Month: April 2012

Women with a passion for helping

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By Venessa Deosaran Driven with a burning desire to serve and provide for the needs of others, the selfless ladies of the Inner Wheel Club of Georgetown work relentlessly to raise funds to fulfil their goals. In an interview with Maylene Davis, one of the founding presidents, she said the club is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Georgetown and was formed by the wives of Rotarians. It now has been extended to include close relatives of club members. Inner Wheel was chartered March 16, 1985, but their first meeting…

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La Grande Lessive

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By Venessa Deosaran  La Grande Lessive, French for ‘great laundry’, is a one-day international art event. It was born from the idea of hanging out clothes after washing, thus opening the way to a new approach to art exhibition. This event has grown into an art phenomenon, which is conceived as a means to tighten social links and trigger an interest and a desire to create art. No professional skills are required. For the first time in Guyana, the event took place at the Georgetown International Academy Basketball Court located…

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The guardians of the Kanuku Mountains

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The Kanuku Mountain Community Representative Group has responded to the call to be guardians of that area, protecting and preserving ancient indigenous traditions and the environment By Venessa Deosaran The natural resources of the Kanuku Mountains and the surrounding area have been used in a sustainable manner by the Wapishana and Macushi people for many years. These indigenous groups have been stewards of this area for hundreds of years, and their wise use of the resources have contributed to the maintenance of the rich natural heritage of this landscape. The…

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Five homeless after East Bank blaze

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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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Can’t please everyone…

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Alarmists Back in 1990, the PNC government privatised the local telephone company. It was one of forty corporations the dictatorship had on the block even though it was a lame-duck administration. Elections, scheduled for that year had deferred to 1992 because of a padded voters’ list. Most of these corporations were practically given away – with money obviously flowing like rivers under the table. 80 per cent of the Guyana Telecommunications Corporation (GTC), which was earning about US$3 million annually, was sold to the totally unknown ATN of the Virgin…

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Asset aspirations: the roadmap to pro-active maintenance management system

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Research has shown the importance and impacts of Condition Based Risk Management and the results achieved underline the spicy question most CEOs and maintenance managers will have to digest. In order to achieve success in the industry, CEOs and maintenance managers must discuss at the functional and operational levels the question that forms the baseline for delivering high asset reliability and availability indices through complete analysis of the following question: “CAN CONDITION-BASED RISK MANAGEMENT (CBRM) DELIVER THE DREAM TICKET TO RELIABLE ASSET OPERATION?” “Robert Davis” IEE Power Engineer Issue April/May…

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Gy$1.7M greenhouse project boosting agriculture development

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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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On Poetry and Religion

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“The function of poetry is religious invocation of the muse; its use is the experience of mixed exaltation and horror that her presence excites.” –Robert Graves A week or so ago, our government sponsored an event that commemorated “World Poetry Day”. But for some reason I didn’t notice any Hindu participation. Did the organisers know that every Hindu text – which is chanted, recited, sung and analysed every day, across the country – is in the form of poetry? Were they invited or does the government go along with the…

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School feeding, uniform assistance programmes set to continue

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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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Arya Samaj making a positive difference in society

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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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