Day: November 5, 2010

Edward B. Beharry won the first place trophy in the commercial float category and the Mon Repos Mandir took away the first place in the large float category last night at the Diwali motorcade.
President Bharrat Jagdeo did make it to the LBI ground last night after returning from Barbados.

The darkest night in the Hindu calendar, Deepavali is celebrated throughout Guyana today with lights, and lighted diyas  bringing the Goddess Mother Laxmi into their homes.
Lighting a lamp or diya symbolizes the destruction through knowledge of all negative forces, wickedness, violence etc.
Happy Deepavali to our readers.
 

The 20th anniversary UNDP report finds long-term progress in health, education not determined by income; introduces new indices for gender, poverty, inequality . This was part of the recent launching of the yearly report which measures development across the globe. Developing nations made dramatic yet often underestimated progress in health, education and basic living standards in recent decades, with many of the poorest countries posting the greatest gains, reveals a detailed new analysis of long-term Human Development Index (HDI) trends in the 2010 Human Development Report.

The People’s National Congress Reform is calling on the Police Traffic Department to institute immediate measures to stop the recklessness on the roadways. At it’s weekly press briefing the Party stated that the Police need to institute an on going education awareness program for all Guyanese, particularly drivers. The requirements for the issuing of Drivers’ license need to be tightened with compulsory retesting for renewals, the party added. The PNCR is alarmed at the traffic statistics. In the period, up to 23rd September 2010, there were 77 accidents with 80 deaths; five were children.

The People’s National Congress Reform extends its warmest congratulations to the officers, soldiers, reservists and veterans of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on the occasion of the 45th Anniversary of the founding of the Force on 1st November 1965.
The Party recalls that, from the very start, the young Guyana Defence Force was obliged to confront challenges both inside the country and on its borders.
The first minister of defence of Guyana was the late President LFS Burnhum.