The body of Morris Goorcharan, a 61-year-old farmer of Abrams Creek, Upper Pomeroon River, who was reported missing, was recovered from Abrams Creek on ...
MUCH like now, back in the day, we were tasked with writing a composition about how we spent Christmas and the August ...
One of the latest books on the subject by Robert Wyndham Nicholls, covering masquerades in the Eastern Caribbean, indicates that what we do in Guyana has an originality of its own. The favourite foods ...
Christmas is on Wednesday, Dec. 25, and as a statutory holiday, many businesses and government services are closed. Boxing Day, Dec. 26, is considered a public holiday in Canada.
Boxing Day is celebrated a day after Christmas Day, i.e., on December 26. This year, Boxing Day will be celebrated on Thursday. It is an annual custom that began in the United Kingdom in the 19th ...
Fulham, 10 a.m. (Peacock) Boxing Day became a national holiday in the U.K. in 1871, annually celebrated the day after Christmas. The exact reasons for the creation of the holiday are unknown ...
WASHINGTON — As Christmas Day gets underway, the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth countries are looking ahead to Boxing Day on Thursday. Boxing Day is celebrated in the U.K. on Dec. 26, the day ...
Boxing Day, the traditionally British holiday recognized the day after Christmas, offers an extension of the festivities. People in countries like Canada, the U.K. and South Africa spend an extra ...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, unless you need to visit a bank, government service. As the two statutory holidays fall smack in the middle of the week this year, there are store and ...
Across the pond and in other Commonwealth countries, however, Dec. 26 is yet a continuation of the Christmas holiday called Boxing Day. Observed in Britain, Canada, and beyond, the celebration is ...