• Guyana Suspends Search For Missing Plane

    Guyana has suspended its search for a U.S.-registered plane with three people aboard that disappeared over dense Amazonian jungle two weeks ago.
    2008-11-22 03:17:21

  • Timeline: Guyana

    Key facts, figures and dates
    2008-11-13 06:24:13

  • Guyana missing six key players

    Guyana have named six players who have never played in the West Indies one-day championship in their 14-man squad for the tournament which starts next Thursda.
    2008-11-07 17:00:00

  • Congratulations pour in from the Caribbean to US president-elect Obama

    oscar@caribbeannetnews.com GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Most of the Caribbean daily newspapers including those in Jamaica, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago...
    2008-11-07 13:02:25

  • Country profile: Guyana

    Key facts, figures and dates
    2008-11-07 09:27:13

  • Two Americans, Canadian Aboard Plane Missing In Guyana Jungle AHN

    AHN - Soldiers have joined the search for a plane with two Americans and a Canadian missing in the dense jungle of western Guyana since Saturday. - Thu, 6 Nov 2008 20:23:27 GMT
    2008-11-07 07:20:16

  • South Asian NGO played big role in Obama's victory

    Virginia, Nov 5 ANI: South Asian Americans Leading Together SAALT, an NGO which advocates for civil rights and immigrant rights issues facing the community in the United States, has played a big role in the victory of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama by galvanising the immigrant community in America.Approximately 2.7 million South Asians live in the United States, which comprises individuals with ancestry from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and MaldivesThe SAALT educated the immigrants about their rights and their participation in the civic and political process in the United States. Both Democrats and Republicans were pulling out all the stops, especially in a few crucial swing states to woo Asian immigrants, which could decide the results.A survey conducted just before the polls showed that 41 percent Asian-American voters supported Barack Obama, 24 percent McCain, where as 34 percent remained un decided. South Asian political involvement in the US has been on the rise over the past decade, and the run-up to the November 4 presidential elections showed that South Asians - the third largest Asian American ethnic group - have been actively engaged in the presidential campaigns, voter mobilization efforts, and bids for state and national office.Talking exclusively to ANI, SAALT's executive director and lawyer Deepa Iyer said Asian-American voters' concentrate mainly on economic policies, public health, immigration and education.Pointing out the reasons for more participation of the South Asian communities in the November 4 US presidential elections, Iyer told ANI: "There are many reasons for the engagement of the South Asian community in the elections this year.""First of all in terms of our community's history it is natural that as people get more engaged, more connected and more settled in the US they feel invested in wanting to play a role in the political process. So ... of this is immigration power against immigrants' history." "Secondly, we have seen a shift of generations in terms of how the political process is being engaged. For many first generation Indian Americans who may have come here after 1965 a lot of the issues were very important like foreign policy. Now we are also seeing issues that affect us domestically here for example issues like the economy, education, healthcare, civil rights, immigration," Iyer said."And, thirdly, we have also heard about that there's something about this election specifically whether its the candidates that are running, whether its the climate of this country, that's really motivating people to come out to the polls and cast their votes and have their voices heard. So those are some of the factors and observations that we found in our world at South Asian scene," she added."One of the most important thing that we think for our organisation is to make sure that those who are interested in voting be able to understand what the political process is like and what their rights are when they go to the ballot boxes," said Priya Murthy, Policy Director of SAALT."We think that's really important for all immigrants and the south Asians in the United States so that they can participate in the civic and political process. So one of the things that we do is we develop a range of community education materials for individuals in the south Asian community so that they know how does US political system works." "What is it like when you actually go try and cast your ballot on the Election Day. And what do you do if you have any problems when you go to the ballot box, incase your voting rights are violated, what do you do where can you turn to for help," she added. SAALT is a group of first and second-generation Asian immigrants interested in creating a national organisation that is focused on leadership development. The organisation was run voluntarily and eventually called "South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow".The community also includes members of the South Asian diaspora - past generations of South Asians who originally settled in many areas around the world, including the Caribbean Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, Africa Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and other parts of Asia and the Pacific Islands Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. The community is comprised of individuals who practice distinct religions and speak different languages yet share similar immigration histories. For example, South Asians practice Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Jainism, Judaism, Islam, Sikhism, and Zoroastrianism. The most common languages other than English spoken by South Asians in the United States include Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu. By Smita Prakash ANI
    2008-11-05 03:00:00

  • Nash in West Indies Test squad

    West Indies have named four uncapped players, including the Australian-born Brendan Nash, for their Test tour of New Zealand in December. The fast bowler Kemar Roach, from Barbados...
    2008-11-04 18:47:19

  • Widow's torment over drowned kin

    Jacqueline Gonsalves wanted to go to her native Guyana to scatter her husband's ashes, but she had used up all of her vacation...
    2008-11-04 05:30:20

  • Reality TV in Britain: Sadism is entertainment

    ENT11Entertainment/Showbiz/SocietyReality TV in Britain: Sadism is entertainmentBy Venkata VemuriLondon, Oct 6 IANS In ancient Rome, ultimate reality entertainment meant watching gladiators kill each other. In Spain, it's still done, but with bulls. In modern Britain, reality television has already reached the threshold of sadism.Channel Five has now been accused of crossing the sane borders of entertainment into sadism with its weekly reality show "Unbreakable", to be telecast from Tuesday night.The contestants are buried alive, trapped in a tent full of gas and made to wade through piranha-infested water. They are also subjected to waterboarding, a torture technique said to be used by America's Central Intelligence Agency CIA on terror suspects. This involves being tied down on a board, tilted back and having water poured over the face, which recreates the experience of drowning.In another test, their hands and feet are bound and they are dumped in a 15-foot tank of water and forced to leap up and down for air.The motto for "Unbreakable" is Pain is Glory, Pain is Pride, Pain is Great to Watch. The channel's website introduces many painful links. Here's one: “Make or Break: Want to see more pain” Or this: “Best Bits: See where they broke/bailed/choked/threw up#133”The eight volunteers include a musician, a 20-year-old female bouncer and a personal trainer.According to the Daily Mail, which calls "Unbreakable" the most sickening reality show yet, one of the volunteers was so traumatised he had convulsions on the first day of filming, another ran away into the African bush - where it was being shot - and had to be found with tracker dogs.The show's presenter, Benedict Allen, has said he is worried about contestants' safety.“We knew we couldn't afford to kill anyone but yes, there were times when I was seriously worried. It got pretty hairy. Two hours into filming on the first day, one of the contestants collapsed on the floor and suffered convulsions. We were stuck in the depths of jungle in Guyana and we had to get him out. It didn't start well,” he said.The show's producers are not rattled, yet. A Channel Five spokesman said: “All the participants in 'Unbreakable' were aware of the type of the challenges they would face prior to filming. All tests were supervised by experts and the volunteers had mental and physical assessments before the show.”But critics say the content is unacceptable.John Whittingdale, Tory chairman of the media select committee, said: "You have to ask, where is it going to end It seems that scenes of torture are being used as entertainment. What next Reality contestants having electric shock treatment There is a point where such things should not be shown on television.”John Beyer, director of lobby group Mediawatch UK, said the content breaches the code of Ofcom, Britain's broadcasting regulator.“Waterboarding is a form of torture that I believe is illegal under international law and so should not feature in any programme merely as a form of entertainment,” he said.--Indo-Asian News Service ven/sh/jg548 Words06101454
    2008-10-06 06:02:10
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