Regional Democratic Councils following the official declaration of results for the General and Regional Elections held on Monday 28^th November.

A.P.N.U submitted Lists of Candidates to contest all of the ten Regional Democratic Councils, all ten Geographic Constituencies and the National Top-Up List for the National Assembly on Nomination Day. The total number of candidates approved by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was four hundred and fifty-nine (459) as follows: Regional Elections: three hundred and twenty seven (327) of whom one hundred and thirty-eight (138) were women; Geographical Constituency Elections: forty-five (45), of whom nineteen were women; National Top-Up List: eighty-seven (87), of whom twenty-nine were women.

APNU names its MPs, no place for Norton

20 December 2011 – Demerara Waves

The opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has released its extracted list of candidates for the 2011 elections, naming those individuals set to represent it in the National Assembly.

The coalition, which won 26 seats in the 65-seat National Assembly, issued the names of 25 individuals with no place on the list for Aubrey Norton whose supporters have been protesting his exclusion.

“The 26th name will be submitted after discussions and consultation are concluded for the Speaker of the National Assembly,” the APNU said. 

Guyana’s premium timbers being exported as logs – Bulkan

The trend has been for the conversion of premium Guyana timbers into top quality flooring, furniture in India and China

Stabroek News – December 18, 2011 – Letters |  Comments

Dear Editor,

In mid-2011 there was concern about a shortage of construction lumber on the domestic market.  At the beginning of a new quinquennium of government, and having the election manifesto commitments of the three largest parties, it is appropriate to extract those commitments and compare them with the latest export figures.

The PPP/C reduced its half-page on forestry in 2006 to a single paragraph in 2011– “Encourage more value-added forestry by working closely with all stakeholders on addressing constraints while continuing to support the development of our timber and non-timber resources in a sustainable way consistent with the LCDS.”      

A Christmas Story: A True Story of a Holiday Miracle

A Christmas Story: A True Story of a Holiday Miracle

By: John Harricharan

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Long, long ago, in a small, tropical village in a
country far, far away, a little boy lived with his
parents in a two room house. He could not have been
more than four or five years old and his entire
experience of life was limited to the fishing and
farming village, his neighbors and friends.

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It wasn’t that the little boy was unhappy. Given his
situation, he was a rather cheerful, optimistic lad,
but times were hard for his parents. The village was
recovering from the recent floods that had wiped out
his parents livelihood. And the Christmas holidays were
just around the corner.

Now, in this little village of long ago, people of
various religions lived and worked together in harmony.
Everyone enjoyed each other’s religious holidays and
everyone looked forward to the celebrations where
Christians, Hindus, Muslims and others would gather.
The parents would provide gifts for the children and
little boys and little girls would squeal with delight
as they played with their simple toys.    

YARROW at YULETIDE – by Waltie Ainsworth

YARROW  AT YULETIDE

(see the definition of YARROW at the end of this article)

By Ewalt ‘Waltie’ Ainsworth                   12 17 2011

Talk fuh sun and talk fuh rain, Christmas time is much more than  the feast, the conkie, the souse, the float,  the cake, the pepperpot, the garlic pork, the shine rice, the guava cheese and oil down.  It is also a time to sit together, compare notes, plant a seed,  rearrange your thoughts, take stock and take care of each other;  love your neighbor as you love yourself.  It is pointless putting it off till next year Christmas.  Now is the time.

The new currency is diversity and plurality and to  reach out to your neighbor in spite of how difficult it may seem, brings a certain calm, a certain grace rather than the constant bark and yarrow that we think is normal and acceptable in the 592 republic.  The barrel come, share the contents.  Take what is yours and free up what is not yours.  And you will not have to yarrow anytime soon; not now, not later.   

Tutorial High Alumni Association (Toronto Chapter) Report

Tutorial High Alumni Association (Toronto Chapter)

PO Box 92203.   2900 Warden Avenue, Scarborough, ON M1W 3Y9.  Canada. Website:  www.thaatoronto.org  Email:      thstoronto@sympatico.ca                                                                                                                                                                                 

November 30, 2011  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tutorial High Alumni Association (THAA) Toronto Chapter, proud host of Reunion 2011 wishes to acknowledge the strong support received. In turn we extend our thanks to everyone who contributed to the remarkable success of the program of events offered.

We can now report that having accounted for all relevant expenses the financial indications are equally positive. The records show that collectively the events generated the respectable sum of $32,642.36 (CDN)  in net revenue.

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Guyanese Online Newsletter: Nov-Dec 2011

Nov-Dec 2011 Newsletter – Inside this Issue

Download: Guyanese Online Newsletter -Nov-Dec 2011

Page-1 – GUYANA ELECTIONS 2011 – Articles on the Elections;  Government, opposition to exchange lists of priority issues

Page 2 – Guyana’s Elections – A new era begins – Editorial;   Nov 15 – Dec 15 – 30 Most popular Blog entries

Page 3 – Guyana’s Parliament – History, Constitution and Operations; GUYANA’S CABINET – after 2011 ELECTIONS

Page 4 – Caribbean electorates: Not for sale – Commentary

Page 5 – New mining deal set to rake in whopping US$1.6B;  Guyana Goldfields considers selling Aurora operations

Page 6 – CGX Awards Drilling Contract for Off-shore Eagle Well ;   GGMC to be overhauled, new Commissioner identified;  Royal Caribbean – An iPad in every cabin

Page 7 – Combined opposition to push for higher wages, lower taxes;  Youth group denies calling for boycott of dozens of businesses