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“Tradition”, one of the eight short films produced under The President’s Film Endowment 2011 will be shown at the Caribbean Tales Film Festival in Barbados at George Washington House this week. The festival is organised by Caribbean Tales, The Caribbean diaspora’s most dynamic film festival group – with bases and events in Toronto, Barbados and New York, and partnerships across the region and the globe. It showcases works made by filmmakers from Caribbean backgrounds or those that celebrate and explore Caribbean themes and themes of interest and relevance to people…

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By Bhisham Mohamed A family of five is now homeless after a fire reportedly started by a four-year-old child gutted their house at Lot 21 B Public Road Agricola, East Bank Demerara on Sunday. The fire started at about 15: 40h. Reports are that the fire started in one of the bedrooms in the upper flat of the building and quickly engulfed the dwelling place, leaving no time to salvage anything. Firefighters responded quickly and managed to prevent the blaze from spreading to nearby buildings which were approximately 10 feet…

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The Gy$ 1.7 million GRECO Skills Training Centre greenhouse project, funded by the Canadian High Commission is fully functional, and students are hoping that the project could develop to the extent that it could benefit the entire Victoria, East Coast Demerara, community. The project was conceptualised when the GRECO Centre decided to undertake sustainability as a source of agricultural development. The greenhouse officially opened late in March, and has benefitted the community since. The centre has taken full responsibility for the greenhouse and the growing of peppers, tomatoes and a…

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In the 2012 National Budget over Gy$1B has been allocated towards the continued implementation of the National and Hinterland School Feeding Programmes. In 2012 a similar amount was allocated for the same programmes and saw over 63,000 children countrywide benefiting. Over the last three years the PPP/C Administration has spent over Gy$2.5B on providing snacks and meals for school children. It was initially introduced as part of a poverty eradication project aimed at assisting families who are unable to provide sufficient meals for their children. The Education Ministry funds three…

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By Pandit Sugrim The Arya Samaj was founded on April 10th 1875 in Mumbai, India by Maharishi Swami Dayanand Saraswati. At the time of its establishment, India was experiencing religious, social, economical, and political ills. These prevailing conditions catalyzed the Maharishi to establish this organization, not merely as a religious body, but more so as a unifying force to bring the people of India together for the reformation of the existing religious, social, economical, and political climate. The Arya Samaj is grounded upon ten Vaidik Principles that provide the mandate…

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By Michael Itwaru The Amerindian village of Imbaimadai could enter a new era in gold production with miners investing in excavators to locate deposits. The area was very rich in gold about one generation ago and the small miners with basic porknocking skills were able to extract gold near the village. Today, with most of the lands close to the homestead exhausted, miners are forced to push deeper into the mountains and jungle to find the mineral. There is an air of expectation that the arriving ‘Charlies’ (excavators) would rejuvenate…

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By Vahnu Manickchand and Alyesha Boucher Guyanese on Monday joined families and friends as they celebrated Easter with the usual kite flying, as well as picnics, at various beaches and parks. For some, this year’s festivities could have been better, while others said that it was better than last year’s. Guyana Times International on Monday visited a number of the popular areas to see how citizens celebrated the holiday. One could not have asked for better weather as the sun shone brightly and the cool wind blew across the coast.…

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