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('news', 0, 865, 874, 'und', 0, '<p>Second year University of Guyana student Shanyce McAlmont, who is reading for a degree in Public Management, is following her dreams by modelling on the side of work and school, something she has been fascinated with ever since she first strutted about as a child in her mother’s heels.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Born in Linden where she spent the earlier part of her life, Shanyce attended Mackenzie Primary School but completed her primary education at North Georgetown Primary. After that, with her mother pursuing studies of her own, Shanyce moved back to Linden where she attended Mackenzie High for three years, then returned to Georgetown finishing her secondary education at St Joseph High School.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Growing up, she was always active, involved in table tennis, dancing, swimming, singing and athletics while trying her best to maintain good grades. Her two favourite subjects were Mathematics and English Literature. School became her first stage when it came to modelling, as she took the opportunity to either model or dance at various school events. In fact, Shanyce’s interest in fashion went beyond modelling.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https://s1.stabroeknews.com/images/2019/02/Shanyce-Mc-Almont5.jpg\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(2, 117, 216); touch-action: manipulation; outline: none; font-weight: 700;\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-516427\" src=\"https://s1.stabroeknews.com/images/2019/02/Shanyce-Mc-Almont5-282x400.jpg\" style=\"background-color:rgb(244, 244, 244); box-sizing:inherit; cursor:zoom-in; display:block; height:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; max-width:100%; outline:none; vertical-align:middle; width:282px\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Shanyce McAlmont</p>\r\n\r\n<p>At just four years old, Shanyce was walking mini nursery school runways and found herself being drawn to not only strutting but a love for clothes. “I loved the clothing. I was fascinated with the outfits more so because I like designing. I like nice garments and I believe this stemmed from being around my aunt who was a seamstress at the time. I would watch her do tie-dyeing or fabric painting on materials, later creating them into beautiful outfits. Growing up in Linden, there was not a wide range of activities to be involved in, so I began helping my aunt with her clothing like drawing on materials and helping her to paint. Then I learnt to stitch and began practicing on my dolls making clothes for them….”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Using her art sheets, she created designs for her dolls but quashed thoughts of doing this as a career after constantly being told that she would not go far as a fashion designer in Guyana. And so Shanyce told herself that if she could not be the name behind the pieces, she would be the face wearing them.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Now 22, the 5’7’ stunner has been on the runway professionally for more than three&nbsp;<a href=\"https://s1.stabroeknews.com/images/2019/02/Shanyce-Mc-Almont4.jpg\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(2, 117, 216); touch-action: manipulation; font-weight: 700;\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-516428\" src=\"https://s1.stabroeknews.com/images/2019/02/Shanyce-Mc-Almont4-278x400.jpg\" style=\"background-color:rgb(244, 244, 244); box-sizing:inherit; display:inline; float:right; height:auto; margin-left:1.5em; max-width:100%; vertical-align:middle; width:278px\" /></a>years.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>“My mom always knew about my love for fashion,” she said. “One day… while browsing her Facebook, [she] saw an ad posted by Traits Model Management for their fashion show Strut… this was in 2015. She encouraged me to try for the casting and I was shortlisted.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She was part of Strut that year and soon after was signed with the agency. Shanyce has since participated in most of the events put on by Traits, a few Rotaract events and photoshoots.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Modelling, Shanyce said, has benefited her in more ways than one including helping her to keep a proper posture and remain poised when necessary. It has taught her to be confident about herself and helped her to improve on her communications skills especially when interacting with different personalities in the industry. What tops all of these is strutting the runway, she said, adding that the runway brings with it, sophistication and poise. There is nothing better than seeing an audience stop what they are doing and turn their attention to the model making a statement on the catwalk. This, Shanyce said, has taught her humility.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https://s1.stabroeknews.com/images/2019/02/Shanyce-Mc-Almont.jpg\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(2, 117, 216); touch-action: manipulation; outline: none; font-weight: 700;\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-516429\" src=\"https://s1.stabroeknews.com/images/2019/02/Shanyce-Mc-Almont-265x400.jpg\" style=\"background-color:rgb(244, 244, 244); box-sizing:inherit; cursor:zoom-in; display:block; height:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; max-width:100%; outline:none; vertical-align:middle; width:265px\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Shanyce McAlmont in one of her most loved pieces (Photos by Terrence Thompson, Samuel Maughn and Keno George.)</p>\r\n\r\n<p>On the other hand, she noted that models are underpaid and have to spend time updating their portfolios, making appointments and seeking potential clients among other things which is time not paid for.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Some challenges of being a model include persons thinking that models are only about being nude, wearing the skimpiest clothing, clubbing or sleeping around. This was one of the things that affected her, Shanyce said, since she is someone who is always conservative. This sort of judgement led to her blocking comments and, in some cases, persons out of her life. Today she is no longer worried about what others think; she knows what she is about.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>While locally she’s inspired by those around her Shanyce said she has always admired Naomi Campbell.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Her biggest supporter in all of this has always been her mother, though she added that she had always been a daddy’s girl. Unfortunately, her father died. If there was one thing she could change, it would be to have her father again. Yet Shanyce said all that she has endured has moulded her into the individual she has become and there is nothing she would change about that.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The young woman has great aspirations; it is her desire to become a paediatrician down the road. She wants to also to own her own business. Modelling, she noted, will always be a hobby and if time permits and the opportunity is there, she will always be gracing the catwalks.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>She encourages aspiring models to stay determined if modelling is what their heart is set on, to never be persuaded by naysayers, to stay positive, confident and keep a feisty spirit. Shanyce further admonished models to keep fit and remember to maintain a healthy diet.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Sagittarius-born model admits to having a love for gowns especially Randy Madray’s. Her favourite colour is purple; black comes second to this.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>When it comes to dishes, she loves cook-up, curry chicken and dhal.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Her hobbies include travelling and singing, yet her free time finds her listening to music or sleeping because she works and is a student as well. She has been employed at the National Insurance Scheme for the past four years.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Shanyce can be followed on Facebook or Instagram at Shanyce McAlmont.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/the-scene/02/02/shanyce-mcalmont-living-her-modelling-dreams/\">https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/the-scene/02/02/shanyce-mcalmont-living-her-modelling-dreams/</a></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 867, 876, 'und', 0, '<p>On Tuesday, February 5, 2019 the University of Guyana Turkeyen Campus was evacuated due to an anonymous call that was received at the Alberttown Police Station, Georgetown at 12:40 that a bomb was planted on the campus. The campus was evacuated as a precaution and a search of the premises was conducted by Officers of the Police Force and Fire Service.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>All classes for the rest of the day were cancelled and staff were sent home.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>According to Vice-Chancellor Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, “the action was deemed necessary as a precaution, and out of safety concerns for the students and staff members who would use the facility during this time.\"&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Police Officers and ranks from the Fire Service completed a search of buildings and surrounding areas; the search revealed no explosives of any kind nor were any suspicious packages or items located during the search. Following the thorough sweep of the campus the ‘all-clear’ was given, as a result, full operations (classes and work) will resume on Wednesday, February 6, 2019.&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Anyone with information regarding the bomb threat is encouraged to <strong>contact the University Safety and Security Officer on 623-9979 or the nearest police station</strong>. This includes sightings of packages, vehicles or any situations which seemed suspicious.&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University Administration is appreciative of the full cooperation received from students, faculty and staff during the search exercise and thank the Officers from the Police Force and Fire Service for their prompt response and the high level of professionalism displayed during the sweep of the campus.</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">###</p>\r\n\r\n<p>With a current enrollment of some 8,000 students, The University of Guyana (UG) has graduated more than 20,000 students who have gone on to successful careers locally, regionally and internationally. The University is also a major contributor to the national economy and to business and industry. Established in 1963 on a part-time basis with shared space at Queens College, UG moved to its own campus at Turkeyen in 1970 and expanded in 2000 with the addition of the Tain Campus. It now offers more 116 under-graduate and post-graduate Programmes including the Natural Sciences, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Forestry, Urban Planning and Management, Tourism Studies, Education, Creative Arts, Economics, Law, Medicine, Business, Optometry and Nursing. Several online programmes are available and The UG also offers extra-mural classes at four locations through its Institute of Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE). The UG also offers the opportunity for student engagement in debating, sports, and cultural, religious and professional activities.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Public Relations Division</p>\r\n\r\n<p>February 5, 2019</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 869, 878, 'und', 0, '<p>Closure of Turkeyen Campus,</p>\r\n\r\n<p>All members of the University and all members of the public are advised that the Turkeyen campus will be closed to the public, students and non-essential&nbsp;<em>emergency&nbsp;</em>University personnel for the remainder of this week to enable a comprehensive assessment of the situation following a bomb threat for the second day in succession.&nbsp;Officers of the Police Force and Fire Service&nbsp;conducted a thorough&nbsp;search of the campus on Wednesday afternoon. No explosive of any kind or suspicious object was found during this search.&nbsp;The closure of the campus will enable the Administration, staff and student Leaders to review the situation and enhance preventive and responsive measures for such threats.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Classes and full operations will resume on Monday, February 11, 2019.</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 871, 880, 'und', 0, '<div>\r\n<p>Students and staff leaving the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus on Thursday, February 8, 2019. (photo by Keon Skeete)</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>A female University of Guyana student was Friday arrested in connection with two days of bomb threats at the University of Guyana, forcing that tertiary institution to close its doors until next week, authorities said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She has been identified as Dianne Jafferali, said to be a close relative of a staunch People’s Progressive Party (PPP) member.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department, Deputy Commissioner Lyndon Alves said “we pulled her in” based on phone records and her associates.&nbsp; He could not say whether she was cooperating with investigators, but said she was was still being questioned.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Alves said legal advice would be obtained, possibly at the weekend, because “we do not want to violate her constitutional rights”. The 72 hour continuous detention period expires on Monday.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Jafferali’s lawyer, Latchmi Rahamat, said the woman has denied the allegations put to her. “The young lady has denied all allegations. She is proclaiming her innocence,” she told Demerara&nbsp; Waves Online News.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>On the issue of bail, Rahamat said police indicated they were awaiting legal advice. The lawyer declined to divulge the nature of the offence police said they were probing. “They have put an allegation to her. Whether it’s an offence under one of the laws, that is the question I would wait to see what the DPP (Director of Public Prosecutions) says,’ she</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The arrest of the woman came one day after the Guyana Police Force said “the arrest and detention of persons is very much imminent.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Police sought to assure the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen campus community that the bomb threats were the work of mischief-makers and there was no need for students and staff to be worried about their safety. “Following the recent events where schools and the university of Guyana were receiving bomb threats, the Guyana Police Force wishes to indicate clearly to the general public and specifically to students, teachers, parents/guardians of the schools , the university and its auxiliaries that from our investigations there is no significant threat. Our investigations have revealed so far that students either by themselves or with other persons decided to be mischievous and endeavour to disrupt the existing peace and calm in society and specifically in the education sectors,” the law enforcement agency said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University of Guyana on Thursday announced that it would be closed until Monday, February 11, 2019 “to enable a comprehensive assessment of the situation following a bomb threat for the second day in succession.” “The closure of the campus will enable the Administration, staff and Student Leaders to review the situation and enhance preventive and responsive measures for such threats,” the institution said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Police and fire fighters reportedly conducted a thorough&nbsp;search of the campus on Wednesday afternoon, February 6. “No explosive of any kind or suspicious object was found during his search,” UG said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In recent weeks, violent threats against School of the Nations, Bishop’s High School and Queen’s College have been circulating on Social Media. Fear also stalked students and parents more so after the Principal of School of the Nations, Dr. Brian O’ Toole had been shot hours after a threat had been issued.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>New Source:&nbsp;http://demerarawaves.com/2019/02/08/female-student-arrested-for-alleged-bomb-threats-at-university-of-guyana/</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 875, 884, 'und', 0, '<p>Citing public safety, Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, yesterday remanded a 25-year-old student of the University of Guyana (UG) to prison, after it was alleged that she mad</p>\r\n\r\n<div><a href=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/images/2019/02/JAFFARALLY.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-548691\" src=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/images/2019/02/JAFFARALLY-252x300.jpg\" style=\"border-style:initial; border-width:0px; font:inherit; height:auto; margin:0px; max-width:100%; opacity:1; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; width:252px\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<p>Sheneza Dianne Jaffarally arriving in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts compound</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>e several bomb threat to the tertiary education institution.<br />\r\nThe woman, Sheneza Dianne Jaffarally, 25, a sales consultant at Yellow Guyana, and of Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.<br />\r\nJaffarally was charged under the telecommunication Act. She pleaded not guilty to the charge which alleged that on February 5, last, at Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, she sent by means of a public telecommunication system, for the purpose of causing needless anxiety to the staff and students of the University of Guyana, a message which she knows to be false.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She was represented by Attorney-at-Law Latchmie Rahamat who in an application to secure bail told the court that the young woman has an unblemished record.<br />\r\nThe lawyer stated that her client vehemently denied the allegation when it was put to her by the police. The lawyer said that police are alleging that her client called the university via phone and made bomb threats.<br />\r\nThe lawyer added that a document was shown to her client while she was in custody. That document, Rahamat said, appeared to be a print out of phone records for a cell phone similar to that of her client’s.</p>\r\n\r\n<div><a href=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/images/2019/02/JAFFARALLY-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-548692\" src=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/images/2019/02/JAFFARALLY-1-279x300.jpg\" style=\"border-style:initial; border-width:0px; font:inherit; height:auto; margin:0px; max-width:100%; opacity:1; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; width:166px\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<p>Sheneza Dianne Jaffarally waiting to be booked</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>However, the lawyer said that the document was unsigned, unstamped and had no letterhead and appeared to be something generated from a computer.<br />\r\nOther than that, the lawyer said there is absolutely no evidence to show that her client ever made any calls, or threats to the university.<br />\r\nShe added that from the time of her client’s arrest, she has fully cooperated with the investigations. She added that the police even went to her Cummings Lodge home and removed all her electronic documents.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The lawyer went on to tell the court that if bail is granted to her client she will adhere to any conditions. The lawyer further argued that her client was kept in custody beyond 72 hours, even though the Crime Chief, in a public statement said that he would not breach her constitutional rights.<br />\r\nHowever, Police Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield objected to bail being granted to the defendant firstly on the ground of the serious nature of the</p>\r\n\r\n<div><a href=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/images/2019/02/JAFFARALLY-2.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-548693\" src=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/images/2019/02/JAFFARALLY-2.jpg\" style=\"border-style:initial; border-width:0px; font:inherit; height:auto; margin:0px; max-width:100%; opacity:1; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; width:288px\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<p>Sheneza Dianne Jaffarally making her way to the Chief Magistrate courtroom</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>allegation. Secondly, he noted that the allegation has the potential to spread public terror and that there is another investigation ongoing in relation to a similar allegation against the said university.<br />\r\nThe prosecutor added that if bail is granted to the defendant, there is a likelihood that she would tamper with the witnesses and the investigation.<br />\r\nThe Magistrate after listening to both sides remanded the woman to prison on the ground of public safety.<br />\r\nShe was instructed to make her next court appearance on February 18 when she will appear in the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Courts.<br />\r\nThe woman’s family had released a statement, which reads “… we wish to categorically deny the allegation levelled against her and will strive to undertake every possible means to ensure that her name is cleared of these claims”.<br />\r\nHer family believes that she is being used as a scapegoat, and that the leaking of her name is indicative of an ulterior motive.<br />\r\nThe incident, which caused UG to shut down for a short time, also resulted in the institution ramping up security.<br />\r\nThe threat followed others made against the School of the Nations, Queen’s College and The Bishops’ High School.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>News Source :&nbsp;https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2019/02/12/female-ug-bomb-threat-suspect-slapped-with-telecommunication-laws-breaches/</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 876, 885, 'und', 0, '<p>The University of Guyana (UG) is set to beef up security measures following bomb threats that virtually shut down its operations since last week.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img src=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/images/2019/02/UG-3-300x168.jpg\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>From Left: Professor Ivelaw Griffith, Deputy Police Commissioner Maxine Graham, Crime Chief Lyndon Alves, and the Director of Strategic Initiatives at UG Dr. Fitzgerald Yaw</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Last Tuesday, threats of bombs being strategically planted on the grounds of the University of Guyana [UG] circulated on the campus.<br />\r\nStudents and staffers were aware of the bomb threats via an anonymous social media post.<br />\r\nIn response to the attacks, UG vice Chancellor Professor, Ivelaw Griffith, told a press conference at the Education Lecture Theatre at the University’s Turkeyen campus yesterday that the board has since activated an emergency preparedness plan.<br />\r\nAccording to the Vice Chancellor, UG is collaborating with the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to help tightened security measures on Campus.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“The University does not have the luxury of ignoring the threats; every threat is taken seriously. Beginning Wednesday, everyone will have to display an ID [Identification Card].<br />\r\n“If you don’t have your staff or student ID, you’ll have to have some other form of identification to gain access to the campus.”<br />\r\n“This campus has 51 different buildings and we have talked for a while about electronic key access. So if you are a student and you have a legitimate reason for being in a building when we have the system that allows that electronic access, you can use your ID,” Professor Griffith added.<br />\r\nAdditionally, he told the news conference that there will be restriction of visitors to the back gate on the campus.<br />\r\n“There will also be random searches of vehicles that enter the University compound.”<br />\r\nProfessor Griffith told the press, too, that efforts are underway to put systems in place to help students, who missed lectures following last week’s threats.<br />\r\nThe Vice Chancellor noted that the University will be meeting with the students to work out such issues, especially those that are preparing for exams.</p>\r\n\r\n<div><a href=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/images/2019/02/security-checks.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-548742\" src=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/images/2019/02/security-checks-300x200.jpg\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<p>Cars entering the University campus will be subject to random searches as part of the heightened security protocol</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>He said so far, the Police’s Bomb Disposal Unit has given its clearance that no bombs or foreign devices were found on UG’s grounds.<br />\r\n“Therefore classes will be back to normal soon,” added Griffith.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Crime Chief, Lyndon Alves, who was also at the media conference, revealed that while the police have already brought charges against one person in relation the bomb threats— investigations into the matter are still continuing.<br />\r\nAlves said that police are looking to locate other persons who may be involved in the crime.<br />\r\nLast Tuesday, a social media post by an individual claiming to be ‘KIRA’ resulted in pandemonium on UG‘s Turkeyen Campus.<br />\r\nAccording to the message “Calls were made to several people issuing a warning!!! They have planted two bombs in haversacks in the University of Guyana. Secure the students! Get them out. Please do not IGNORE This!!! Please do not ignore this!!! If my body is found it is because I spoke out.”<br />\r\nShortly after, Police in a statement said that the force was probing the disturbing posts which first surfaced after threats were leveled against the privately operated Nations School.<br />\r\nThe Director of Nations School, Dr. Brian O’Toole, was recently shot, a development which some believe is linked to the ongoing threats.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>News Srouce :&nbsp;https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2019/02/12/ug-beefs-up-security-following-bomb-threats/</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 878, 887, 'und', 0, '<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/11th%20Renaissance%20Lecture%20-%20Organised%20Crime%20and%20Security.jpg\" style=\"width:800px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/11th%20Renaissance%20Lecture%20-%20Organised%20Crime%20and%20Security%20-%20Flyer.jpg\" style=\"width:800px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 879, 888, 'und', 0, '<p><em>(Ministry of Education Photo)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University of Guyana yesterday launched the Centre of Excellence for Teaching and Learning (CoETaL), dedicated to teaching and learning scholarship.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Yesterday’s launching ceremony, which involved the hosting of a symposium at the School of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation Lecture Hall, was attended by Minister of Education (MoE) Nicolette Henry and Professor Percy Hintzen, Director of African and African Diaspora Affairs at the Florida International University. The ceremony was followed by the installation of the centre’s Advisory Board.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Located at the university’s Turkeyen campus, according to a press release from the education ministry, CoETaL will “provide a menu of services and programmes which will be focused on teaching and learning scholarship”.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the keynote address, delivered by Professor Hintzen, a correlation was made between the quality of teaching and the learning abilities of students.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“He said among other important points that it must be appreciated that students have a lot to offer their teachers. He said that if this is understood, the students can produce new horizons of possibilities. According to Professor Hintzen, excellent teaching can produce excellent learners,” the MoE reported.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Meanwhile, Henry noted that the education system must evolve to provide a platform for the permanent exchange of ideas. In this regard, she lauded the university for this latest initiative, commending the institution for pursuing student learning as a primary goal, and working to provide a “dynamic, highly student-centred learning environment”, where “excellence in teaching is recognised and rewarded”.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>“Without adequate higher education and research institutions providing a critical mass of skilled and educated people, Guyana cannot ensure genuine endogenous and sustainable development, which is imperative to reduce the gap separating Guyana from the industrially developed countries,” the minister stated, alluding to the looming demand for greater diversification in higher education given the advent of the developing petroleum sector.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The ministry further reported that the members of the Advisory Board appointed to manage the affairs of the centre are:&nbsp; Paulette Paul (UG),&nbsp; Lenandlar Singh (UG), Dr. Jacqueline Murray (UG/IDCE),&nbsp; Maureen Bynoe (UG),&nbsp; Kara Lord (UG),&nbsp; Kelvin Bovell (UG),&nbsp; Sekhar Mallampati (UG),&nbsp; Fidel Captain (UG),&nbsp; Donette Washington (UG), Dr. Theodosius Velloza (UG),&nbsp; Yulette Park (alternate),&nbsp; Viola Rowe (CPCE),&nbsp; Patrice LaFleur (UNESCO) and an MoE representative.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>News Source:&nbsp;https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/news/guyana/02/14/ug-launches-centre-of-excellence-for-teaching-and-learning/&nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 880, 889, 'und', 0, '<p>The University of Guyana on Wednesday evening hosted a symposium to honour the life and music of the late composer Valerie Rodway, days after the Ministry of Presidency renamed the National Trust of Guyana building, the Valerie Rodway House in her honour.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The observance came one day the Guyanese composer was commemorated by President David Granger, First Lady Sandra Granger and several government officials and members of the diplomatic corps.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In brief remarks, at the Education Lecture Theatre, Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Ivelaw Griffith noted that there is a need for a deep appreciation for Rodway’s music as it invokes a feeling of unity and national pride for this beautiful land.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" style=\"width:500px\">\r\n	<tbody>\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td><img alt=\"Vice Chancellor, University of Guyana, Professor Ivelaw Griffith.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IMG_8815.jpg?w=405&amp;h=270&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"IMG_8815\" /></td>\r\n			<td><img alt=\"Cicely Gouveia, niece of the late Valerie Rodway.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i1.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IMG_8818.jpg?w=405&amp;h=270&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"IMG_8818\" /></td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n	</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\">\r\n	<tbody>\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td>\r\n			<p><img alt=\"Shots during the University of Guyana’s symposium.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i2.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IMG_8852.jpg?w=547&amp;h=819&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"IMG_8852\" /></p>\r\n			</td>\r\n			<td>\r\n			<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n			<p><img alt=\"Shots during the University of Guyana’s symposium.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i2.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IMG_8829.jpg?w=476&amp;h=318&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"IMG_8829\" /><br />\r\n			<br />\r\n			<img alt=\"Shots during the University of Guyana’s symposium.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IMG_8830.jpg?w=476&amp;h=318&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"IMG_8830\" /></p>\r\n			</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n	</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;“The meaning of the life and legacy of Valarie Rodway is powerful to those of us who have not only been resident here in Guyana, but it has taken an extra special element for those of us who have lived beyond our shores that the attachment to the symbol of nationhood. To the symbols that identify the prospects of building identity; building tomorrow,” Griffith said.</p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>According to the Vice-Chancellor, the occasion provides the opportunity for the public to sing the songs of unity and respect each other as ‘One People and One Nation with One Destiny.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Cicely Gouveia, niece of the late Valerie Rodway reflected on her life.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>“</em></strong>We knew her desire to compose national songs for children to sing. During the 1960s Val composed most of her music. This was a period of preparation for Guyana’s independence and resulted in the creation of poems by Guyana’s most favourite poets. Her selection gave life to words and inspired her composition of 20 national songs,” Gouveia said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She stressed that the journey of her aunt should encourage the nation’s future leaders to follow their dreams despite the highs and lows in their lives and to strive for excellence.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Professor in the School of Media Arts Studies at Ohio University, Dr. Vibert Cambridge described Rodway as a hard-working individual who was proficient in her writing and use of instruments.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Persons were treated to a steel pan rendition of ‘Arise, Guyana’, spoken word presentation of Guyana the Free and sample of the beautiful yet racy ‘Kanaima’ from the list of music pieces done by the late composer.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Valerie Rodway was born February 12, 1919, in New Amsterdam, East Berbice-Corentyne, Region Six and is best known for the composition of melodious odes including ‘O Beautiful Guyana’, ‘Kanaima’, ‘Hymn for Guyana’s Children’, ‘Arise Guyana’ and ‘Guyana the Free’.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>News Source : vhttps://dpi.gov.gy/ug-celebrates-the-life-and-music-of-the-late-valerie-rodway/</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 882, 891, 'und', 0, '<div>\r\n<div><a href=\"https://s1.stabroeknews.com/images/2019/02/aher.jpg\"><img class=\"size-extralarge\" src=\"https://s1.stabroeknews.com/images/2019/02/aher.jpg\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<p>Nandalal Aher (DPI photo)</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p>The Global Maritime Consultants Group (GMCG) has completed a three-day oil and gas training programme on offshore activities, and in the coming months will be offering more comprehensive and direct programmes, Global Business head for the company, Nandalal Aher said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Aher spoke to Stabroek News on Thursday afternoon at the Pegasus Hotel, where he explained that they recently wrapped up a three-day workshop that was attended by students from the University of Guyana and the Government Technical Institute (GTI), along with representatives from the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD).</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>“We conducted offshore operations and system training for University students and staff from Maritime. So this training was all about offshore operations; how drilling works, what happens with different safety systems, what is required for oil and gas offshore… it was exclusive training on safety and various systems such as the drilling systems— how the actual oil comes out, how the actual drilling is happening— and we covered that in three days,” Aher, who also conducted the training said, while pointing out that 13 persons participated in the workshop.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The company opened their local office last September and has been in the industry for over three decades.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Aher said that they have expertise in the offshore oil and gas industry and along with Maritime, also do consultancy worldwide for offshore related matters.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“So this was the first time in Guyana and as you know the Guyana market is coming up now in oil and gas and I think we are trying to promote the local content and the whole intention is for the local students and local engineers who want to work offshore,” he added.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>In terms of their future plans, Aher noted that going forward they will be offering programmes along the lines of offshore safety training and specialised drilling courses and how wells are designed.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Country Manager of the GMCG, Gail Stoll, also pointed out that the activity was for the company to introduce themselves to the country and what they offer.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“This is the first offshore workshop that was done but last year we did some training in International Ship Management (ISM), International Ship Port Security (ISPS) and Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) training,” she said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>While the programmes will come at a cost, Stoll pointed out that they will be giving students discounts to encourage their participation and local content growth.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>“The cost varies based on the training. We are trying to support the education [sector] and that’s why we are working with the UG and the technical institute students and that’s why we are giving them discounts,” she said, while noting that the courses will vary from US$1200 to US$1400 but would drop to around US$800 for students.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The company was established in 1988 and provides&nbsp; technical and legal training and management consultancy in the shipping and offshore sectors. They currently have over 100 offices in over 100 cities and ports around the world.</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<p>News Source:&nbsp;https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/news/guyana/02/18/ug-students-maritime-staff-trained-on-offshore-oil-and-gas-activities/</p>\r\n</div>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 883, 892, 'und', 0, '<div><a href=\"https://s1.stabroeknews.com/images/2019/02/danram18.jpg\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(1, 76, 140); touch-action: manipulation; outline: none 0px;\"><img class=\"size-extralarge\" src=\"https://s1.stabroeknews.com/images/2019/02/danram18.jpg\" style=\"box-sizing:inherit; cursor:zoom-in; display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; max-height:647px; max-width:100%; outline:none; vertical-align:middle; width:auto\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<p>UG’s Omesh Danram after slamming his unbeaten 89 (Royston Alkins photo)</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p>Former national youth batsman Omesh&nbsp;Danram&nbsp;yesterday swatted an unbeaten half-century to power the University of Guyana (UG) to a comfortable seven-wicket win over the&nbsp;Malteenoes&nbsp;Sports Club (MSC) in the penultimate round of the New Building Society (NBS) Second Division forty overs tournament.&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;UG, chasing 220 for victory, reached 221 for 3 inside 26 overs with the right-handed&nbsp;Danram&nbsp;slamming eight fours and four maximums in an unbeaten knock of 89 to see his side home.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;He also shared in a 155 run-stand with Linden Austin, who made 57 inclusive of five fours and a maximum. The pair came together with the score on 55-2 after the loss of Melroy Stephenson (4) and Godfrey&nbsp;Thakurdin&nbsp;(33) and took the game away from MSC.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Skipper&nbsp;Nickhose&nbsp;Barker (1-41), Marcus Watkins (1-40) and Delon Dalrymple (1-31) were the wicket-takers for MSC, who had earlier won the toss and elected to bat and reached 219 for nine before their overs expired.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;Opener Stephon Browne top scored with 37 while Barker (30) and Joseph&nbsp;Cupidore&nbsp;(30) both chipped in.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;UG’s bowling effort was spearheaded by skipper Dennis Heywood whose off-spin yielded 2-32 while&nbsp;Yekin&nbsp;Favorite (2-53) and Devon Paul (2-45) contributed to the win.&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>News Source:&nbsp;https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/sports/02/18/danram-powers-ug-past-msc/</p>\r\n</div>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
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('news', 0, 892, 901, 'und', 0, '<p>DEAR EDITOR,</p>\r\n\r\n<p>I write this letter as a Student of the University of Guyana.<br />\r\nMany times we as a people focus on the negatives and we never acknowledge the positives of a person or institution. Recently some staff members of the University of Guyana staged a protest for an increase in wages. While I will not comment on this, as I advocate for fair compensation for work, I’d like to speak to the negativity that has been linked to the activities spearheaded by the Vice Chancellor, and the claim that he has wasted money doing his “talks and cocktails”.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br />\r\nWhile I am not aware of the costs of these sessions, they all are usually branded, with a number of companies listed as sponsors. So I highly doubt they cost the University anything substantial, to the point where it’s a waste of funds or affects staff getting a raise.<br />\r\nI’ll pay much attention to the talks and cocktails in this letter, because for one, I understand the importance of these kind of civic engagements, alumni engagements and events that allow the university brand to be further recognized and the community strengthened.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br />\r\nIn fact, events are the perfect incubators for fundraising. I’m sure Vice Chancellor Griffith has been able to secure funding for the University as an offshoot from a number of events that the University has hosted.<br />\r\nAdded to that, these events have allowed students like myself to contribute to important conversations about our country, and has allowed us to pitch ideas, and talk about our journey, bridging the generational gaps and encouraging healthy discourse between ourselves, academics and professionals, boosting our leadership skills and opening up our minds beyond that of a box.<br />\r\nIn my time at the University of Guyana, I’ve seen new buildings going up, I’ve seen old buildings completely refurbished, I’ve seen the past and present UGSS presidents pushing their agendas and making headway, I’ve seen the sports being hosted at a true track facility, I’ve seen the University brand constantly in the media and I’ve seen an increase of students.<br />\r\nUniversity of Guyana has a long way to go, but that journey has started and the changes are visible, tangible and real.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sincerely,<br />\r\nYonnick David<br />\r\nStudent / Entrepreneur</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2019/02/22/the-changes-at-ug-are-visible-tangible-and-real/&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html');
