Month: February 2011

The Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO) has said that it will never encourage or engage in any action that makes religion subservient. In a letter, IRO Co-chairman Reverend Ronald McGarrell said this is not in keeping with the principles of any of the religions associated with that organisation. He made this comment following criticisms and claims from sections of society that the IRO will be subjected to government’s control through its recently approved inter- religious broadcasting channel. The latest of these comments came from People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) leader Robert Corbin…

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Renowned American entrepreneur Ephren Taylor has had several one-on-one discussions with a group of young people from Albouystown. The double meetings took place at the Pegasus Hotel and the Andrew Six Head Lewis Gym in the community last Saturday, February 19th. Taylor has acquired over 100 businesses in his 16-year entrepreneurial career, which started when he was a 12-year-old who designed a videogame because his parents could not afford to buy him one. Along the journey, Taylor has become a history maker, as he was the youngest-ever African-American CEO of…

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By Natasha Waldron Anthony At its 41st Republic Anniversary Ball held last Saturday, the Guyanese American Cultural Association of Central Florida (GACACF) honoured four Guyanese for the outstanding contributions they have made to the lives of fellow Guyanese both within the diaspora and in Guyana. Those honoured are as follows: (1) Dr Vincent Adams, chairman of the Linden Fund USA, who also provides key leadership within the U.S. Department of Energy. In his feature presentation, Dr Adams spoke to the issue of service to Guyana by the diaspora, whom he…

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By Natasha Waldron Anthony Last weekend, Guyana’s ambassador to the United States, the Honourable Bayney Karran, concluded a two-day visit to Georgia at the invitation of the Guyana Association of Georgia (GAOG). He was their guest at a “Meet-and-Greet the Ambassador” reception last Saturday, and he met with scores of his countrymen who reside in Georgia. “I fielded all the questions about development back home; about the social and economic development of Guyana; about the role the diaspora can play in that process. There was a lot of enthusiasm on…

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The Guyana government is currently moving to introduce and advance commercial aquaculture in hinterland communities, with the digging of ponds and provision of fingerlings to interested farmers. An excavator purchased at a cost of some Gy$30 million to dig ponds for aquaculture farmers on the coastland was recently deployed to Lethem to continue the activity in that part of Guyana’s hinterland. “It is the ministry’s objective to assist those villages in the hinterland region to attain food security through various ventures, aquaculture included, taking into consideration the biodiversity and at…

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People’s National Congress Reform presidential hopeful David Granger has reiterated calls for the establishment of regional agricultural institutes, since urgent attention should be given to intensifying agricultural education in the five huge hinterland regions. Writing in his latest newsletter, the retired Guyana Defence Force brigadier said these regions include Barima/Waini, Cuyuni/ Mazaruni, Potaro/ Siparuni, Upper Takatu/ Upper Essequibo, and Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice, which constitute over 75 per cent of the country`s land space. According to Granger, despite their proven agricultural potential and extensive land resources, these regions all suffer severe…

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