By North American Correspondent The 27th annual Indian Arrival celebrations will be held this Sunday, May 20 at the Smokey Park at 127th Street and 95th Avenue in the heart of Richmond Hill, Queens. The Indian arrival program will commence at 2:00 PM and conclude around 8:00 PM. The organizers are hoping that President Donald Ramotar will grace the celebrations. The President is scheduled to be in New York at a public function on Saturday afternoon. The festivities, organized by the Indo-Caribbean Federation, include a cultural variety concert featuring…
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Miss Guyana World 2012 participates in N.Y. Revlon Walk/Run against cancer
Miss Guyana World 2012, Arti Cameron, recently joined about 25, 000 people from all over the world in the Revlon Walk/Run For Women. The Revlon Walk/Run against all cancers affecting women was held on Saturday, May 5, 2012, in Manhattan, New York. Miss Cameron took the three-mile journey on the rainy morning alongside Cancer survivors, family members of those who have lost the battle, and those who are in support of finding a cure for the life-threatening disease. “I walked in support of women in Guyana and those across the…
Read MoreN.Y. –based Guyanese student wins marketing competition in Spain
Brooklyn, N.Y. – Stephanie Persaud, a marketing and management major at LIU Brooklyn, was a member of the winning team at an international marketing competition held at the Universidad Europea de Madrid in Valencia, Spain. More than 50 students from Germany, France, Belgium and other European countries and the United States participated in International Marketing Week. The objective of the competition was to create a marketing strategy for a wine label. Persaud, 20, and her successful teammates had an ambitious plan: They chose the label “The Black Dragon,” invented three…
Read MoreGuyanese celebrate Indian Arrival Day in New York
By Vishnu Bisram Indian Arrival was celebrated in Queens, New York, by the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) Upper New York Chapter last Saturday with a banquet dinner and cultural presentation. The organization is comprised of mostly Guyanese. The Indian Arrival celebration coincided with the organization’s 4th anniversary. There were some 250 people in attendance at the gala affair held at the posh World’s Fair Marina Restaurant & Banquet Hall in Flushing, New York. The program was moderated by Satruhan Sukdeo, President of GOPIO Upper…
Read MoreUG Communications Centre hails partnership with Scripps College
University of Guyana (UG) Centre for Communication Studies Director Dr Paloma Mohamed has lauded the partnership with Scripps College of the U. S., contending that with “a little bit of money, you can change the world”. According to an Ohio University news bulletin on Tuesday, Dr Mohamed joined Scripps College of Communication staff and Guyana’s Ambassador to the United States Barney Karran in celebrating a recent collaborative project between the University of Guyana and the Scripps College of Communication. During “The Guyana Experience 2008-2011”, Ohio University’s Scripps College of Communication…
Read MoreHumanitarian Mission of New Jersey Arya Samaj pays tribute to mothers
On Saturday, May 12th the Humanitarian Mission of New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir, Inc, will be hosting a grand open air pre-Mother’s Day Multi Kund Havan Yajna, in honor of all mothers. The Mandir’s parking lot will be transformed into a beautiful place of worship with approximately 100 families expected to attend the event. While others will be out socializing, shopping and going about their routine activities, the Executive and members of the Humanitarian Mission of the New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir, Inc. thought it wise to pay tribute to…
Read MoreCelebrating 174 years of Indian Immigration in Guyana
550 families in Region 2 to benefit from new house lots in 2012
Region Two Chairman Parmanand Persaud has announced that residents of the Essequibo Coast will soon benefit from new house lots aback of Onderneeming and Queenstown. Speaking to residents at Lima Village on May 4, Persaud said the Housing Ministry is growing and over the years has transformed the lives of many Guyanese. Persaud said from the 2012 budget, Gy$ 3.6 billion has been allocated to the Housing Ministry of which a portion will be channeled to Region Two for the establishment of new housing schemes. The new regional chairman said…
Read MoreEssequibo Coast residents lament budget cuts
Residents of Affiance and Columbia on the Essequibo Coast have lashed out against the Alliance For Change (AFC) and the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) for cutting the 2012 budget, a move that will stymie the development of the country and put hundreds of workers on the breadline. Speaking at a public meeting at Affiance on Thursday, several residents said the leaders of the two opposition parties have no vision for development and the cut of more than Gy$ 21 billion from the budget will slow the pace of…
Read MoreBudget cuts put e-governance project in limbo
The fibre-optic cable from Brazil, through the border town of Lethem and which is on its way to the coast is now in limbo with the combined opposition, the Alliance For Change (AFC) and the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), cutting budgetary allocation to the project to a mere Gy$ 1. The e-governance programme is part of government’s overall Information Communications Technology (ICT) thrust to provide Internet access to indigenous communities to facilitate the hinterland aspect of the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) programme. Two projects were embarked on…
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