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('news', 0, 893, 902, 'und', 0, '<p>When Mark Jacobs, a University of Guyana (UG) student started experimenting with chemical research, and delving into agro- processing, he never imagined that his work would lead to the establishment of a company poised to make its mark on the local and international markets.<br />\r\nAccording to information posted on the Ministry of Finance, Jacobs Agro, located at Hauraruni, Linden Soesdyke Highway, has received recognition from Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, who toured the farm, last week.<br />\r\nAmong other things, Jacobs Agro produces and processes (by drying) a range of products including cassava, tumeric, ginger, pepper, celery, parsley, thyme, lime, lemon and annatto. The company also processes jams in at least three different flavours including sorrel and passion fruit.<br />\r\nThe company is also into processing some 30,000 pounds of pepper per month. Other products will be produced at 5,000 pounds each monthly.<br />\r\nWithout preservatives or any other chemicals, the items are dried packaged and ready for the market.<br />\r\nMinister Jordan took a particular interest in the processing of seasoning, which Jacobs explained, is produced without salt or any other chemical compound.<br />\r\n“If you can show that you can experiment with the natural herbs without salt, you can get a proper flavour,” Minister Jordan said.</p>\r\n\r\n<div><a href=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/images/2019/02/JACOBS-AGRO.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-550913\" src=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/images/2019/02/JACOBS-AGRO-300x211.jpg\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<p>Second from left: Jacobs Agro proprietor, Mark Jacobs and Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan (at center) and staff display some of items produced at the Hauraruni, Linden Soesdyke Highway farm</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Jacobs is currently working along with a University of Guyana’s (UG) student who is engaged in chemical research and will be collaborating with the institution to work on some products. He explained that each of the items processed will be tested. He said the company has a bank of information on the quality and nutritional content of what is being produced.<br />\r\nThe Finance Minister was also impressed with the quality of flour produced from cassava. The flour is being used to make a host of products, including bread and pancakes. According to him, while wheat flour is the “go-to” healthy flour, many persons are not aware of the nutritional value of the cassava flour. Minister Jordan said it would be a good thing if the product comes to the local market.<br />\r\n“More and more people are talking healthy and are trying to experiment with more of the flours including eddo, cassava, rice and now you’re talking about banana flour.”<br />\r\nHe said all the products are local and can be grown here.<br />\r\nThe company is said to also have done trials with the cassava flour. According to Jacobs, it was taken to a local restaurant and the reception was remarkable.<br />\r\nOn display, today, at the Soesdyke Highway farm was the purely dried mango fruit, which is produced by the Aishalton and Shulinab Women’s group.<br />\r\n“The great thing about it is that it is all Guyanese and is collaboration between residents in Region Four and Region Nine. We should be putting stuff like this in our duty-free shops at Ogle and Cheddi Jagan International Airports; and when we are going on our trips, we can introduce it to the diaspora so that they understand that lots of work occurring in Guyana to ensure that we are diversified in terms of food,” the Minister said as he commended the move.<br />\r\nHe reiterated the government’s strong support for local manufacturers and producers. He said it is time local producers get the encouragement to get their ideas and products off the ground.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2019/02/24/jacobs-agro-poised-to-make-mark-on-local-market/\" style=\"color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2019/02/24/jacobs-agro-poised-to-make-mark-on-local-market/</a></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 894, 903, 'und', 0, '<div>&nbsp;\r\n<p>Research Professor of Latin American Studies at the US War College Strategic Studies Institute, Dr Evan Ellis delivering his lecture on “Transnational organised Crime and Regional Security Dynamics in Guyana and the Caribbean” at the Education Lecture Theatre, University of Guyana.</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Guyana should ensure there are tight regulatory frameworks when dealing with Chinese investors to minimise the possible bribery of public officials, Research Professor of Latin American Studies at the US War College Strategic Studies Institute, Dr Evan Ellis stated recently.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Delivering the 11th Vice Chancellor’s Renaissance Lecture on the topic “Transnational Organised Crime and Regional Security Dynamics in Guyana and the Caribbean”, Dr Ellis noted that while there is still “enormous influence” of US-based multinational corporations in Latin America there is also an “enormous amount of commerce, loans and, increasingly, investments” from China.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“What I worry about is that as countries engage with China, which is inherently not a bad thing, … you have to have …transparency because what transparency allows is that when the leaders, as they are inherently tempted to do, want to sign the deals that benefit them either through side payments or because their brother-in-law actually gets the concession to run the deal to support or to supply the Chinese company with food or whatever, that those who see the deal and are not part of it tend to politically elevate their judgements,” Dr Ellis said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>He said the state-controlled and Chinese-influenced companies recognise the importance of dominating the value-added chain and creating structures through institutionalised partners to ensure power, money and capital to flow to them.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Saying that transparency operates as a “brake” on corrupt benefits, Dr Ellis recommended that Guyana put in place “strong processes” instead of merely one man travelling to China and making key, binding decisions. “If you have an open competitive bidding with a good technical review of the provisions of the deal and you are not signing these government-to-government deals after a few drinks of rice wine and a good meal some place in Shanghai, then you maximise your chances that you are going to advance the interest of your country out of the deal,” he said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>He noted that Guyana has seen the presence of China Harbour Engineering (CHEC) in the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport and the Pegasus Hotel expansion, Shanghai Construction Group that built the Marriott-branded hotel, Huawei in Information Communications Technology and other entities for the importation of goods.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dr Ellis said the increasing presence of Chinese is impacting the political dynamics of other aspects of the society such as the relationship with Chinese-Guyanese companies and challenges and language barriers that law enforcement agents face. “You’ve seen some of the ways in which other types of concern over crime or challenges for the Guyanese Police Force to understand and penetrate those Chinese communities and some of those illicit activities or money laundering that may be occurring within these communities,” he said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Apart from an estimated 3,000 Venezuelans and 20,000 Guyanese-Venezuelan migrants who had fled the worsening humanitarian and political crisis in that South American nation, Dr Ellis said the Chinese construction projects have also been major sources for human trafficking. He said Trans-Pacific organised crime was emerging as a result of increasing illicit Chinese commerce, financial ties, people-to-people ties and new flows of container traffic to the Caribbean.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“One thing that’s happened with that is that you have illicit flows that go along with that and so we have Chinese construction projects and migration, you have more Chinese human trafficking, for example, that come in through the Caribbean and other places. You have (an) expanded role of China as a supplier of precursor chemicals,” he said.&nbsp; They include precursors for methamphetamine as well as fetanyl.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Also flagged are Chinese involvement in illegal mining and logging as well as money laundering possibly through the China Construction Bank and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited that have been doing a lot of branch banking, trade and money changing in Latin America, Dr Ellis said. “Those financial ties make it easier for those who want to launder money to use Asian banks to launder money and if you think that your police forces and others are already overwhelmed trying to track money within Latin America, trying giving them the capabilities to reach out to the technical colleges in China to follow the money when it goes into an uncooperative continental China-based bank in which everything is done in Chinese,” said the US War College professor.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>He noted that UnionPay International, a Chinese provider of bank card services, is available in Guyana.</p>\r\n\r\n<div><img alt=\"\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37348\" src=\"http://demerarawaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ellis_us-war-college-300x200.jpg\" />\r\n<p>Dr Evan Ellis</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>He remarked that in Guyana there is an “interplay” with not only the Chinese but also the Russians through the bauxite company, Russian Aluminium (RUSAL). “It’s not just about the United States versus everybody else. Increasingly, Latin America is a complex multidimensional space so, for example, the Russians, as in the case of the mining industry, find themselves in competition with the Chinese. In other cases, the Russians find themselves complementing the Chinese so that the economic activities of the Chinese do help to create a space in places like Venezuela in which the Russians such as Rosneft (a Russian petroleum company) can operate,” he added.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dr Ellis added that the prospects for inking good deals with “credible” Chinese and Russian companies would be participation in legitimate open bidding in Guyana. “To me the important thing is technically competent, effective, transparent management of these deals and I think if you have that, you would tend to sort out bad actors who are not qualified, who don’t have legitimate things that are looking to basically circumvent the process and cutting side deals that are not to the benefit of the country,” he said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Cash-based informal economy</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Latin American Studies Professor also pointed out that legitimate businesses and formal communications infrastructure such as trucking companies, airline flights, roadways, container traffic and the transfer of goods provide an avenue for criminals and the informal economy to function. He said not all transnational organised crime is narco-trafficking but includes illegal mining, kidnapping, extortion and human trafficking based on their various revenue models and dismantling by law enforcement agencies.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dr Ellis suggested that Guyana’s familiar cash-based (informal) economy create a fertile ground for other types of illegal activities to take place. “If you have people typically… working on a cash basis, those people are available to participate in the activities whether it is to act as bodyguards or to act as enforcers or act as informants or whatever the other part-time or full-time role happens to be,” he said. In terms of keeping dirty money under the radar of regulatory and law enforcement agencies, Dr Ellis said the cash-based economy does exactly that. “If you could track everything through electronic transactions, it would be pretty hard to hide millions and billions of dollars of income but when it comes out of that cash economy that’s when it becomes very difficult to follow the money trail,” he said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In 2017, findings in a study, “Estimating the Size of the Informal Economy in Caribbean States” conducted by Caribbean economist Dr Amos Peters, suggest that Guyana’s informal economy is 35 to 44 per cent, the second largest to Jamaica’s 35 to 45 per cent.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;http://demerarawaves.com/2019/02/24/doing-business-with-china-requires-tight-transparent-rules-us-war-college-latin-american-studies-professor/</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 896, 905, 'und', 0, '<p>As the local economy continues to expand, demanding a larger workforce, Trinidadian Lecturer Dr. Roger Hosein is urging that monies be spent on increasing labour force participation.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Hosein Thursday delivered a lecture titled “Critical considerations for the economic success of Guyana in the context of its pending petroleum boom” at the Herdmaston Lodge in Georgetown. The lecture was organized by the University of Guyana.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dr. Hosein, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of the Trade and Economics Development Unit at the University of the West Indies, noted that a small labour force will not be able to meet increasing demands.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“Some of the oil money needs to be used in a manner and form to increase the labour force participation rate because with a low labour force participation rate, you have a high dependency ratio,” he told those gathered at the event.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>He pointed to the Guyana Labour Force survey done in the fourth quarter of 2017 which found that the labour force comprises of 298, 844 persons while the population above age 15 stood at 547,928.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dr. Hosein pointed out that the country is at an advantage since it has a high youth population- 20% in the age group of 15-24 and 37% from ages 27-54 –giving policy makers adequate time to plan at the level of the universities.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“You have time to plan and think ahead and strategise on what do I do with a young population in the context of a massive boom spread over 15 to 20 years,” he told the gathering.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>He outlined that in the first year of oil production, persons will be migrating from the manufacturing and services sector towards the oil and gas industry. As this occur, there will be need for persons to keep the traditional sectors running so as to contribute to overall economic development.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Additionally, he noted that over time the manufacturing sector will contract and this “is no big deal,” unless it contracts prematurely.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“The manufacturing sector contracts- over time, all the developed economies in the world move from agriculture, to manufacturing to services.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>At another forum, also on Thursday, Country representative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Sophie Makonnen noted that over the next five years, the IMF projects the economy will grow at an average annual rate of 19% and government revenues at 16%.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She noted that if managed well, this greater economic activity and new government revenues could give Guyana the opportunity to take sure steps towards addressing key development challenges and promote greater economic diversification.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource :&nbsp;https://newsroom.gy/2019/03/01/oil-money-needs-to-be-spent-on-increasing-labour-force-participation-uwi-lecturer/</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 897, 906, 'und', 0, '<h4>As one integrally involved in the first-ever student-organised sporting event to be held at the Turkeyen Campus of the University of Guyana, first-year International Relations student Jafar Gibbons has hailed the tournament as a massive success. Having played 19 games on the day, with all having been played smoothly, with no interruptions occurring at any point, Gibbons says he has been really impressed with the style of play and the fluidity with which the teams played.<br />\r\nHard Knocks emerged the eventual winners of the inaugural tournament, with their top scorer Jamaine Samuels finishing with a total of 8 goals (most in the tournament) and also copping the MVP award, which saw him walk away with one Signature Moov sneaker, a trophy and a gold ring. Top Strikers finished second, while 5-0 finished third.</h4>\r\n\r\n<h4><br />\r\nThe tournament was filled with goals, as play was exciting. Twenty-three goals were scored in the knockout stages of the tournament, which featured 7 games at an average of 3.3 goals.<br />\r\nVice-Chancellor Professor Ivelaw Griffith was full of praise for the thoughtfulness and persistence of the organiser Gibbons, who, after one week of bad weather and another dominated by a bomb scare, did not give up his push to have the tournament play as schedule. Jafar said the goal of the tournament was to create cross-faculty interaction by having teams compete with players from any faculty, and this was fully achieved. He also said the diversity in composition was also realized, and he thanked the teams for seizing the opportunity to do so.<br />\r\nGibbons reiterated his gratefulness to the sponsors who would have contributed to making this idea of his a reality. Among those persons/entities were C&amp;L Construction Inc., Robbie Rambarran, ASP Fredericks, Rex Hamza, The Kashif and Shanghai Organization, Guyana Football Federation Inc., Signature Moov, Asim Shakur, Sharma Solomon, New Era Entertainment, Professor Paloma Mohamed. All the others who would have contributed to the success of this tournament are hereby being heartily thanked for their input.</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;https://guyanatimesgy.com/kings-of-studies-2019-hailed-as-a-success/</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 898, 907, 'und', 0, '<p>Andrew Gibson looked in fine touch on Saturday during his unbeaten fifty for UG (Royston Alkins photo)&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p>A brilliant all-round performance by Andre Gibson sealed an intense four-wicket win for the University of Guyana (UG) over GNIC in the final round of the New Building Society (NBS) Second Division 40-over tournament at GNIC on Saturday.&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;Gibson, a former Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) player, snared 4-50 and recorded an unbeaten half-century to see his new club over the line.&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>As the script went, GNIC after winning the toss and electing to bat, were dismissed for 202 with the burly right-handed Jermaine Grosvenor leading the way with an attractive innings of 61.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;Gibson’s penetrative medium pace did the bulk of the damage for the students as no other batsman reached 30, all failing to capitalise on the small side-boundaries at the GNIC facility.&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;The seamer was supported by Yakini Favorite (2-26) and Devon Paul (2-37) who shared four wickets.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;UG in response reached their target with six wickets down. The success run-chase was spearheaded by Gibson who carved out an unbeaten 53 to carry his side over the line. He was supported by Mahendra Persaud (33); Shane Browne (3-43) was the most successful bowler for the hosts.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The result of the match had no bearing on the semi-final matchups since The Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO), Everest Cricket Club (ECC), Police Sports Club (PSC) and the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) all advanced.&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;&nbsp;https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/sports/03/04/gibsons-al-round-performance-spurs-ug-past-gnic/</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n</div>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 899, 908, 'und', 0, '<p><strong><em>― UG revellers flood Berbice to Celebrate Mash 49</em></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>― Spectators flood streets to revel in the celebrations</em></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>DPI, Guyana, Monday, March 4, 2019</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Devta Ramroop, President of the University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS), united both Tain and Turkeyen campuses in a spectacular patriotic display over the weekend at the Berbice Mashramani celebration.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Students from the main Turkeyen campus joined their peers in Berbice to display true ‘celebration after hard work’. Under the theme “Guardians of the El Dorado”, the students’ society designed and portrayed four breathtaking costumes that symbolised Guyana’s pristine nature. According to Marissa Foster, a student at the Tain Campus, the costumes “remind us that our greenery is beautiful, but gold mines can sometimes be pollutants of nature if we do not be careful”.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Decked in a brightly coloured headdress, Ramroop noted that UGSS sees the wholistic development of students as a cornerstone of the body. Boasting of the turnout of students, she claimed that their presence displays “academic as well as social development”.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p><img alt=\"President of the University of Guyana\'s Student Society (UGSS), Devta Ramroop speaking with DPI Communications Officer, Nateshia Isaacs\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/02076-.png?zoom=1.25&amp;w=333&amp;h=187&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"-02076-\" /><img alt=\"Ministry of the Presidency’s Department of Social Cohesion band\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i2.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/KLG_7157-1.jpg?zoom=1.25&amp;w=333&amp;h=222&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"KLG_7157\" /></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Spectators from across the region flooded the streets of New Amsterdam in their numbers to support their fellow citizens. One such person was Fay Worrel, who said while the Ministry of the Presidency’s Department of Social Cohesion, Culture, Youth and Sport was her favourite float, she enjoyed the cultural diversity on display.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“Mashramani means everything to me… It brings back the cultural aspects of the country, and I am very proud of how the country has progressed.” Another, Gem Lyken, applauded this year’s performances, adding that it “was wonderful, bigger and better” as she showcased her dance moves on the parade.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Republic Day this year is being observed under the theme “Celebrate Mash 49 with Victory in Mind”, and it is still being celebrated throughout the many regions.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><em><strong>Shaquille Bourne</strong></em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em><strong>Images: Keno George</strong></em></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;&nbsp;https://dpi.gov.gy/tain-and-turkeyen-campuses-unite-at-mash-parade/</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 900, 909, 'und', 0, '<h4><strong>— when oil comes on stream, says TT expert</strong></h4>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>By Carl Croker&nbsp;</strong><br />\r\n“ONCE Brian Lara left the team, the faults in the West Indies team showed up” says Dr Roger Hosein, who used the analogy to explain what happens when oil-rich states pay little attention to its other industries.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dr.&nbsp;Hosein was at the time giving&nbsp;the feature address at the second Clive Yolande Thomas distinguished lecture held at the Herdmanston Lodge on Thursday.<br />\r\nThe Senior Lecturer and Coordinator on Trade and Economic Development Unit at the St. Augustine Campus University of the West Indies, was at the time discussing the topic&nbsp;“Critical considerations for the economic success of Guyana in the context of its pending petroleum boom”.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dr. Hosein was quick to point out that&nbsp;booming factor of production can allow structural flaws to go unnoticed&nbsp;and&nbsp;cause things to look nice and glossy at the surface causing you to relax.<br />\r\nHe explained that&nbsp;a boom in the economy would cause workers to leave other sectors and move towards the booming sector.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“The tradable and none tradable sectors of Guyana’s small economy consist of two parts”, he explained, “a booming and non-booming sector, both of which rely on labour as the only mobile factor of production with all the other factors of production being specific”.<br />\r\nHe said when labour moves from the non-booming tradable sector to the booming tradable sectors, the country experiences a ‘redistribution of employment’.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>This labour movement, he said, will cause the non-booming tradable sectors such as manufacturing and agriculture to contract, while the booming tradable sectors will maintain some workers.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“Because of the&nbsp;boom in the energy sector, some workers would leave sectors such as construction, gold mining, and timber to join the oil sector because they will get better salaries there,” he said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>ADVANTAGEOUS POSITION</strong><br />\r\nHe admitted that this trend has been experienced by oil-rich economies worldwide, but that Guyana is in an advantageous position to guard against this premature contracting of the non-booming tradable sectors since it has models to follow and the time to put in place measures to address shortcomings.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“The non-booming tradable sectors losing their share of GDP prematurely become a real issue later when you turn to that sector for export revenues, only to find that they have been decimated. It is like looking for the West Indies team to perform after Lara exited and there was no plan to prepare the rest of the team, they placed all their dependence on Lara to carry the team,” he said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>For example, he said in Trinidad and Tobago, in the space of 18 years, from the year 2000 to 2018, agricultural employment moved from 43,000 to 19,000 and manufacturer employment moved from 63,000 to 48, 000.<br />\r\nHe said Guyana has a long road ahead and it is better to deal with the economics of plenty than to deal with the economics of a little.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>He said the money gained from oil will generate much infrastructural development and expansion by government and the private sector such as seen with the Pegasus Suites construction. Such activities, he said, will help to circulate money.<br />\r\n“This will lead to a resource movement in the economy that will lead to a rise in wages. And in order for non-oil sectors to keep workers from leaving, they would have to raise salaries,” he noted.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>He, however, warned that spending of the resource boom money by the state and oil workers in Guyana will trigger an increase in the price of things.<br />\r\nThis, he cautioned, will cause the country’s real exchange rate to appreciate, making it easier to import. “The marginal propensity to import will rise as the domestic production capability will fall,” he warned.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Government’s strengthening and sustaining of the non-oil sectors was highlighted as a&nbsp;critical consideration for the economic success of Guyana in the context of its pending petroleum boom.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;http://guyanachronicle.com/2019/03/05/dont-neglect-other-industries</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 901, 910, 'und', 0, '<p>Guyana’s legal experts are to be trained in forensic psychology, aimed at applying more natural science techniques in securing convictions for sexual offences and violence against children.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The eight-module programme is being supported by the University of Guyana’s (UG) Faculty of Health Sciences, United Nations Children’s Fund, the judiciary, the University of Guyana’s Psychology Task Force and the Caribbean Alliance of National Psychological Associations.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Among the trainers are the Head of the University of the West Indies’ Department of Neuro-Psychology, Dr. Dennis Edwards; Clinical Neuro-Psychologist Dr. Katija Khan; Government Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh, and Social Psychologist, Professor Paloma Mohammed.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Psychological impact, emotional reaction, impact of alcohol and drugs, external environment of the abuser, social and cultural norms and myths, cultural milieu and best practices would be covered in the 20-hour programme.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>UNICEF’s Representative to Guyana and Suriname, Silvie Fouet hoped the training programme “would change the way we respond and we document violence plus we begin to develop the forensic psychology which is the theme of that series of training”.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She highlighted the importance of matching science and law. “For me, also, it’s a little ahead in Guyana that you bring the law with science because forensic training and capacities is really bringing science a little more,” she said. While a lot of cases make it to court, Fouet noted that forensic specimens have to be sent overseas for DNA testing. Government has said that Guyana would acquire DNA testing capacity by year-end.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dean of UG’s Faculty of Health Sciences, Dr. Emmanuel Cummings emphasised the importance of DNA profiling in probing sexual offences to “make or break a case”. One of the aspects of the results of solving cases of this nature is DNA profiling&nbsp; which constitutes a significant part of the programme which we plan to roll out by the end of the week,” he said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dr. Cummings said DNA profiling allows for the comparison of profiles of the perpetrator against the list of other suspects. “The likelihood of holding the perpetrator accountable, the likelihood of preventing future crime since the perpetrator’s DNA is then added to the database,” are among the benefits he listed. He said studies show there is an increase in guilty pleas and a reduction in retrial or after-trials with the use of DNA profiling in solving cases.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>He said in Latin America and the Caribbean which has the highest rate of sexual violence, Guyana ranked number two among the 10 independent English-speaking nations.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Statistics show there are 400 reports of violence against children for 2019 in Guyana, added to the 1,000 reported last year.</p>\r\n\r\n<div><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37925\" src=\"http://demerarawaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/chancellor_cummings-edwards.jpg\" style=\"border:0px none; height:auto; list-style:none; margin:0px; max-width:100%; outline:none; padding:0px; width:441px\" />\r\n<p>Chancellor of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings-Edwards.</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Chancellor of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings-Edwards said the training programme for magistrates, judges and prosecutors is vital in dealing with sexual offences. She noted that insensitive treatment of victims especially in the criminal justice system can result in “secondary trauma”.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“The complexities of working with victims of sexual violence requires specialised training and intervention on the part of all involved in this process. Victims not only require support services but they also need to be treated with fairness and respect for their dignity and their privacy,” she said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Chancellor of the Judiciary promised that “we intend to change or even revolutionise” the way sexual offences are approached in Guyana. She said the effectiveness of the court would ultimately depend on its personnel, equipment and an integrated approach that includes court personnel, prosecutors, police, magistrates, judges, social workers and non-governmental organisations.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>University of Guyana Vice Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw Griffith underscored the importance of evidence-based practice through additional knowledge and skills.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Already, the University of Guyana has produced the first batch of 23 students in a Diploma in General Psychology, and there are plans to launch a Masters in Clinical Psychology in June, and later on a Bachelors in General Psychology.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>UNICEF highlighted that Guyana has so far achieved several “milestones” such as the Sexual Offences Act, the Sexual Offences Court, the Children’s Court in the Demerara county, and a number of programmes at the University of Guyana. Plans are in the pipeline to establish similar courts in Guyana two other counties, Berbice and Essequibo, to improve access to justice by children.</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 903, 912, 'und', 0, '<div>\r\n<p>Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag), Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards addressing the gathering at the launch on Tuesday (Adrian Narine photo)</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>-new programme launched to train persons in forensic psychology</strong></h4>\r\n\r\n<p>GUYANA has recorded 400 cases of sexual abuse against children in just three months, a figure which Resident UNICEF Representative, Sylvie Fouet says is alarming.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Fouet was at the time speaking at the launch of the Forensic Psychology and Sexual Offences Special Training Series which was coordinated by the Supreme Court, University of Guyana and UNICEF.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“The training will help court personnel to engage children who are abused, because it is not an easy task,” she said during the programme which was held at the Pegasus Hotel.<br />\r\nFouet pointed out that that last year, the number of cases were over 1000. The UNICEF representative signaled the need for more to be done in order to address the scourge which has been plaguing society for years.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She believes that building capacity will help Guyana to find solutions, which will result in the reduction of those numbers and even the prevention of such cases.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a class=\"td-modal-image\" href=\"http://guyanachronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Child.jpg\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(214, 47, 47); text-decoration-line: none;\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"size-medium td-animation-stack-type0-1 wp-image-350604\" src=\"http://guyanachronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Child-300x197.jpg\" style=\"border-style:initial; border-width:0px; box-sizing:border-box; display:block; height:auto; margin-bottom:0px; max-width:100%; width:300px\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A section of the gathering at the launch of the Forensic Psychology and Sexual Offences Special Training Series at the Pegasus Hotel (Adrian Narine photo)</p>\r\n\r\n<p>As part of its contribution, UNICEF had assisted in the launching of the sexual offences court locally. In light of the recorded cases, UNICEF, in partnership with the court, will be expanding the services of the sexual offences court to Berbice and Essequibo.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The training will complement the initiative, because it would close the gap between service and treatment of not just children but women who have been abused.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag), Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards echoed similar sentiments, noting that the training is important, since insensitive treatment of victims can result in secondary trauma.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“The complexities of such cases required specialised training on the part of all involved…Persons engaged in working in this field also need debriefing exercises, because they, too, can suffer from secondary trauma,” Justice Cummings-Edwards said.<br />\r\nIn light of that, she stressed the need for an intensive approach to training persons. This, she believes, will help them to respond better to such cases.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The aim of the training will be to reduce or eliminate secondary trauma, and adopt a coordinated approach with all stakeholders.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“This is another step in the right direction, because the programme will be offering training in molecular biology, psychology…” Justice Cummings-Edwards said.<br />\r\nAccording to Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Dr. Emmanuel Cummings, the programme will be delivered by some of the best in the business.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>He said the training comprises eight modules, and will target prosecutors and investors. The training will basically be continued education in judiciary and forensic science.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"http://guyanachronicle.com/2019/03/06/400-cases-of-child-sex-abuse-so-far-this-year\">http://guyanachronicle.com/2019/03/06/400-cases-of-child-sex-abuse-so-far-this-year</a></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
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('news', 0, 907, 916, 'und', 0, '<p>The University of Guyana’s (UG) Andre Jaganadan won the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) junior qualification tournament held recently.<br />\r\nJaganandan edged Ghansham Alijohn on the progressive ratings tiebreak system after both players ended on six points from seven matches, a press release from Tournament Director Irshad Mohammed stated.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University of Guyana’s (UG) Andre Jaganadan won the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) junior qualification tournament held recently.<br />\r\nJaganandan edged Ghansham Alijohn on the progressive ratings tiebreak system after both players ended on six points from seven matches, a press release from Tournament Director Irshad Mohammed stated.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the final rounds held last Sunday, Jaganandan defeated Savir Gookul and Ethan Lee in rounds five and six.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; His only defeat came at the hands of Queen’s College’s Rajiv Lee.<br />\r\nAllijohn scored convincing wins over Sasha Shariff, Gookul and Ronan Lee in his last three matches.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>He, however, lost to Jaganandan on time in a slightly better position, the release stated.<br />\r\nRajiv Lee secured third place with a draw against higher ranked Jaden Taylor and wins against Nellisha Johnson and Jaganandan.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Rising star Chelsea Juma of St Stanislaus showed why she is the number one ranked U-14 female Guyanese player in the World Chess Federation player rankings by winning all three of her matches Sunday.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She defeated Christ Church’s Akili Theophil and UG student Aravinda Singh in rounds five and six.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In round seven, she produced a Bishop sacrifice which led to mate in six against her opponent Odit Rodriguez to secure her spot in the top seven.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Also making the cut were St. Stanislaus College’s 6th Form student Jarell Troyer and his schoolmate Jaden Taylor.&nbsp; Finishing seventh was Ethan Lee of Marian Academy.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/sports/03/10/jaganandan-wins-gcf-juniorqualificationtournament/</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 911, 920, 'und', 0, '<p>De Sinco-Milex supports chess: Isha De Abreau (right) an official of De Sinco Trading hands over a cheque to St Stanislaus College student Chelsea Juma for her to attend the Carifta Games in Curacao this month. At left is Wendell Meusa, a FIDE national chess instructor and head of the Wendell Meusa Chess Foundation of which Juma is a student. Juma said her desire is to return to Guyana with a medal and a win for her country.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.stabroeknews.com/images/2016/12/20170101errol-tiwari.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-405010\" src=\"http://www.stabroeknews.com/images/2016/12/20170101errol-tiwari-385x134.jpg\" /></a>University of Guyana law student Andre Jagnandan, 19, is one of the contenders for the title of National Junior Chess Champion. The Championship, which is being contested at the National Racquet Centre and ends today, also has Ghansham Allijohn and Rajiv Lee in contention for the win. Each of these juniors has accumulated the maximum two points from their two games.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In every country of the world where competitive chess is played, the National Junior Chess Championship is a prestigious endeavour. It is no different in Guyana. Jagnandan has won two tournaments for 2019 and therefore became the favourite to win the Junior’s. In the current tournament, Jagnandan has already eclipsed the 2017 junior champ Joshua Gopaul.</p>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.stabroeknews.com/images/2019/03/Chess17.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-522224\" src=\"http://www.stabroeknews.com/images/2019/03/Chess17-533x400.jpg\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<p>Andre Jagnandan, one of the leaders of the National Junior Chess Championship at the end of the second round of the seven-round tournament. Jagnandan scored the maximum two victories from his two games as did Ghansham Allijohn and Rajiv Lee. The Championship ends today.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/sunday/chess-with-errol/03/17/competition-stiff-for-national-junior-chess-title/</p>\r\n</div>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 912, 921, 'und', 0, '<p>The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) and the University of Guyana (UG), this afternoon, signed an agreement that will see volunteers from the Volunteer Emergency Response Team (VERT) receiving an Introduction to Disaster Risk Management certificate from the University.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>This signing, which was done by Director-General (Ag), CDC, Lieutenant Colonel, Kester Craig and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Engagement, UG, Professor Michael Scott, occurred at the conclusion of the launch of the VERT training programme for the first 41 volunteers held at Camp Madewini, Timehri which began on March 15. The CDC has started training a corps of volunteers in the area of disaster risk management to better augment its work should there be emergencies.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The three-day launch programme was done in collaboration with the UG, ExxonMobil and the Caribbean Disaster Risk Management Agency (CDEMA) with the aim of raising awareness of VERT programmes among volunteers and key partners, building capacity in core competency areas and building team spirit and morale among volunteers and key partners.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Agreement will not only see volunteers receiving certificates at the completion of their training but will also allow for UG students to obtain internship opportunities at the CDC.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“This particular programme is more of an advanced programme where volunteers will be trained in detail disaster risk management and primarily to support the communities</p>\r\n\r\n<p>and the regions but more importantly to support the Caribbean, responding to hurricanes and tsunamis in islands that are usually affected every year,” Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>He disclosed that among the volunteers are doctors, lawyers, engineers, media workers and persons in technical professions.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div><img alt=\"Director-General (Ag) Civil Defence Commission, Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig (left) and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic Engagement, University of Guyana, Professor Michael Scott (right) exchange agreements following a simple signing ceremony this afternoon at Camp Madewini, Timehri.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DSC_0185.jpeg?w=314&amp;h=216&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background:0px 0px; border:none; box-shadow:none; font:inherit; height:139px; margin:2px !important; max-width:100%; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; width:203px\" title=\"DSC_0185\" /></div>\r\n\r\n<div><img alt=\"Participants of the Voluntary Emergency Response Team (VERT) engaged during a period of their training session at Camp Madewini, Timehri, this afternoon.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i1.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DSC_0027.jpeg?w=314&amp;h=205&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background:0px 0px; border:none; box-shadow:none; font:inherit; height:132px; margin:2px !important; max-width:100%; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; width:203px\" title=\"DSC_0027\" /></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div><img alt=\"Participants of the Voluntary Emergency Response Team (VERT) engaged during a period of their training session at Camp Madewini, Timehri, this afternoon.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i1.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DSC_0007-2.jpeg?w=956&amp;h=638&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background:0px 0px; border:none; box-shadow:none; font:inherit; height:413px; margin:2px !important; max-width:100%; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; width:621px\" title=\"DSC_0007\" /></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>The VERT training programme will last for one year during which time the volunteers will be exposed to both theoretical and practical training in damage assessment, search and rescue and oil spill response, to name a few.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“I want to commend and congratulate the leadership of the CDC and all the invaluable partners for their engagement in this process,” Professor Scott said while noting that the UG has started a process of constructing a contemporary model for voluntary assessment performance in emergency and risk management.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Among the goals, Professor Scott said is to focus on team building, risk assessment as well as to have practical activities.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Meanwhile, ExxonMobil’s Public and Government Affairs Officer, Ms. Deedra Moe said the United States (U.S.) oil giant will contribute financially and technically to the programme.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“We’re happy to be a part of this Volunteer Emergency Response Team both financially contributing and also using resources from our expertise in oil spill response to have a comprehensive response effort,” she said.<br />\r\nParticipant Ms. Maxy Ignatius from the Potaro- Siparuni Region (Region Eight) said it is her desire to become a peer educator in her Region.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“It was very beneficial and I learnt a lot, things that I didn’t know and I look forward to learning more new things and being able to execute them. When I return to my village, I plan to keep sessions with the villages nearby and going to secondary schools and giving information on the things that I learnt,” Ms. Ignatius said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The goal of the VERT programme is to reduce Guyana’s disaster risk through voluntary services. The training will begin on March 30, 2019 and will end on January 31, 2020. The CDC officially launched its Volunteer Corps in October 2012.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;https://dpi.gov.gy/cdc-ug-partner-to-certify-vert-programme/</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 913, 922, 'und', 0, '<div id=\"fb-root\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n<script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2\"></script>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/terrence.blackman/videos/10217075486813164/\" data-show-text=\"false\" data-width=\"500\">\r\n<blockquote cite=\"https://developers.facebook.com/terrence.blackman/videos/10217075486813164/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\r\n<p>Conversations with Dean Blackman: Prof. Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, the vision: what does the University of Guyana look like twenty years from now. Neville Bissember, you guys are very fortunate. This is an academic leader of the first rank. Karen A. Wharton, Allison Skeete, Dhanpaul Narine, Alstein Denbow Wazir Mohamed, Patricia Jordon-Langford Leyland Hazlewood</p>\r\nPosted by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/terrence.blackman\">Terrence Blackman</a> on Sunday, March 17, 2019</blockquote>\r\n</div>\r\n', '', 'full_html'),
('news', 0, 918, 927, 'und', 0, '<p><strong>News Americas, GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Fri. Mar. 22, 2019:</strong>&nbsp;Guyana’s top tertiary institution is again counting down to another Diaspora conference.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University of Guyana will host its second ‘Diaspora and Entrepreneurship Conference’ this July 21-25, 2019 at the Ramada Georgetown Princess Hotel under the theme: ‘Cultural Diversity and Innovation: Engaging the Diaspora for an Enhanced Caribbean Competitive Landscape.’</p>\r\n\r\n<p>University officials are targeting participants from the Guyanese Diaspora globally as well as from Guyana and the wider Caribbean.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The conference, according to a press statement, seeks to generate new understanding about engagement opportunities with the Guyaense Diaspora and to assist policymakers, NGOs, entrepreneurs and researchers to further integrate Diaspora voices in development conversations.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Additionally, there will be opportunities for hometown associations and local businesses to showcase their work and products respectively, seek technical assistance and invite investment.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In commenting on the conference, Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw Griffith said: “The University of Guyana is committed to collaboration with the Guyanese Diaspora globally to implement programmes to facilitate engagement and entrepreneurship and to enhance our understanding of the ways in which skills within the Diaspora can contribute to the development of Guyana and the wider Caribbean.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>To register, submit papers for presentation or more details about the conference log on to&nbsp;<a href=\"https://diaspora-entrepreneurship.uog.edu.gy/\">https://diaspora-entrepreneurship.uog.edu.gy/</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;https://www.newsamericasnow.com/second-diaspora-conference-for-guyana/</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html');
