Features – Page 117 – Guyana Times International

Don’t limit yourself, you can do anything you imagine

September 28, 2012 TIMES INT'L

– Guyanese-American film director Shundell Prasad-Jha is a talented and creative Guyanese-American film director, screenwriter and producer, who is currently receiving accolades for her directorial skills and for internationally showcasing her rich Guyanese heritage. The director, who is also a film aficionado, has worked for many major media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, CNN and the Emmy Award winning show “The Amazing Race.” She is a graduate of Tisch School of the Arts in the US, where she majored in Film and TV Production. She began her career at…

Visual Arts – ‘An enrichment subject’

September 28, 2012 TIMES INT'L

The Education Ministry continued its ‘Education Month’ activities, with a visual arts exhibition at Castellani House that showcased art pieces produced by secondary school students as part of their School Based Assessment (SBA) for CSEC examinations. The exhibition lasted from September 17 to 21 and showcased a combination of art, craft and design, and embodied the theoretical and practical activities of drawing, imaginative composition, graphic design, paint making, three-dimensional design, fibre arts, surface decoration, ceramics, and leather and decorative craft. The pieces were done by Visual Arts CSEC students from…

Behind prison walls

September 28, 2012 TIMES INT'L

…a murder convict tells of 19 years on death row By Danielle Campbell In 1993, Ganga Deolall was a 33-year-old seaman, living his dreams and enjoying an average life in the countryside. He lived at Lot 11 Unity Street, La Grange, West Bank Demerara with his wife and three young children; ages 10, 11, and 13. However, the events on the night of October 16, 1993 drastically changed Deolall’s life, forever. The body of 29-year-old Yvette Lall washed up at the La Grange koker with a slab of concrete in…

Progressive Youth Organisation

September 20, 2012September 26, 2012 TIMES INT'L

By Venessa Deosaran The Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO) is said to be Guyana’s oldest youth organisation, which builds a sense of patriotism and volunteerism, equipping youths to be future leaders. This has been its mandate for more than six decades. Many of our effective ministers and presidents had their start with the PYO, and as such the organisation continues to build on its policies to produce future leaders of Guyana. The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) from the time of its formation, saw youth as a vital section of the population…

Creating opportunities with bamboo

September 20, 2012 TIMES INT'L

By Venessa Deosaran Bamboos are some of the fastest growing plants in the world. Knowing this, Donrad Correia from Kabakaburi, Pomeroon is skilfully utilizing bamboo growing in abundance in his area to produce functional craft and also teach others to use this avenue to generate income. Correia is a beneficiary of the Bamboo Technology Training conducted in Guyana by experts from China. He also attended a two-month training course in bamboo craft in China. He now uses his training and skills he developed using bamboo to help others to learn…

A household name in Guyana

September 20, 2012 TIMES INT'L

John Fernandes Ltd is one of the largest and well known companies in Guyana and around the world, including the Caribbean, which has, since its founding, branched into several other business ventures across the country. Already existing as a small shipping business on a Water Street pier rented by first chairman the late John Fernandes Snr in the 1940s, the company was formally established Oct. 15, 1959. Fernandes was also president of the St. Stanislaus College Association, and received the CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British…

Overseas-based Guyanese visiting home

September 17, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Wildlife Clubs of North Rupununi

September 14, 2012 TIMES INT'L

By Samantha James The 18 wildlife clubs of the North Rupununi are vibrant community-based youth clubs that provide members with an opportunity to gain firsthand experience in natural resource management, environmental stewardship and, of course, have fun. The idea for wildlife clubs in the North Rupununi originated when youth from the North Rupununi visited the Santa Rosa Wildlife Conservation Festival in Region One in 2009. Encouraged and enthused by what they saw and learnt from Murphy and Marco De Souza and the Santa Rosa Club, the North Rupununi youths formed…

The beautiful Warapana

September 14, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Warapana, located in the Upper Pomeroon River, is noted for its pristine beauty. There are serene watery trails and freshwater springs. Life in Warapana is quiet, and villagers, whose main activity is farming, enjoy the simplicities of village life. (Photos by Marco Basir)

From the Land

September 14, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Sustainable indigenous practices survive over the years to prove beneficial for today’s world While ancient farming, hunting and social traditions remain in use among indigenous tribes of Guyana, for many years they were ignored by the wider society and often dismissed as primitive practices. With more focus being paid today on sustainable environmental practices however, the world has turned to ancient indigenous traditions to learn about the natural environment as well as develop natural medicines. Fishing traditions According to barima.com, the fact that some of the plants Amerindians use for…