2011 – Page 120 – Guyana Times International

Art of the Maroon tribes – A culture of art and function

May 12, 2011January 21, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Simple stool Maroon communities created by escaped slaves have been a widespread association of plantation life in the Americas for more than four centuries. Although formed under broadly similar historical and ecological conditions, these societies display significant variations in everything, from language, diet, and dress patterns of marriage to residence and migratory wage labour. With the kind compliments of the Museum of African Heritage, Guyana Times International Sunday Magazine features various aspects of this culture. Calabash decorations Wood carvings are of cultural and aesthetic importance to Maroons. It also involves…

Gateway to the interior

May 12, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Bartica is said to have been developed from an Anglican missionary settlement established in 1842. The name ‘Bartica’ is believed to have come from an Amerindian word meaning ‘red earth’, abundant in the area. Called the “Gateway to the Interior”, the town of about 15,000 people is the launching point for people who work in the rainforests of Guyana, mining gold and diamonds. During the Easter weekend every year, Bartica hosts the Bartica Regatta, a growing variety of entertaining holiday activities, including water sports (featuring mostly speedboats), cricket, boxing, soccer,…

Fire destroys Digicel outlet

May 12, 2011 TIMES INT'L

A fire on Sunday afternoon, May 8, ripped through Republic Avenue, Linden, completely destroying a Digicel outlet and a house, while severely damaging the Region 10 Regional Democratic Council’s office. Two persons have been rendered homeless, and the proprietor of the Digicel outlet is counting losses in the millions, with hundreds of expensive handsets having been ruined in the flames. The fire started shortly after 12: 40hrs in the upper flat of a building which is said to be owned by an individual known only as “Venus”, who resides with…

EU commissioner urges urgent action on climate change

May 12, 2011December 28, 2012 TIMES INT'L

By Jainarine Deonauth in Hong Kong Climate change is being featured on the agenda of the 19th Consumer International World Congress, currently being held in Hong Kong, where over seven hundred delegates from more than 60 countries are engaged in discussions and debates on important issues affecting consumers worldwide. Delegates at the 19th Consumer International World Congress, including Jainarine Deonauth, a representative of the Guyana Consumers Association In delivering the keynote address at the official opening ceremony, Connie Hedegaard, EU commissioner for climate action, called on consumers worldwide to take…

CCTV cameras to be up in city by July

May 12, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Government is hoping to install the promised closed circuit television cameras around Georgetown by July/ August, Dr Roger Luncheon, said on Wednesday. He made the comment while addressing members of the media at his weekly post- Cabinet media briefing. Luncheon, who is also Cabinet secretary and head of the Presidential Secretariat, said the recent upsurge in criminal activities should not be used as an electoral issue during the upcoming general elections, like is the case in other Caribbean nations. Luncheon said that crime was an ongoing challenge for the administration.…

Guyana will continue to support CDB – finance minister

May 12, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh, on Wednesday, May 5th, formally welcomed to Guyana the newly- installed President of the Caribbean Development Bank, Dr William Warren Smith. This formality was performed at the Finance Ministry. Minister Singh took the opportunity to congratulate the new president on his assuming the highest office within the bank, and he reassured Dr Smith of Guyana’s continued support for the CDB. Minister Singh also used President Smith’s visit to highlight the progress made by Guyana over the years in strengthening the domestic economy and in investing…

Guyanese woman in New York killed by ‘emotionally disturbed’ son

May 12, 2011 TIMES INT'L

An emotionally disturbed man was arrested on Thursday, May 5th, for stabbing to death his Guyanese mother in their Brooklyn, New York apartment. Ingham Scarder, 27, was taken into custody when police arrived at the apartment at about 23:00h on Wednesday and found Alfonette Scarder, 47, near death. She had been stabbed several times, and died after paramedics rushed her to Kings County Hospital, police said. Ingham Scarder, whom police sources said suffers from bipolar disorder, was charged with murder and weapons possession. He is yet to be arraigned. A…

UN Good Officer holds first official meeting with Venezuela

May 12, 2011 TIMES INT'L

– foreign ministers to update UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon Professor Norman Girvan, the Good Officer in the Guyana/Venezuela border dispute, has met for the first time with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro, almost a year after a visit to Guyana. According to Venezuelan media, the foreign minister “held the first official meeting, on Wednesday, May 5th, with the UN Good Officer to identify options and advance the negotiation process to address a territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela in the Essequibo territory.” The participants in the meeting agreed to hold…

La Niña assistance to be completed by mid- May

May 12, 2011 TIMES INT'L

The La Niña season has passed, and as the Agriculture Ministry prepares for the upcoming May/ June rainy season, it is faced with the critical task of assessing the effects of La Niña and providing support to farmers who would have suffered losses. On Wednesday, May 4th, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud said the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has identified critical dams that were in need of grading to enable farmers to transport their paddy from the fields to the mills. Because of the flooding in some rice cultivation areas,…

Guyana re-investing in groynes to bolster sea defence

May 12, 2011 TIMES INT'L

After more than two decades, sea defence engineers of the Public Works Ministry are now looking to reinvest in the repairs and construction of groynes to help strengthen the coastland’s defence against rising sea level and climate change. According to Works Minister Robeson Benn, the ministry has already started reconstruction of groynes in Essequibo at Leguan island, and has planned to start repairs to those along the Georgetown shore later this year, as funds have been allocated for these works in this year’s budget. The minister explained that, during the…