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('news', 0, 919, 928, 'und', 0, '<p><strong><em>– 140 students in petroleum, mining, geology and engineering programmes to benefit</em></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>DPI, Guyana, Friday, March 22, 2019</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Over 140 students of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) of the University of Guyana (UG), who are involved in the petroleum, mining, geology and engineering programmes, are slated to benefit from new microscopes donated by the University of Toronto.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 23 Leitz Polarizing Microscopes valued $31M (USD$150,000) were gifted to FET at the University’s Turkeyen Campus where Vice Chancellor and 10th Principal of UG, Professor Ivelaw Griffith cited the importance of partnerships for the development of the university.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div><img alt=\"Student of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Geological Engineering Programme, Niossi Alsopp.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i2.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DSC_0040-2.jpg?zoom=1.25&amp;w=583&amp;h=552&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background:0px 0px; border:none; box-shadow:none; font:inherit; height:357px; margin:2px !important; max-width:100%; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; width:378px\" title=\"DSC_0040\" /></div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div><img alt=\"Head of the Department of Geology, University of Guyana, Dr. Andrew Chater.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DSC_0029-2.jpg?zoom=1.25&amp;w=369&amp;h=278&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background:0px 0px; border:none; box-shadow:none; font:inherit; height:179px; margin:2px !important; max-width:100%; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; width:238px\" title=\"DSC_0029\" /></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>“We have the wonderful opportunity at our university of strengthening what we do and how we do it, but we also know that that opportunity presents occasions for partnerships, partnerships that are tangible demonstrations of the interest in the university, in the interest of our nation.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Noting the department’s gratitude for the equipment, Head of the Department of Geology, Dr. Andrew Chater stated that it will be used for the junior students attached to the programmes. “I think this is the way to go because we do need microscopes that we can use… this is good for the petroleum engineers, and it’s good for mining engineers. So, it will have a long term use, it is a basic microscope that we can use in junior years.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>It was disclosed that the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), a government agency that employs a large number of graduates from the Departments of Geological Engineering and Petroleum, recently began using improved quality microscopes. Niossi Alsopp, a student of the FET’s Geological Engineering Programme, noted that this would mean that students graduating from the university must be better equipped and adequately trained in the use of the microscopes to be able to function well in the professional environment. In this regard, she further noted that this would now be possible through the gift by the University of Toronto.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The handing over ceremony was held at the Faculty of Engineering and Technology’s New Lecture Room. It saw the attendance of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Paloma Mohamed and Dean of the Faculty of Technology Elena Trim along with Professor Daniel Schulze from the University of Toronto.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The GGMC, as a long-standing partner of The University of Guyana’s Faculty of Technology, had made available a grant valued upwards to $100M for the 2017-2018 academic year. The grant was meant to provide the Faculty of Technology with much-needed equipment for its geology laboratories and with envelopes earmarked for curriculum development, training, outreach and field research. A portion of the grant was used to cover transportation and other costs associated with securing the microscopes.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Nateshia Isaacs.</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Images: Ameer Sattaur.</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newscource:&nbsp;https://dpi.gov.gy/university-of-guyana-receives-gift-of-microscopes-from-university-of-toronto/</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 920, 929, 'und', 0, '<p>Sarah Bovell, winner in the University category of the Tony Shields Memorial Essay Competition, being awarded by Patrick Harding. (Ministry of Natural Resources photo)</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Ministry of Natural Resources has announced the winners of its inaugural Tony Shields Memorial Essay Competition, including a University of Guyana (UG) student who has been awarded one year’s tuition.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In a press release issued on Friday, the ministry said the contest, which was launched on January 30th, 2019, was an effort by the ministry and the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association (GGDMA) to keep ever-green the stellar contribution of the late Shields to the mining sector and the overall development of Guyana. It said it also served to ensure discourse on our country’s natural resources sector across all educational levels. A total of 41 submissions were received from across Guyana in the three categories, University (16), Secondary (14) and Primary (11).</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University students were invited to make submissions of between 1,500 and 2,000 words discussing “How can the development of new mining technologies and regulations improve the efficiency of mining and reduce its environmental impact?”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;The Secondary-level students were tasked with making submissions of between 1,000 and 1,500 words on “What is a green mining concept and how can it be implemented or further implemented in Guyana?”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Meanwhile, in the Primary-level category, students were asked to write an essay between 500 and 1,000 words on “How can mining become more sustainable and energy efficient?”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The three-member review team comprised of Rosalie Seepaul, a lecturer, Shondell France from the Ministry of Natural Resources and William Woolford, of the GGDMA.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>After discussions and consensus by the review team, the ministry said three persons were successful in the University category: Sarah Bovell, who was awarded first place and one year’s tuition at UG; Akilah Noble, who was awarded second place and an electronic tablet; and Sasha Ramsarran, who was awarded third place and a smartphone.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the Secondary category, Johanna Hamilton and Kendra Trotman were both awarded first place and laptop computers, while Ambra Lindie was awarded second place and an electronic tablet, and Kushi Dwarka was awarded third place and a prize of a smartphone.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the Primary Category, Rachel Davis won first place and a trip to Iwokrama and book vouchers, Arysh Raghunauth and Michael Leonard II tied for second and were each awarded electronic tablets, and Zalika McAlmont was awarded third place and school supplies assistance for a year.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The release said the Ministry of Natural Resources and the GGDMA congratulate all students for their participation.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource: https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/news/guyana/03/24/ug-student-wins-one-years-tuition-in-tony-shields-essay-contest/</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 921, 930, 'und', 0, '<div>\r\n<p>Representing UG at the CCJ Law moot competition was Reon Miller, Senior Counsel; Cassandra Jaikaran, Junior Counsel; and Shameza David, Researcher</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>–at debating CCJ law moot this year</strong></h4>\r\n\r\n<p>STUDENTS of the University of Guyana (UG) outshone several other teams from across the Caribbean to emerge the Best Academic Institution at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)’s Law Moot competition.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The students, all of the Faculty of Law, were Reon Miller,Senior Counsel; Cassandra Jaikaran, Junior Counsel; and Shameza David, Researcher. Former Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Carl Singh was the team’s adviser.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“It’s the first time in the competition’s 11 years that UG has won Best Academic Institution,” Miller told the Guyana Chronicle. In an emotional social media post, he explained that for about 10 long weeks, the team worked to prove to the Caribbean Community that UG is no “back alley institution”. “From the 14-hour-long practice sessions and the constant feeling like our argument wasn’t good enough, two second and a first-year student beat the odds,” he shared.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In addition to copping the best academic institution spot, UG took the runners-up spot for the moot competition, losing only to this year’s winners: The Hugh Wooding Law School.<br />\r\nThe Guyanese contingent competed against eight teams from different schools across the Caribbean: Hugh Wooding Law School (Trinidad &amp; Tobago); Norman Manley Law School (Jamaica); Faculty of Law of the Anton de Kom University of Suriname; Faculty of Law of the University of the Bahamas; Faculty of Law of the University of Technology (Jamaica); Faculty of Law of the University of the West Indies (Cave Hill); Faculty of Law of the University of the West Indies (Mona); and the Faculty of Law of the University of the West Indies (St Augustine).</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Each of the teams was pitted against the other for one round, and Guyana faced the UWI Mona – Faculty of Law, where it emerged victorious. “…The Law Moot presents an opportunity for students from regional law schools and faculties to have hands-on courtroom experience at the CCJ,” the CCJ’s President, Justice Adrian Saunders explained to Nation News (Barbados).</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“This allows them an opportunity to develop and present their arguments in front of a panel of CCJ judges, and to use our court management system (Curia). The Moot also promotes greater familiarity with the CARICOM Treaty and the Original Jurisdiction of the Court,” he explained further.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource: http://guyanachronicle.com/2019/03/26/ug-judged-best-in-the-caribbean</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 922, 931, 'und', 0, '<p>Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman (second from right) University of Guyana Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw Griffith (right) and Managing Director of Schlumberger for Trinidad and the Caribbean, Sean Herrera cut the ribbon. (DP photo)</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p>With the advent of the oil and gas sector in Guyana, the University of Guyana (UG) is now equipped with a Geotechnical computer lab which will serve hundreds of students, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The lab will benefit students from the Petroleum Engineering, Mining, Geological Engineering and Civil Engineering Departments in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Delivering remarks at the officiating ceremony, Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman said “The students of the University of Guyana will undoubtedly climb to higher heights as a result of this collaboration. The Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Natural Resources remains committed to the long-term partnerships of this premier institution that is responsible for shaping the minds and lives of our young people”.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Managing Director of Schlumberger for Trinidad and the Caribbean, Sean Herrera underlined. the company’s commitment to enhancing educational opportunities and training for Guyanese.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Schlumberger Limited is an oilfield services company.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“Schlumberger is pleased to be donating computer workstations and Petrel geoscience software licenses. This embodies the aforementioned commitment by Schlumberger to educational development,” Herrera stated.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/news/guyana/03/28/ug-gets-geotechnical-computer-lab/</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n</div>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 923, 932, 'und', 0, '<p>Apply for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for the 2019-2020 academic yea</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 925, 934, 'und', 0, '<div>\r\n<p>Dr. Michelle James (centre) and some of her students from the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Guyana</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>RESIDENTS of Plaisance, East Coast Demerara and neighbouring communities on Wednesday benefitted from a medical outreach programme conducted by University of Guyana, Health Sciences students of Turkeyen Campus.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Utilising the compound of the Plaisance Seventh-Day Adventist Church, the students made available to the people, services such as blood pressure and glucose testing, nutritional counseling and other services.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In addition to the medical services, the students distributed care packages containing items of day-to-day use that would improve the health of residents.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The students’ supervisor, Dr. Michelle James, who is also the head of the Public Health Department on campus, told Guyana Chronicle that the outreach was part of the students’ course work.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a class=\"td-modal-image\" href=\"http://guyanachronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/UG2.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"size-medium td-animation-stack-type0-1 wp-image-354825\" src=\"http://guyanachronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/UG2-300x197.jpg\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Some of the students administering healthcare to Plaisance residents</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“We do not want to only allow our students to understand the theoretical part of their content area, but we want to ensure that they understand the practical component of it. So we are here to implement part of the content that was taught in the classroom, so the students are exposed to health promotion and health education,” Dr James said.<br />\r\nShe noted that the outreach is held annually, with different batches of students, going into different communities, to provide different services.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“During the course of their study, they are responsible to go out in the community and implement part of the content and the task chosen for this year was to target the persons with hypertension and diabetes. The students had to plan, organise and execute this programme, and in the end, they will evaluate to see if it was a success,” Dr James said.<br />\r\nThe students were drawn from the departments of medical technology, medical imaging, environmental health, pharmacy and optometry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Leader of the students planning and organising committee, Shani Bellamy, said though the activity was organised for them to attain a grade, they were grateful for the practical experience.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“What this health promotion is helping us do, is to inform persons about their health, and how to better promote a healthy lifestyle. It will benefit us individually as students, in many ways, because when we go out into the world of work, we will know how to go about administering the health knowledge to persons, to better their lives,” Bellamy said.<br />\r\nShe said the experience gained also fosters an even deeper love for their career in the health sector.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“Seeing how we can contribute to better a person’s health and improving their knowledge on taking care of their health is really a great feeling. So coming off that classroom setting, and actually seeing the contributions our career make to bettering lives, will help each of us to perform better,” Bellamy added.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;http://guyanachronicle.com/2019/04/04/ug-students-host-medical-outreach</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 926, 935, 'und', 0, '<p><em>― students exposed to career-guiding information</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>― Participated in several edutainment sessions</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>DPI, Guyana, Saturday, April 6, 2019</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University of Guyana (UG) hosted its annual career fair and open day, at its Tain Berbice Campus on April 5.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The event was attended by hundreds of students from various Primary and Secondary schools across regions 5 and 6. In attendance too were representatives from both government and private agencies.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In his keynote address, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Guyana, Professor Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, reminded the packed auditorium about the importance of education. Professor Griffith encouraged the pupils to take advantage of all levels of education that Guyana has to offer and to focus on achieving excellence.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div><img alt=\"Students look on as a lecturer demonstrates.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i1.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG-1-1.jpg?zoom=1.25&amp;w=476&amp;h=357&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"IMG 1\" /></div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div><img alt=\"A tutor at the New Amsterdam Technical Institute explains his project.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i1.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG-2-1.jpg?zoom=1.25&amp;w=476&amp;h=357&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"IMG 2\" /></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>“When you come to the University of Guyana or whatever university you go to, don’t take education for granted; use it to be an agent of change,” he emphasised.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Also, making remarks was Director of University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC), Professor Gomathinayagam Subramanian, who acknowledged the organisers for hosting a successful programme. He also&nbsp;extended&nbsp;appreciation to the pupils who attended the edifying initiative.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>During the day’s proceedings, students took advantage of the close to 30 booths that were set up across the university’s lawns. They were provided with information about different companies and institutions in Guyana. The viewers were also fortunate to participate in experiments and interactive sessions where they were given tokens for their correct answers.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Speaking to the Department of Public Information (DPI) was fourth former and&nbsp;student of the New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary school, Amera Khan, who explained how intrigued she is by the knowledge gained from the one-day fair.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Khan, who aspires to be an accountant, said ” I think today was really good, I got to see everything. I am in the business stream and so I visited the accounts booth and saw the different items that they displayed and the information they handed out amazed me”.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“I think this activity today was very educative because most students got to understand each and every booth,” Shivanie (only name given) from the Berbice Educational Institue commented. When asked which booth grabbed her interest, the third form student noted the social work programme. “By studying this area, you learn&nbsp;about&nbsp;human beings, their relationships and how you can understand them,” Shivanie explained.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The aim of the open day and career fair is to apprise the students about the various options available to them so that they can make informed decisions. It is the third such event to be hosted at the Tain Campus.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Story and Images: Kellon Rover.</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;https://dpi.gov.gy/ug-berbice-campus-hosts-career-fair-and-open-day/</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 927, 936, 'und', 0, '<div>\r\n<p>THE Jay and Sylvia Sobhraj Centre of Behavioural Sciences and Research at the University of Guyana is set for opening this month.</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Construction of the centre was completed a few weeks ago by Buddy’s Construction, a local general construction company which was responsible for the completion of many large-scale construction projects in Guyana.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The next step will be the furnishing of the building and the official opening of the centre for use by students, faculty and UG management.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Foundation, after spending millions of dollars on the information technology sector and working with government institutions such as the Guyana Police Force and NGOs to provide free computer training to the public while simultaneously working in New York with public schools on enhancing their existing computer centers, has embarked on assisting the mental health sector in Guyana.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a class=\"td-modal-image\" href=\"http://guyanachronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/hall.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"size-medium td-animation-stack-type0-1 wp-image-355492\" src=\"http://guyanachronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/hall-300x197.jpg\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>One of the lecture rooms at the Centre</p>\r\n\r\n<p>During the construction phase, Dr. Jay Sobhraj increased the donation to ensure that the quality of the construction is not compromised. Many who witnessed the construction, including university staff, had an opportunity to see the inside of the building after completion and were impressed with the design and the quality of the construction, while students cannot wait to start using the facility.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The newly-designed centre will accommodate a Psychology Department, Lecture Halls, a Clinical Psychology Clinic, a Student Medical Centre, a Student Gym, a Book Store, Students Religious Offices, and a Food Court. The building, which was designated for use by psychology majors, will also be used for other majors such as engineering and science and liberal arts.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In March 2018, Founder of the Jay and Sylvia Sobhraj Foundation, a U-S based Guyanese entrepreneur, Dr. Jay Sobhraj, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Guyana worth approximately $80M to renovate an existing building known on the University Campus known as the “Spicy Dish” building.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;http://guyanachronicle.com/2019/04/08/ug-behavioural-research-centre-ready-for-opening</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 929, 938, 'und', 0, '<h2>UG opens Centre for Behavioural Research and Sciences</h2>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;Apr 12, 2019&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/category/news/government/\" rel=\"category tag\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(156, 156, 156); text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;\">Government</a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/category/news/government/ministry-of-education/\" rel=\"category tag\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(156, 156, 156); text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;\">Ministry of Education</a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/category/news/\" rel=\"category tag\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(156, 156, 156); text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;\">News</a></p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<p><strong><em>― Masters in Clinical Psychology programme launched</em></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>─ PM Nagamootoo, performing the functions of president, officially commissioned the $100M building</em></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>─ centre will facilitate existing courses currently being taught including Social, Clinical, General and Developmental Psychology and can house over 300 students</em></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>DPI, Guyana, Friday, April 12, 2019</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University of Guyana (UG) today launched the Jay and Sylvia Sobhraj Centre for Behavioural Research and Sciences with a grand opening ceremony at its Turkeyen Campus.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div><img alt=\"One of the classrooms in the centre.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DSC0526.jpg?zoom=1.25&amp;w=315&amp;h=211&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background:0px 0px; border:none; box-shadow:none; font:inherit; height:135px; margin:2px !important; max-width:100%; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; width:203px\" title=\"_DSC0526\" /><img alt=\"One of the classrooms in the centre.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i2.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DSC0502.jpg?zoom=1.25&amp;w=315&amp;h=210&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background:0px 0px; border:none; box-shadow:none; font:inherit; height:135px; margin:2px !important; max-width:100%; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; width:203px\" title=\"_DSC0502\" /><img alt=\"Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Paloma Mohamed and Sylvia Sobhraj cut the ribbon to officially open the centre.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i2.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DSC0494.jpg?zoom=1.25&amp;w=316&amp;h=211&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background:0px 0px; border:none; box-shadow:none; font:inherit; height:135px; margin:2px !important; max-width:100%; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; width:204px\" title=\"_DSC0494\" /></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div><img alt=\"Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i1.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DSC0416.jpg?zoom=1.25&amp;w=316&amp;h=211&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background:0px 0px; border:none; box-shadow:none; font:inherit; height:135px; margin:2px !important; max-width:100%; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; width:204px\" title=\"_DSC0416\" /><img alt=\"Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Ivelaw Griffith.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DSC0408.jpg?zoom=1.25&amp;w=316&amp;h=211&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background:0px 0px; border:none; box-shadow:none; font:inherit; height:135px; margin:2px !important; max-width:100%; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; width:204px\" title=\"_DSC0408\" /></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Guest of honour, Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo, who is performing the duties of Head of State, oﬃcially commissioned the $100M building which will house several institutes and oﬃces that are expected to have a great cumulative impact on Guyana.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The centre will facilitate existing courses currently being taught including Social, Clinical, General and Developmental Psychology and can house over 300 students.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Additionally, the centre, on which construction began in August 2018, will be used to deliver the newly launched Master of Science in Clinical Psychology which commences at the beginning of the new academic year, 2019/2020,</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings noted her pleasure to share involvement in a “phenomenal piece of history that will benefit Guyanese… The Ministry of Public Health views mental health as one of its priority areas,” Minister Cummings said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She also noted that the ministry’s commitment to behavioural sciences and its relation to mental health has ensured that for the first time in the history of our country, the Ministry of Public Health established a Mental Health Unit and as such, workers from these and other related fields will benefit from the new centre.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of Guyana, Dr. Ivelaw Griﬃth said this serves as a part of UG’s plans for rebuilding and rebranding of the university.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Nateshia Isaacs.</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Images: Kennyann Bacchus.</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/ug-opens-centre-for-behavioural-research-and-sciences/\">https://dpi.gov.gy/ug-opens-centre-for-behavioural-research-and-sciences/</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 930, 939, 'und', 0, '<div>\r\n<h1>New research to address mental health challenges in Guyana</h1>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div><img alt=\"\" class=\"appear avatar avatar-35 no-display photo\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/62654eb37776a482c4869176f8eb0c01?s=44&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" style=\"border-radius:50%; border:0px; display:block; font-family:inherit; height:auto; margin:0px 12px 0px 0px; max-width:100%; opacity:1; padding:0px; transition:all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align:baseline; width:35px; will-change:opacity\" />&nbsp;By&nbsp;<a href=\"https://ounews.co/author/hannah-grimmette/\" rel=\"author\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; color: rgb(14, 86, 167); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s; letter-spacing: 0.02em;\" title=\"Posts by Hannah Grimmette\">Hannah Grimmette</a> &nbsp;April 12, 2019</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p>An OU academic is leading an ambitious new research project to address mental health challenges in Guyana.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>This will result in a new honours degree in Mental Health Nursing in Guyana, which has gained support from the Guyanese government, the higher education sector, and civic society.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http://www.open.ac.uk/research/people/ham92\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; color: rgb(14, 86, 167); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s;\">Dr Helena Ann Mitchell</a>, Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at the OU, is Principal Investigator for the project, which received just under £50,000 from the British Academy’s Knowledge Frontiers: International Interdisciplinary Research Projects Programme.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>According to World Health Organisation (WHO) 2018 statistics, over one billion people globally struggle with issues related to mental health, including depression, substance abuse and self-harm. Lack of research in implementation and policy change is further impeded by stigma, capacity shortages, and fragmented service delivery.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>WHO statistics consistently ranked Guyana within the top five countries in the world with the highest suicide rates. Mental health services are barely functional, with Guyana’s public health minister describing the country’s national psychiatric hospital as “not fit for human consumption”.&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The research, which Dr Mitchell will lead in collaboration with Guyanese communities and stakeholders, will identify, record and share successful local practices for building community mental health resilience that have evolved to cope with challenging cultural, organisational and environmental conditions, and devise mechanisms to promote these in low resource settings within Guyana and worldwide. What makes this initiative innovative is how it will promote the collection and sharing of positive community stories through freely accessible local communication networks.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dr Mitchell said:&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>“This participatory action research (PAR) study looks beyond the individual to deliver mental health resilience and well-being at community level.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>It takes an interdisciplinary approach by integrating psychology, psychiatry, information technology and environmental studies. As a consequence, the target communities will develop the capacity to use ICT in addressing mental health issues and a mental health degree programme will be developed for Guyana. This PAR approach will be relevant to other developing countries facing similar limited resource issues. We will also be able to apply the research approach from this study to the UK for addressing the mental health issues of diverse communities.”</p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n\r\n<p>Other organisations supporting the&nbsp;<em>Developing a community-based mental health improvement programme in Guyana through inter-disciplinary participatory action&nbsp;</em>project, which will run until 30 July 2020, include the University of Guyana, Association of Guyanese Nurses and Allied Professionals, the Cobra Collection, and De Montfort University.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Article Link:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://ounews.co/education-languages-health/health/new-research-to-address-mental-health-challenges-in-guyana/\">https://ounews.co/education-languages-health/health/new-research-to-address-mental-health-challenges-in-guyana/</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n</div>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 931, 940, 'und', 0, '<p>In the arena of creating music for popular consumption, it is sometimes the case that a song about which one is very excited, and generating high expectations, will land like a thud – seemingly totally dismissed by the population.&nbsp; An example is my song “Hit The Road,” which I wrote for a Tradewinds studio session in Toronto, extolling that band-on-the-road aspect of Trinidad carnival. I felt it would do well in Port-of-Spain, but it was simply ignored.&nbsp; In contrast, I did a column here recently, titled Knowing Our Stalwarts, and the response, frankly, surprised me. Simply put, that column soared where “Hit The Road” crashed and burned. A market vendor in Kitty made it his business to stop me passing and urge me to elaborate on the singular Guyanese I was referring to, and since I pay a lot of attention to what comes from a man of the soil, I’m taking space here today to give my own suggestions for persons we must recognise, apart from the annual awards, in a way that it reaches the population to, in effect, make us all aware of their contributions.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>This is obviously a voluminous matter, and there are space limits involved in a weekly column, so what I present here is not a complete list, but I start off with the more recognisable names and retired Major General Joe Singh is one. Folks more knowledgeable about him than I can provide a range of reasons for his value to Guyana, but in my limited interaction with him going back several years now, I was struck instantly how this experienced and esteemed Guyanese figure was always ready to hear the opinion, or even act on the advice, of the range of people he interacted with. In a time when there are a number of dictators about in our public persons, Major General’s openness to suggestion is a sterling measure of the value of the man. Often expected to pronounce or decide, Major Joe is more often listening and absorbing. It’s a quality some of our more high-profile leaders should emulate.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>University of Guyana Vice Chancellor Ivelaw Griffith can get very stern about the various projects he and his staff are wrestling with but those who know the man will tell you about the booming laugh that is almost always in play with him; even when it is not present in his voice, it is there in the smile on his face or the waving of his hand.&nbsp; Over the years, in different societies, it is often true that the man or woman laughing poses no serious dangers; they have long since absorbed the message of life’s daily comedies; they have achieved balance.&nbsp; Dr. Griffith is a stickler for “raising standards” while seeing the realities in play.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>I would be remiss – and I would hear from my wife about it – if I did not mention Merlene Ellis early in my list. She is a gifted artist whose work I was first drawn to seeing a painting of hers in the late Freddie Abdool’s house in Courida Park.&nbsp; Freddie’s wife, Carmen, hooked me up with Merlene on a visit here (I was living in Grand Cayman at the time) and I travelled back with two of her paintings in tow (which, by the way, are back here with me in Guyana.)&nbsp; Merlene’s work is powerful, distinctive, and vivid from a distance – an aspect that is lacking in many paintings – as a visit to her gallery in East Ruimveldt will show, and she does masterful work in framing paintings or photographs to a professional standard.&nbsp; While some artists can be crusty, or even rude, Merlene is a cordial host. Visit her studio (call 626-2754) and see for yourself; she’s a singular artist.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Singular also applies to Dr. Steve Surujbally, who came into my orbit from taking Annette’s German Shepherd to him for vaccinations. As it is with some people, my music was a factor in drawing us together, but there is a kindred spirit thing between us which I don’t really understand but simply accept. As those who attend his animal clinic can attest, Steve has his crusty side (listen: being the GECOM boss would make St. Joseph crusty) but his intentions are always good and, most important for me, you are always aware you are getting the picture clear.&nbsp; I call him “Suruj.”&nbsp; No one else to my knowledge does that; it softens the crust.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>More than halfway through, I realise I’m going to be short of space to cover the names I have in mind, so this will be a two-part series with the second half coming next Sunday, but for this first bash I must include Brudda (it’s telling that I don’t know his last name) who has been our house painter for over 10 years.&nbsp; Whatever problems he has with the work, Brudda solves it silently.&nbsp; He comes, you show him the work, and he produces the finished product without asking you another word.&nbsp; Critically, his work is flawless; a year after he did it, it still looks great.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>If you need someone for an upcoming paint job, call me on 222-2678 for Brudda’s number.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before I finish this first instalment, since I’m big on paintings and photographs, apart from Merlene, two persons in my arsenal are Michael Lam, part&nbsp; of Denis Dias’ production team, enlarging photos for me and for his own singular camera work. In that category, as well, is Leon Moore, who I have come to know only in recent times, for striking nature photography.&nbsp; I have an enlarged Rupununi photo of his, framed by Merlene, hanging in the house – it is a striking vista, one I wish I could share with you here. Singular also applies to these two.</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 933, 942, 'und', 0, '<h2>Plaisance gets community upgrades</h2>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;Apr 17, 2019&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/category/news/government/ministry-of-communities/\" rel=\"category tag\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(156, 156, 156); text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;\">Ministry of Communities</a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/category/news/government/ministry-of-education/\" rel=\"category tag\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(156, 156, 156); text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;\">Ministry of Education</a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/category/news/government/ministry-of-public-infrastructure/\" rel=\"category tag\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(156, 156, 156); text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;\">Ministry of Public Infrastructure</a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/category/news/\" rel=\"category tag\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(156, 156, 156); text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px;\">News</a></p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<p><strong><em>― students of University of Guyana pioneered the community development projects</em></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>― Ministry of Public Infrastructure donates street lights</em></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>― Chairperson of the Industry/Plaisance NDC laud students’ efforts</em></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>― residents are contented with community upgrades</em></strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, April 17, 2019</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Just over a week ago, the residents of Plaisance have been gifted a new bridge linking Victoria Road onto Britton Street. Students of the University of Guyana pioneered the reconstruction of the Britton Street Bridge as part of a student project.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Local, Regional and Municipal Government course offered by the University of Guyana requires students to plan and execute community development projects in an attempt to understand and appreciate the role of local government in community development.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div><img alt=\"Britton Street Bridge before rehabilitation.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i2.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/19.jpeg?zoom=1.25&amp;w=328&amp;h=246&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background:0px 0px; border:none; box-shadow:none; font:inherit; height:158px; margin:2px !important; max-width:100%; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; width:212px\" title=\"19\" /><img alt=\"Head of the Government and International Affairs Department and lecturer at the University of Guyana, Donna McKinnon.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i2.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DSC_0923.jpg?zoom=1.25&amp;w=328&amp;h=218&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background:0px 0px; border:none; box-shadow:none; font:inherit; height:140px; margin:2px !important; max-width:100%; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; width:212px\" title=\"DSC_0923\" /><img alt=\"The University of Guyana students along with Head of the Government and International Affairs Department and lecturer at the University of Guyana, Donna McKinnon.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i2.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DSC_0096.jpg?zoom=1.25&amp;w=474&amp;h=317&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background:0px 0px; border:none; box-shadow:none; font:inherit; height:204px; margin:2px !important; max-width:100%; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; width:307px\" title=\"DSC_0096\" /><img alt=\"Bridge and street sign.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i2.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DSC_0040.jpg?zoom=1.25&amp;w=474&amp;h=316&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background:0px 0px; border:none; box-shadow:none; font:inherit; height:204px; margin:2px !important; max-width:100%; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; width:307px\" title=\"DSC_0040\" /></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div><img alt=\"Installation of street lights by UG students.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/21.jpeg?zoom=1.25&amp;w=478&amp;h=637&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background:0px 0px; border:none; box-shadow:none; font:inherit; height:413px; margin:2px !important; max-width:100%; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; width:309px\" title=\"21\" /><img alt=\"Painting of Pedestrian Crossing in front of Plaisance Primary School.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i1.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/16.jpeg?zoom=1.25&amp;w=343&amp;h=457&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background:0px 0px; border:none; box-shadow:none; font:inherit; height:296px; margin:2px !important; max-width:100%; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; width:221px\" title=\"16\" /><img alt=\"Britton Street Bridge after rehabilitation.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i2.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/13.jpeg?zoom=1.25&amp;w=609&amp;h=457&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background:0px 0px; border:none; box-shadow:none; font:inherit; height:296px; margin:2px !important; max-width:100%; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; width:395px\" title=\"13\" /></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div><img alt=\"Chairman of Industry/Plaisance Local Authority Area (LAA), Rodwell Lewis, and students of the University of Guyana.\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/dpi.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12.jpeg?zoom=1.25&amp;w=956&amp;h=538&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background:0px 0px; border:none; box-shadow:none; font:inherit; height:348px; margin:2px !important; max-width:100%; padding:0px; vertical-align:middle; width:621px\" title=\"12\" /></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Donna McKinnon, Head of the Government and International Affairs Department and lecturer at the University of Guyana, said that she hopes that the students will apply the theoretical knowledge gained from classes to develop their communities. She added that the project-assignment has the additional benefit of highlighting the importance of local government in community development.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>McKinnon explained that the students’ community project is in its infancy being only two years old. Last year, the students focused on schools and playgrounds in Georgetown. This year, she indicated, the students are still working on improving school environments, and they have expanded to post offices, community bridges, road and street signs and much more.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In Plaisance, thirteen students undertook a project to reconstruct the Britton street bridge, install new street lights along Victoria Road, repaint pedestrian crossings and road signs and install street signs in the Plaisance community.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>These students sought funding from both the public and private sectors. Notably, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure willingly contributed street lights towards this endeavour.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Chairman, Rodwell Lewis, and the Vice Chairman, Sule Collymore, of the Industry/Plaisance Local Authority Area (LAA) graciously welcomed the proposal by the students of the University of Guyana to execute multiple community development projects in Plaisance.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Lewis took the time to laud the students’ efforts and mentioned that the villagers not only recognised the importance of the bridge and street lights but they also participated in the execution of these projects.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Collymore said that it is for this reason-community development that he decided to participate in the local government elections in November 2018 and noted that he would welcome further initiatives of this nature.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Currently, the Industry/Plaisance Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) is working on rehabilitating the community centre ground, located on the Plaisance Public Road. This is among the many community development programmes that the government is encouraging across the country.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Onika Bobb.</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Images: Jules Gibson and Students of the University of Guyana.</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/plaisance-gets-community-upgrades/\">https://dpi.gov.gy/plaisance-gets-community-upgrades/</a></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html');
