Year: 2017

Informed consent

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Informed consent is required for every invasive medical procedure, from getting your ears pierced to having an abortion – Bob McDonnell By Anu Dev Every day, at some point, we usually have to make decisions: whether it’s a decision about what we’ll wear, or what we’ll eat, or what TV show we should start binge-watching. And despite those being seemingly not very ‘serious’ decisions, most of us still take time to weigh our options and make a decision based on all of the facts we have at our disposal. Basically,…

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“Respect women folk,” President urges

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…as Guyana celebrate International Men’s Day As Guyana celebrated International Men’s Day, President David Granger took the opportunity to remind fathers to instill respect for women in their sons. “It is something that has to be engendered in the home; it has to be taught in the home,” the President said in his first live broadcast on Radio Bartica on Saturday last. According to the Department of Public Information (DPI), the Head of State shared a quote he often refers to, “the correct time to educate a child is 100…

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18-year-old Berbice beauty wins “I am a Big Deal” pageant

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An 18-year-old aspiring entrepreneur has won the inaugural ‘I am a big Deal’ Miss Berbice pageant. Farah Valentina Bates copped the title from eleven other contestants on Sunday morning at the Albion Sports Complex. Bates, a Rose Hall Town Corentyne resident who is pursuing a diploma in Public Management at the University of Guyana Berbice Campus, competed under the platform ‘suicide awareness and prevention’. The contest saw the delegates competing in four categories: talent, costume, beach wear and evening wear, with the top five having to answer a question based…

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A Thriving Beauty

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Shulinab is a community situated in the spectacular natural beauty of South Central Rupununi, Region Nine. Also known as Makushi Village, Shulinab lies along the main South Savannah road, about 35 miles south of Lethem and about 12 miles southeast of Parikwarinawa Village. Shulinab has a population of approximately 500 people. It has several active organisations, and serves as headquarters for the South Central People’s Development Association. The Shulinab Industrial Arts Centre, financed by the New Zealand government, focuses on carpentry and joinery, and enables community members to tap into…

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A personal expression on canvas

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Before the age of ten, Anthony Butts, popularly known as Antonio, realised his artistic talent. He believes that being artistic is a “God-given talent” everyone has, all they have to do is “discover their potential”. In 1977, the self-taught artist held his first solo exhibition in Georgetown. Later that year, he was awarded first prize in the National Art Exhibition and Competition. His paintings were exhibited at the first Caribbean Festival of Arts held in Guyana. In 1980, he designed and laid out the Guyana Booth for the International Trade…

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Recognising…

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…the precariat Back in the day when factories were starting to belch out the smoke and soot in Europe and the US that pushed our global temperatures to its present tipping point, Marx gave the workers labouring in those hell-holes a name: the “proletariat”. Now even if you don’t like Marx, that was significant: if you don’t have a name for “something”, you can’t even talk about it and it doesn’t exist, does it? Sure those workers were used and abused and must have complained bitterly. But it was “life”…they…

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Could have been…

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…Guyana? Surely, dear reader, you must’ve read one of those “counterfactual” novels…the ones premised on ‘what if” such and such facts were different. Like what would’ve happened if apes had developed intelligence and ruled Earth? Oh…they did that in “Planet of the Apes”!! Well, right here in Guyana, lots of folks are wondering what life might’ve been if Forbes Burnham was still around. Of course, there are some who’ve vowed to take us back to the Burnhamite days to “fulfil” his legacy…but fate’s arranged for us to have our counterfactual…

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18 social activists honoured

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…at TCV’s 3rd annual El Dorado Awards he Caribbean Voice (TCV) on Saturday hosted its 3rd annual El Dorado Awards, during which 18 social activists were honoured for their contributions through charitable ventures to their respective communities and by extension the country at large. This was as the TCV, in collaboration with the ‘Save Abee Foundation’, set out to recognise and award individuals as well as organisations and business establishments for their selfless missions of impacting change in the lives of the lesser fortunate and at-risked sections of society with…

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International experts to speak at asset recovery training programme

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A number of staff members from the State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA) and other agencies on Monday started an 18-day training programme with support from the Caribbean Institute of Forensic Accounting (CIFA) aimed at teaching participants the basic concepts of assets recovery and forensic auditing. In declaring the workshop open, Head of SARA, Dr Clive Thomas told participants that corruption could not be tackled by one institution such as SARA, but it has to be multi-pronged. He said this was the main reason for including persons from other agencies that…

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Auto supply dealers urged to adhere to laws, best practices

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The annual Suppliers’ Seminar of the Consumer Affairs Unit on Monday brought together auto suppliers from across the country and other stakeholders to review the best practices and laws under which auto dealers must operate. Hosted at the Herdmanston Lodge in Georgetown, the forum aims to bring auto dealers into greater compliance with the laws, regulations and standards that safeguard the rights of consumers. Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin, who attended the seminar, noted that Government and private stakeholders must both collaborate to ensure all parties in the auto industry…

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