–foreign minister orders probe By Oluatoyin Alleyne Officials at the Guyana Embassy in Washington DC made a “huge mistake” when they issued travel documents for a man ...
Tuesday 24, November 2009. 6:00PM Salon Bungener (rue Rothschild 20, Geneva) This project is part of a research program on social exclusion of the Inter‐American Development Bank (IADB). Producers of all countries in Latin‐America were invited to express their views about the main social issues in the region. In this event, a selection of the films received will be presented, with the comments...
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I felt pretty sad for the Irish last night , I mean I'll get over it, I probably already have but it was disgraceful wasn't it? Le Hand of God eh? Just like Zinedine Zidane Le headbutt of God. What a lovely gracious nation those French are, if only those stupid Ancient Greeks could have had the balls to keep walking with those vines tucked down their tunics we could've just crossed the country of...
For Paramaribo SPAN, Christopher Cozier visits artist Daniel Djojoatmo, whose work “discuss[es] the predicament of certain narratives of development which are, at their inception, ill-fated and at the disposal of the jungle.”
FILMS SEEN ON SAT 14 NOV 1.THE WET SEASON (2008, Brigid McCaffrey & Ben Russell, Suriname, 47 min, A+++++++++++++++) 2.BAD BOYS CELL 425 (2009, Janusz Mrozowski, Poland, A+++++) http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/51/Bad-Boys-Cell-425.html 3.COLORS OF OUR HEARTS (2009, Supamok Silarak, Thailand, A+++++) http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/3/Colors-of-our-Hearts.html 4.SPEECH MEMORY (2007, Caroline...
by CLAIRE MORGENSTERN , Contributing Writer What happens when an indigenous tribe fearing deforestation comes into contact with modern mapping technology? Ask Almir Suruí, chief of the Paiter Suruí tribe that lives on the Sete de Setembro Reserve in western Brazil. The Paiter Suruí , along with dozens of other tribes around the world, use Google Earth technology to monitor their...
We look at the varied coverage of the Enke tragedy, and find a little hope for others. Related posts: Robert Enke and Depression in Professional Sportsmen Bobby Bandon looks at the deeper issue too often brushed away when sportsmen face depression.... Tragedy for football fans in Iraq The story of Iraq’s run to the final of the Asian Cup is a wonderful one in itself, but, as... The German Model...
Vote on Report of Fact Mission on Gaza Conflict The draft resolution on follow-up to the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (document A/64/L.11) was adopted by a recorded vote of 114 in favour to 18 against, with 44 abstentions, as follows: In favour : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh,...
At odds with recent reports By Rawle Welch President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Colin Klass addressed some pertinent issues shortly after extending congratulations to the victorious national team that recently won the Suriname Independence Anniversary Tournament which was staged in the neighbouring Republic. Klass told Kaieteur Sport that the team’s performance was historic when...
Golden Jaguars hailed for winning Guyana’s only international title By Rawle Toney Ardent sponsors of Guyana’s senior national football team, more popularly known as the Golden Jaguars, ...
Nepal has found its way into the list of top ten travel destinations in 2010 in the world and the pictures below of the area go some way to showing why. This cool place is a sight to beyhold! The Lonely Planet "Best in Travel 2010" has listed Nepal, along with El Salvador, Germany, Greece, Malaysia, Morocco, New Zealand, Portugal, Suriname and the United States, as one of the top ten travel...
Riders from USA, Barbados, Jamaica, Suriname St. Maarten & Anguilla to test locals By Franklin Wilson The going will surely not be easy for any of the over 60 starters expected to face the line come tomorrow morning when the Third Annual Five-Stage cycle road race under the theme “Riding for Life 3″ pedals off at [...]
-next stop, Panama By Edison Jefford Cleveland Forde has moved closer to scripting his name in the annals of the International Association of Athletics Federations South American (SA) 10km Road Race history with his emphatic win at the Second Stage in Suriname. Forde is already the most successful athlete in the First and Second Stages of the race [...]
Becomes first Guyanese side to win international tournament By Franklin Wilson in Suriname In association with Humphrey’s Bakery & Farm Products of Ketley Street, Charlestown A 57th minute header by midfielder Dirk Archer, his first international goal, led the ‘Golden Jaguars’ to a hard fought 1-0 win over French Guiana and with it, Guyana’s first International tournament...