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('news', 0, 934, 943, 'und', 0, '<p>Dear editor,&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nFor some time now I have been silent as misinformation, outright fabrications, and innuendo have been published as journalism products and facilitated as letters to the editor. These have been designed to malign and hurt the image of the University and me, and to impede the progress we are making by doing tangible things to improve the service to students and staff.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nAllow me to revisit some of the recent improvements. Readers may recall the newly commissioned US$665,000 Jay and Sylvia Sobhraj Center for Behavioral Sciences and Research; the launch of the School of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (SEBI) in 2017 and the launch this year of new degrees programs in Petroleum Engineering, Food Science, Youth Work, Clinical Psychology, and in Nursing and Civil Engineering in Berbice. Thanks, too, to the support from the Ministry of Natural Resources, GGMC, and Schlumberger, we now have a G$2 billion geotechnical lab for students studying petroleum and mining engineering. We also regained the accreditation of our School of Medicine in 2017. That is a special point of pride.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nWe also made significant improvements in the library at Turkeyen and in Berbice, built a brandnew building for Facilities Maintenance, and will see the completion of the new Math and Science Classroom building soon. We also constructed a Student Social Complex costing over G$56 million. Work also will begin later this year on a new building to house the Personnel Department and the Bursary. As well, the George Walcott Lecture Theatre (GWLT) and the Small Lecture Theatre are now fully airconditioned and there are new bathrooms in GWLT.&nbsp; The Faculties of Agriculture and Forestry and Health Sciences and the Biodiversity Centre are among places with upgrades, and a new generator costing almost $22 million was purchased.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nA new parking lot was created, the Cheddie Jagan Lecture Hall has been refurbished at the cost of G$16 million, and the UG road has been resurfaced. During just this academic year over 400 students participated in undergraduate research conferences at UG and in Georgia, Florida, and Aruba, and 7 will be going to Germany shortly. Moreover, in 2017 staff received salary increases of 6 and 8 percent, and in 2018 the increases were 3 and 4 percent—tax free. Also noteworthy is that every time the base salary increases, the sum of the housing allowance, which is 20 percent of the base salary, also increases by the percentage of the base salary increase.&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nDespite the abbreviated list of improvements above, my silence in the face of pernicious attacks has run the risk that readers who are not privy to all the facts would believe what they read, with the result that my reputation and that of the university would, indeed, be damaged. My silence was and is guided by my desire to avoid an information tit-for-tat and to foster an environment of positive dialogue. However, some recent egregious misinformation suggests the need to end the silence about things published and the journalism used.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nTake the Kaieteur News story entitled ‘No toilet paper and soap for staff but UG spent over $400,000 to cater dinner for eight published on April 22, 2019. Not only is it patently inaccurate to assert that there is no toilet paper and soap at UG, but the claim that $400,000 was spent on a dinner for eight individuals is patently false! I say this without fear of contradiction.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nI fully appreciate that there are editorial limitations in relation to letters to the editors. But the public and your profession are ill-served by some of what we have been witnessing, and not just the factual inexactitudes. Also, very troubling is the practice of regurgitating verbatim assertions from individuals and the unions without a modicum of verification. As a former journalist myself, I know this is an indictment of journalistic professionalism. At the very least the writers of the stories should have checked with someone at the university for a comment or seek evidence of the assertion about the dinner.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nThe same concerns relate to another recent story ‘UG executives tripled their salaries in five years.’ The public and the profession of journalism would have been better served had someone verified the accuracy of the assertion by checking with the Personnel Officer or the Bursar for a comment and secure the appropriate information and explanations. This reprehensible lapse in journalistic standards is corrosive and a threat to the very free and fair society that we all desire.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nIt is well known that the union leaders behind these stories have their agendas against the Administration and me in particular, and with my current contract ending soon they have stepped up their campaign to force me out. Please know that I have expressed interest in renewing my contract to continue the work of rebuilding and rebranding our University. Part of the effort now is to sour the public space and stoke discontent in advance of the Council meeting and the audit that the Administration told the unions and the university community beginning in January of this year that we would gladly accommodate.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nWhy not await the results of the audit? Incidentally, the unions were told the reasons why a forensic audit being demanded was not possible; there is no evidence of fraud. Why not wait for the results of the audit? What credible institutional or public value is to be achieved by this maligning? Is this the sort of leadership that will catapult the university and Guyana into a better place? Is this the best we can do? This Administration and I are committed to improving standards and addressing all relevant issues at UG. We cannot do it alone, though. We need the cooperation and good faith actions of all shareholders, including the unions and the free press.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nInterestingly, these are the very union leaders that have ignored our request for information that would facilitate transparency and accountability of the organizations they lead. We asked them for items every credible union should have: their Articles of Association, Certificates of Recognition from the Trades Union Recognition and Certification Board, and recent Statements&nbsp;<br />\r\nof Income and Expenditure. We also asked when last they had elections, who are their official leaders and for their recent audited statements. One wonders what is there to hide.&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nIn sum, this missive is a plea for rationality and for you and colleagues to elevate the practices of journalism in Guyana. As a nation, we are at a critical moment in our national development, and partisan and personal agendas aside, Guyana and the Guyanese people have nothing to gain when important journalistic institutions such as yours facilitate the unquestioned dissemination of the kind of misinformation we have witnessed.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nPlease know that I as well as other university officials would be happy to offer interviews to provide the appropriate contextual and factual information that can be used in your reporting on the matters that are of critical importance to our national university and our nation.&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nSincerely,&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nProfessor Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, PhD, C.C.H. Principal and Vice-Chancellor&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 935, 944, 'und', 0, '<p>The Ministry of Education, in a recent letter to The University of Guyana (UG) Council, advised the institution of a request made to the Auditor General’s Office to conduct a special audit of the University’s finances, following a request by the unions at UG. In commenting on this development in the industrial relations at the University, ViceChancellor Professor Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith said, “The Administration welcomes the opportunity to clear the air on the allegations and assertions by the unions and other individuals.” He added, “We have long indicated such, both directly to the UG Unions and in my two recent memoranda to the University community.”&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nIn January 2019, the Administration told the two unions that the institution was not in a position to pay further salary increases for 2018, having paid a four percent salary increase to academic staff and three percent to nonacademic staff, both tax-free, in December 2018. On February 13, 2019, in an update to the members of the UG Community on the industrial climate at Turkeyen and the call by the Unions for a forensic financial audit, the Vice Chancellor noted that the Administration is willing to have its financial position examined by any competent and independent Arbiter.&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nFollowing the Unions resumption of picketing at Turkeyen on March 15, Vice-Chancellor Griffith, in a further update to the UG community, reiterated the Administration’s willingness to have an audit done by an independent Arbiter. He also indicated that the Administration had decided to turn the dispute over to the Labour Department for conciliation. The current impasse follows the initiative by Pro-Chancellor Major Gen. (Ret.) Joseph Singh to facilitate some “Listening Sessions” with the Unions and the Administration by a three-member panel of the University Council, and the Vice-Chancellor’s March 8 invitation to meet with the Unions to resume the negotiations proved futile.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nThe UG Administration holds the view that talks with the unions should not focus exclusively on salaries; that performance and a Collective Bargaining Agreement also should be discussed. Meanwhile, the Administration is awaiting a response from the unions to its weeks-old request for several documents as part of efforts to be consistent in the pursuit of accountability and transparency. The documents sought include their Articles of Association, Certificates of Recognition, Statements of Income and Expenditure for recent years, and recent Annual Returns and audited statements.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">###</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br />\r\nUG IN BRIEF&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>With a current enrollment of some 8,000 students, The University of Guyana (UG) has graduated more than 20,000 students who have gone on to successful careers locally, regionally and internationally. The University is also a major contributor to the national economy and to business and industry. Established in 1963 on a part-time basis with shared space at Queens College, UG moved to its own campus at Turkeyen in 1970 and expanded in 2000 with the addition of the Tain Campus. It now offers more than 120 Under-graduate and Post-graduate Programmes including the Natural Sciences, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Forestry, Urban Planning and Management, Tourism Studies, Education, Creative Arts, Economics, Law, Medicine, Optometry and Nursing. Several online programmes are available and The UG also offers extra-mural classes at four locations through its Institute of Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE). The UG also offers the opportunity for student engagement in debating, sports, and cultural, religious and professional activities</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 936, 945, 'und', 0, '<p>Nearly 400 undergraduate students at The University of Guyana (UG) last week were involved in research conferences held in Guyana and Georgia, USA, to showcase their research projects. The Guyana aspect took the form of the Third Annual Undergraduate Research Conferences, held on April 10, 11, and 12, and the event in Georgia was the 2019 National Conference on Undergraduate Research, an international gathering that brings together student researchers from around the world.&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nThe UG conferences were held over three days. The first two days at Turkeyen and the third day at the Berbice campus. Day one involved presentations by lecturers on how to support and strengthen undergraduate research. The second day was devoted to student presentations and was attended by almost 240 students, 52 of whom made presentations, while day three took place at the Tain campus and was attended by 150 UG and high school students, with 28 UG students making presentations. The annual student conference is a key component of UG’s Undergraduate Research Programme, which is an integral part of UG’s Renaissance Project and the brainchild of Vice-Chancellor Professor Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith.&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nHeld under the theme “Undergraduate Research: Sharing Experiences, Making Impacts,” the UG conferences witnessed several firsts—the first time students from each campus presented at the other campus; the first time firstyear students participated, and the first time that students from the Department of Law presented research papers. An additional innovation was the launch of a book, ‘Integrated Phonics Workbook for Beginners’, by Nicolita Benjamin-Collins from the Berbice Campus. The publication&nbsp; has its origins in the author’s research while a student at UG.&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nStudent researchers were drawn from computer science, law, biology, agriculture, chemistry, mathematics, environmental sciences, forestry, English, education, and civil engineering.&nbsp; With funding provided by the Ministry of the Presidency, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Geology and Mines Commission and UG’s Office of Philanthropy, Alumni, and Civic Engagement (PACE), the Turkeyen conference was inspired by a Keynote Address delivered by Professor Babatunde Ogannaike, the William L. Friend Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware who is a Visiting Professor at UG this semester, while the inspiration at Tain was provided by Dr David Singh, the former Vice-President for Guyana of Conservation International.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nIn reflecting on the events, Director of Undergraduate Research Dr Troy Thomas noted that the conferences “provide opportunities for students to interact and share experiences across disciplines and across the campuses of the university. They unite students both in the spirit of sharing with and learning from each other and in volunteerism.” He also observed that, “Our students are as excited to be part of the preparation for the conferences as they are to present their research and this augurs well for nurturing an undergraduate research culture at the university. I am happy and excited to be part of this journey as we grow in breath and deepen in impact each year.” For her part, Assistant Director Pamela Rose indicated that, “our conferences hold promises for enhancing our students’ university experiences, providing opportunities for their academic and professional growth, and offering them pathways to present and explore research beyond the university.” She also expressed that “we thank the government agencies for sponsoring the conferences this year, and we encourage the private sector to come on board.”&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Meanwhile in Georgia, four students and recent graduates, led by lecturer Lenandlar&nbsp; Singh,&nbsp; made their first presentations at the international conference. Tiffany Jordan, an Agriculture major from Tain), presented ‘Escherichia coli Contamination of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa. L.) in the Farm-to-market Continuum in Region Six,’ while Ramzee Small, Medical Imaging major from Turkeyen, spoke on ‘Patient Dose Audit in Computed Tomography at Cancer Institute of Guyana.’ Nirvanie Sukdeo, Medical Imaging major from Turkeyen presented&nbsp;her research on ‘Determination of Calibration Cycle for Computed Tomography at Cancer Institute of Guyana,’ and Marisa Williams, who studied Environmental Studies at Turkeyen, spoke about ‘Assessment of Water and Aesthetic Quality of Pit Lakes at Abandoned Mines in Linden, Guyana.’&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Additionally, UG is preparing to send seven students—from both Turkeyen and Tain—to the biennial World Undergraduate Congress in Germany in a few weeks. Full funding for the team, to be led by Assistant Director Pamela Rose, is provided by the World Congress and the Ministry of the Presidency.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">###</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://www.uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/gallery/news-release-04232019.PNG\" style=\"height:444px; width:600px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p>UG team at the conference held at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. From left to right: lecturer Len Singh, Tiffany Jordan, Nirvanie Sukdeo, Marissa Williams, and Ramzee Small.&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nUG IN BRIEF&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;<br />\r\nWith a current enrollment of some 8,000 students, The University of Guyana (UG) has graduated more than 20,000 students who have gone on to successful careers locally, regionally and internationally. The University is also a major contributor to the national economy and to business and industry. Established in 1963 on a part-time basis with shared space at Queens College, UG moved to its own campus at Turkeyen in 1970 and expanded in 2000 with the addition of the Tain Campus. It now offers more than 120 Under-graduate and Post-graduate Programmes including the Natural Sciences, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Forestry, Urban Planning and Management, Tourism Studies, Education, Creative Arts, Economics, Law, Medicine, Optometry and Nursing. Several online programmes are available and The UG also offers extra-mural classes at four locations through its Institute of Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE). The UG also offers the opportunity for student engagement in debating, sports, and cultural, religious and professional activities.</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 937, 946, 'und', 0, '<p>DEAR EDITOR,</p>\r\n\r\n<p>For some time now, I have been silent as misinformation, outright fabrications, and innuendos have been published as journalism products and facilitated as letters to the editor. These have been designed to malign and hurt the image of the University and me, and to impede the progress we are making by doing tangible things to improve the service to students and staff.<br />\r\nAllow me to revisit some of the recent improvements. Readers may recall the newly commissioned US$665,000 Jay and Sylvia Sobhraj Center for Behavioral Sciences and Research; the launch of the School of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (SEBI) in 2017 and the launch this year of new degrees programmes in Petroleum Engineering, Food Science, Youth Work, Clinical Psychology, and in Nursing and Civil Engineering in Berbice. Thanks, too, to the support from the Ministry of Natural Resources, GGMC, and Schlumberger, we now have a G$2 billion geotechnical lab for students studying petroleum and mining engineering. We also regained the accreditation of our School of Medicine in 2017. That is a special point of pride. We also made significant improvements in the library at Turkeyen and in Berbice, built a brand new building for Facilities Maintenance, and will see the completion of the new Math and Science Classroom building soon. We also constructed a Student Social Complex costing over G$56 million. Work also will begin later this year on a new building to house the Personnel Department and the Bursary. As well, the George Walcott Lecture Theatre (GWLT) and the Small Lecture Theatre are now fully air conditioned and there are new bathrooms in GWLT. The Faculties of Agriculture and Forestry and Health Sciences and the Biodiversity Centre are among places with upgrades, and a new generator costing almost $22 million was purchased. A new parking lot was created, the Cheddie Jagan Lecture Hall has been refurbished at the cost of G$16 million, and the UG road has been resurfaced. During just this academic year over 400 students participated in undergraduate research conferences at UG and in Georgia, Florida, and Aruba, and 7 will be going to Germany shortly. Moreover, in 2017, staff received salary increases of 6 and 8 percent, and in 2018 the increases were 3 and 4 percent—tax free. Also noteworthy is that every time the base salary increases, the sum of the housing allowance, which is 20 percent of the base salary, also increases by the percentage of the base salary increase.<br />\r\nDespite the abbreviated list of improvements above, my silence in the face of pernicious attacks has run the risk that readers who are not privy to all the facts would believe what they read, with the result that my reputation and that of the university would, indeed, be damaged. My silence was and is guided by my desire to avoid an information tit-for-tat and to foster an environment of positive dialogue. However, some recent egregious misinformation suggests the need to end the silence about things published and the journalism used. Take the Kaieteur News story entitled ‘No toilet paper and soap for staff but UG spent over $400,000 to cater dinner for eight published on April 22, 2019. Not only is it patently inaccurate to assert that there is no toilet paper and soap at UG, but the claim that $400,000 was spent on a dinner for eight individuals is patently false! I say this without fear of contradiction. I fully appreciate that there are editorial limitations in relation to letters to the editors. But the public and your profession are ill-served by some of what we have been witnessing, and not just the factual inexactitudes. Also, very troubling is the practice of regurgitating verbatim assertions from individuals and the unions without a modicum of verification.<br />\r\nAs a former journalist myself, I know this is an indictment of journalistic professionalism. At the very least the writers of the stories should have checked with someone at the university for a comment or seek evidence of the assertion about the dinner. The same concerns relate to another recent story ‘UG executives tripled their salaries in five years.’ The public and the profession of journalism would have been better served had someone verified the accuracy of the assertion by checking with the Personnel Officer or the Bursar for a comment and secure the appropriate information and explanations. This reprehensible lapse in journalistic standards is corrosive and a threat to the very free and fair society that we all desire. It is well known that the union leaders behind these stories have their agendas against the Administration and me in particular, and with my current contract ending soon, they have stepped up their campaign to force me out. Please know that I have expressed interest in renewing my contract to continue the work of rebuilding and rebranding our University. Part of the effort now is to sour the public space and stoke discontent in advance of the Council meeting and the audit that the Administration told the unions and the university community beginning in January of this year that we would gladly accommodate. Why not await the results of the audit? Incidentally, the unions were told the reasons why a forensic audit being demanded was not possible; there is no evidence of fraud. Why not wait for the results of the audit? What credible institutional or public value is to be achieved by this maligning? Is this the sort of leadership that will catapult the university and Guyana into a better place? Is this the best we can do? This Administration and I are committed to improving standards and addressing all relevant issues at UG. We cannot do it alone, though. We need the cooperation and good faith actions of all shareholders, including the unions and the free press. Interestingly, these are the very union leaders that have ignored our request for information that would facilitate transparency and accountability of the organizations they lead. We asked them for items every credible union should have: their Articles of Association, Certificates of Recognition from the Trades Union Recognition and Certification Board, and recent Statements of Income and Expenditure. We also asked when last they had elections, who are their official leaders and for their recent audited statements. One wonders what is there to hide. In sum, this missive is a plea for rationality and for you and colleagues to elevate the practices of journalism in Guyana. As a nation, we are at a critical moment in our national development, and partisan and personal agendas aside, Guyana and the Guyanese people have nothing to gain when important journalistic institutions such as yours facilitate the unquestioned dissemination of the kind of misinformation we have witnessed. Please know that I as well as other university officials would be happy to offer interviews to provide the appropriate contextual and factual information that can be used in your reporting on the matters that are of critical importance to our national university and our nation.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sincerely,<br />\r\nProfessor Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, PhD, C.C.H.<br />\r\nPrincipal and Vice-Chancellor</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 939, 948, 'und', 0, '<p><a href=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/images/2019/04/Griffith-3.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px; text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-562134\" src=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/images/2019/04/Griffith-3.jpg\" style=\"border-style:initial; border-width:0px; font:inherit; height:auto; margin:0px; max-width:100%; opacity:1; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline; width:150px\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>University of Guyana Vice Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw Griffith</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Professor Ivelaw Griffith, the University of Guyana’s Vice Chancellor and Principal, has responded to news that his administration has been spending excessively for some time now.<br />\r\nUG’s two unions, the Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) and the Workers’ Union (UGWU), have requested an audit into UG’s spending. Those unions have jointly published advertisements detailing why they think an audit is needed.<br />\r\nIt was reported that the unions as well as students, have complained that faculty washrooms go without toilet paper and soap. Former Vice President of the UGSSA, Dr. Mellissa Ifill, had said that the administration spent upward of $400,000 to cater a dinner for eight at Renaissance House.<br />\r\nShe balked at the fact that the administration would spend that much on dinner for eight, when toilet paper and soap is commonly unavailable in her faculty’s washrooms.<br />\r\nTo this, Griffith said “Not only is it patently inaccurate to assert that there is no toilet paper and soap at UG, but the claim that $400,000 was spent on a dinner for eight individuals is patently false!”<br />\r\nSpeaking to Kaieteur News, he said that, looking through records at hand, there is no note of a dinner for eight being held and paid for by the administration. He said that there was a dinner at his home, but that that dinner was catered for by his own housekeeper, for nine persons.<br />\r\nKaieteur News reported on Sunday that data from the University of Guyana Audited and Unaudited Financial Statements and budget documents (2014-2019) suggests that money is disproportionately allocated to the Executive body.<br />\r\nEmolument costs illustrated by their release show that, in 2013, the combined compensatory packages for the executive body amounted to less than $60M. In 2018 that figure stood well over $180M.<br />\r\nThose figures stand precisely at $52,870,353 and $194,419,000 respectively.<br />\r\nProfessor Griffith said that this steep increase is due to the fact that fewer persons constituted the executive body in 2013.<br />\r\nOn salaries for other staff of the university, the Vice Chancellor stated, “In 2017, staff received salary increases of six and eight percent. In 2018, the increases were three and four percent – tax free. Also noteworthy, is that every time the base salary increase, the sum of the housing allowance, which is 20 percent of the base salary, also increases by the percentage of the base salary increase.”<br />\r\nGriffith said that the graphics provided by the union leaders is part of a campaign they are on to force him out of the institution, since he has signaled his interest in renewing his contract, upon its expiry.<br />\r\nThe unions await an audit to be done into the administration’s operations. Due to these requests, the Ministry of Education has written to the administration, notifying them of the unions’ request.<br />\r\nIn response, Vice Chancellor Professor Ivelaw Griffith said, “The Administration welcomes the opportunity to clear the air on the allegations and assertions by the unions and other individuals.”<br />\r\nHe said that the Administration is willing to have its financial position examined by any competent and independent Arbiter.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>On the other hand, he said that the union leaders have ignored the administration’s request for information “that would facilitate transparency and accountability” of the two unions.<br />\r\n“We asked them for items every credible union should have: their Articles of Association, Certificates of Recognition from the Trade Union Recognition and Certification Board, and recent statements of income and expenditure,” Griffith said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2019/04/25/ugs-vice-chancellor-and-principal-refutes-claims-of-overspending/\">https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2019/04/25/ugs-vice-chancellor-and-principal-refutes-claims-of-overspending/</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
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('news', 0, 941, 950, 'und', 0, '<p>THE University of Guyana was one of our Independence gifts to ourselves and has remained an enduring example of nationhood. It began as an initiative by the then PPP government and was completed by the succeeding PNC-UF coalition government, making it an example of bi-partisanship.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>It rose to become a respected institution of higher learning by attracting some of the most prominent scholars and intellectuals in Guyana and beyond. In the process, many boasted about their UG degrees and some even returned there as lecturers and researchers. Above and beyond its academic worth, UG became one of the bulwarks of the crusade for social justice at a time when universities across the world expanded their mandate to include witnessing for the victims of oppression.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>But even as the university played a positive role in decolonizing the collective mind and preparing a new generation of nation-builders, it was becoming, like many of our public institutions, a tool of partisan contestation. It is this tendency that would ultimately erode the credibility of the institution as a national space that avoids the often-poisonous partisan politics. This political entanglement would rob the university of talented faculty and the much-needed funds to push it into the rapidly changing future.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the final analysis, the University of Guyana has become a shadow of its former self. The infrastructure fell apart, the intellectual environment suffered, workers’ wages and salaries stalled or declined, and students became apathetic. Leadership turn-over became more frequent than normal as the authorities looked for a new vision. Some left in frustration as the challenges became overwhelming.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The new Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw Griffith seems to have discovered that truth shortly after taking office. An enthusiastic educator, who was recruited from the Guyanese Diaspora, he appears to have a keen sense of the problems of the institution, but like others before him, he might not have anticipated the difficulties of managing a university that has slid as far down as UG. Since his assumption of the leadership, he has sought to make the university much more visible in the larger community by emphasizing community-based outreaches. The injection of the university into the broader socio-political discourses of the day is a breath of fresh air.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Among his achievements which he detailed in a letter to the press on Tuesday are: the newly commissioned US$665,000 Jay and Sylvia Sobhraj Centre for Behavioural Sciences and Research; the launch of the School of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (SEBI) in 2017 and the launch this year of new degree programs in Petroleum Engineering, Food Science, Youth Work, Clinical Psychology, and in Nursing and Civil Engineering in Berbice. Professor Griffith also made mention of improvements in the library at Turkeyen and in Berbice, built a brand new building for Facilities Maintenance, and will see the completion of the new Maths and Science Classroom building soon, just to name a few.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>But this has not led to a vote of confidence among some in the university community as can be gleaned from the many letters to the press and a strident workers’ and staff union.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The age-old struggle of the staff for better wages and working conditions is still very much alive. In this struggle, the Vice-Chancellor is seen as the villain while the workers’ cause is elevated to the status of righteousness. This is the lot of the leader who must juggle scarce resources and who would inevitably make decisions consistent with his vision. But the University of Guyana is too vital an institution to continue in its present state.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>As the only large-scale institution of higher learning in the country, the nation is poorer in the face of the malaise that exists there. We endorse any call for improvements at the institution, but such an endeavour requires the input of all the required stakeholders. At least for a start, Professor Griffith has gone about this the right way through the Turkeyen and Tain Talks. Reform cannot be piecemeal—it must arise out of a comprehensive vision that takes into consideration Guyana’s reality and the global environment in which the country operates.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Workers’ pay must be improved as a matter of priority. For example, UG would not attract or retain top-flight lecturers with the current salary scale. And no university worth its salt can survive without a cadre of seasoned and qualified faculty. But such improvement must be tied to efficiency and improved academic output. Nowhere in the world do students have to wait weeks and months to get their grades; it is a practice that must be banished as soon as the condition allows. Lecturers should be reminded that a university is an academic and intellectual space that must be constantly nourished with knowledge-production. There is no other way. The vision of Professor Griffith for the university must be supported as this is clearly aimed at upgrading the institution to become consistent with the national priorities.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;<a href=\"http://guyanachronicle.com/2019/04/25/repositioning-the-university-of-guyana\">http://guyanachronicle.com/2019/04/25/repositioning-the-university-of-guyana</a></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
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('news', 0, 943, 952, 'und', 0, '<p>The University of Guyana (UG) is gearing to host a public lecture on ‘Why Gender Matters: The crisis in Youth Masculinities and Natural Hazards’ by Professor Rhoda Reddock of the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.<br />\r\nThe event is scheduled for tomorrow, April 30 at 17:00hrs at the Education Lecture Theatre, UG, Turkeyen Campus, Greater Georgetown.<br />\r\nReddock is a Professor of Gender, Social Change and Development and former Deputy Principal of the UWI, St. Augustine Campus. A former head of the centre, now institute for Gender and Development Studies, she is also a former lecturer in Sociology.<br />\r\nAfter completing her undergraduate studies at The University of the West Indies, Mona and St. Augustine campuses, she did her masters at the Institute for Social Studies, The Hague and Doctorate at the University of Amsterdam.<br />\r\nAn activist in the Caribbean Women’s Movement, she was a founding member and first chair of the Caribbean Association for Feminist t Research and Action (CAFRA).</p>\r\n\r\n<div><a href=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/images/2019/04/reddock.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-562930\" src=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/images/2019/04/reddock.jpg\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Professor Rhoda Reddock</strong></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>A former president of Research Committee 32 (Women and Society) of the International Sociological Association (ISA) (1994-1998), she currently serves on the Executive Committee of the ISA and is a board member of Research Committee 05, Racism, Indigeneity, Ethnicity and Nationalism.<br />\r\nReddock also served on the Council of the Caribbean Studies Association. Among her numerous publications are: Women Labour and Politics in Trinidad and Tobago; A History, Zed Books, 1994 which was named a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book for 1995; Plantation Women: International Experiences, Berg 1998, co-edited with Shobhita Jain.<br />\r\nCaribbean Sociology: Introductory Readings edited with Christine Barrow, 2000 and the edited collection Interrogating Caribbean Masculinities, The UWI Press, 2004, winner of the best-selling textbook award of 2004-2007, and most recently the co – edited volume, Sex Power and Taboo, Ian Randle, 2009. She has also published over 70 peer reviewed chapters and book chapters.<br />\r\nProfessor Reddock is the recipient of numerous national, regional and international awards including the Triennial CARICOM Award for Women 2002, a distinguished Fulbright New Century Scholar Award in 2005-2006; and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Western Cape, South Africa, 2012.<br />\r\nMost recently, she was elected to the United Nations Committee on CEDAW (The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women) for the 2019-2023 term. She has recently completed a term as visiting professor at Justus-Liebig University in Giessen, Germany.<br />\r\nAccording to Professor Reddock, “One of my favourite memories is in Guyana after receiving the CARICOM Award for Women. I had a telephone call from a Guyanese man who had written to me when he was imprisoned in Trinidad, asking for assistance with his poetry. I approached Dr. Paula Morgan who read the poems and wrote comments.<br />\r\nYears later, he called and read a poem he had written for me in honour of the occasion. I would like my legacy to include new generations of Caribbean citizens with a commitment to social transformation and justice. I have benefited from many years of education paid for by taxpayers of the region. I feel that some of us need to stay in the region to build our institutions. It is up to us to make these spaces where we want to live.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2019/04/29/uwi-professor-for-gender-forum-at-university-of-guyana/</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 944, 953, 'und', 0, '<p>The University of Guyana celebrates completion of 10 years of offering online services on the 19th April 2019. Students Records Management System (SRMS) was opened for Online Applications on the 19th April 2009.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nPrior to this, Prospective Students, Current Students and Alumni had to make their applications on paper for various students services. After the launch of SRMS, many features like Registration for courses, Leave of Absence, Change of Registration, Exemptions, Transfers, Programme Withdrawals, Transcript Applications, Payment Options, etc were added in a phased manner.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nSRMS has been designed and developed using Free and Open Source Software by the staff from Department of Software Services. Our team is conscious of the fact that SRMS has to be more student-friendly, easy to use and there is so much scope for improvements. It\'s a work in progress. We are happy to be of service to you. <b>- Staff, Dept. Of Software Services</b></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>Anniversaries are always opportunities to reflect and give appreciation, and a tenth anniversary is an even more notable milestone, especially for something as institutionally significant and impactful as the SRMS. Thus, allow me to take this opportunity to record my enormous thanks to the Software Services team, both for creating this enterprise mechanism and for maintaining and enhancing it over the years.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nI trust that our efforts to move to an industry enterprise soon will begin to bear fruit, and that we shall be celebrating the launch of Ellucian Banner before too long.</p>\r\n\r\n<footer class=\"blockquote-footer\" style=\"padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;\"><b>Professor Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, Ph.D., C.C.H., Vice Chancellor and Principal</b></footer>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p><b>Without SRMS</b> - A student visits my office, airs a concern. I listen, then ask the student to return because I want to peruse her/his academic records. After the perusal, I request the student to return, then conclude the matter. A passage of time no less than 24 hours has elapsed.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<b>With SRMS</b> - I go online, and retrieve the student’s record electronically, while the student is in my office. I peruse the record and deal with the matter immediately. A passage of time no more than 15 minutes has elapsed!<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThis transformational relationship between the University and its clientele was only possible with the advent of the SRMS.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nFrom online application for admission to online application for a transcript, our client can be within the comfort of home or office and complete transactions with us.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nStudents are notified via email when grades are available, financial standing can be viewed and monitored by administrative Heads and clients online, and alumni can track the progress of their transcript applications.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nInternal transfer of physical files has been minimized. Staff in the Faculty and the Registry can view the same record simultaneously.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIndeed, we have progressed greatly with the SRMS, and we will continue to offer better service to our students as the SRMS improves.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nCongratulations to our team of software engineers for 10 years of online service. 2</p>\r\n\r\n<footer class=\"blockquote-footer\" style=\"padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;\"><b>Dr Theodosius Velloza, Deputy Registrar</b></footer>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', 'full_html');
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('news', 0, 947, 956, 'und', 0, '<div><a href=\"https://www.stabroeknews.com/images/2019/05/Leyland-Lucas-1.jpg\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(1, 76, 140); touch-action: manipulation; outline: none 0px;\"><img class=\"size-extralarge\" src=\"https://www.stabroeknews.com/images/2019/05/Leyland-Lucas-1.jpg\" style=\"box-sizing:inherit; cursor:zoom-in; display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; max-height:647px; max-width:100%; outline:none; vertical-align:middle; width:auto\" /></a></div>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Dr Leyland Lucas</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p>Closer collaboration between the local private sector and the University of Guyana’s (UG) recently established School of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (SEBI) is likely to see the university play a key role in honing the skills necessary to help meet the requirements of the local business community, visiting Professor at SEBI, Dr Leyland Lucas, has told the Stabroek Business.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Professor Lucas’ pronouncement follows what he told this newspaper on Monday was a significant meeting just over a week ago between SEBI and a delegation from the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) arising out of which Professor Lucas said were, “clear indications that the local Business Support Organizations (BSOs) “are definitely interested in working with SEBI” in pursuit of enhancing the skills base in the private sector.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>And according to Lucas, arising out of the engagement between SEBI and the key private sector body was the decision that students undergoing training at SEBI will be assigned work attachments in the private sector under conditions that will be governed by mutually agreed guidelines. The attachment initiative which is expected&nbsp; to commence over the next eight weeks will be mutually beneficial to both the students and the businesses insofar as it will afford students both the opportunity for valuable work experience as well as cause those businesses to which they are attached to benefit from their particular skills.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“What we most want to ensure is that the students who are attached to the businesses are assigned to those areas where their particular skills will be directly beneficial to the entity to which they are assigned. We are talking about going beyond ‘grunt work’ here,” Lucas was quoted as saying.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>According to Professor Lucas, SEBI, in the period ahead, will be paying greater attention to working with the business community in creating its Professors of Practice programme which will see accomplished representatives of the business community providing guest lectures on specific topics that are part of the curriculum. “The reality is that there are a number of experienced and qualified people in the private sector and one imagines that they can do much to contribute to the efforts being made by SEBI,” Professor Lucas stated.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>He added that SEBI has created an Advisory Board which met recently and which will be playing a key role in helping to shape the direction in which the school goes.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Lucas said he believed that both SEBI and the business community representatives with whom it had met were of the view that service standards in the private sector need to be significantly ratcheted up. “Some of the ways of doing business that we see here are no longer appropriate. We must, for example, raise our levels as far as customer services skills are concerned and that is an area in which we intend to work with the private sector,” the professor said, adding that customer service was one of those areas in which SEBI and the business community were expecting to work together.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Meanwhile, Professor Lucas disclosed that as part of its strategy to further popularise the services which it offers, SEBI will be seeking to ‘sell’ its services to the wider business community through an outreach exercise. “The idea is to seek to determine the needs of those businesses that we encounter and to work with them to determine how their requirements can be met.” Lucas declared.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In July 2017 UG had launched SEBI with a pledge that the new institution would be seeking to contribute to both the public and private sectors by developing entrepreneurial skills and innovative leadership in the building of a vibrant business sector. In this regard SEBI had targeted the upgrading of entrepreneurial skills of small business owners with little or no formal business training as one of its objectives.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The school’s programmes will facilitate significant cross-discipline collaboration, allowing students in other areas to participate in studies and projects in agro-processing, healthcare management, creative arts management, and environmental management, just to name a few.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>At the launch of SEBI, UG Vice Chancellor Professor Ivelaw Griffith had said that what the university was seeking to do through the launch of SEBI was to create opportunity for “not only entrepreneurship in thinking, not only entrepreneurship in dreaming but entrepreneurship in doing.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Earlier this week in his interview with the Stabroek Business, Professor Lucas said that what UG was seeking, going forward, was to have SEBI become the ‘go to’ place for business training. Lucas said that the new institution was mindful of the potential pitfalls of overly rapid expansion manifested in the danger of “too large classes.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Meanwhile, in adverting to what he said was the focus of SEBI on being relevant to the developments that are unfolding in the wider society Lucas disclosed that SEBI was seeking to develop and roll out short courses for the oil and gas sector as well as for the agricultural and agro-processing sectors, among others.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/business/05/03/ug-business-school-developing-courses-in-oil-and-gas-agriculture-agro-processing/</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n</div>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 949, 958, 'und', 0, '<p>Dear Editor,</p>\r\n\r\n<p>I write to express my support for Vice Chancellor Ivelaw Griffith and the renewal of his contract at the University of Guyana. I hope to use this brief letter to sound my reasons for supporting his continuing in the post and that these may be weighed in the balance amidst those calling for him to be replaced.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>I met the Vice Chancellor the very year he was appointed. He is the first Vice Chancellor of the University I had met. He had come to London and gave an inspiring presentation at the High Commission, which had at its core a call to everyone gathered to become ambassadors of and for the University. He extolled his vision to bring it up to a standard with which we could all be proud. That vision was necessary because we were all well aware and ashamed of the abysmal conditions the University had been in for decades.&nbsp; Some of those gathered were keen to support financially, more wanted to use their skills and other resources to assist the Vice Chancellor and his staff in what he regarded as a “renaissance.” I thought this “renaissance” plan lofty but I too piped up and pledged to be a de facto “alumni” – I had not previously studied there but am one of the many academics in the Diaspora who had long expressed our willingness to return and work at the university. In some cases we were prepared to volunteer but those aspirations fell on deaf ears. Business professionals were also at the meeting who noted the same clanging deafness and shoddiness when they attempted to return home to create opportunities (whether these were for profit or not). We had come to distrust the intricate processes involved in making anything happened with efficiency, integrity, professionalism and to a quality of standard we had become used to living outside.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>As he appeared amenable to change I decided to put it to the test. I had recently published three books and thought the University would be a good place to launch them. I asked him if he would consider it. He said yes and so it was – he had kept his word. Months later, the launch of three books, that had Guyana at their centre were launched in collaboration with the University. However, because of the shabby conditions of some of the spaces and works that had begun, it was suggested we hold the launch at Moray House. The administrative process was put in motion and this took place successfully at Moray House. Professor Griffith had expressed that he wished for more writers and academics to have their book launches at the University, so I am not illustrating this as a personal note of gratification. I do it to show that the Vice Chancellor is a man of his word and is consistent, dependable and an impressive leader.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Additionally, it was during this time I started to receive regular Newsletter updates about what was happening at the University and especially the Turkeyen &amp; Tain Talks. This was a refreshing approach and signalled the seriousness of the Vice Chancellor to elevate the University. The Talks themes were always topical (for example one on Oil and Gas) and engaged academics and industry in highlighting research and development strategies that would benefit the University as well as Guyana as a whole. Guyanese – at home and abroad – would have a forum to become involved in the discussion. The inclusiveness of the Tain campus also brought to our awareness that UG indeed had another campus.&nbsp; This is a small example of many others about which you are aware that attest to the Vice Chancellor’s far reaching vision for developing the University.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>I attended the first Diaspora Engagement Conference in 2017 – which was in fact the first conference I ever had the opportunity to attend in Guyana. I understood the Vice Chancellor’s strategy of including the Diaspora in the rebranding and renaissance of the University. As it was highlighted at the conference, the Diaspora should form an invaluable part of any development plans for Guyana, let alone the University – for we have a wealth of resources that could and should be put to good use in that effort. It would be devastating to hinder the good work of engaging the Diaspora, calling on many of us with requisite experiences and skills in almost every conceivable academic discipline and with business expertise to return and assist him in the arduous task of rebuilding the University. I was disheartened that we from the Diaspora were being disparaged and called insidious names like ‘comebackees,’ and the like with the indignant tint that we were seeking to take away jobs from our brothers and sisters at home.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>I observed the Vice Chancellor at the conference and found him admirably hands on. My previous experience of senior academics, let alone the Vice Chancellor of a University is that they delegate with such efficiency they are never accessible. This Vice Chancellor, I considered different. By the time of the Conference, there had already been a new Business Unit developed and the prospect of more work done to promote the Arts (of interest to me as my area is in Humanities). All things considered, and given that the Vice Chancellor was already under fire from dissenters, the Diaspora Engagement Conference was a huge success.