December 25, 2012
MINISTER of Legal Affairs and Attorney General Anil Nandlall brought smiles to the faces of many senior citizens and children as he delivered goodies, including hampers, to the elderly
December 25, 2012
Joy to the World Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King;Let every heart prepare Him room,And Heaven and nature sing,And Heaven and nature
December 25, 2012
Christmas (Old English: Crīstesmæsse, meaning “Christ’s Mass”) is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ and a widely observed holiday, celebrated generally on December 25 by millions
December 25, 2012
THE Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce held its 7th annual Christmas Tree light-up celebration at the traditional venue, Rahaman’s Park, Houston, East Bank Demerara. Hundreds had converged, amidst
December 25, 2012
The earliest evidence of the celebration on December 25 of a Christian liturgical feast of the birth of Jesus is from the Chronography of 354 AD. This was in
December 25, 2012
Dies Natalis Solis Invicti means “the birthday of the unconquered sun”. Some early Christian writers connected the sun to Jesus, whom they believed was prophesied in Malachi 4:2 as
December 25, 2012
A winter festival was the most popular festival of the year in many cultures. Reasons included the fact that less agricultural work needs to be done during the winter,
December 25, 2012
The New Testament Gospel of Luke may indirectly give the date as December for the birth of Jesus, with the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy with John the Baptist
April 9, 2009
-to be expanded later this yearRECOGNIZING the need for adequately trained teachers in secondary schools, the National Centre for Resource Development (NCERD), last year introduced a non-graduate certificate course
April 9, 2009
– ManickchandMINISTER of Human Services and Social Security, Ms. Priya Manickchand, in light of growing concerns over the number of women being killed and brutalised by their former
April 9, 2009
Minister Clinton Collymore “I terminated the meeting on my own volition because according to the agreement no meeting of the Task Force could be held without a properly constituted
April 9, 2009
Father laments…TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD rice farmer Sudesh Persaud, of Sparta, Essequibo Coast, was killed when the tractor he drove Tuesday evening suddenly toppled into a drainage canal and pinned him under
April 9, 2009
THE mystery illness that struck Santa Rosa in the North West District has now posed another challenge to the victims and their families — how to meet their financial
April 9, 2009
JERMAINE Scipio, 33, of Lot 287 Grove Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, was yesterday refused bail on a domestic violence charge. Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle, before whom he
April 9, 2009
-grace period for motor vehicle licences ends June 22THE Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will be extending its office hours at the Licence Revenue Office (LRO) temporarily from Tuesday, April
April 8, 2009
FORMER Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Kenneth George died at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital on Monday, after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife, Hazel and four
April 8, 2009
BALKISSOON Jagram, who found his wife making love to another man and killed her, was sentenced to eight years imprisonment, for the manslaughter, at the Berbice Assizes on Monday.
April 8, 2009
CLEVELAND Williams, 37, of Lot 552 ‘C’ Field, Sophia and Trevor Newman, 49, of Lot 48 Norton Street, Lodge, have been charged jointly with simple larceny. They appeared before