January 2013 – Guyana Times International

Caribbean colours inspire 2013 collection

January 31, 2013February 1, 2013 TIMES INT'L

U.S.-based Guyanese designer Shanice Jones recently launched her Spring/Summer 2013 collection, dubbed Colour Explosion, inspired by the beautiful colours of the Caribbean. The fabric choices for this collection were satin, polyester and spandex, giving the designs an elegant yet sexy feel. In an interview with Guyana Times Sunday Magazine, the designer said for 2013 her collection would be expanding on the wholesale market, taking The Shanice Jones Collection to a whole new level. “This collection gives a taste of what’s to come for our kids line. All pieces will be…

Guyana’s most beautiful gardens

January 31, 2013 TIMES INT'L

No trip to Georgetown would be complete without visiting two of Guyana’s most beautiful gardens: the Botanical and Promenade Gardens. The Botanical Gardens was established in 1878 and is one of the treasures of the city, and indeed the country. The Gardens is laid out on one hundred and eighty five (185) acres of land on Plantation Vlissengen (an abandoned sugar estate). As you stroll through the Gardens, you not only have an opportunity of viewing the exceptional plant collection, but also spectacular butterflies, intriguing birds and even the endangered…

International personality proud of her Guyanese heritage

January 31, 2013January 31, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Abiola Abrams is a first-generation Guyanese-American author, columnist, speaker, filmmaker and multimedia personality who was raised in New York City. Also a certified wellness coach, Abiola gives heartfelt, no-nonsense, stigma-free advice on self esteem and self worth, body image issues, healthy relationships, mental health, sexual health, and how to live with verve. The first person in her Guyanese family born in the U.S., Abrams was bullied in her African American neighbourhood for being “the wrong kind of black” while attending a prestigious all-girls prep school as a child and teenager.…

Do-It-Yourself – Home Energy

January 31, 2013 TIMES INT'L

By: K. Anthony Bissoon So the last time, we went through some calculations for you to see what your energy consumption looks like. The entire aim of that exercise was for you to see how much energy you use, how much money you spend and with the development of better habits, eliminate or at least trim down wasting energy and by extension your money. Now when I say habits, I really mean habits, a lot of your energy wasting habits have become so ingrained in you over the years that…

Guyana lauds India’s achievements at 64th republic anniversary observance

January 31, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, performing the duties of president, on Saturday applauded India’s work against the socio-economic challenges to build and develop the country over the years. Extending fraternal greetings on that country’s 64th republic anniversary observance in Guyana, he lauded India’s achievements and the level of national development made. In his presentation during a reception at the Georgetown Club, Hinds highlighted the relationship and bilateral ties between the two countries, and committed Guyana to furthering the relationship through the areas of trade and economic cooperation, investment, air connectivity and…

National Theatre Art School a dream come true – Culture Minister

January 31, 2013 TIMES INT'L

The Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport on Wednesday evening formally launched the National Theatre Art School that will accredit students a diploma after two years of tutoring. The programme will officially begin next Monday with 18 students. In the first year, students are required to take all the courses offered and will be awarded a certificate and during the second year, they will select a subject to major and minor in for which they will be given a diploma which allows them at another level to secure an associate…

‘I am here to stay’

January 31, 2013 TIMES INT'L

– Rohee says as contract signed to kick start security reform Capita Symonds Associate Director Paul Wadsworth signs the agreement that will foresee the continued consultancy of the firm in the development of the Guyana Police Force he Home Affairs Ministry on Monday signed a contract with the United Kingdom (UK)-based Capita Symonds firm for the provision of consultancy services for the Guyana Police Force (GPF), in keeping with the Security Sector Strategic Plan (SSSP). The contract, valued US$129,750 or approximately G$25 million, is expected to last about four to…

Stakeholders mull ways to make waterways safer

January 31, 2013 TIMES INT'L

– probe launched into Mazaruni tragedy By Pushpa Balgobin MARAD will be conducting checks to ensure that all vessels have correct paperwork and all captains are licensed in accordance with maritime standards. Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) representatives headed to Region Seven on Tuesday to conduct preliminary investigations into the cause of last week’s boat collision, which resulted in the death of 10 persons. Region Seven Chairman Gordon Bradford told Guyana Times International that he was eager to sit with MARAD representatives and collectively look over the various recommendations that would…

The bizarre murders of the Grove quartet

January 31, 2013 TIMES INT'L

By Danielle Campbell When Rita Ramlagan decided to check on her daughter and grandchildren in August 2006, she never believed that anything amiss had befallen them. The woman had gone to the Lot 102 Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara property where her daughter, 43-year-old Danmattie Kayman had been staying with an elderly gentleman. The man, Fred Looknauth, had taken Kayman, her seven-year-old daughter Alicia Kirkpatrick and three-year-old son, Melville Kayman in after they were evicted and had nowhere else to go. Kayman’s mother recalled that when she called for…

Women miners group wants special shelter for TIP victims

January 31, 2013January 31, 2013 TIMES INT'L

The Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) last Friday delivered a stinging rebuke to some government A section of the audience at the Guyana Women Miners Organisation anniversary celebration agencies which it said are slipping away its collaborative hand as they continue advocating for better treatment and equality in the mining industry. “We have worked with the government, we have worked through the Ministry of Natural Resources… we have been disappointed by many of the government agencies who have resisted our attempt for collaboration and showed disregard for our organisation,” GWMO…