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>I have avoided listing at length the number of improvements the Vice Chancellor has made since his appointment because I am embarrassed by recent events that bear the stench of foul play and maliciousness when the evidence so blatantly speaks for itself.&nbsp; However, one of those achievements is the University Press – which the Vice Chancellor should be proud about along with the reaccreditation of the School of Medicine. I hope that its publications will reflect the principles of sound research in all disciplines whether these are from local Guyanese or those in the Diaspora and in doing so demonstrate the quality assurance in reporting and producing information that is lacking in some of the Guyanese media outlets at present.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In 2018, the Vice Chancellor rose to another occasion and agreed that the University would launch a book we had published, Red Hibiscus, written by one of its recent alumni, Scott Ting-A-Kee. It was a double launch, along with a book edited by Dr Juanita Westmaas, Creole Chips and Other Writings of Edgar Mittelholzer. Here again I saw first-hand the Vice Chancellor’s integrity and willingness to be responsive and accommodating to the needs of Guyanese at home and abroad, showing that we can work together to shape the University as the highest institution of the country’s learning.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>As someone who has worked in the quality department of a university in the UK, I know that it cannot be easy trying to raise the University’s standards and acquire the necessary accreditations to make it globally competitive. But the Vice Chancellor has impressively risen to this challenge.&nbsp; It was clear that to proceed with his renaissance plans small steps had to be taken, but some of what the Vice Chancellor has so far achieved have in fact been giant leaps. It would be a world class disgrace to halt this progress for the sake of tempering the foul cries of those who from the outset have begrudged his appointment without any credible cause.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Yours faithfully,</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dr Michelle Yaa Asantewa</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 950, 959, 'und', 0, '<p>Dear Editor,</p>\r\n\r\n<p>We the undersigned hereby write this letter of support for Vice Chancellor Ivelaw Griffith as he deals with personal, misleading and scurrilous attacks of his stewardship of the University of Guyana.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>First, we should state that each of us has spent many decades in academia, in faculty and many senior academic administrative positions at some major universities in the United States. We are personal and professional colleagues of Dr Griffith, and we have followed his professional career over the years and his assumption of the leadership of the University of Guyana, his beloved alma mater. We have worked directly with Dr Griffith during his tenure to assist him in the transformation of UG. Any objective observer would be honest in describing the changes that have taken place at UG under his leadership as being outstanding, if not phenomenal.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dr Griffith is embarking on a bold, ambitious and gigantic task of rebuilding and repositioning the University of Guyana. He is focusing his energies on ensuring that UG plays its rightful role as a major resource and force for social and economic change in Guyana. The establishment of the School of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (SEBI) is an example of this strategic direction. Two of us have had first-hand involvement in this project. He was able to restore accreditation for the School of Medicine, which lapsed for several years. He has launched several initiatives to enhance the intellectual climate and culture of the university through efforts such as the Turkeyen and Tain Talks; creation of the Undergraduate Research Programme; launching of the UG press; promotion of the arts; and restoration of the Walter Rodney Chair.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Concomitant with these initiatives is an effort to upgrade and strengthen the institution’s infrastructure which was in dire need of rehabilitation. This is reflected in the completion of the Agriculture and Forestry expansion; opening of the Tain Library and the SEBI complex; and breaking ground for a Math and Science building at Turkeyen. He has provided salary increases to UG staff totaling more than G$117 million. Additionally, he has introduced the practice of external fund raising to support the university’s operations and programmes. For example, he received US$250,000 for the Nand Persaud Soil Testing Lab at Tain; US$500,000 to support Engineering and Technology; US$500,000 in cash and in-kind support from Huawei, among other significant contributions. These are just a sample of his many accomplishments.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>It is disconcerting that the criticisms of Dr Griffith fail to acknowledge these accomplishments. Dr Aubrey Bonnett co-authored an article on “Leading Large Systems” in which he addressed the issue of change and the inherent and natural tendency to resist change efforts. What is echoed in the criticisms of Dr Griffith is the fear of change. While the status quo is comfortable, we believe that for UG to evolve and grow and become the top notch institution it is capable of becoming, transformational leadership is imperative. It is our contention that Dr Ivelaw Griffith’s vision, energy, integrity and love for his institution and country make him the right leader at the right time to effectuate a renaissance for the University of Guyana.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Yours faithfully,</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dr Aubrey Bonnett, Professor Emeritus and Former Provost,&nbsp;&nbsp; State University of New York, Westbury</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dr Edward Davis, Professor &amp; Christine McEachern Smith, Chair and Former Dean of Business, Clark Atlanta University</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dr Patrick R Liverpool, Retired Provost and VP for Academic Affairs, University of Maryland Eastern Shore</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 952, 961, 'und', 0, '<p>Caribbean Airlines and The University of Guyana yesterday announced that Caribbean Airlines is the Principal Airline Partner for the Diaspora and</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><a href=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/images/2019/05/CAL-copy.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-564732\" src=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/images/2019/05/CAL-copy-253x300.jpg\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">Caribbean Airlines’ CEO Garvin Medera</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Entrepreneur Conference being hosted by the University of Guyana from July 21 to 25, 2019.<br />\r\nIn making the announcement, the airline’s CEO Garvin Medera stated: “Caribbean Airlines is about connecting the Caribbean and this goes beyond the thousands of people we transport daily. It extends into the communities we serve, and the Diaspora is one of the most important. We are happy to support this conference which will see aspiring and established entrepreneurs from the Diaspora meet in Guyana from July 21 to 25 to collaborate and innovate, which is critical to the development of our entire Caribbean region.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><a href=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/images/2019/05/vc.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-564733\" src=\"https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/images/2019/05/vc.jpg\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">UG Vice Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw Griffith</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>On commenting on the partnership, Prof. Ivelaw Griffith, Vice Chancellor of The University of Guyana said: “Our partnership with Caribbean Airlines will help Diaspora members to participate in this important Diaspora and Entrepreneurship conference when they take advantage of the special fare being offered for conference travel”.<br />\r\nHe further stated, “This conference will facilitate dialogue and spark innovative collaborations and discussions, as we engage with the Diaspora. As an authentic Caribbean air carrier with strong links to the Diaspora, Caribbean Airlines is a natural partner for the University of Guyana”.<br />\r\nCaribbean Airlines will provide special concessions to customers who register through the conference website [https://diaspora-entrepreneurship.uog.edu.gy/] for the conference. The airline operates a minimum of 6 daily flights to and from Guyana, including nonstop service to JFK International, New York and direct service to other North American and Caribbean destinations.</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 953, 962, 'und', 0, '<p>– President Granger says PUC is the guardian of the public interest</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Georgetown, Guyana (May 8, 2019)&nbsp;</strong>President David Granger, this morning, reiterated that the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is “the guardian of the public interest” as he administered the Oath of Office to Ms. Verlyn Klass and Dr. Leyland Lucas, who will now serve as members of the Commission.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>At the simple swearing-in ceremony, which was held at the Ministry of the Presidency, the President re-emphasised the Government’s commitment to ensuring that citizens have easy access to public services and to public utility services.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“The country’s relatively large size, low population density and numerous small, isolated hinterland and riverine communities increase the costs, reliability and quality of such services,” he said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Head of state noted that the PUC is tasked with ensuring that&nbsp;public utility services are delivered to the people in a manner that is “safe, adequate, efficient, reasonable and non-discriminatory.”&nbsp; The Commission, in so doing, is tasked with ensuring that the public utility laws are upheld, the President added.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Since taking office, the Government of Guyana has been decentralising access to public services through its policies of regionalisation and local democracy.&nbsp;&nbsp;Capital towns – at Bartica, Mabaruma, Mahdia and Lethem – have been established in our hinterland regions in order to boost their development and to ensure that public services, including public utilities, are delivered to the people.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“Local Government Elections – held twice in three years – are part of the renewal of local democracy aimed at electing leaders and councils to make decisions and take actions to improve public services within their communities,” President Granger said, while noting that his Government is investing in improving public utility services.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“Wells are being drilled in remote communities to provide water.&nbsp; Internet access is being expanded across the country to improve communication.&nbsp; Unserved communities are being linked to the national electricity grid and other communities are being provided with solar-generated electricity.&nbsp; Public infrastructure – aerodromes, bridges, roads and stellings – are being extended and upgraded to improve transportation.&nbsp; Electricity powers homes, industry, offices and schools; telecommunication services allow citizens to communicate with each other; transportation moves people and goods and water is necessary for life and human activity,” the President asserted.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Moreover, the Head of State said public utility services are provided, usually, to large sections of a population across networks.&nbsp; They are necessary to ensure a high quality of life for our citizens. It improves production and productivity and promotes national integration.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“Public utilities – including electricity, sanitation, telecommunications, transportation and water – are essential services to which citizens are entitled.&nbsp; Government’s expressed policy is to ensure that citizens enjoy greater access to adequate, reliable and quality public services and public utility services,” he stated.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>As such, President Granger believes that public utilities, because of their essential character and the desirability of universal coverage, must be regulated in the public interest to ensure that, as far as possible, public utility services are accessible, adequate and provided on a non-discriminatory basis; that costs, fees and tariffs associated with their provision or sale are reasonable; and that these services are regular, reliable, efficient and safe.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Commission, in accordance with the Public Utilities Commission Act 2016, is tasked with regulatory, investigative, enforcement and other functions conferred by the Act and other public utility laws.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>According to Section 24 of the Act, the Commission is vested with the power “…to initiate and conduct investigations into the operations and standards of service of any public utility and telecommunications undertaking.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Therefore, President Granger noted that the work of the PUC is vital to protecting the public interest by ensuring the delivery of public services.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“Government expects that the Commission will continue to ensure that citizens’ welfare will be continuously enhanced through the provision and delivery of public utility services,” the President said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ms. Klass who is an electrical engineer, works as an engineering consultant and a senior lecturer in Electrical Power Systems at the University of Guyana while Dr. Lucas is a Professor of Management and Dean of the School of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation at the University of Guyana.</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 954, 963, 'und', 0, '<p>Two new Commissioners were on Wednesday sworn in to serve on the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for the next three years.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dr. Leyland Marvin Lucas and Ms. Verlyn Eleanor Klass took the Oath of Office before President David Granger, bringing the PUC to its full complement.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“Now that the Commission has been bolstered with new members, we can certainly get the job done in a more efficient manner because as you would imagine, in the last four months I couldn’t make any decisions because we did not have the full complement,” Chair of the Commission, Dela Britton said in an interview after the swearing ceremony.</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"b-loaded wp-image-66313\" src=\"https://newsroom.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/59692257_2310929408967507_6133660379013709824_o-1024x682.jpg\" style=\"border:0px; box-sizing:border-box; display:inline-block; height:auto; max-width:100%; vertical-align:middle; width:491px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">Dr. Leyland Marvin Lucas</p>\r\n\r\n<p>One of the commissioners replaced Mr. Morris Solomon who demitted office in 2018 after serving between 12 to 15 years. The other commissioner is taking up a post which has been vacant since 2017.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Among the top priorities of the Commission going forward is the introduction of stricter methods to monitor the utility companies–the Guyana Water Incorporated, the Guyana Power and Light Company and the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“We are certainly going to look and see how we can use technology that we have installed in our offices to certainly aid in that monitoring,” Britton said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She added that the Commission is also “looking at ways to have the consumer report to us as to any faults so that we can certainly address them and expand our services.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"b-loaded wp-image-66311\" src=\"https://newsroom.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/60275945_2310929395634175_4904419491695296512_o-1024x682.jpg\" style=\"border:0px; box-sizing:border-box; display:inline-block; height:auto; max-width:100%; vertical-align:middle; width:527px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">Ms. Verlyn Eleanor Klass</p>\r\n\r\n<p>According to the PUC Act, each of the Commissioners serve for three years after which they’re eligible for reappointment.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Commission has the authority to conduct investigations into the operations and standards of service of any public utility company.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The PUC is currently engaged in an aggressive awareness campaign to promote the services it offers. During the previous outreaches, the agency said complaints were received relating to billings, internet service, water connections, poor quality of service offerings and applications for service.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Consumers are encouraged to visit the agency’s 106 New Garden Street, Queenstown, Georgetown offices and lodge complaints.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Commission in a statement said in 2018 it received 563 complaints relating to GPL, GWI and Digicel and GT&amp;T. With respect to resolved matters, the Commission received $11,086,086 on behalf of consumers.</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 955, 964, 'und', 0, '<p>Fourteen years ago, an Indian national left his home country and travelled to Guyana to take up a positon as a lecturer in the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Guyana and today is Director of the university’s Berbice Campus.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The work of Prof Gomathinayagam Subramanian, better known as Prof Gom, which is primarily in the area of agriculture, has not gone unnoticed by his adopted country as he is probably the only non-national among the 77 this year to receive a national award. He has been bestowed with the Golden Arrow of Achievement.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>“I am very happy to have been chosen for a national award by the Guyanese people. That my work has been recognised and to be honoured for it, although I am a foreign national, is an indication of the goodwill of the people of Guyana,” the professor said when asked by the Sunday Stabroek about how he felt about the award.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https://s1.stabroeknews.com/images/2019/05/Prof.jpg\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(2, 117, 216); touch-action: manipulation; outline: none; font-weight: 700;\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled wp-image-529417\" src=\"https://s1.stabroeknews.com/images/2019/05/Prof-600x391.jpg\" style=\"box-sizing:inherit; cursor:zoom-in; display:block; height:280px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; outline:none; vertical-align:middle; width:430px\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Prof Gomathinayagam Subramanian and his family</p>\r\n\r\n<p>His agriculture path (in the area of research mainly) was influenced by the fact that he grew up in a farming community in India where his father was a farmer. He shared that he was able to learn a lot from his father.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>He decided to pursue botany, plant biology or phytology, as a career choice and apart from being referred to as a professor he can also be referred to as a botanist.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“I used to assist my father in the farmlands whenever I had the time. Hence, I was inspired to pursue agriculture. My main motivation was my father,” he further stated.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Growing up in the rural South of India, apart from farming, he fondly remembers his enjoyment of attending religious functions.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>It was his father’s commitment to what many would refer to as a humble occupation that led to the university professor’s attitude towards work which is always to “do it to the best of my ability.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“My constant quest for progress in my field, agriculture, is expressed in the various activities that I have initiated and has been appreciated and encouraged by those who supported my nomination for the award.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>As to who he is Professor Gom speaks of himself as being a humble human being trying to do his best and one who is “easily accessible to students, staff, faculty colleagues, the community, especially the farming community” and coupled with all of that he is devoted to his family.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>The 49-year-old is married and is the father of a young daughter.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>As to his journey to Guyana, the Indian national said he was encouraged by Prof Lalithakumari, who was his guide for his doctorate and who was in Guyana attached to the University of Guyana at the time.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“It was she who contacted me and encouraged me to come and work at the University of Guyana. I had already been offered a position in South Korea at that time,” he shared.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>And it is not the university alone he has been attached to as he shared that during his sabbatical (September 2011 to August 2012) he was attached to the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s agriculture research centre at La Bonne Intention. While there he worked as a Soil-Micro Biotechnologist.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Asked about his stay in Guyana over the years the professor described it thus: “My stay in Guyana has been very rewarding so far, since I have the opportunity to contribute to its progress in the field of agriculture, especially in view of the fact that I also hail from an agricultural background. I love Guyana, it’s a land blessed with natural resources.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>However, he will eventually return to India to rejoin his family and take care of the aged among them.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>He disclosed that he made the sacrifice to come to Guyana because of the job opportunity.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“It is very hard to find a job in India, hence the decision to come to Guyana,” he said.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Prof Gom has bachelor’s and master’s degrees and a PhD in Botany, with a Plant Pathology ancillary. He was conferred with a professorship in 2015.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>During his time in Guyana, he has gone to Suriname twice to conduct workshops and he has also visited California, USA where he conducted a six-week training course for lab technicians.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>After he received his PhD, he worked for a year in India as a research associate at the University of Madras.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Apart from his duties as Director of the Berbice Campus, the professor’s work also involves undertaking research in Agriculture, conducting workshops, symposiums and networking with researchers across the world. Additionally, he said he is consistently in communication with the farming community which seek his advice on agriculture matters.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>He is married to Rekha, who is completing her doctorate in India. The union has produced a daughter, 11-year-old Karishma, who was born in Guyana but has since returned to India with her mother.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>He proudly boasts that when Karishma was six years old, she participated in the Berbice Inter-school Chess Championship in 2013, representing her school Port Mourant Primary.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>While being apart from his family is hard, he said that his wife wanted to further her studies by pursuing her doctorate, so she and their daughter went back to India.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“I am in constant contact with them and I communicate with my parents weekly. My brother has been taking care of my parents since 2005 when I left India. I can go back anytime to care for my parents,” he said.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>And speaking about his adopted home, Professor Gom described Guyana as a beautiful country with friendly people.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“My vision for Guyana and mission is to help it become a country renowned for its organic farming… at the highest level internationally,” he said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>And with the country’s natural resources, he said he wished to see more students joining the Agricultural Faculty.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“Despite the promise of oil wealth, Guyana’s genius lies in its propensity for agricultural growth and development,” he posited.</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('featured_person_of_the_month', 0, 963, 972, 'und', 0, '<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Dr Dawn Iona Fox is a Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences. In 2018, she was one of five female scientists to receive the 2018 Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) Elsevier Foundation Awards. Each year, the Awards honour five female scientists in the developing world, who are often under-represented in the global scientific community. In addition to the accolade, Dr Fox was given a trophy and a cash prize. She expressed her gratitude to the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Guyana for the nomination.</p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>“When I heard the news, I didn’t have the words to describe the feeling – but it was one of excitement,” she said. “We often work in isolation, so it was a feeling of empowerment to be recognised.”</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Born in Bartica, Dr Fox grew up in a single-parent household after her father passed away when she was just nine. From early on, she developed a love of reading. Her mother, Mrs Albertha King worked at the National Insurance Scheme, as well as the National Library Satellite in Bartica and gave English lessons in the evenings.</p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>“Books were always a big part of my life,” she said. “My mom taught me to read from a young age.”</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To pursue her secondary education, Dr Fox moved to Georgetown and attended President’s College, there she spent seven years and was among the school’s second batch of graduates.</p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>“Secondary school taught me to be self-sufficient and made me a well-rounded individual.”</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It is at secondary school that she discovered a love for chemistry. She acknowledges her teacher, Ms Grace Henry, who assisted and guided her along the path to science. At the time there were two topics in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) course: ‘Chemistry in Industry’ and ‘Chemistry in the Home’.</p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>“These topics brought chemistry to life for me, I found out what common products like soap and toothpaste are made of, and why, and that’s what intrigued me.”</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On completion of her secondary education, she wanted a year away from studies, so she took a job as a reporter at a newspaper called ‘Business Monthly’, there she worked for approximately one year before pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry at The University of Guyana in 1997. On completion of her degree, she had a three-month stint at the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST).</p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>“Initially I didn’t intend to teach, I didn’t want to teach,” she admitted. “However, when I began my teaching journey at The University of Guyana in 1998 as a part-time lecturer, I fell in love with lecturing.”</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">She paused teaching to continue her studies, in 2002 she began reading for a Masters in Chemical Engineering at University of Auckland in New Zealand. After, she returned to Guyana and subsequently completed a Diploma in Education at The University of Guyana in 2004. In 2011, Dr Fox graduated from the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida with a PhD in Chemical Engineering. Today she lectures at The University of Guyana in Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry, as well as supervises final year research students. &nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Staying inspired</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Twenty years after her first foray into teaching, Dr Fox still loves the profession.&nbsp;<em>“I’m inspired to come to work,” she enthused. “Chemistry is a small department, but we are like family. I’m inspired by my students and their need to learn … I want them to understand the importance of the discipline and see themselves as practitioners of the field. My objective is to get them excited about learning and show them how to apply chemical knowledge to their reality.”</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Dr Fox says she is grateful for her life and the opportunities it has afforded her.&nbsp;<em>“I believe in God and I’m honored by the gifts I was afforded,”</em>&nbsp;she said. This is why she continues to give of her time and talent to The University of Guyana.</p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">During her leisure time, Dr Fox loves to sing.&nbsp;<em>“Singing has been a constant in my life,</em>” she said. She has been a member of Woodside Choirs International, MS for as long as she has been a part of The University of Guyana family. She also enjoys reading and has a secret love for colouring.&nbsp;<em>“Many people may not know that, but it relaxes me,”</em>&nbsp;she chuckles.</p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Her vision for the Faculty is greater recognition and deeper engagement with the University community. She hopes, too, that The University of Guyana will be seen as a global player with unique talents and expertise, and students will be able to be competitive anywhere in the world.</p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>“We need to connect more with the people we serve,” she explained. “We need to support schools, farmers, teachers etc.”</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, the Renaissance team and staff of The University of Guyana, congratulations are extended to Dr Fox on her special award.</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('staff_profile', 0, 965, 974, 'und', 0, '<p>Dean of Faculty of Humanities and Education, University of Guyana;&nbsp; Director of Confucius Institute, University of Guyana;&nbsp; Associate Fellow of the University of Warwick;&nbsp; Secretary of the Guyana Prize for Literature;&nbsp;&nbsp;Director of the National School of Theatre Arts and Drama in Guyana;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Al Creighton is an academic, has carried out extensive research and has several&nbsp;publications in books and academic journals;&nbsp; is a Jamaican, playwright, poet,&nbsp;theatre director, literary critic.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Is External Examiner for M.A., M.Phil and PhD for the UWI, Cave Hill, and St. Augustine;&nbsp;Has been a Commonwealth Fellow in the Centre for Caribbean Studies, University of Warwick, UK; and Visiting Senior Lecturer at UWI, Cave Hill.</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html');
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('staff_profile', 0, 966, 975, 'und', 0, '<p><strong>About the Reader and Dean</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Academic Qualifications</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geography,&nbsp;University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom</li>\r\n	<li>Master of Science, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), The University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom</li>\r\n	<li>Master of Science, Geography (Hydrology option), The University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria</li>\r\n	<li>Bachelor of Science, Geography, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria (First Class Honours)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Area of Specialisation</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Hydrology</li>\r\n	<li>GIS and Remote Sensing</li>\r\n	<li>Coastal and Estuarine Geomorphology/Morphodyanmics</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><u>Research Publications: Peer-Review </u></strong><strong><u>Journal Articles</u></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Moonsammy, S., <strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T., </strong>Oderinde, O., Durojaiye, M. and Durojaiye, A. (2021) Exhuast determination and air-to-fuel ratio performance of end-of-life vehicles in a developing African Country: A case study of Nigeria. <strong><em>Transportation Research Part D</em></strong><em> </em>Volume 91 (102705)<em> </em><a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.102705\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Persistent link using digital object identifier\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.102705</a>; <a href=\"https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1cR904rgZijLYk\">https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1cR904rgZijLYk</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T. </strong>(2021) Impacts of COVID-10 on geomorphological fieldwork: Exploration of new initiatives and dimensions. <strong><em>Geological Behavior</em></strong><em>,</em> 5(1): 01-03. <a href=\"http://doi.org/10.26480/gbr.01.2021.01.03\">http://doi.org/10.26480/gbr.01.2021.01.03</a>. <a href=\"https://geologicalbehavior.com/archives/1gbr2021/1gbr2021-01-03.pdf\">https://geologicalbehavior.com/archives/1gbr2021/1gbr2021-01-03.pdf</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.</strong> &amp; Moonsammy, S. (2020) Spatio-temporal variation of COVID-19 and its spread in South America: A Rapid Assessment, <strong><em>Annals of the American Association of Geographers</em></strong><strong>;</strong> <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2020.1830024\" target=\"_blank\">https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2020.1830024</a>; <a href=\"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24694452.2020.1830024\">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24694452.2020.1830024</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T., </strong>Kasim,<strong> </strong>O. F.,<strong> </strong>Famewo, A., Oyedotun, T. D., Moonsammy, S., Ally, N. &amp;<strong> </strong>Renn-Moonsammy, D-M (2020) Municipal waste management in the era of COVID-19: Perceptions, practices, and potentials for research in Developing Countries. <strong><em>Research in Globalization</em></strong>. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resglo.2020.100033\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Persistent link using digital object identifier\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resglo.2020.100033</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Babajide, S., <strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.,</strong> Oderinde, O., Oguntoke, O., and Babajide, E. (2020) Evaluation of the Impacts of Metals on Soil Samples, Serum Creatinine and Blood Urea Nitrogen of Residents in Selected Industrial Communities in a Developing Country, <strong><em>Environmental Contaminants Reviews,</em></strong> Pages 40 – 47. <a href=\"http://doi.org/10.26480/ecr.01.2020.40.47\">http://doi.org/10.26480/ecr.01.2020.40.47</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>(<a href=\"https://contaminantsreviews.com/paper/1ecr2020/1ecr2020-40-47.pdf\">https://contaminantsreviews.com/paper/1ecr2020/1ecr2020-40-47.pdf</a>)</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T. </strong>(2020) Quantitative assessment of the drainage morphometric characteristics of Chaohu Lake Basin from SRTM DEM Data: a GIS-based approach, <strong><em>Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes</em></strong>, <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/24749508.2020.1812147\">https://doi.org/10.1080/24749508.2020.1812147</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T. </strong>(2020) Compositional and multivariate statistical analyses for grain-size characterisation of intertidal sedimentary facies in an estuarine environment, <strong><em>Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes</em></strong>, <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/24749508.2020.1814186\">https://doi.org/10.1080/24749508.2020.1814186</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T. </strong>and Burningham, H.<strong> </strong>(2019) Comparable short-term morphodynamics of three estuary-coastal systems in southwest England<em><strong>, </strong></em>Regional Studies in Marine Science Volume 31<strong>. </strong><a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2019.100749\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2019.100749</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Williams, M. S., <strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.</strong> and Simmons, D. A. (2019) Assessment of water and aesthetic quality of pit lakes in abandoned mines in Linden, Guyana. <strong><em>Geology, Ecology and Landscape</em></strong>. <a href=\"http://doi.org/10.1080/24749508.2019.1633220\">http://doi.org/10.1080/24749508.2019.1633220</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.</strong> and Johnson-Bhola, L. (2019) Shoreline change identification and analysis along the coast of Guyana, South America. <strong><em>Interdisciplinary Environmental Review.</em></strong> Volume 20, Issue 1: pages 7 – 31 <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1504/IER.2019.098348\">https://doi.org/10.1504/IER.2019.098348</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.</strong> and Bhola-Johnson, L. (2019) Beach Litter and Grading of the Coastal Landscape for Tourism Development in Sections of Guyana’s Coast. <strong><em>Journal of CleanWAS</em></strong>, Volume 3 (Issue 1), pages 01-09. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.26480/jcleanwas.01.2019.01.09\">https://doi.org/10.26480/jcleanwas.01.2019.01.09</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T. </strong>(2019) Land use change and classification in Chaohu Lake catchment from multi-temporal remotely sensed images. <strong><em>Geology, Ecology and Landscape</em></strong>. 3:1, 37-45. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/24749508.2018.1481657\">https://doi.org/10.1080/24749508.2018.1481657</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Okolo, C. C., <strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.</strong> and Akamigbo, F. O. R. (2018) Open cast mining: threat to water quality in rural community of Enyigba in south-eastern Nigeria. <strong><em>Applied Water Science</em></strong>, 8: 204. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-018-0849-9\">https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-018-0849-9</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.</strong> (2018) Coastal and Estuarine Management in the UK: Review and Overview of Perspectives. <strong><em>Interdisciplinary Environmental Review</em></strong>, Vol. 19, No. 2: pages 103 – 110. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1504/IER.2018.093296\">https://doi.org/10.1504/IER.2018.093296</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T</strong>., Ruiz-Luna, A. and Navarro-Hernández, A. G. (2018) Coastline morphodynamics and defences in Mazatlán, Mexico. <strong><em>Interdisciplinary Environmental Review</em></strong>, Vol. 19, No. 2: pages 168 – 183. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1504/IER.2018.093303\">https://doi.org/10.1504/IER.2018.093303</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.,</strong> Ruiz-Luna, A. and Navarro-Hernández, A. G. (2018) Contemporary Coastline changes and consequences at a tropical coastal domain. <strong><em>Geology, Ecology and Landscape</em></strong>. Vol. 2, Issue 02, pages 104 – 114. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/24749508.2018.1452483\">https://doi.org/10.1080/24749508.2018.1452483</a>.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T</strong>&nbsp;(2018) X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) in the investigation of the composition of Earth Materials: a review and an overview.&nbsp;<strong><em>Geology, Ecology and Landscape</em></strong>. Vol. 2, Issue 02, pages 148 – 154.&nbsp;<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/24749508.2018.1452459\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; text-shadow: none; transition: all 0.5s ease 0s; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;\" target=\"_blank\">https://doi.org/10.1080/24749508.2018.1452459</a>.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Johnson-Bhola, L. and <strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.</strong> (2018) Coastal Defence Roles of Mangroves on the Amazon-Influenced Coast of Guyana, South America: A Review of Intervention Project of an Eroding Coastline. The Zone<strong>, </strong>Spring 2018 Edition. pages 12-14.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D.T</strong>. (2017) Ensuring water availability in Mekelle City, Northern Ethiopia:evaluation of the water supply sub-project. <strong><em>Applied Water Science</em></strong> 7: 4165–4168 <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-017-0568-7\">https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-017-0568-7</a>.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D.T.</strong> (2017) Seabed dynamics in a coastal embayment. <strong><em>Interdisciplinary Environmental Review</em></strong>, Vol. 18, No.1, pp.67–91. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1504/IER.2017.10005063\">https://doi.org/10.1504/IER.2017.10005063</a>.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D.T.</strong> (2017) Historical shoreline changes as an indication of geomorphic phases in St Ives and Padstow Bays of southwest England. <strong><em>Environmental Processes</em></strong> 4: 273 – 282. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-017-0213-3\">https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-017-0213-3</a>.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D.T.</strong> (2016) Understanding ebb channel dynamics through Locational Probability Analysis of Historical Maps: A Comparative Study. <strong><em>Environmental Processes</em></strong> 3: 961-980. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-016-0194-7\">https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-016-0194-7</a>.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D.T.</strong> (2016) Shoreline evolution and metocean data behaviour in Southwest England: Is there any historical link? <strong><em>Environmental Processes</em></strong> 3: 939 – 960 <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-016-0189-4\">https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-016-0189-4</a>.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D.T.</strong> (2016) Sediment Characterisation in Estuarine – Coastal Systems. <strong><em>Journal of Coastal Zone Management,</em></strong> 19:3, 433 <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.4172/2473-3350.1000433\">https://doi.org/10.4172/2473-3350.1000433</a>.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D.T.</strong> (2016) Historical Mining Signatures: Geochemical and mineralogical evaluation of sediments in three coastal-estuarine systems. <strong><em>Journal of Coastal Zone Management</em></strong>, 19: 432. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.4172/2473-3350.1000432\">https://doi.org/10.4172/2473-3350.1000432</a>.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D.T.</strong> (2015) Decadal shoreline changes in the muddy coastline of Ondo State, Nigeria. <strong><em>Cinq Continents</em></strong> 5 (12): 219-230.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Yiougo, L.S.A., <strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.,</strong> Some, C. Y. C and Da, E. C. D. (2013) Urban cities and waste generation in developing countries: A GIS evaluation of two cities in Burkina Faso. <strong><em>Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering</em></strong>, V. 7, n.2, p. 280 – 285. ISSN 1982-3932. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.4090/juee.%202013.7:2.%2028-285\">https://doi.org/10.4090/juee. 2013.7:2. 28-285</a>. <a href=\"http://www.jstor.org/stable/26189198\">http://www.jstor.org/stable/26189198</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.,</strong> Burningham, H. and French, J. R. (2013) Sediment sorting and mixing in the Camel Estuary, UK. In: Conley, D. C., Masserlink, G., Russell, P. E. and O’Hare, T. J. (eds), Proceedings 12th International Coastal Symposium (Plymouth, England), <strong><em>Journal of Coastal Research</em></strong>, Special Issue No 65, pp. 1563 – 1568, ISSN 0749-0208. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.2112/S165-264.1\">https://doi.org/10.2112/S165-264.1</a>.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.,</strong> Burningham, H. and French, J. R. (2012) Characterisation of estuary and adjacent beach sediments in the Gannel Estuary, south-west England. <em>Geoscience in south-west England</em>, 13, 70 – 76. <a href=\"http://ussher.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/journal/2012/07-Oyedotun-Gannel-Estuary-2012-full.pdf\">http://ussher.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/journal/2012/07-Oyedotun-Gannel-Estuary-2012-full.pdf</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.</strong> and Obatoyinbo, O. (2012) Hydro-chemical evaluation of groundwater quality in Akoko-North West Local Government area of Ondo State, Nigeria. <strong><em>Revista Ambiente &amp; Água – An Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Science</em></strong>. v 7. N1. Page 67- 80, 2012.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Olubusoye, O. E. and <strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.</strong> (2012) Quantitative evaluation of revenue allocation to States and Local Governments in Nigeria (1999 – 2008) <strong><em>European Scientific Journal</em></strong>, Vol. 8, No. 3, February Edition, 224 – 243.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Olubusoye, O. E. and <strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.</strong> (2011) Spatio-temporal information system analysis of revenue allocation in Nigeria (1999 – 2008) <strong><em>European Scientific Journal</em></strong>, Vol. 7, No. 26, December Edition, 182 – 201.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><u>Research Publications: Book Chapters</u></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.</strong> (2014) Section 3.2.2. Shoreline geometry: DSAS as a tool for Historical Trend Analysis. In: Clarke, L. and Nield, J. M. (Eds) <strong><em>Geomorphological Techniques</em></strong> (Online Edition). British Society for Geomorphology; London: UK. ISSN: 2047 – 0371 (<a href=\"http://www.geomorphology.org.uk/sites/default/files/geom_tech_chapters/3.2.2_ShorelineGeometry.pdf\">http://www.geomorphology.org.uk/sites/default/files/geom_tech_chapters/3.2.2_ShorelineGeometry.pdf</a>).</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.</strong> (2011) Asejire Dam and the host communities. In Jorgensen, S. E.; Brebbia, C. and Popov, V. (ed) <strong><em>Water and Society</em></strong>. WIT Press, UK (Pages 501 – 512) Paper Online ISSN: 1743 – 3541. Print ISBN: 978 – 1 -84564 – 556 – 4. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.2495/WS110441\">https://doi.org/10.2495/WS110441</a>.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.</strong> (2011) Long-term change of River Liza, Wild Ennerdale, England. In C.A. Brebbia (ed<strong><em>) River Basin Management</em></strong> VI. WIT Press, UK. (Pages 251 – 261): Paper Online ISSN: 1743 – 3541. Print ISBN: 978-1-84564-516-8. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.2495/RM110221\">https://doi.org/10.2495/RM110221</a>.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><u>Research Publications: Conference Proceedings/Abstracts</u></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Zutta, B., <strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.,</strong> Simard, M., and Herndon, K. (2020) Development of a mangrove monitoring and evaluation system in Guyana. American Geophysical Union 2020 Fall Meeting, 01 – 17, December, 2020. <a href=\"https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/772417\">https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/772417</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Davies, B.,<strong> Oyedotun, T. D. T., </strong>Simmons, D. A (2020) An examination of selected physicochemical water quality parameteres of the Rivers near Kaiteur National Park. In C. Remington, D.K. Benn, &amp; S. Rose (Eds.), <em>Department of Environmental Studies</em> <em>Book of Abstracts – Student Research</em>. Journal of Academic Research and Essays.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T. </strong>and Johnson-Bhola, L. (2019) “Assessment of Guyana’s Coastline Morphodynamics in the face of sea level rise” – the conference paper presented at the Climate Adaptation Initiative Conference of Earth Institute of Columbia University tagged “At What Point Managed Retreat? Resilience Building in the Coastal Zone” held between 19 – 21 June, 2019 at Columbia University, New York; (<a href=\"http://adaptation.ei.columbia.edu/conference/schedule/june20/\">http://adaptation.ei.columbia.edu/conference/schedule/june20/</a>)</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ruiz-Luna, A., Berlanga-Robles, C., Hernández-Guzmán, R., Montijo-Galindo, A., Bautista- Bautista, R., Navarro-Hernández, A. G., and <strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.</strong> (2019) Cambios recientes en el paisaje urbano de Mazatlán (Sinaloa, México) y futuros escenarios ambientales (English translation: <em>Recent changes in the urban landscape of Mazatlán (Sinaloa, Mexico) and future environmental scenarios</em>) being the paper presented at XVIII CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL Y XXIV NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES (English translation: XVIII INTERNATIONAL AND XXIV NATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES), 03 – 07 June 2019 at Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. Conference proceeding: pages 1 – 2.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.</strong> (2015) Tale of three estuaries: Comparative evaluation of geochemical and mineraological intertidal sediments in North Cornwall, Southwest England. 21st International Conference on Environmental Indicators, University of Windsor. International Society of Environmental Indicators Journal: Special Issue 2015.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.</strong> (2012) Urban water usages in Egbeda area of Oyo State, Nigeria. Proceeding of World Wide Workshop for Young Environmental Scientists, WWW-YES, 2012 tagged “Urban Waters: Resource or Risk?” Arcueil, France; 20 – 26 May 2012 (Pages 155 – 165). <a href=\"https://doi.org/hal-00709630-\">https://doi.org/hal-00709630-</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Obatoyinbo, O. and <strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.</strong> (2011) Microbial/Bacteriological analysis of water resources in Ikare and Arigidi Akoko of Ondo State, Nigeria. Proceedings of the 1st EIT International Conference on Water Resources Engineering 2011, Thailand, 18-19 August 2011. Pages 279 – 284.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T.</strong> (2011) Impacts of Asejire Dam on Discharge of River Osun, Oyo State of Nigeria. Proceedings of International Conference on Water Resources Engineering and Management, Lahore- Pakistan, 7.8 March 2011. (Pages 115 – 121).</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><u>Research Publications: Academic Book</u></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T. </strong>(2012) <em>River Dynamism: Mapping and Analysis</em>. LAP: Germany. 112pp. ISBN: 978-3-659-31387-5</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><u>Non-Academic Book</u></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Oyedotun, T. D. T. </strong>(2020) <strong>Guide Rock</strong> <strong><em>... thoughtful and inspiting daily devotional</em></strong>. ISBN-13: 979-8683534202. ASIN: B08HRV86FM <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HRV86FM\">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HRV86FM</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>(Hardcopy - 472 pages); Kindle Version: <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HLJQ5TJ%20%20\">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HLJQ5TJ </a> (691 pages)</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Research Interests</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Analysis of shoreline and shoreface dynamics</li>\r\n	<li>Environmental GIS, Estuary-coastal interaction</li>\r\n	<li>Sediment characterization and sedimentology</li>\r\n	<li>Water Resources Management; River Dynamics and Fluvial Geomorphology</li>\r\n	<li>Spatial and quantitative analyses</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>.tb_button {padding:1px;cursor:pointer;border-right: 1px solid #8b8b8b;border-left: 1px solid #FFF;border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;}.tb_button.hover {borer:2px outset #def; background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}.ws_toolbar {z-index:100000} .ws_toolbar .ws_tb_btn {cursor:pointer;border:1px solid #555;padding:3px} .tb_highlight{background-color:yellow} .tb_hide {visibility:hidden} .ws_toolbar img {padding:2px;margin:0px}</p>\r\n\r\n<p>.tb_button {padding:1px;cursor:pointer;border-right: 1px solid #8b8b8b;border-left: 1px solid #FFF;border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;}.tb_button.hover {borer:2px outset #def; background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}.ws_toolbar {z-index:100000} .ws_toolbar .ws_tb_btn {cursor:pointer;border:1px solid #555;padding:3px} .tb_highlight{background-color:yellow} .tb_hide {visibility:hidden} .ws_toolbar img {padding:2px;margin:0px}</p>\r\n<style type=\"text/css\">.tb_button {padding:1px;cursor:pointer;border-right: 1px solid #8b8b8b;border-left: 1px solid #FFF;border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;}.tb_button.hover {borer:2px outset #def; background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}.ws_toolbar {z-index:100000} .ws_toolbar .ws_tb_btn {cursor:pointer;border:1px solid #555;padding:3px}   .tb_highlight{background-color:yellow} .tb_hide {visibility:hidden} .ws_toolbar img {padding:2px;margin:0px}\r\n</style>\r\n', '<p>.tb_button {padding:1px;cursor:pointer;border-right: 1px solid #8b8b8b;border-left: 1px solid #FFF;border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;}.tb_button.hover {borer:2px outset #def; background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}.ws_toolbar {z-index:100000} .ws_toolbar .ws_tb_btn {cursor:pointer;border:1px solid #555;padding:3px} .tb_highlight{background-color:yellow} .tb_hide {visibility:hidden} .ws_toolbar img {padding:2px;margin:0px}</p>\r\n\r\n<p>.tb_button {padding:1px;cursor:pointer;border-right: 1px solid #8b8b8b;border-left: 1px solid #FFF;border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;}.tb_button.hover {borer:2px outset #def; background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}.ws_toolbar {z-index:100000} .ws_toolbar .ws_tb_btn {cursor:pointer;border:1px solid #555;padding:3px} .tb_highlight{background-color:yellow} .tb_hide {visibility:hidden} .ws_toolbar img {padding:2px;margin:0px}</p>\r\n<style type=\"text/css\">.tb_button {padding:1px;cursor:pointer;border-right: 1px solid #8b8b8b;border-left: 1px solid #FFF;border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;}.tb_button.hover {borer:2px outset #def; background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}.ws_toolbar {z-index:100000} .ws_toolbar .ws_tb_btn {cursor:pointer;border:1px solid #555;padding:3px}   .tb_highlight{background-color:yellow} .tb_hide {visibility:hidden} .ws_toolbar img {padding:2px;margin:0px}\r\n</style>\r\n', 'filtered_html'),
