Month: July 2013

Keeping our culture alive The Katiwau (Sand Creek) Cultural Dance Troupe

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As a Guyanese living in Toronto for too long now, I don’t get to savour things Guyanese a lot, unless I make it myself. So when the Toronto Independence Day Festival came around June 23 (Still too cold here in Toronto on May 26) this year, I revelled in nationalist pride and wrapped myself in my flag for a day. Little did I know what was in store for me. A small group of eight children from Katiwau (Sand Creek), South Rupununi, a Wapishana cultural dance troupe, caused a storm…

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GABPC hosts Sixth Annual Awards Dinner in NY

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Some 250 business executives and persons from the legal, academic and cultural professions in New York came together to celebrate the achievements of six awardees. The ladies were fashionably dressed in shades of green while the men were elegantly attired with green ties, shirts or pocket handkerchiefs. The theme for the evening was “Forging Links into the Green Age”. Hon. Peter Vallone, NY City Councilman District 22 made a special appearance and congratulated the organisation and the six individuals/ organisations , who were acknowledged for their outstanding contributions in health…

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Author pens memoir to preserve love for homeland

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Overseas-based Guyanese author, Helena Martin,  wanted to not only preserve her love for her homeland but to share this with the wider world, and this she accomplishes through her memoir, “Walk Wit’ Me… All Ova Guyana”.Martin was born in 1947 in British Guiana. She taught kindergarten until her marriage in 1968. She and her husband migrated to Australia and currently reside there with their four children and seven grandchildren. Some 16 years ago, Martin wrote a poem, “Come Walk Wit Me”, but it was left forgotten in a drawer for many…

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a watery sanctuary

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The Mazaruni River is a tributary of the Essequibo River in northern Guyana. Its source is in the remote western forests of the Pakaraima Mountains, and its confluence, with the Cuyuni River, is near Bartica. The Roraima plateau is also the source of the Mazaruni River. The Mazaruni River drops down from each Roraima plateau through three steep sided canyons with many picturesque falls and creeks.       It also flows over three distinct habitats: the flat tops of Roraima plateau, known as “tepuis”, the lower two plateaus and…

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Guyanese Artist Karr Dyal – ‘Representing heritage through art’

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US-based Guyanese, Karr Dyal, is a celebrated artist, who creates pieces, immortalizing his heritage, and he believes that the “right kind of influence” contributes to creativity. Born in Guyana, Dyal attended the Burrowes School of Arts and graduated with a Diploma in Fine Arts. He also graduated with a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts, and graduated as a Master of Arts (MA) and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the New York Institute of Technology. Dyal is currently employed as technology professor at LIM College…

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Giving back as a family

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The Kissoon Annual Charity Golf Tournament raises funds for those in need in Guyana, Canada and other parts of the world. The Kissoon Annual Charity Golf Tournament was started in 2000. Sugrim Kissoon, patriarch of the Kissoon clan, passed away in 1979. Though he never visited Canada, his children decided that they wanted his name to be forever remembered in their adopted home land. The tournament took its birth at the Mayfield Golf and Country Club in Caledon, Canada. There were eighty golfers. Little did the organizers of the first…

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A mandate to rehabilitate lives

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Physiotherapist Beverly Nelson of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation explains her department’s mandate and her love for what she does. The Rehabilitation Department at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is a key department within our medical sector in Guyana. Professional therapists provide timely, restorative medical techniques, in helping persons with temporary or permanent disabilities, heal both physically and emotionally. Equipped with medical therapy experts, the Rehabilitation Department offers effective, modernized programmes. Of note is Beverly Nelson, the principal physiotherapist of the department. Nelson has been working in physiotherapy for…

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APNU MPs fan out to Regions One, Eight

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Opposition Leader Brigadier David Granger was part of a team of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Members of Parliament (MPs) on a “fan out” exercise in Regions One and Eight. According to a release from the coalition, Granger’s team visited Mabaruma and the surrounding areas. During the visit, APNU MPs met with residents and held several community meetings to inform them of the partnership’s activities in the National Assembly and stance on several key issues, especially those of interest to the people of Barima-Waini. At several community meetings, APNU…

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National Competitiveness Council calls for more value-added exports

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The National Competitiveness Council believes that Guyana can become more successful if it develops a more robust value-added export industry. While various sectors have comparative advantages due to the availability of land, water, competitive wages, and an advantageous position as a potential exporter to Caricom, Guyana has not been successful at building up competitive advantages. The council said that what is needed is a long-term strategic analysis and planning by government, along with effective and vigorous private sector entrepreneurship through the formulation of policies aimed at enhancing national competitiveness and…

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