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('featured_person_of_the_month', 0, 973, 982, 'und', 0, '<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>As interim Director of the Institute of Distance and Continuing Education at The University of<br />\r\nGuyana, Dr Murray knows a thing or two about motivation when it comes to self-study. So it is<br />\r\nquite fitting that she recently completed her doctorate in Business Administration following a<br />\r\nfive-year period of study with Edinburgh Napier University in the United Kingdom.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br />\r\nDr Murray previously served as the Interim Deputy Director of the Institute in 2016, prior to<br />\r\nwhich she was the Assistant Director of Berbice Campus for approximately two years.<br />\r\nThroughout this period she assiduously studied, something she attributes to a need to learn and a<br />\r\nthirst for knowledge. “I love research and my strength lies in the methodology section,” said Dr<br />\r\nMurray, who considers herself the perennial student. “I have been studying for a long time, and<br />\r\nnew topics continue to spark my interest.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She began her educational journey in Berbice at the New Amsterdam Mission Chapel<br />\r\nCongregational School (now the New Amsterdam Primary School), before moving on to the<br />\r\nNew Amsterdam Multilateral School. She later became a teacher, ironically at the same<br />\r\nMultilateral School, before heading to Georgetown to pursue a Diploma and subsequently a<br />\r\nDegree in Accountancy at The University of Guyana.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br />\r\nShe reflected with enthusiasm on her classroom experiences as a student at the University and<br />\r\nremembered one influential staff member in particular, who she said always made his classes fun<br />\r\nand interesting: “There was this amazing lecturer by the name of Anand Persaud. As I sat in his<br />\r\nclassroom, I admired his lecture style and the way he knew his material. I began to think: I want<br />\r\nto lecture and I wouldn’t mind being a person like him, who knows his material.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br />\r\nLater on, she decided to pursue her Masters in Finance Accounting and Management (MSc) at<br />\r\nThe University of Bradford in the United Kingdom. “Those things are so easy to aspire to until<br />\r\nyou actual try it,” she said with a chuckle. “Then you realise how challenging they can be.”<br />\r\nSubsequently she did a Master’s in Education (MEd) at The University of Guyana, before<br />\r\npursuing her doctorate. At times, during her doctoral studies, she experienced feelings of<br />\r\nuncertainty, wondering if she would be able to cope with the new challenges and demands.<br />\r\nHowever she persevered and is thankful to have completed the programme.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br />\r\nToday, Dr Murray uses her extensive knowledge and expertise to facilitate the continuous<br />\r\ndevelopment of the Institute of Distance and Continuing Education. Her vision is that the<br />\r\nInstitute will one day provide distance education and be renamed The University of Guyana<br />\r\nOpen Campus.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br />\r\nThe Vice-Chancellor, the Renaissance team and staff members of The University of Guyana<br />\r\ncongratulate Dr Jacqueline Murray on this special achievement.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Editor’s note - </strong>Dr Murray has since been confirmed as Director of the Institute of Distance and Continuing Education IDCE</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Copyright @ July 2019</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>By the Public Relations Division, University of Guyana</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Reprint permission must be requested from the Public Relations Officer, University of Guyana</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('page', 0, 974, 983, 'und', 0, '<div class=\"container profile\" style=\"margin-top: 80px\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-3 col-md-3 p-md\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"doctor-thumb\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"profile-img\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/Prof Paloma Mohamed Martin%2C Vice-Chancellor Xi.jpg\" /></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"info p-20 bg-theme-colored text-white\">\r\n<div class=\"profile-data text-center\">\r\n<h3>PROF. PALOMA MOHAMED MARTIN<br />\r\n<em><small>PhD, MS AA</small></em></h3>\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"profile-details\">\r\n	<li>\r\n	<h4><!--<i class=\"icons8-new-job\"></i>-->Vice Chancellor XI, the University of Guyana</h4>\r\n	</li>\r\n	<br />\r\n	<!--<li><i class=\"icons8-office-phone mr-5\"></i><a href=\"tel:+(592)-222-4000\">+(592)-222-4000</a></li>--><!--<li><i class=\"icons8-message mr-5\"></i><a href=\"mailto:holda.poonai@uog.edu.gy\">holda.poonai@uog.edu.gy</a></li>-->\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-9 profile-body\">\r\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs\" id=\"profile-tab\" role=\"tablist\">\r\n	<li class=\"active\"><a data-toggle=\"tab\" href=\"#message\">Bio</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"text-justify\">\r\n<p>Paloma Mohamed is a Ph. D and full Professor of strategic behavior and communications at the University of Guyana. She has also been an adjunct Professor of Cultural Diplomatics at Trent University. She is currently the eleventh Vice Chancellor and first woman to lead the University in its 60-year history. She is also the first women Vice Chancellor to be appointed in the Anglophone-Caribbean. Before becoming Vice Chancellor, Prof Mohamed led the University of Guyana’s Transitional Management Committee as its 2 nd Chair from Aug 2019 to July 2020 carefully and successfully shepherding the University through one of its most challenging periods. She has been Deputy Vice Chancellor for Philanthropy, Alumni and Civic Engagement known as PACE, a department which she founded and developed from 2016 to present.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>A scholar with an international footprint, Prof Mohamed returned to Guyana in 2007 to help resuscitate her undergraduate alma mater the then failing Centre for Communication Studies. Despite being poised for an international career, she remained with the University of Guyana becoming the first Director of the Centre for Communication Studies, second female Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, first Deputy Vice Chancellor for PACE and Chair of the TMC.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In committing to UG becoming a regionally relevant top ranking international University for the past 15 years, she has brought her special capabilities and network as a world class academic and researcher to the University while still managing to function as a beloved and inspirational teacher as well as a dedicated and courageous servant leader.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>As an academic Prof. Mohamed has studied at the University of Guyana, The University of the West Indies, Harvard University (HIES) and CAMH in Canada. Her area of focus is on strategy and change and she is a specialist in human behavior and human communications. She supervised scores of graduate research theses, produced over 20 Ph.Ds., produced and co-produced over 22 films and documentaries.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She has also written and edited 11 books and several academic journal papers including the noteworthy book “Communication, Power and Change in the Caribbean” and “Guyana’s Oil Odessey- 1796 -2022”. She is the current Chair of the Research Advisory Board (RAC) of the Caribbean Examinations Council and a member of the governing Board of the Commonwealth of Learning. Additionally, Prof. Paloma Mohamed Martin has served pro bono on several local and international boards including for the IADB and UNESCO to name a few. She has also served in a technical advisory capacity to various governments and international organizations as a communications strategist and change specialist. She currently serves on CXC’s governing Council, and on several high level Caricom Committees such as COSOD and CREE.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Prof Paloma Mohamed has worked on several multi-million-dollar multi-university research projects. Additionally, as Vice Chancellor and former Deputy Vice Chancellor, she has been highly successful in raising over US$45 million over the last 8 years for the University of Guyana in philanthropic gifts and grants, having developed specialties in dealing with Energy issues, negotiating large financial projects and collaborating with multi-national organizations.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She has also been successful internationally in supporting the creation of 4 international alumni chapters in Toronto, London, New York and Guyana as well as the internationally based University of Guyana Foundation with operations in Washington D.C, Toronto and London.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before becoming Vice Chancellor XI, Prof. Paloma Mohamed was awarded a Presidential Medal of Service in 2012 and the City of New York Award for Culture in 2013. She became the first woman Caribbean Laureate for Excellence in Arts and Letters in 2015 and was again recognized with a National Arrow of Achievement in May 2015. In 2014 she was named one of Guyana’s top 5 most influential women by the United States Embassy in Guyana.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>During the past 5 years (2019 to 2023), Prof. Paloma has collaborated and led an amazing team of the University’s top administrators through one of the most delicate and turbulent periods in its recent history. Under her steady, visionary and people sensitive leadership the University has moved several hundred places in regional and international ranking and has been enjoying a growing positive regional and international profile benefitting the University, Guyana and the institutions graduates, partners and associates.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Prof. Mohamed has taught and still occasionally teaches Communication, Health behavior, psychology as well as research and academic ethics.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She has been the visionary and driving force behind the University’s rapid innovations during Covid19 and for the University’s BluePrint 2040 – which is set to leapfrog the University into a future driven citizen success dynamo. The short period of her tenure has seen the University change rapidly and significantly from being a fully face to face University to a blended one, regaining accreditation and registration in some areas and rising in world ranking 200 places, being named #5 in the world for places to study climate and the environment, growing student numbers by over 700 students a year since 2019 , increasing the number of pedigreed Faculty while balancing the University budgets, avoiding fiscal deficits despite enormous challenges , and boosting UG’s policy and research capacity three-hundred fold with the addition of 6 new research institutes in Energy, Green Economics, Resilience and Strategic Security, Migration and Diaspora and Marine Studies. Under her leadership the University was able to support these programmed through 3 funded research chairs.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Prof Paloma is becoming a respected Caribbean Futurist thinker who is meaningfully inflecting the growing global conversation on the future of higher education, work and humanity on this planet.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n</div>\r\n<!---\r\n<div class=\"tab-content\">\r\n<div class=\"tab-pane active p-20\" id=\"message\">\r\n<h3>Commencement Message for the Academic Year 2020-2021</h3>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"text-justify\">\r\n<p>Our dear new students joining the University community this academic year, continuing students from previous years, new faculty and staff as well as those who are continuing this journey, I bid you all welcome to the commencement of academic year 2020-2021.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>I do this on behalf of the 10, 000 plus students and 1000 staff of the University of Guyana, and our more than 40,000 alumni all over this planet. I do this on behalf of the University’s Chancellor, Pro Chancellor, and Council members and the scores of partners and well-wishers of the University across Guyana and the world who are all contributing to and rooting for your success.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Students, today will mark the beginning of one of the most significant journeys of your adult life, one which you would have worked tirelessly to embark upon. No doubt it will change your life, your life’s trajectory, and your life’s chances ...we plan to work with you to ensure that these changes are for the better.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>A University education makes a difference. Studies worldwide indicate that a University education is one of the best indicators of future economic and social mobility not only for the graduate but also for their families. This is why, as part of UG’s Blueprint2020, our first aspirational goal is ensuring at least 1 graduate per household by the year 2040.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Getting into University is a competitive process anywhere in the world; it is no different in Guyana. Therefore, we wish to encourage you to take every opportunity that this journey provides for it is undoubtedly a privilege to be amongst the top 10% of this year’s graduates from feeder institutions across Guyana who have made it into the University.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>We are commencing this academic year in a way that none of us would have envisaged or could have wanted to imagine last year. It is a fateful, challenging, and completely unpredictable time. It is also a clarifying and telling moment in which we can reflect upon what is important individually, as a country, and as a planet. It is also a moment in which human resiliency and courage shine brightly. This is a time in which the University of Guyana has stood up and fulfilled its national mandate. Whether we sprinted, jogged, or dragged ourselves forward to do so, we have valiantly - as a community, brought about this commencement. If you are new to University life you may not yet realize just how much work and how many people and complex processes it takes to make the teaching possible. Hopefully, you will avail yourself to learning about this so that you might be led to a nuanced understanding of your alma mater.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>For all they do and for this commencement in particular, I wish to thank all the men and women of this University from the Vice Chancellery to the guards and custodial staff who keep us safe and clean. I wish to especially thank PACE and DECC, the Registrar and Registry Staff, CoETAL, TOSS, EDOSS, the Deans, Heads and lecturers, Librarian and Library staff, and support staff in personnel and the Bursary for the countless extra hours spent re-designing and putting systems and courses online in the shortest possible time. I wish to thank the University Chancellor, Pro Chancellor, and Council for hours spent deliberating over policy decisions which were necessary in this year. To the MOE – MoF of the GoG for their guidance and support. To the Senior Management Team (SMT) thank you and special thanks to DVCs Dr Emanuel Cummings and Dr Mellissa Ifill who, though they have only been on the job for two months have been exceptional in their diligent attention paid to the needs of this commencement. Also, special thanks to the 17 students from UGSS and other student clubs on campus who have worked on a help desk to support students through this process.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>However, let me return to you the students, the reason why this great institution was established 57 years ago, even before Guyana became independent and long before many of us were born. The founders envisaged a sophisticated, well-educated, and socially proficient human emerging from this University. We intend to work with you to fulfill that mission. And just so we are pellucid and clear – your mission is to succeed in realizing your own personal goals and potential.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University itself is in a state of transition and change like the country and many other parts of the world. You are all part of those beginnings to perfect our systems, redefine our priorities, design for the future, manage for the present, and account for the past. A main pillar of this change is student and staff success and satisfaction. To do this, we aim to improve the standard of service, delivery, and support in every one of our systems and departments. This is why, the second of our five aspirational goals is to make UG the choice place to work and study in the near future.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Further, while we know that some cultures are difficult to change, we also appreciate that it is not impossible if we have the will, context, and good reason. Covid-19 has demonstrated that accelerated change and adaptation are completely possible.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>So, reach out in a respectful manner if there is anything you need to support you on this path to evolving to your better selves. We know each of us faces varied personal and professional realties and so we urge you to take advantage of the many services and opportunities available at UG -, from our counselling and psychological support services, free human relations courses, conferences and seminars, research projects, work on campus, cultural and other clubs, local, national and international work and study opportunities, as you savor University life, find time to make friends, develop and test ideas, create your chosen family, find your voice, your talent, your purpose, and your path. That future of possibilities commences today. Welcome and welcome back, we thank you for entrusting your higher education to UG. May we all be blessed to overcome all challenges and to succeed. Here’s to one Guyana and one UG!</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Prof. Paloma Mohamed Martin, PhD<br />\r\nVice Chancellor, Xi<br />\r\nThe University of Guyana<br />\r\nOctober 25, 2020</p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"tab-content\">\r\n<div class=\"tab-pane p-20\" id=\"resume\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-9 profile-body\">\r\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs\" id=\"profile-tab\" role=\"tablist\">\r\n	<li><a data-toggle=\"tab\" href=\"#message\">Bio</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"tab-content\">\r\n<div class=\"tab-pane active p-20\" id=\"message\">\r\n<h3>Commencement Message for the Academic Year 2020-2021</h3>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"text-justify\">\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"tab-content\">\r\n<div class=\"tab-pane p-20\" id=\"publications\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"tab-content\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"tab-content\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"tab-content\">\r\n<div class=\"tab-pane p-20\" id=\"gallery\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n---></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n', '', 'full_html'),
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('featured_person_of_the_month', 0, 980, 989, 'und', 0, '<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ms Kara Lord, the newly elected Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Education and Humanities, is elated at the completion of her Masters in Instructional Design and Technology from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, in June 2018.&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ms Lord’s educational journey began at St Gabriel’s Primary School in Queenstown, Georgetown, after which she pursued her secondary education at the St Joseph High School, also in Georgetown. Like any other teenager, her journey through secondary school had its challenges. However, she remembers a wonderful English teacher, Ms Michelle Montooth, who became her mentor: “She was like a second mom to me. She inspired and always encouraged me to work hard”.&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The early part of her childhood, Ms Lord lived in Kitty and later in North Ruimveldt. “I lived a very sheltered life: the only girl among four brothers and my parents were very protective of me,” she said. “Generally I was not a spoilt child – only spoilt with things related to school such as books – however I was a happy child.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>As a lecturer, Ms Lord loves her students and her classroom interactions –&nbsp;especially the day she walked into her class to find Ms Montooth. “That was a full circle moment for me,” she said with a smile, “the teacher had become the student and the student the teacher.”&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Among her other mentors are her mom, Ms Gillian Lord (“She inspires me, she is honest, she is real and tells me like it is, and she is very funny”), and Professor Paloma Mohamed, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Philanthropy, Alumni and Civic Engagement at the University of Guyana: “I aspire to one day be like her: she is a young, ambitious, vibrant and a very strong leader.” She also draws inspiration from friends, colleagues and students: “Once it’s something that I can learn from to guide my life’s path, I use it.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Outside of academia, she has lived a full life. In 2011, she participated in the Miss Guyana Universe Pageant and won. That same year, she represented Guyana at the Miss Universal Pageant in Brazil. “I try to live a balanced life,” she said. “During my leisure time I cook, relax and spend time with my family. I love to take my son to the movies.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Fulfilment and purpose</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Having left secondary school, the Deputy Dean wanted to become a counsellor so she pursued a BSc in Psychology at The University of the Guyana from 2006 to 2009.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She didn’t plan to be a teacher – it just happened. She joined The University of Guyana family in 2011 as a part-time psychology lecturer and served in that capacity for approximately two years from 2011 to 2013 before becoming a full-time member of staff. From 2015 to 2016, Ms Lord pursued a Postgraduate Diploma in Concentration: Higher Education, and immediately afterwards a Masters in Work and Organisational Psychology at Nottingham University in the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2017.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“I love what I do,” she enthused. “I have grown to love the profession and I am happy to work at The University of Guyana.” Some of the courses she currently lectures are Psychology of Adolescence and Adult Learning, Adolescence Psychology, Guidance and Counselling, Psychology of Learning and Development. She also supervises undergraduate research.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She spoke positively of the opportunities to grow as a member of university staff, by pursuing further education and research. However she lamented the lack of awareness of psychology in Guyana and believes more programmes are needed promote awareness of the diversity of the field. She is passionate about the field of psychology, “I don’t just want to be remembered as being nice and kind,” she said. “I want my legacy to be one where I will be remembered for having contributed to the enrichment of the lives of others, but more so for having made great contribution to the development of psychology at The University of Guyana and in Guyana as a whole.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She believes in giving back to the community and contributing to the development of others: “I am inspired by purpose and being purposeful in life, I want to give back and do things that will benefit other people. My fear, however, is that I will not be able to do all the things I want to do because of time.” Her solution is to take a one-day-at-a-time approach.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The newly elected Deputy Dean is humbled by the confidence bestowed on her by her colleagues and hopes to bring a fresh approach to the operation of the faculty. “My vision for the Faculty of Education and Humanities is harmony,” she explained. “There needs to be standardisation and harmonisation in order for us to function effectively. I hope that we can set the standard as the experts on education and lead by example.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Her recently completed Masters also provided hands-on experience that will assist in the effective development of online courses. “As any university moves towards an online campus, personnel with the necessary training, capabilities and support mechanisms are required to provide online learning,” she explained. “It will also help to provide support to core fundamental knowledge courses such as Evaluation and Curriculum Development.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>On behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, the <em>Renaissance</em> team and staff of The University of Guyana congratulations are extended to Kara Lord on this special achievement.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Editor’s Note: Dr Roslin Khan is&nbsp;the new Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Education and Humanities with effect from August 1, 2019</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Copyright @ August 2019</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>By the Public Relations Division, University of Guyana</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Reprint permission must be requested from the Public Relations Officer, University of Guyana&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html');
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('featured_person_of_the_month', 0, 981, 990, 'und', 0, '<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ms Devta Ramroop is a final year student of The University of Guyana, Turkeyen campus, pursuing a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology. She is also the current president of the University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS). She notes that the UGSS Presidency has tremendously contributed to her self-development. It has specifically helped to improve her leadership skills, “I have learnt a lot about the use of the appropriate strategy and approach to engage people.” She considers herself somewhat of a humanitarian and says her calling is to help people.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She was encouraged to run for the presidency by friends and UGSS colleagues from the previous year. Their encouragement she admitted, relit the burning desire to make the changes she wanted to see occur at UG, “I knew I had the experience so I wanted to apply it.” Admittedly, she was a little indecisive about running at first, “I only filled out my application and submitted it one hour before the submission deadline.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ms Ramroop describes herself as a determined, independent, and responsible person. Though a little quiet in the home environment, her family describes her as a loving character. They applaud her for being a great role model to her little sister. Her friends describe her as a humorous person (the life of the conversation).&nbsp; She believes life should be fun “But I also believe that one should be focussed and have aspirations in life.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;In her leisure time, she enjoys debates, reading, karaoke, volunteering, being among nature, studying animal behaviour and spending time with family. Quite a list, she said “The more things I do, the more things I find the time to do.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She explained that the position she currently holds as UGSS President requires dedication. Her charge to interested persons, is to take the challenge. “It creates opportunities to expand your knowledge base.&nbsp; However, you have to campaign hard, work on a manifesto you believe you can achieve. Bearing in mind the issues of current students. You have to get out into the university community and meet students. Finally, be mindful not to make promises you cannot keep and be transparent”.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Her list of mentors evolves as she goes through different phases of her life. Among those mentors are former UGSS presidents Ron Glasgow and Norwell Hinds. She considers her mother Mrs Elizabeth Aziz her life role model and admires Professor Paloma Mohamed and Honourable Minister of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes in a professional capacity.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>During her tenure Ms Ramroop said she observed an increase in student development activities. UGSS has worked on constitution reform, instituted a performance based stipend system for representatives, increased social cohesion among faculties and campuses, increased the number of Berbice representatives, launched a new logo and brand building, collaborated with outside organisations to benefit student population, joined Free UG Movement, started a Biology Club in Berbice and created a Mash Band to bring more visibility to UGSS.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Copyright @ August 2019</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>By the Public Relations Division, University of Guyana</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Reprint permission must be requested from the Public Relations Officer, University of Guyana</strong></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('featured_person_of_the_month', 0, 987, 996, 'und', 0, '<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Rhonda Hamilton-Weekes is currently a lecturer in the Centre for Communication Studies at The University of Guyana. In June 2018, she expanded her academic portfolio having graduated with a Masters in Instructional Design and Technology from The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Her teenage years were spent at Providence Primary School after which she transitioned to Covent Garden Secondary School. One day, University of Guyana personnel visited her school on outreach. She distinctly remembers her interaction with former registrar Mr Vincent Alexander, who gave her an application form to apply to The University of Guyana. “I had never thought about attending university up to that point in my life,” she admitted. However, she kept the application form and years later used that very same form to apply to UG.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Her initial intention was to pursue Spanish at The University of Guyana, but instead she did a diploma in Communication Studies and graduated in 2005. Wanting to be independent and earn, she took a break from studies and decided to work: “I taught at the Institute of Professional Education for approximately one year and thereafter at Berea Royal College.”</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">After some time, she returned to UG and pursued a degree in Communication Studies, graduating in 2009 with a distinction. “Having completed the degree I wanted to work in Public Relations, that was my area of interest in communication,” said Ms Hamilton-Weekes. “However that did not materialise and I got a job at GraceKennedy instead.”&nbsp; Shortly after joining GraceKennedy she was offered the opportunity to lecture at UG, and so began teaching the introductory courses as a part-time lecturer. In 2010 she became a fulltime member of staff and currently lectures in Media Management, Online Journalism, Integrated Marketing Communication, Specialised Journalism: Arts and Culture; and a Research Course.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">In 2014 she pursued a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (English) at The University of Guyana. And her educational pursuits did not end there: she applied to two other masters programmes but could not pursue them due to lack of funding. However, in December 2015 she started a Masters in Instructional and Design – a partnership between The University of Guyana and The University of the West Indies. Ms Hamilton-Weeks explained how the versatility of the programme and its focus on online learning is applicable to, <sub>and</sub> can be useful to, all faculties of the university.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Alongside her studies and lecturing, Ms Hamilton-Weekes has continued to expand her portfolio. In 2012 she lent administrative support to the Centre for <strong>Communication Studies when she served as acting director. She also provided general support to the Faculty of Social Sciences, where she served on the Health Sciences Board for one year, and also served on the Learning Resource and Facilities Committee. In addition, she did training in Communication: New Media for the Guyana Police Force.</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Turning failure into triumph</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Ms Hamilton-Weekes believes that whatever you do should be done to best of your ability.&nbsp; She is inspired to dispel the stereotype that women cannot do certain things in academia or elsewhere. “I go beyond the perception that I cannot do it and I invest 100 percent to become the person I want to be,” she said with a smile. In the past, she viewed failure as a disappointment. But today, she turns failure and disappointment into strength.</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Her vision for the Centre for Communication Studies is to offer online courses, blended format courses (a combination of face-to-face and online) and specialised courses at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels</strong>. She feels this will make the programme more accessible and encourage more applicants to the programme.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">To foster development, she explained, The University of Guyana needs to redesign and repackage its brand to meet market needs, develop a working online programme, and revise the defects in access to online courses. She hopes that more personnel can be trained in Instructional Design and Technology, so that by 2020 an effective, efficient and committed team can be put together to develop online programmes. She also advocates a consistent mentorship programme to guide new lecturers of the university on its policies, operations, procedures etc.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Outside of UG, Ms Hamilton-Weekes is a member of the Herstelling church of the Nazarene and sits on the church advisory board for the Demerara-Essequibo district. She would like to be remembered as someone who gave her all and tried to inspire others to give their best as well.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Copyright @ September 2019</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>By the Public Relations Division, University of Guyana</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Reprint permission must be requested from the Public Relations Officer, University of Guyana</strong></span></span></p>\r\n', '', 'full_html'),
('news', 0, 989, 998, 'und', 0, '<p>For more details, visit: <a href=\"https://uog.edu.gy/convocation-2019\"><strong>Convocation 2019</strong></a> or contact the supplier at <a href=\"https://caribbeanawards.co/\"><strong>Caribbean Awards</strong></a></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 990, 999, 'und', 0, '<p>Given the anticipated large number of graduates for 2019, the Turkeyen graduation will be staged over two (2) separate ceremonies. The convocation ceremonies for the Turkeyen campus are scheduled for Saturday, November 16, 2019.&nbsp; The schedule for the ceremonies are as follows:</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"t1\">\r\n	<tbody>\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td>\r\n			<p><strong>Time</strong></p>\r\n			</td>\r\n			<td>\r\n			<p><strong>Faculty/School</strong></p>\r\n			</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td>\r\n			<p><strong>10:00h</strong></p>\r\n			</td>\r\n			<td>\r\n			<ul>\r\n				<li><strong>Agriculture &amp; Forestry</strong></li>\r\n				<li><strong>Earth &amp; Environmental Sciences</strong></li>\r\n				<li><strong>Education &amp; Humanities</strong></li>\r\n				<li><strong>Natural Sciences</strong></li>\r\n				<li><strong>Institute of Distance &amp; Cont. Education</strong></li>\r\n				<li><strong>Engineering &amp; Technology</strong></li>\r\n			</ul>\r\n			</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td>\r\n			<p><strong>16:00h</strong></p>\r\n			</td>\r\n			<td>\r\n			<ul>\r\n				<li><strong>Social Sciences</strong></li>\r\n				<li><strong>Entrepreneurship &amp; Business Innovation</strong></li>\r\n				<li><strong>Health Sciences</strong></li>\r\n			</ul>\r\n			</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n	</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The ceremony for the Berbice campus is scheduled for Saturday, November 23, 2019.&nbsp; If there are any changes to these dates and/or, same will be communicated to the prospective graduates as early as possible.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The convocation ceremonies for the Turkeyen campus will be held at the University Square, Turkeyen campus, whilst the ceremony for the Berbice Campus will be held at the University Lawns (Berbice Campus) as customary.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>For more details, visit: <a href=\"https://uog.edu.gy/convocation-2019\"><strong>Convocation 2019</strong></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 991, 1000, 'und', 0, '<p>The University of Guyana views with deep concern the recent utterances purported to have been made by one of our young students. While we embrace the aspirations of our nation, which is founded on the values of “one people, one nation, one destiny”, we acknowledge that these incidents do not emerge in isolation. In fact, our scholars have been interrogating this persistent national problem for many decades.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University notes that the student has already voluntarily recanted his statements and apologised publicly. We would hope that he would now be allowed to reflect and consider the consequences of his actions and to grow past this moment. Our staff will continue to work with him and any others to identify the triggers and any underlying factors to be addressed which could have led to this outburst.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University of Guyana aspires to be a model for the nation. In doing so all our constituents, including staff and students are reminded of our values at this sad but instructive time. “UG’s” values include mutual respect and sanctity of all cultures and groups; commitment to social inclusion and protection of all forms of life; upliftment of mind, body, spirit, and of the vulnerable; adherence to the principles of fairness, highest moral, ethical and professional responsibility, and a total rejection of all forms of bigotry and discrimination.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University would also wish to ask those sharing the video to consider not doing so. Sharing such content may have the unintended negative effect of unintentionally perpetuating those utterances and behaviours which we rightfully decry in Guyana.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>We had been planning a series of internal and public interventions for the next few months and this incident has now brought them back into sharp focus.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>We sincerely thank you for your understanding and responsible actions.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University of Guyana</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Transitional Management Committee (TMC)</p>\r\n\r\n<p>November 6, 2019</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
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('staff_profile', 0, 996, 1005, 'und', 0, '<p><strong>Prof. Edward Greene is new University of Guyana Chancellor</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University of Guyana’s Council on November 9, 2019 concluded its year long search for a new Chancellor following the end of Chancellor Emeritus Nigel Harris’ term in November 2018. The new Chancellor is Prof. Edward Greene, former UN Special Envoy and CARICOM Deputy Secretary General. Chancellor (elect) Greene is expected to be installed in a simple ceremony during this year’s Convocation exercise at 10:00 h on Saturday, November 16, 2019.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><br />\r\n<strong>About Professor John Edward Greene</strong><br />\r\nJohn Edward Greene was born in Guyana and attended Tutorial High School. He is currently CEO, Global Frontier Development and Advisory Services (GOFAD) a Think Tank, a former UN Secretary-General Special Envoy for HIV in the Caribbean 2012-2017. He was previously Assistant Secretary General, Human and Social Development, at the Caribbean Community Secretariat (2000-2010) and Senior Adviser, Public Policy, Health and Human Development, PAHO/WHO (1995-1999). His distinguished academic career at University of the West Indies (UWI) included: service as Pro Vice-Chancellor, Development and Alumni Relations; University Director, Institute of Social and Economic Relations (ISER); Interim Director, Consortium Graduate School for the Social Sciences in the Caribbean (1984-1986); and appointments to the rank of Professor (1988), and Inaugural Professorial Fellow, ISER (1994).</p>\r\n\r\n<p>He has authored 10 books and over 60 articles in ref-ereed journals and is Professor Emeritus of UWI. He holds a B.Sc. in Economics (University of London), MSc Political Economy (Mc Master University), and Ph.D. (University of British Columbia) and held vis-iting Professorships at UCLA, University of Havana, and University of British Columbia.<br />\r\nProfessor Greene has played pioneering roles in: (a) the establishment of the Consortium of Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences in the Caribbean, an innovative multidisciplinary enterprise linking the Universities of the West Indies, Guyana and Suriname (1985); (b) expanding Alumni Relations and leading successful fund raising campaigns at UWI (1989-1994); (c) expanding research collaboration and inter-national partnerships with Universities and Develop-ment Agencies in North America , Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America (1985-1994).</p>\r\n\r\n<p>He is also credited with leadership roles in the establishment of major regional initiatives such as (a) developing the blue print for the Pan Carib-bean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), designated an international best practice by the UN in 2004; (b) the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Medical and other Health Professionals 2004; (c) the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), 2013; the Every Caribbean Woman Every Child Pro-gramme being championed by the Spouses of CARICOM Leaders Action Network (SCLAN) (2017); and the PANCAP Justice For All Pro-gramme engaging regional parliamentarians, faith leaders, representatives of the private sector, youth, civil society and key Populations (2013-2019).Professor Greene was Adviser in social policy development to many Caribbean govern-ments and served on many prestigious Boards.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>These include: Director to the Canadian International Institute for Peace and Security, and Consultant to sever-al international agencies including the World Bank, IDB, The European Union, UNDP, and UNESCO. He was a member of Member of the Commonwealth Secretariat High Level Panel for South-South Cooperation in Higher Education, and the UNAIDS/ Lancet Commission on Defeating AIDS- Achieving Sustainable Health. He was also Chair of the CARICOM Steering Committee for Climate Change and Sustainable Development. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including national honors Golden Arrow of Achievement from Guyana and the second highest honor, the Yellow Star from Suri-name. He also received the prestigious PAHO/WHO Award for Administration in Public Health (2011); the Sir Phillip Sherlock Award from the University of the West Indies and University of Technology, Jamaica for outstanding contribution to Health and Development (2012); the Institute of Caribbean Studies, Caribbean American Heritage Award for Public Service (2016); and the Honorary Doctor of Laws from UWI for out-standing academic and public service (2017).</p>\r\n', '', 'full_html'),
('news', 0, 997, 1006, 'und', 0, '<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>With the recently increased discussions on the University of Guyana (UG) becoming a tuition-free zone, newly appointed Chancellor, Professor Edward Greene believes that making education at the University free is certainly achievable.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>During a recent interview with Inews, Professor Greene was asked about his thoughts on the concept of free education at UG. Greene noted that not only is it doable, the right to free education is also enshrined in the Constitution.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“I think [free education] is doable. With the resources from oil, we can find a way to make that a priority. As a matter of fact, it’s enshrined in the Constitution. And I think when we look at what happens in Singapore and the rest of South-East Asia, where they really developed education from childhood to university and made that free,” he explained.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Greene noted the developmental potential that those countries have been able to realise and the importance of investments in human capital. According to the academic, investing in human capital can bring enormous returns to the country as a whole.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“The investment in human capital bears returns that are enormous. And I would certainly urge and collaborate with the Government to really come through with their promise of free education,” he said.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Article 27 of the Constitution of Guyana states that every citizen has the right to free education from nursery to University. At UG, however, there have in fact been incremental increases in tuition and various services since 2017.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>With elections on the horizon, various political parties have pitched the idea of implementing free education at UG, which currently has over 5000 students enrolled. There is an international precedent for free tertiary education, with countries like Germany, Brazil and Norway offering world-class public university education free of cost.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The former Deputy Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) and decorated diplomat officially took over as Chancellor at the University’s 53rd Convocation ceremony on November 16. His appointment ends almost a year’s search for someone to succeed former Chancellor Emeritus Nigel Harris.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Greene enters office at a time when UG is under the direction of an Interim Management Committee that was set up after the controversial departure of former Vice Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw Griffith. During his interview, Greene acknowledged that at present, the University faces many challenges.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“But there are lots of opportunities, especially given we are on the cusp of a buoyant economy. So I think one of the short term things the University can do is to ensure it develops the kind of programmes that can equip its graduates to get engaged in the sustainable development future of Guyana.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Greene also explained that from his observations, there are areas for improvement in infrastructure on campus. As an example, he noted that given the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), there should be improvements to the laboratories.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Chancellor also noted the importance of the University engaging the community, rather than leaving the institution with the perception of being an ‘ivory tower’. According to Greene, UG must be able to provide perspectives, including research, on issues that affect the wider community.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“Chief among these issues is how do we tackle climate change. Together because it’s a human endeavour, how do we develop towards a green economy? How do we really level the playing field so that more people can have opportunities to get a higher education, and technical training? That’s how I see us moving in the immediate future. I call it the low-hanging fruit.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>By Jarryl Bryan</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newsource:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.inewsguyana.com/with-oil-funds-free-university-education-possible-new-chancellor-of-ug/\">https://www.inewsguyana.com/with-oil-funds-free-university-education-possible-new-chancellor-of-ug/</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 998, 1007, 'und', 0, '<p><strong>Georgetown, Guyana, January 1, 2020</strong> --: The University of Guyana is pleased to announce the dates for its &nbsp;second &nbsp;Diaspora conference which was rescheduled &nbsp;in 2019. The new dates are &nbsp;May 28<sup>th</sup> – June 1<sup>st </sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2020. &nbsp;The theme will be &nbsp;“Investing in Guyana’s Emerging Business, Indigenous, Women and Youth Leaders”. This theme has been chosen in recognition of the need for all Guyanese at home and abroad to work together with inclusion, tolerance and cooperation for national and regional growth and development. The University of Guyana remains committed to diaspora engagement and facilitating a positive enabling environment and discussion on ways in which Guyanese &nbsp;can best work together to accomplish joint goals towards creating prosperity for all our people..</p>\r\n\r\n<p>This conference will feature a mixture of academic and non-academic experiences and will host a number of panels, forums, roundtables and multimedia presentations on key thematic areas.&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>To meet the challenge of Diaspora Engagement, and to ensure &nbsp;the strategic integrity and sustainability of the University’s Diaspora project, &nbsp;the University of Guyana has appointed Dr. Mellissa Ifill, Lecturer in History at the University of Guyana, and Dr. Wazir Mohamed, a member of the diaspora and Associate Professor of Sociology at Indiana University East, as Co-Chairs of the 2<sup>nd</sup> University of Guyana Diaspora Engagement Conference. In addition the following key individuals from UG and the Diaspora along with others still to be named will play key roles in the planning process for the conference: Gillian Williams (Toronto), Chet Bolling (Moscow), Lear Matthews (New York), Brandon Cheong (Toronto), Adeti DeJesus (Guyana), Mellissa Bess (UG), Arlene McLean (UG), Denise Braam (UG) and Ms. Leisa Somrah (UG). The University’s Transition Management Committee (TMC) will maintain oversight of the project. The TMC wishes to thank the new conference Coordinating Team for their sterling work over the last few months in ensuring an excellent event for 2020.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University of Guyana also specifically values and welcomes the support from the diaspora, state and non-state actors, &nbsp;government, the private sector, civil society, the public at home and abroad, and all stakeholders as it builds out the project of diaspora engagement . Since, &nbsp;It is a well documented fact, that Diaspora engagement is one of the major building blocks for national development.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Submissions and Registrations will be accepted from January 30, 2020 at the University of Guyana’s Conferences website <a href=\"http://www.uog.edu/conference\">www.uog.edu/conference</a>&nbsp; and also on the Diaspora Conferences dedicated website https://diaspora-entrepreneurship.uog.edu.gy/</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Email: ugdiasporaconfernces@uog,edu,gy&nbsp; or call: 592-222-3583.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>About the University of Guyana </strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University of Guyana is Guyana’s sole national higher education institution. It was established in April 1963 with the following Mission: “To discover, generate, disseminate, and apply knowledge of the highest standard for the service of the community, the nation, and of all mankind within an atmosphere of academic freedom that allows for free and critical enquiry.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University offers certificate, diploma, associate degree, undergraduate degree, graduate (post-graduate) degree, and professional degree programmes. These programmes are delivered through seven Faculties and one School, each of which is headed by a Dean: Agriculture and Forestry; Earth and Environmental Studies; Education and Humanities; Engineering and Technology, Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, Health Sciences, Natural Sciences; and Social Sciences.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>More than 116 under-graduate and post-graduate programmes are available, including Computer Science, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Studies, Forestry, Urban Planning and Management, Tourism Studies, Education, Creative Arts, Economics, Law, Medicine, Optometry, Supply Chain Management and Nursing. More information on the University of Guyana can be found at <a href=\"https://uog.edu.gy\">https://uog.edu.gy</a></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
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('page', 0, 1005, 1014, 'und', 0, '<div class=\"container\">\r\n<h2 class=\"rtecenter\">University of Guyana 2020 Conference Calendar</h2>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-top:35px\">\r\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs nav-justified\" style=\"margin-bottom:0\">\r\n	<li class=\"active\"><a data-toggle=\"tab\" href=\"#jan\">JAN</a></li>\r\n	<li><a data-toggle=\"tab\" href=\"#feb\">FEB</a></li>\r\n	<li><a data-toggle=\"tab\" href=\"#mar\">MAR</a></li>\r\n	<li><a data-toggle=\"tab\" href=\"#apr\">APR</a></li>\r\n	<li><a data-toggle=\"tab\" href=\"#may\">MAY</a></li>\r\n	<li><a data-toggle=\"tab\" href=\"#jun\">JUN</a></li>\r\n	<li><a data-toggle=\"tab\" href=\"#jul\">JUL</a></li>\r\n	<li><a data-toggle=\"tab\" href=\"#aug\">AUG</a></li>\r\n	<li><a data-toggle=\"tab\" href=\"#sep\">SEP</a></li>\r\n	<li><a data-toggle=\"tab\" href=\"#oct\">OCT</a></li>\r\n	<li><a data-toggle=\"tab\" href=\"#nov\">NOV</a></li>\r\n	<li><a data-toggle=\"tab\" href=\"#dec\">DEC</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"tab-content\" style=\"border: 1px solid; border-top:0; padding:15px; border-color:#CCCCCC\">\r\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade in active\" id=\"jan\">\r\n<h2>January</h2>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Professional Training</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>5-14</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Environmental Management for Oil and Gas Seminar.</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Seminars</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>Visiting Professorial Lecture Series</h4>\r\n\r\n<h4>11</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Spatial Analysis as a Decision-making Support Tool for Regional Planning and Development: Methods and Case Studies.</p>\r\n\r\n<h4>13</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>The Role of GIS in Land Resource Valuation and Land Management (with a focus on Guyana).</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Professional Training</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>20-24</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to monitor mangrove forests in Guyana.</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade\" id=\"feb\">\r\n<h2>February</h2>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Exhibition</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Career day highlighting International Year of Plant Health.</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Seminar</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Round Table, SPA 3001- Language III</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>University Research Day</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade\" id=\"mar\">\r\n<h2>March</h2>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Seminars</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>14</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>MEd Seminar</p>\r\n\r\n<h4>26</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>FEH Faculty Seminar</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>University Research Day</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade\" id=\"apr\">\r\n<h2>April</h2>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Workshop</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>1-9</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Improvement of Waste-water Management Policy and Guidance for Guyana.</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>17-21</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>2020 American Educational Research Association AERA Annual Meeting<br />\r\n<em>Moscone Center, 747 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.</em></p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>22-24</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>International Association of Laboratory Schools (IALS) Conference and School Tour</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Seminars</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>25</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>MEd Seminar</p>\r\n\r\n<h4>30</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>FEH Faculty Seminar</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade\" id=\"may\">\r\n<h2>May</h2>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conferences</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Public Seminar on Oral Literature</p>\r\n\r\n<h4>28-1</h4>\r\n\r\n<h4>University of Guyana 2nd&nbsp;Diaspora Engagement&nbsp;Conference:</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Investing in Guyana\'s Emerging Business, Indigenous, Women and Youth Leaders<br />\r\n<em>Arthur Chung Convention Center, Turkeyen, Georgetown</em></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade\" id=\"jun\">\r\n<h2>June</h2>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>1-5</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Caribbean Studies Association Annual Conference<br />\r\n<em>Pegasus Hotel, Guyana</em></p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>10-12</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>CARIBBEAN URBAN FORUM 2020: Urbanization and Urban Policy.</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Expert Meeting</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>CACHE Board Meeting</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Professional Training</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>CACHE Student Exchange</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Seminar</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>27</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>MEd Seminar</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Professional Training</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Mobility exchange under Erasmus+ Program</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade\" id=\"jul\">\r\n<h2>July</h2>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>2-3</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>FAF Annual Staff and Student Conference</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Expert Meeting</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>12-17</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Caribbean Plant Health Director Meeting<br />\r\n<em>Antigua</em></p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>20-23</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>CARALL Conference 2020</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade\" id=\"aug\">\r\n<h2>August</h2>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>12</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>2nd LAMA/FEES Collaborative TeleConference</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Expert Meeting</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>31</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Advisory Board Meeting</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Exhibition</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>The Graduation Exhibition for ART 4003</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade\" id=\"sep\">\r\n<h2>September</h2>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Expert Meetings</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>CARDI Board Meeting</p>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Caribbean Food Crops Society Meeting and CACHE Board Meeting</p>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Agriculture Planners Forum/ COTED meeting</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade\" id=\"oct\">\r\n<h2>October</h2>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Exhibition</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>16</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>World Food Day</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>26-28</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Agriculture Conference</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Exhibition</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Celebrating Agriculture Month/International Year of Plant Health (IYPH)</p>\r\n\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Annual West Indian Literature Conference</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade\" id=\"nov\">\r\n<h2>November</h2>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>18-20</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Sustainability in Engineering &amp; the Built Environment Conference<br />\r\n<em>Arthur Chung Convention Centre, Guyana</em></p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Islands In Between Conference</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"tab-pane fade\" id=\"dec\">\r\n<h2>December</h2>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<p>No events.</p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"text-center\"><button class=\"btn btn-primary\" data-target=\"#fullCal\" data-toggle=\"modal\" style=\"margin-top:20px\" type=\"button\">See All</button></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"modal fade\" id=\"fullCal\" role=\"dialog\">\r\n<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\">\r\n<div class=\"modal-content\">\r\n<div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" type=\"button\">×</button>\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"modal-title rtecenter\">University of Guyana 2020 Conference Calendar</h4>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"modal-body\">\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-md-4\" style=\"padding-top: 30px;\">\r\n<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\r\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\r\n<h2>January</h2>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"panel-footer\">\r\n<h5>Professional Training</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>5-14</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Environmental Management for Oil and Gas Seminar.</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Seminars</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>Visiting Professional Lecture Series</h4>\r\n\r\n<h4>11</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Spatial Analysis as a Decision-making Support Tool for Regional Planning and Development: Methods and Case Studies.</p>\r\n\r\n<h4>13</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>The Role of GIS in Land Resource Valuation and Land Management (with a focus on Guyana).</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Professional Training</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>20-24</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to monitor mangrove forests in Guyana.</p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-md-4\" style=\"padding-top: 30px;\">\r\n<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\r\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\r\n<h2>February</h2>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"panel-footer\">\r\n<h5>Exhibition</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Career day highlighting International Year of Plant Health.</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Seminar</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Round Table, SPA 3001- Language III</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>University Research Day</p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-md-4\" style=\"padding-top: 30px;\">\r\n<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\r\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\r\n<h2>March</h2>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"panel-footer\">\r\n<h5>Seminars</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>14</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>MEd Seminar</p>\r\n\r\n<h4>26</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>FEH Faculty Seminar</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>University Research Day</p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-md-4\" style=\"padding-top: 30px;\">\r\n<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\r\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\r\n<h2>April</h2>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"panel-footer\">\r\n<h5>Workshop</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>1-9</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Improvement of Waste-water Management Policy and Guidance for Guyana.</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>17-21</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>2020 American Educational Research Association AERA Annual Meeting<br />\r\n<em>Moscone Center, 747 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.</em></p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>22-24</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>International Association of Laboratory Schools (IALS) Conference and School Tour</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Seminars</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>25</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>MEd Seminar</p>\r\n\r\n<h4>30</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>FEH Faculty Seminar</p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-md-4\" style=\"padding-top: 30px;\">\r\n<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\r\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\r\n<h2>May</h2>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"panel-footer\">\r\n<h5>Conferences</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Public Seminar on Oral Literature</p>\r\n\r\n<h4>28-1</h4>\r\n\r\n<h4>University of Guyana 2nd&nbsp;Diaspora Engagement&nbsp;Conference:</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Investing in Guyana\'s Emerging Business, Indigenous, Women and Youth Leaders<br />\r\n<em>Arthur Chung Convention Center, Turkeyen, Georgetown</em></p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-md-4\" style=\"padding-top: 30px;\">\r\n<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\r\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\r\n<h2>June</h2>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"panel-footer\">\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>1-5</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Caribbean Studies Association Annual Conference<br />\r\n<em>Pegasus Hotel, Guyana</em></p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>10-12</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>CARIBBEAN URBAN FORUM 2020: Urbanization and Urban Policy.</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Expert Meeting</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>CACHE Board Meeting</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Professional Training</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>CACHE Student Exchange</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Seminar</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>27</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>MEd Seminar</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Professional Training</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Mobility exchange under Erasmus+ Program</p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-md-4\" style=\"padding-top: 30px;\">\r\n<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\r\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\r\n<h2>July</h2>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"panel-footer\">\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>2-3</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>FAF Annual Staff and Student Conference</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Expert Meeting</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>12-17</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Caribbean Plant Health Director Meeting<br />\r\n<em>Antigua</em></p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>20-23</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>CARALL Conference 2020</p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-md-4\" style=\"padding-top: 30px;\">\r\n<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\r\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\r\n<h2>August</h2>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"panel-footer\">\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>12</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>2nd LAMA/FEES Collaborative TeleConference</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Expert Meeting</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>31</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Advisory Board Meeting</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Exhibition</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>The Graduation Exhibition for ART 4003</p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-md-4\" style=\"padding-top: 30px;\">\r\n<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\r\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\r\n<h2>September</h2>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"panel-footer\">\r\n<h5>Expert Meetings</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>CARDI Board Meeting</p>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Caribbean Food Crops Society Meeting and CACHE Board Meeting</p>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Agriculture Planners Forum/ COTED meeting</p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-md-4\" style=\"padding-top: 30px;\">\r\n<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\r\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\r\n<h2>October</h2>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"panel-footer\">\r\n<h5>Exhibition</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>16</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>World Food Day</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>26-28</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Agriculture Conference</p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Exhibition</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Celebrating Agriculture Month/International Year of Plant Health (IYPH)</p>\r\n\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Annual West Indian Literature Conference</p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-md-4\" style=\"padding-top: 30px;\">\r\n<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\r\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\r\n<h2>November</h2>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"panel-footer\">\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>18-20</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Sustainability in Engineering &amp; the Built Environment Conference<br />\r\n<em>Arthur Chung Convention Centre, Guyana</em></p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h5>Conference</h5>\r\n\r\n<h4>TBC</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Islands In Between Conference</p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-md-4\" style=\"padding-top: 30px;\">\r\n<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\r\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\r\n<h2>December</h2>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"panel-footer\">\r\n<p>No events.</p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"btn btn-default\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" type=\"button\">Close</button></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"container\" style=\"margin-top:35px\">\r\n<h3 class=\"rtecenter\">University of Guyana\'s Professorial Lecture Series 2020</h3>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"rtecenter\">\"Unconventional Conversations\"</h2>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"rtecenter\">Featuring the work of University of Guyana Professors</h3>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"margin-top:35px\"><strong>Part 1: In honour of Guyana\'s 50th Anniversary as a Republic</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Every Wednesday from January 29th to February 26th, 2020</em></p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"table-responsive\" style=\"margin-top:10px\">\r\n<table class=\"table table-hover table-bordered\">\r\n	<thead>\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<th>Date</th>\r\n			<th>Venue</th>\r\n			<th>Start Time</th>\r\n			<th>End Time</th>\r\n			<th>Title/ Theme</th>\r\n			<th>Keynote Speaker</th>\r\n		</tr>\r\n	</thead>\r\n	<tbody>\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td>29 January</td>\r\n			<td>Theatre Guild</td>\r\n			<td>6:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>7:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>Microbes, an untapped source of Wealth in Guyana: A review of current initiatives</td>\r\n			<td>Prof. Patsy Francis</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td>5 February</td>\r\n			<td>Theatre Guild</td>\r\n			<td>6:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>7:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>Reflecting on the Future of Guyana in the Caribbean Community</td>\r\n			<td>Prof. Edward Greene</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td>12 February</td>\r\n			<td>Little Rock Suites,<br />\r\n			New Amsterdam</td>\r\n			<td>6:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>7:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>The Fascinating World of Earthworms and Dynamic Contribution to Ecosystem Management</td>\r\n			<td>Prof. Abdullah Ansari</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td>19 February</td>\r\n			<td>Theatre Guild</td>\r\n			<td>6:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>7:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>Characterising the Republic: Ideological Contentions and Concerns</td>\r\n			<td>Prof. Leyland Lucas</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td>26 February</td>\r\n			<td>Lichas Hall,<br />\r\n			Linden</td>\r\n			<td>5:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>6:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>Human Capital Formation and Economic Transformation: The Case of Guyana</td>\r\n			<td>Prof. Leyland Lucas</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n	</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"margin-top:35px\"><strong>Part 2: In honour of Guyana\'s 55th Independence Anniversary</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Every Wednesday from April 15th to May 20th, 2020</em></p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"table-responsive\" style=\"margin-top:10px\">\r\n<table class=\"table table-hover table-bordered\">\r\n	<thead>\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<th>Date</th>\r\n			<th>Venue</th>\r\n			<th>Start Time</th>\r\n			<th>End Time</th>\r\n			<th>Title/ Theme</th>\r\n			<th>Keynote Speaker</th>\r\n		</tr>\r\n	</thead>\r\n	<tbody>\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td>15 April</td>\r\n			<td>Little Rock Suites,<br />\r\n			New Amsterdam</td>\r\n			<td>6:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>7:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>TBC</td>\r\n			<td>Prof. Raymond Jagessar</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td>22 April</td>\r\n			<td>Theatre Guild</td>\r\n			<td>6:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>7:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>Guyanese Musical Traditions (tbr)</td>\r\n			<td>Prof. Joycelynne Loncke</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td>28 April</td>\r\n			<td>Theatre Guild</td>\r\n			<td>6:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>7:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>Eco-hydrology of Riparian Corridors in Northern Guiana Shield Rivers</td>\r\n			<td>Prof. Judith Rosales</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td>6 May</td>\r\n			<td>Lichas Hall,<br />\r\n			Linden</td>\r\n			<td>5:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>6:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>Cyberbullyism in Guyanese Social Media Discourses</td>\r\n			<td>Prof. Paloma Mohamed</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td>13 May</td>\r\n			<td>Theatre Guild</td>\r\n			<td>5:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>6:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>Organic Farming in Guyana</td>\r\n			<td>Prof. Subramanian Gomathinayagam</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n		<tr>\r\n			<td>20 May</td>\r\n			<td>Theatre Guild</td>\r\n			<td>6:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>7:00 PM</td>\r\n			<td>Antimicrobial activity of selected plant extracts: A good perspective for national development</td>\r\n			<td>Prof of Practise<br />\r\n			Denis Pieters</td>\r\n		</tr>\r\n	</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n', '', 'full_html');
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('news', 0, 1006, 1015, 'und', 0, '<p><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px;\">The World Health Organization has issued an alert for a new unknown virus. It is a class of viruses which have not been identified before in humans. This class is generally called coronaviruses . </span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px;\">This recent one seems to be contagious and can be airborne or spread by direct contact. It can be fatal and seems to be fast becoming a global health threat. We are urging everyone to not panic but to be on high alert for the symptoms and to take precautions as directed by WHO and local health authorities. Please view and share this short video below which describes the virus. Please also consider carefully the impact of sharing videos and posts circulating&nbsp; which suggest that this virus is a hoax. </span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px;\">Prevention is better than cure since there is no cure yet for this virus. And Protection and detection are better than ignorance which can lead to unnecessary illness or death. UG\'s website will devote a page to all credible&nbsp; information about this virus for our information and appropriate responsible actions. </span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px;\">Be healthy: mind, body and soul.&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"700\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7-8P19NGxyk\" width=\"700\"></iframe></p>\r\n', '', 'full_html'),
('featured_person_of_the_month', 0, 1007, 1016, 'und', 0, '<p>Jafar Elsadiq Gibbons, named after the sixth Imam in Islamic Shia, Ja\'far al-Ṣādiq Muḥammad, grew up in the Islamic Faith. At a very early age his mother as well as his Nursery School teacher recognised his potential, talents and the great abilities that he possessed.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>As a result, his mother made sure she placed a mentor in his life. His mentor, Sharma Solomon kept him on the right path. Although at the time, young Jafar did not understand why he needed a mentor. He explained that as he grew older he came to realise that it was one of the best things that his mother had done for him.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>His schooling began at McKenzie Primary School in Linden, then he attended McKenzie High School, this is where he became inspired to become a lawyer. After graduating from Mc Kenzie High School he went to pursue Law at President’s College for two years. But a lot changed during that period and by the time he graduated from PC, he had changed his mind about becoming a lawyer. The transition to President’s College was very difficult he explained, having to move away from his family to dwell with classmates. However, that experience taught him independence and discipline.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“When I left President’s College my mind was set on doing the Cadet Training Course, however, at the time it was unavailable and linden didn’t offer much employment opportunities, so I joined the Police Force as a Constable. With hopes of furthering my studies at the University of Guyana I decided to leave the Police Force to attend UG.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Jafar Gibbons is currently an International Relations student who one day hopes to become involved in Politics and become the President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. He stated, “My mission is to become the President of Guyana. Some people might say it’s weird. Some want to be a lawyer, others want to be a doctor, but I want to become the president.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Jafar has always been a student activist at UG. He liaised with a number of clubs and volunteer groups over the years. The most notable one was the Female Action Movement (FEM) which he assisted in marketing their events. Additionally, he started the Student Action Movement (SAM). He and other participants of SAM examine student issues with an aim to finding solutions.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Gibbons didn’t always want to run for the University of Guyana Students’ Society Presidency, however, he decided to run after consideration. He was confident he would have won the elections, because of the feedback he got from his team mates. Nevertheless, he was nervous, “I unable to eat during the entire week leading up to the Elections. Even though I expected it, when I got the news that I won, I was relieved and overjoyed at my success. I realised it was time for me to buckle up, having to now manage classes, work and the role of UGSS President.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Since his tenure started, the UGSS President has commenced a number of activities to better student life on campus. The day after he was elected UGSS President he spoke with the Bus Association on campus and they agreed to take students up the East Coast from Turkeyen campus in the evening. His team’s most recent project is ‘Project Hotspot’ which seeks to purchase fans for all class rooms on campus.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“I implore you, not just as UGSS President, but a student as well, get more involved in student activities. Students are not involved enough. After we leave the University of Guyana, <em>UGSS will still be here, is not my thing, it is not their thing, it is not your thing. It’s everyone’s concern”.</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Copyright @ February 2020</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>By the Public Relations Division, University of Guyana</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Reprint permission must be requested from the Public Relations Officer, University of Guyana</strong></p>\r\n\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1009, 1018, 'und', 0, '<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong>Monday, March 2, 2020<br />\r\nto<br />\r\nMonday, March 9, 2020</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>This decision was taken at Academic Board and it supersedes the date reflected on the Academic Calendar (March 16 to 21).</em></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('notice', 0, 1011, 1020, 'und', 0, '<p>In response to extensive petitions from staff and students,the University of Guyana will officially resume operations with effect from Wednesday, March 11, 2020.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Transitional Management Committee (TMC) advises that any decision to further extend the break will be communicated on March 11, 2020 through our official channels: HRMIS,SRMS and our website.</p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p>Please keep checking for updates.</p>\r\n</div>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('notice', 0, 1012, 1021, 'und', 0, '<div>\r\n<div>The Transitional Management Committee (TMC)&nbsp; informs that UG campuses will remain closed to students and teaching Faculty for the next week.</div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<div>Both Campuses (Turkeyen and Tain) will be initially closed to students and teaching faculty until March 20, 2020.&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>During this period students and staff are advised to carry on their educational activities&nbsp;using electronic means.</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>Check UG official channels, HRMIS,SRMS and website regularly for updates.&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('notice', 0, 1013, 1022, 'und', 0, '<div dir=\"ltr\">\r\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Transitional Management Committee (TMC)&nbsp; informs that UG campuses (Turkeyen and Tain) will remain closed to students and teaching Faculty for the next week until March 20, 2020. The closure is not<strong>&nbsp;</strong>applicable to non- teaching staff.</div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Staff of essential services will be required to turn out to work today March 12, 2020 as per normal under the direct guidance of their immediate supervisors regarding modified work plans during this period.</div>\r\n<br />\r\nCheck UG official channels,HRMIS, SRMS and website regularly for updates.&nbsp;</div>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1021, 1030, 'und', 0, '<p class=\"rtejustify\">HELP GUYANA, Guyana’s first Crisis Management Web and Mobile app, which was conceptualised, created and promoted by a stakeholder group of women determined to create an app for social good and that could benefit vulnerable groups in Guyana, was launched in observance of International Day of Girls in ICT.</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">The idea was conceptualised by Karen Abrams, STEM Guyana Director and Dr Mellissa Ifill, UG lecturer. Members of the STEM Guyana, GTT &amp; IDPADA-G teams helped to strengthen the concept, while the application was coded by Coily.us creator and STEM Guyana co-founder, Asha Christian. Karen Abrams, it should be noted, brings to the project her multiple years of experience in the Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery space during her time in Corporate America where she served as Director of Risk Management for Earthlink Networks in Atlanta, Georgia.</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">The current version of the HELP Guyana app is customised for the COVID-19 crisis; allowing masks producers and providers to sell and donate, and a portal to share that information. It also allows small businesses to advertise their goods and services to what is anticipated to be thousands of users of the app and allows registration for delivery services all over the country. One of the modules recruits volunteers for registered agencies. Finally, the security module allows for the anonymous reporting of domestic violence, fraud and abuse, which often becomes prevalent during times of crisis.</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">The HELP Guyana project is sponsored by GTT, the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly–Guyana (IDPADA-G), and the Anira Foundation. STEM Guyana has also reached out to many public and private agencies for support, and these agreements will be announced later. The HELP Guyana app is technology used for social good and it will help to enhance the lives of citizens all across Guyana.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/HELPGuyana.jpg\" style=\"height:353px; width:700px\" /></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1022, 1031, 'und', 0, '<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/DigitalDialogue_GirlsInICT.jpg\" style=\"height:885px; width:700px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"rtecenter\">CARICOM Digital Dialogue</h3>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong>Join us via Zoom:</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><u><a href=\"https://uwi.zoom.us/j/91170090696?pwd=cjEwdk5rRzdvUGxYaXloRTB2bmJaZz09\" style=\"color: #0000FF;\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for link</a></u></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong>Meeting ID:</strong> 911 7009 0696</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong>Password:</strong> 742747</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong>Regional Resilience: ICT, STEM and Youth</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<h3 class=\"rtecenter\">Girls in ICT Day 2020<br />\r\nList of Hashtags</h3>\r\n\r\n<p>1. #CARICOMPartners4Girls<br />\r\n2. #CARICOMGirlsInICTPartners<br />\r\n3. #CARICOMGirlsInICTPartnership<br />\r\n4. #CARICOM<br />\r\n5. #CARICOMHRD<br />\r\n6. #ExpandHorizons<br />\r\n7. #ExpandHorizonsGICT<br />\r\n8. #CARICOMGirlsinICT<br />\r\n9. #CaribbeanGirlsinICT<br />\r\n10. #CaribbeanWomenSTEM<br />\r\n11. #CARICOMICT4Girls<br />\r\n12. #21stcenturyGirlsICT</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1026, 1035, 'und', 0, '<div dir=\"ltr\">You are invited to attend a&nbsp;Zoom webinar&nbsp;Lecture&nbsp;by Professor Stafford Griffith, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of the West Indies (UWI), Five Island Campus and candidate for the position of Vice- Chancellor.<br />\r\nLecture scheduled for Thursday,&nbsp;May 14, 2020 06:00 PM Eastern Time.</div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\r\n<p>Register in advance for this webinar using the email link below:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RvKEc2fsSJ2mJFTFkD8Cug\" target=\"_blank\">https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RvKEc2fsSJ2mJFTFkD8Cug</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.</p>\r\n</div>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1027, 1036, 'und', 0, '<p>You are invited to attend a&nbsp;Zoom webinar&nbsp;Lecture by Professor Stafford Griffith, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of the West Indies (UWI), Five Island Campus and candidate for the position of Vice- Chancellor.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nLecture scheduled for Thursday,&nbsp;May 14, 2020 06:00 PM Eastern Time.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nRegister in advance for this webinar using the email link below:<br />\r\n<a href=\"https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RvKEc2fsSJ2mJFTFkD8Cug\">https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RvKEc2fsSJ2mJFTFkD8Cug</a><br />\r\nAfter registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1028, 1037, 'und', 0, '<p>You are invited to attend a lecture via Zoom webinar on May 15, 2020 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada). The lecture will be presented by Professor Jaipaul Singh, Professor of Physiology and Research Degree Tutor at the School of Forensic and Applied Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom, and candidate for the position of Vice- Chancellor of the University of Guyana.<br />\r\nRegister in advance for this webinar using the link below:<br />\r\n<a href=\"https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7DO8-MNPTBKiudseLZNm1Q\">https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7DO8-MNPTBKiudseLZNm1Q</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\nAfter registration, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1029, 1038, 'und', 0, '<div>\r\n<p>You are invited to attend a lecture via Zoom webinar on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 18:00 h. The lecture will be presented by&nbsp;Professor Clement Sankat,&nbsp;President, University of Belize, and Professor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Register in advance for this webinar using the link below:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div><a href=\"https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6s5OStzZTBmk1J2srknyKA\" target=\"_blank\">https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6s5OStzZTBmk1J2srknyKA</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\nAfter registration, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.</div>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1030, 1039, 'und', 0, '<p>You are hereby invited to register to attend the fourth and final lecture in a series of four virtual lectures. The lecture will be held on Thursday, May 21, 2020, 6pm - 8pm via Zoom Webinar by Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin,&nbsp;Chair of the Transitional Management Committee (TMC) and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Philanthropy, Alumni, and Civic Engagement (PACE), University of Guyana, and&nbsp;Adjunct Professor of Cultural Diplomatics, Trent University, Canada, and candidate for the position of 11 th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Register in advance for the webinar using the link below:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eHVUkX28TeqAqY4SUPsH0Q\" target=\"_blank\">https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eHVUkX28TeqAqY4SUPsH0Q</a><br />\r\n<br />\r\nAfter registration, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1031, 1040, 'und', 0, '<p>The University of Guyana is a partner of the ITU\'s (International Telecommunication Union) Girls in ICT Day celebrations for 2020.&nbsp; As part of this year\'s celebrations, a series Digital Dialogues will be held.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The second Digital Dialogue is scheduled for <strong>Wednesday, May 27, 2020&nbsp; at 10:00 am via Zoom and Facebook Live.&nbsp;</strong> The theme for the session is \"<strong><em>Jobs, Work, and Opportunities in a post-COVID Caribbean</em></strong>\".</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Attached are copies of the event flyer and a background to the keynote speaker Mr Wayne Chen. The flyer contains the link to join the event virtually.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Thank you.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/caricom.org/\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/Flyer - 2nd CARICOM Digital Dialogue - 27 May2020.png\" style=\"height:488px; width:650px\" /></a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/caricom.org/\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/Keynote speaker Flyer - Wayne Chen.png\" style=\"height:488px; width:650px\" /></a></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1032, 1041, 'und', 0, '<p>The Transitional Management Committee (TMC) of the University of Guyana advises that UG is not demanding tuition fees from students at this time.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>However, due to various queries in the last week, a blanket note was sent by the Registry Division via UG’s internal Students Records Management Systems (SRMS) on May 22, 2020 in response to those queries, explaining what new online procedures are now in place to facilitate payments during this period.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>It should be noted that persons still need such documents as transcripts, letters and so on. In addition, some students are paying fees since all student matters are not uniformed. However, for those who are experiencing difficulty, all dead- lines have been relaxed thus far.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The note from the Registry mentioned no deadline and should not be read as a demand for payment of fees.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The TMC wishes to re-iterate to students that there is currently no enforced deadline for payment of fees and the Uni- versity has not and is not demanding fees at this time and in these circumstances.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>It is hoped that this clarification brings relief to any student to whom the situation was not clear.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Please also be guided to refer to the University’s HRMIS, SRMS and official website for further updates and all official notifications.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University (staff and students) are currently in safe mode, and the administration is working to support students as far as possible during this period.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Transitional Management Committee (TMC)<br />\r\nMay 25, 2020</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1033, 1042, 'und', 0, '<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/HappyIndependenceGuyana.jpg\" style=\"height:774px; width:650px\" /></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1034, 1043, 'und', 0, '<div class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n<h4>UNIVERSITY OF GUYANA COOPERATIVE CREDIT UNION LTD.</h4>\r\n\r\n<h4>Registration # 1849</h4>\r\n\r\n<h4>NOTICE</h4>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Please be advised that due to the COVID-19 lockdown and the need to maintain social distancing, we were forced to temporarily suspend our operations on campus.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>We are currently exploring new ways of administering payments to our members with Guyana Telephone Telegraph Company Limited and Republic Bank, using MMG or direct deposit into bank accounts respectively.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>We will resume operations as soon as arrangements with these entities have been finalised.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>We sincerely regret any inconvenience caused.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Management Committee<br />\r\nMay 26, 2020 </strong></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1035, 1044, 'und', 0, '<h4>Presentation by Professor Michael Ross (UCLA Department of Political Science)</h4>\r\n\r\n<p>You are invited to the University of Guyana Green Institute Zoom webinar.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>When:</strong> June 2, 2020 4:30 PM Guyana Time<br />\r\n<strong>Topic:</strong> The Resource Curse and Democracy: Lessons for Guyana</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Please register in advance for this webinar using the link below:<br />\r\n<a href=\"https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JiMKXQ1lRGyX-lWoeCTzOw\" style=\"color:blue\">https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JiMKXQ1lRGyX-lWoeCTzOw</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1036, 1045, 'und', 0, '<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong>University of Guyana<br />\r\nTransitional Management Committee (TMC) UPDATE </strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Categories of UG Staff and all Students To Continue to Work in Safe Mode (online) until at least the end of the extended Semester 1, July 18, 2020 </strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>(Georgetown/Guyana/The University of Guyana/ June 1, 2020) </em>The Transitional Management Committee (TMC) of The University of Guyana, further advises students, faculty and staff that there will be an extension of the safe mode <strong>until July 18, 2020, </strong>in response to COVID -19.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>While essential staff and specified others may return with special permission under strict protocols a full-fledged return to face to face mode of classes is not envisaged at this time.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>However, staff and students will continue to work online as far as possible during this period. </strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>While the situation is still being observed, staff and students are encouraged to frequently </strong><strong>check the University’s official </strong><strong>communication channels, SRMS, HRMIS and the University\'s website for updates</strong>.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>We continue to encourage everyone to stay safe and to support the safety of others by following the guidelines of staying home, covering ones nose, mouth and eyes and maintaining 6 feet physical distance from others if they must go out. One must also maintain good nutrition and hygiene by washing hands, feet and parts of the body including garments regularly.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Please recall also that emergency cell numbers for all essential departments may be found on the University’s website at www.uog.edu.gy.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>We continue to wish everyone good health and wellness in every form until we return to the new norm. </strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Public Relations Officer (ag)<br />\r\nOn Behalf of the Transitional Management Committee TMC</strong></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1037, 1046, 'und', 0, '<p>The University of Guyana, Faculty of Engineering and Technology in partnership with the United States Embassy in Georgetown, on June 3, 2020 hosted a Zoom Webinar titled: ‘A University in Transition: Accreditation for a Sustaina- ble Economy (EASE)’. The purpose of the webinar was to discuss accreditation of the University of Guyana’s Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) Programmes.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The FET will be seeking accreditation with the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), which certifies the quality of postsecondary education and provides assurance that programmes meet top-tier global quality standards for engineering.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The accreditation process is being guided by an ABET Committee comprising a four member team under the leadership of U.S Fulbright Scholar to the University of Guyana, Professor Norman Munroe, a Guyanese born Professor at Florida State University who has spent the last year at UG working with the Committee on accreditation. The other members are Dr Anna Perreira, Lecturer, Department of Architecture and Head of FET Research; Ms. Elena Trim, Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mr. Anil James, Industrial Liaison Officer, FET.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Accreditation is being sought for the Architectural, Industrial, Mechanical, Civil and Electrical Engineering Pro- grammes. The long-term objective of the faculty is to build the necessary human capital (quality graduates) for the in- dustrial sectors including the new Oil &amp; Gas Industry.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The lengthy process of accreditation includes several ABET established quality standards/criteria have to be met in or- der for the programmes to be accredited: Self-Study Assessment, Student Input, Programme Educational Objectives, Student Outcomes, Continuous Improvement, Policy and Processes, Curriculum, Faculty, Facilities and Institutional Support, explained Professor Munroe.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>During her Welcome Remarks U.S Ambassador, Ms. Sarah Ann-Lynch explained that accreditation will help UG to achieve global quality standards, she assured that the US Embassy stands ready to help the University of Guyana in this regard.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>We (UG) need to recognise that knowledge production is linked to economic competitiveness. Therefore, the new dis- pensation of the University of Guyana is trending towards online learning and research, we need to define new roles in the information system and grasp its range of possibilities, this includes investment in human capital for sustainable de- velopment, cited Professor Edward Greene. He also thanked everyone and intoned the importance of UG in the regional education system and in ensuring a sustainable and viable Caribbean region.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Professor Paloma Mohamed- Martin, Deputy Vice- Chancellor, Philanthropy, Alumni and Civic Engagement (PACE) and Chair of the UG Transitional Management Committee (TMC) said the University of Guyana’s Blueprint, holds out 7 aspirational goals for UG and one is to be a model of the nation in every way. Therefore, professional quality is high on the University’s agenda, hence the accreditation of several of the programmes is being prioritised. Bearing in mind that the process and the prize of accreditation are resource intensive, The University had prioritised labs, human resources and curriculum relevancy in this year’s budget. Prof. Mohamed congratulated the team and thanked everyone for their contributions to the process thus far.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>UG serves the country well with its graduates and the institution is critical for the Oil and Gas Sector and Guyana, ex- plained Mr. Ron Henson from CGX Guyana. Like the U.S Ambassador, he endorsed the importance of UG achieving internationally recognised standards.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>These standards would give students Confidence in the quality of Education being received from the University of Guy- ana, along with Recognition and acknowledgement around the world, it will also present Opportunities to create links and networking in society explained Mr. Joshua Trotman, Student Work Group Representative of the FET.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“Guyana has the potential to become the richest country in the world”, explained Mr. Vincent Adams, Executive Direc- tor of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, “we have the resources”. However, “education is needed, Education attracts foreign investment,” thus, raising the standard of UG is especially important and ABET accreditation is long overdue.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The event was chaired by Ms. Violeta Talandis, US Embassy Public Affairs officer, Welcome Remarks were given by Ms. Sarah-Ann Lynch, US Ambassador in Guyana; Opening Remarks by Prof. Eddie Greene, Chancellor, University of Guyana; Prof. Paloma Mohamed-Martin, Deputy Vice- Chancellor, Philanthropy, Alumni and Civic Engagement (PACE) and Chair of the UG Transitional Management Committee (TMC) spoke about the role of FET’s in Guyana’s workforce development. U.S Fulbright Scholar and FIU Professor , Professor Norman Munroe, Dr Anna Perreira, Lec- turer, Department of Architecture and Head of FET Research; Ms. Elena Trim, Head, Department of Mechanical Engi- neering and Mr. Anil James, Industrial Liaison Officer, FET, elaborated on ABET Accreditation of Engineering Pro- grammes. Endorsements were made by the following ABET Constituents: Mr. Rod Henson Exxon Representative, Em- ployer representative, Mr. Stuart Hughes, Guyana Association of Professional Engineers, Industry representative; Mr. Vincent Adams, Executive Director, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Alumni representative; and Student rep- resentative, Mr. Joshua Trotman, Student, FET. Closing Remarks were given by Ms. Verlyn Klass, Dean of the faculty of Engineering &amp; Technology.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Public Relations Division<br />\r\nJune 5, 2020</strong></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1038, 1047, 'und', 0, '<p>The University of Guyana’s Council is happy to announce that the year-long search for the Institution\'s 11th Vice Chancellor has ended. The Candidate who led the field of other stellar contenders secured the Council’s endorsement. The successful Candidate is Prof. Paloma Mohamed-Martin, PhD, A.A., the first woman to be named Vice Chancellor in the 57 year history of the University of Guyana. The Council warmly congratulates and wishes her a productive and successful tenure.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Council also extends its sincere appreciation to all applicants and short-listed candidates, and to the Search Committee and Teams of Evaluators for their months of diligent service.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Public Relations Division<br />\r\nJune 9, 2020</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1039, 1048, 'und', 0, '<p>The University of Guyana\'s Growth in a Resource-abundant Economy and Environment (GREEN) Institute (UGGI) hosted a lecture via Zoom webinar on June 2, 2020, under the theme: ‘<em>The Resource Curse and De- mocracy: Lessons for Guyana </em>.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The presentation was made by Professor Michael Ross from UCLA Department of Political Science, who shared lessons from oil rich countries such Nigeria, Algeria, Venezuela, Iran etc. as a guide for Guyana to capitalise on the pending Oil Boom.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In reference to information in his book titled, \"The Oil Curse\" published in 2012, Professor Ross explained that oil wealth shapes the trajectory of low and middle income nations and presents a challenge in governance. He further noted, that oil wealth causes democracy to deteriorate. Therefore, he cautions Guyana to be wary of oil wealth causing the Dutch disease (where certain sections of society win and others lose).</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the oil equation, the Government wins (or more specifically whoever controls the government wins), as well as the oil industry and the service sector. The Government sees increases in revenue and spending (therefore a strict structure should be put in place on how oil revenue will be spent). Oil wealth increases po- litical power, (this leads to rulers staying in power for a long time, thus autocracies become powerful causing the deterioration of democracy.)</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Moreover, government has the capacity to do public good and create a pathway to greater economic develop- ment and stability. It also has the power to diversify the economy through infrastructural development, better health care system, education etc. It might seem like the obvious thing to do, Professor Ross said. Yet it is very rare, research has shown that there has been less diversification of economies of oil rich countries be- tween 1995 and 2010.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In an effort to provide extra safeguard for Guyana’s democracy, Professor Ross recommends: power sharing arrangements, (this will create an opportunity for excluded groups to realise that they have a stake in the sys- tem, that they are not going to lose out from the current government and therefore they have an interest in playing by the rules and keeping institutions well-functioning); independent courts (these are critical for trans- parency); transparency, a strong civil society, strengthen educational systems and academic freedom of our young people.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>There are no easy solutions, the UCLA Professor said. However, there must be changes from below ground wealth to above ground wealth and Guyana has to be equally vigilant to get the best bargain out of the oil deal and maintain its resources.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The webinar was a result of a recently held symposium of Social and Political Cooperation which addressed (i) Political cooperation and electoral systems in ethnically divided societies and (ii) behavioural/ experimental economics insights on cooperation and social learning. A number of related webinars will be held in the com- ing weeks to address issues such as Democracy and Governance, Elections and Electoral Reform in Diverse States, and Rent sharing and inclusive growth.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The UGGI is headed by director Dr. Thomas Singh and Coordinator Dr. Anna Perreira with the administrative support of Ms. Sharmin Sookdeo. The mission of UGGI is “<em>to engage in education and training, research and advocacy, including the introduction of relevant technologies and best</em><em>-</em><em>practices among stakeholders, within the domains of the society, the economy and the environment, in order to enhance the well</em><em>-</em><em>being of Guyanese as individuals living in communities and as a nation</em>.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Public Relations Division<br />\r\nJune 12, 2020</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1040, 1049, 'und', 0, '<p><em>(Georgetown/Guyana/June 11/2020) </em>The University of Guyana Council salutes the historic appoint- ment of Professor Paloma Mohamed–Martin .A.A. as the University of Guyana’s first female Vice-Chancellor in its 57th year of existence since its establishment in 1963.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In June 2019, acting in accordance with the legal provisions of the University Act and Statutes, and specifically, bearing in mind the authority of the Council in Section 11(1) of the University of Guyana Act Cap 39:02 to appoint the Vice-Chancellor, the Council initiated a comprehensive Search Process to fill the vacancy which arose by the demitting of Office of the 10th Vice-Chancellor on June 14, 2019.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The vacancy, which was advertised for 2 months locally, regionally, and internationally received a to- tal of 46 applicants by the closing date of January 31, 2020. Thereafter, the Search Committee established by the Council proceeded to review all applications and presented a short list of the five (5) top candidates. These 5 candidates were subjected to a robust due diligence exercise from which 4 candidates emerged successful. Thereafter, they were subjected to evaluation via a series of structured engagements with the University Coun- cil, the Search Committee, Academic Board, and the General Public through a Public Lecture. This lasted for a period of 3 weeks. Due to the coronavirus conditions all engagements were conducted virtually and as- sessed by a wide cross section of stakeholder groups within the University as well as a core of external evalua- tors.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>On June 5, 2020 the University Council, at a Special Session received a recommendation from the Search Committee that presented a list of the top three (3) candidates which considered the tabulated scores from the evaluators at all the engagements. In this regard, Professor Mohamed-Martin .A.A. had emerged from the tabulation with the highest scores, and in considering this fact and other variables, as outlined in the public advertisement, the Council agreed to the appointment of Professor Mohamed as the 11th Vice Chancel- lor of the University.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Council acknowledges that as the first female Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Pro- fessor Mohamed-Martin is assuming this high office against a solid background of impressive results, inter alia, at the University of Guyana. Having returned to Guyana in 2007 she played a key and instrumental role in the resuscitation of the Centre for Communication Studies, becoming its Director and subsequently serving the University with distinction as Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Philanthropy, Alumni and Civic Engagement (PACE) and Chair of the Transitional Management Committee (TMC) for al- most one year in the absence of a substantial Vice-Chancellor. Her solid academic and scholastic achieve- ments are well known and published in the community of academia and she has been awarded several of Guy- ana’s and the Caribbean’s highest honors for her work.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Council congratulates and wishes her a successful tenure of office as she assumes this important Office as the first female Vice-Chancellor of our national University and looks forward to her continued self- less dedication to duty.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Public Relations Division<br />\r\nFor the University Council<br />\r\nJune 11, 2020</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1041, 1050, 'und', 0, '<p><strong>LEVEL OF SAFE MODE UPGRADED to HIGHEST ALERT</strong> - Access to ALL University of Guyana Campuses <strong>Completely Restricted</strong> from 18:00 h, Monday June 15, 2020.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The administration of the University of Guyana wishes to advise members of our UG community (Faculty, Staff and Students) that we must immediately move to a hard lock down of all UG campuses due to security precautions which must be taken at this time.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Therefore, from 18:00 h on Monday June 15, 2020 until further notice, NO ONE other than security and staff with top level security clearance will be allowed on any of our campuses.</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>We sincerely regret that this action has become necessary. We will be observing conditions with a view to removing these restrictions at the earliest opportunity.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Functions of the University will continue to be performed online in safe mode.</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University Community is reminded to keep checking our official channels (UG website, HRMIS and SRMS) for updates.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Members of our community are also reminded of our duty as models of the nation to stay safe and to act responsibly.&nbsp;</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1042, 1051, 'und', 0, '<p>by <a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/author/sbourne/\" target=\"_blank\">Shaquille Bourne</a>, Author at the Department of Public Information</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>─ says Vice-Chancellor Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>DPI, Guyana, Thursday, June 11, 2020</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Newly appointed Vice-Chancellor Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin has announced that the establishment of niche campuses are being considered as the University of Guyana deliberates how its programmes are delivered to students.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“We are sitting down and looking at the country [in terms of] what the country is likely to be doing in the next couple of years, what we want our people to be able to achieve, where those people are going to be located, and how the university is going to help to achieve that,” the Vice-Chancellor told DPI during a recent Zoom interview.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>According to the Vice-Chancellor, UG has examined numerous studies and projections and therefore the institution has attractive options to consider.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Providing insight, the Vice-Chancellor noted while the country has a maritime school that produces careers in oil and gas, UG has no maritime-focused programme to offer much-needed degrees.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>As such, Professor Mohamed-Martin held that the university is examining proposals for the programme and its prospective location. In this regard, she cited Berbice as an appropriate area due to high levels of oil and gas activity offshore of the county.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Likewise, the Vice-Chancellor suggested a UG school for geology and mines would be best situated in Linden – a mining township that leads other mining regions.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>These considerations before the university take into account climate change, the green economy, migration, Guyana’s internal relationships, the global dynamic, energy, etc.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“We are looking at partnerships that are strategic, that are niched and that are targeted at providing quick but strategic wins in the medium term,” the Vice-Chancellor continued.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin was <a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/ug-appoints-first-female-vice-chancellor/#gsc.tab=0\">appointed to Vice-Chancellor on Tuesday</a> &nbsp;by Chancellor Edward Green. Since then, the Vice-Chancellor has stated that the University of Guyana is preparing to release a <a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/ug-to-release-blueprint-to-guide-20-years-of-development-says-new-vice-chancellor/?fbclid=IwAR3XtyH9XZ5b7HHX1rVdKHF0AU4xb8hPYEvl6z2uxdXJsi5ka90AwBjSo2E#gsc.tab=0\">blueprint</a> to guide the next 20 years of development.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Vice Chancellor’s predecessor was Professor Ivelaw Griffith, whose tenure ended in 2019.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/ug-considers-niche-campuses-to-enhance-delivery-of-programmes/\" target=\"_blank\">https://dpi.gov.gy/ug-considers-niche-campuses-to-enhance-delivery-of-programmes/</a></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1043, 1052, 'und', 0, '<p>by <a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/author/sbourne/\" target=\"_blank\">Shaquille Bourne</a>, Author at the Department of Public Information</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>– ¾</em><em>new Vice-Chancellor aspires to raise standard of the institution</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>DPI, Guyana, Thursday, June 11, 2020</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>“One of UG’s aspirational goals is to make the institution the first choice for the best students […] and we want it to be more competitive- internationally, not only for our local students but other students who come here,” said Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The newly freshly appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana was at the time speaking to DPI during an interview.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>As UG gears up to release its <a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/ug-to-release-blueprint-to-guide-20-years-of-development-says-new-vice-chancellor/?fbclid=IwAR0iXjj0GFUdpvrmldquSoY65yyaACD0YdO5HSrXZ9PUwPel3pD4iAWan8Q#gsc.tab=0\">20-year development blueprint</a> &nbsp;the Vice-Chancellor said people should not negate the astronomical benefits of a tertiary-level education.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“I would say a university education is 40 per cent where you went and 60 per cent who you are […] You can go to any university in the world and you are a top-class brain and innovator,” the Professor Mohamed-Martin stated.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Describing the lecturers as guides, the Vice-Chancellor added that the onus is on students to make themselves into success stories by taking advantage of the opportunities presented at the university.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>She held that “it is really about your inner hunger and what you want to do […] A university education does make you, [<em>sic</em>] distinguish you from everybody else.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>As the University of Guyana prepares to head into a new direction under her stewardship, Professor Mohamed-Martin posited that UG will emerge as an institution that solves the problem within the society, particularly with a redesign of the curriculum.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Vice-Chancellor disclosed among the plans that are expected to soon come on stream are infrastructural upgrades to the university’s library, buildings within the Faculty of Natural Sciences, and the sports complex. Some of these are funded by the Government, and others by donors.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin was <a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/ug-appoints-first-female-vice-chancellor/\">appointed to Vice-Chancellor</a> on Tuesday by Chancellor Edward Green.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/a-first-choice-and-more-competitive-ug/\" target=\"_blank\">https://dpi.gov.gy/a-first-choice-and-more-competitive-ug/</a></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1044, 1053, 'und', 0, '<p>by <a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/author/sbourne/\" target=\"_blank\">Shaquille Bourne</a>, Author at the Department of Public Information</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>—reveals plans for coming year</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>DPI, Guyana, Wednesday, June 10, 2020</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>A 2040 blueprint that will dictate the transformative growth of the University of Guyana will shortly be released. Spearheading this new era of development for the tertiary institution is UG’s first female Vice-Chancellor (VC) and change strategist, Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In a Zoom interview with DPI, Professor Mohamed-Martin outlined the main areas of change that the UG will experience over the next year.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>According to the Vice-Chancellor, one critical component is the strengthening of the institution’s financial systems.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“That work has already begun, in terms of digitising, modernising our software [and] finishing the audits that we’ve started,” the VC outlined. Retraining and hiring of staff with varying capacities have similarly bolstered this area of focus, she noted.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Additionally, the Vice-Chancellor highlighted a situation that has grasped her attention – one that she intends to change.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“My biggest peeve at the university since I got there was the low salaries that we pay, to not only our academic staff but other staff. This is a huge problem […] not because of the money only, but because of what it allows us to do and who it allows us to buy,” the she explained.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Professor Mohamed-Martin was adamant that if UG intends to pursue the course of being a science-driven university, the institution will need scholars with doctoral degrees. For this to be possible, the Vice-Chancellor maintained salaries must be raised.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Still, on the topic of the academic staff, the she noted those already in the system must be balanced with imported staff. The VC confirmed, “we have already begun to train 20 PhDs in the sciences and they will come out in the next 3 years.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>While staff are being trained, the university will continue with its research chair programme, Professor Mohamed-Martin noted.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>This programme is one in which academics at UG would be groomed by visiting researchers. The UG-based academics would, in turn, lead their own research agenda after approximately 3 years.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Another area that will receive attention is the improvement of the university’s support system for students. The VC acknowledged the student support services along with the quality assurance for students have been limited, as the students’ association has reached its limit.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>“We are putting some energy into expanding students’ services, student care, as well as tracking them all the way and supporting them all through alumni and the first years of their alumni.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Further, the Vice -Chancellor assured that the security of the institution will be given more attention. This includes not only physical and cybersecurity but upgrades to sanitation as well. Already, a project to revamp Turkeyen’s campus sewage system is underway.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin succeeds Professor Ivlaw Griffith whose tenure ended in 2019. The new Vice-Chacnellor served as chair of the university’s Transitional Management Committee and Deputy Vice-Chancellor responsible for Philanthropy, Alumni and Civic Engagement (PACE).</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The VC was <a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/ug-appoints-first-female-vice-chancellor/\"><strong>appointed on Tuesday</strong></a> &nbsp;by Chancellor Edward Green.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Source</strong>: <a href=\"https://dpi.gov.gy/ug-to-release-blueprint-to-guide-20-years-of-development-says-new-vice-chancellor/\">https://dpi.gov.gy/ug-to-release-blueprint-to-guide-20-years-of-development-says-new-vice-chancellor/</a></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
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('notice', 0, 1046, 1055, 'und', 0, '<p>The University of Guyana wishes to advise that the Academic Board (on Thursday, June 18, 2020) made a decision to offer Summer courses from August to September 2020 on a prioritized basis.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Students who require no more than two courses to graduate this academic year will be prioritized, though courses for other students will be considered.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Students will be able to register via the SRMS in the next few weeks. Further details will be communicated in a timely manner. Students are reminded to keep checking the University\'s official sources (Website and SRMS) for updates.</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html');
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('news', 0, 1047, 1056, 'und', 0, '<p class=\"rtecenter\">WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO NCV 19</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">**************</p>\r\n\r\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:lower-latin\">\r\n	<li>\r\n	<p><strong>Background: </strong>This emergency policy document responds to requests from Faculty and Students for a clear policy direction regarding course management and assessment in the disrupted semester 2 of academic year 2019-2020 due to the requirements of physical distancing and hard lockdown in order to arrest and subdue the nCov19 pandemic in Guyana.</p>\r\n	</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n	<p><strong>Applicability</strong>: Though there is room for exception, this policy shall be applicable to all academic departments within the University of Guyana structure until the safe mode period has ended.</p>\r\n	</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n	<p><strong>This policy is written to cover any extended emergency conditions or any future conditions which require remote or virtual work to be done</strong>. It may therefore be triggered in any such future conditions unless superseded by another policy or order from the relevant University bodies.</p>\r\n	</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n	<p><strong>Exceptions: </strong>Exceptions to these guidelines will be justifiable by written case presented to the Academic Policy and Planning Committee (AP&amp;PC) for hearing and decision and to the Academic Board for ratification.</p>\r\n	</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n	<p><strong>This document is considered a living document as therefore may be updated and amended as necessary. </strong></p>\r\n	</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n	<p><strong>The overarching nature of this policy is supplemented by specific faculty plans reviewed and approved through AP&amp;PC by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Academics and are appended in the full version of the document. </strong></p>\r\n	</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>GUIDING PRINCIPLES </strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:lower-roman\">\r\n	<li><strong><em>Principle of Completion</em></strong><em>: Priority is to be given to Final Year Students: Where resources are limited or special consideration is required all considerations and especial assistance must be given to support the completion of all course for students on track for graduation in 2019-2020 academic year. </em></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Principle of Veracity</em></strong><em>: All grades must be verifiable and must adhere to at least 75% of the original teaching and learning outcomes of the course. All variations must be justified and approved at level of Departments and Faculty. </em></li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>A graduation</strong> </em><em>is expected to be held late December 2020 providing all things return to safety by September 2020. </em></li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>However, a second graduation</strong> </em><em>already on the university books which allows for a graduation in April 2021 might also be considered a safer option for those students who may not be able to complete essential labs and attachments by November 2020. </em></li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Scheduling</strong>: </em><em>The Registry has produced a revised academic schedule which should be once it is agreed upon annexed to this document as the advice on scheduling and deadlines going forward. </em></li>\r\n	<li><strong><em>Principle of Student-centered Flexibility</em></strong><em>: While boundaries and limits to extensions and other forms of relief are recognised, as far as possible a flexible, student-centered approach should be adopted by all faculty and staff. There should be a focus on student success rather than rigid rule adherence.</em></li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Students with Special Needs</strong> are to be given as much support and space in which to cope with the pandemic/emergency as they navigate their studies with no penalty.</em></li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>The “one eighth” principle or theory applies</strong>. Most degree programmes run for 4 years (8 semesters). This is one unusual semester in which the final exam is lost. Additionally, the prevailing pandemic conditions will deprive some courses of a certain amount of breadth and rigor. But this is only one out of 8 semesters - one-eighth of the programme. The thoroughness of the other 7 will compensate for this one, and the students will still have a good programme. </em></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>NO FINAL EXAMS BUT VARIOUS FORMS OF ASSESSMENTS</strong>: Given the need for physical distance and for limiting the possibility of gross contamination of the virus amongst staff and students, and because there is no foreseeable end to this situation in this semester, there <strong>can be no final exams as they have been constructed in the past. However, there is still need for a robust final assessment for each course. There must be a series of viable and robust means of assigning a final grade for each course taught by lecturers for each student who takes the course.</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ol start=\"7\" style=\"list-style-type:lower-latin\">\r\n	<li><strong>Forms of Assessment: The University’s proposed policy is that these various forms of assessments scheduled for the months of June-July 2020</strong> should be based on the work done in the Faculty of Education and Humanities in addition to some universal and UG specific guiding principles:</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>ASSESSMENT MODALITIES:</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>In view of the above, the following overarching guidance is given to the Faculty for producing end of semester scores in relation to this semester. Where exceptions have been approved, they should be found in the appendices of this document.</em></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ol start=\"4\" style=\"list-style-type:lower-roman\">\r\n	<li><em><strong>Calculation of the best 90% of all Course-Work Grades</strong> from any, or any combination of a. Assignments b. Class Tests (if possible) c. Practical work (if possible) d. Research Paper(s) e. Action evaluations and projects.</em></li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Pilot Online Tests</strong> - The University would have completed integration of a test software with its Moodle teaching platform by May 10. Any number of lecturers using Moodle.uog.edu.gy can test this software. If it is used in test mode, we recommend short 15-minute tests or a series of these tests per module. <strong>But the student and lecturer must have the ability to discard these tests if they are deemed to have problems and students must be told that this a pilot and given the option to choose this or another assessment exercise.</strong></em></li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>In scheduling, administration and management</strong> of tests online as pilots and tests online as final evaluations the Faculty/department/Registry and Department of Software services will collaborate on a protocol which will be reviewed on agreed upon by APP and Academic Board.</em></li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Wet Labs/Field Trips/Internships/ Practicum and Experiments</strong> – Classes with Wet Labs/Field Trips/Internships/ Practicum and Experiments are required to use creative scheduling to address the matter of whether it would be safe and practical to run continuous labs/field assignments for students in full gear and with only 3 or 4 students at least 6 feet in every direction apart in these labs during the months of July, AUG and Sept 2020.</em></li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Otherwise, if it is believed to be too risky or not possible to conduct labs in safe mode</strong>, all other coursework except for the wet labs/fieldwork/practicum etc. are to be completed online as far as possible and those other aspects of the courses/labs/fieldwork which cannot be done at this time and in safe mode (online or otherwise safe) must be re-scheduled to the earliest date possible which is verified and agreed as safe to conduct in the typical setting. <strong style=\"color:red;\">This is to be the considered call of the departments but any decisions to implement wet lab protocols must be considered and approved by AP&amp;PC and ACADEMIC Board before they are implemented. As such treatment of these parts of instruction should be included in the Faculty specific appendices attached hereto.</strong></em></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>RELIEF MEASURES</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ol start=\"17\" style=\"list-style-type: lower-latin\">\r\n	<li><em><strong>STUDENTS PERFORMING ESSENTIAL SERVICES</strong>: We salute all those alumni and current students who are providing essential services during this period - health workers, security, CDC, social services, key financial services, custodial workers, ICT experts, farmers, transport services among others. <strong>Student on call or “in line” or working on the national response to NCV 19 will need extra time to complete assignments etc. They are to be given as much time as needed to complete. If at the time of submission of course grades they are still unable to submit assignments, they must be given an “Incomplete” and Not an “F”. Whenever they are able to complete the assignment a fair grade must be given.</strong></em></li>\r\n	<li><em><strong>Students who are stressed are to be given time to produce or to take a mental break without penalty.</strong>This may mean for this semester only, <strong>relaxing regulations on being able to bring coursework already completed from the same course in one semester to the makeup course in a next. It is agreed that this will be allowed.</strong></em></li>\r\n	<li><em><em><strong>Students who have not paid or fully paid but who had registered in part or are continuing are to be allowed to take the full course including final assessment as a relief measure in this semester.</strong> Relevant policy bodies are discussing ways to address this funding gap.</em></em></li>\r\n	<li><em><em><strong>Students shall retain the right of review (appeal)</strong> a final grade for this semester even though a final examination was not conducted. The period for review must be <strong>within 2 weeks</strong> of the grade being published.</em></em></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Summary of Decisions</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>These measures will be used for any national and local emergencies or disruption to the campuses and/ or IDCE centres.</li>\r\n	<li>Activation of Statute 16(3) allowed Academic Board to receive and trigger these policy guidelines for unprecedented emergency situations in the future.</li>\r\n	<li>These measures can be amended without any major discourses being required.</li>\r\n	<li>Graded courses shall continue to be so graded and that the pass/ fail option will only apply to those courses for which this was already approved by the Academic Board.</li>\r\n	<li>There is to be a “make-up” semester for those courses which were not completed in semester II 2019/2020.</li>\r\n	<li>Coursework marks (grades) will be carried over to this “make-up” semester.</li>\r\n	<li>There will be end of semester assessments but no final exams for those courses for which this will be permitted. Note that some courses are governed by what is acceptable to accrediting and other admitting bodies (e, g Law and Medicine).</li>\r\n	<li>Faculties and Departments are to propose the new assessment modes and their flexibility and robustness based on requirements of each particular course. This includes determining the weighting of assessments leading to each final grade.</li>\r\n	<li>As far as their capacity will allow Faculties and Departments are expected to support student’s success and pay particular attention to students who have specific and differential abilities during the emergency environment.</li>\r\n	<li>Students retain the right of review (appeal) even though a final examination was not conducted.</li>\r\n	<li>The registry is to be the custodian of final assessment instruments (question paper and rubric) in the event of the need for a review. A copy should be sent to HoD and Registry If the Moodle platform is not being used. In case of Moodle all exams and assessment tools will be stored on a secure server within the University internet system for quality control and review.</li>\r\n	<li>In this semester only students will not be debarred from writing the assessments for a course owing to an inability to meet the deadline for payment of fees.</li>\r\n	<li>Final exams for final year students in the MBBS, Dentistry and Optometry (perhaps) programmes will be facilitated in the August-October period.</li>\r\n	<li>Fourth year students in the MBBS and Dentistry programmes will be allowed to do their rotations in the August-October period.</li>\r\n	<li>With respect to summer programmes students who are on track to graduate this academic year under existing guidelines will be prioritized. Faculties will decide on which courses to deliver for the summer /recess period based on the numbers, and online capacities of both students and teaching staff.</li>\r\n	<li>A summer timetable will be available at the end of June and SRMS will be opened for those courses which will be offered.</li>\r\n	<li style=\"color:red;\"><strong>Please continue to check UG’s official online channels for updates (UOG website, HRMIS and SRMS).</strong></li>\r\n	<li style=\"color:red;\"><strong>This is a summary document. The full text of the policy can be found on the UoG website documents section.</strong></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n', '', 'full_html'),
('notice', 0, 1048, 1057, 'und', 0, '<p>Dear Graduate of the Class of 2019,</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Library in collaboration with Bursary have implemented a payment system for Library fees and fines to be paid through Republic Bank Guyana Limited. If you are indebted to the library and need to make payments in order to uplift your certificate, please follow the steps outlined below which are tailored for both Turkeyen and Tain Campuses.</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\r\n	<p>Check your student’s profile online (SRMS) to verify whether you are indebted to the Library. If you are indebted, the amount will be stated in the remarks column for the library. If the amount is not stated or you have a query about the amount stated, please contact us at:</p>\r\n\r\n	<ul>\r\n		<li>\r\n		<p>Turkeyen Campus Library - <a href=\"mailto:rsd.library@uog.edu.gy\">rsd.library@uog.edu.gy</a></p>\r\n		</li>\r\n		<li>\r\n		<p>Berbice Campus Library - <a href=\"mailto:berbice.library@uog.edu.gy\">berbice.library@uog.edu.gy</a></p>\r\n		</li>\r\n	</ul>\r\n	</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n	<p>Kindly visit any Republic Bank branch</p>\r\n	</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n	<p>Fill out deposit slips or relevant fields if using the Republic Online banking services; using account numbers:</p>\r\n\r\n	<ul>\r\n		<li>\r\n		<p>Turkeyen Campus Library - 96295-688-062-9</p>\r\n		</li>\r\n		<li>\r\n		<p>Berbice Campus Fees account - 97655-665-571-6</p>\r\n		</li>\r\n	</ul>\r\n	</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n	<p>Deposit the amount owed to the library into the University of Guyana account numbers as provided above depending on the campus you are attending.</p>\r\n	</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n	<p>Send a picture/scanned image of the deposit slip or forward the Republic bank transfer notification as proof of payment if the transaction is completed online to the bursary’s e- mail: <a href=\"mailto:bursary.fees@uog.edu.gy\">bursary.fees@uog.edu.gy</a> and the respective library’s e-mail:</p>\r\n\r\n	<ul>\r\n		<li>\r\n		<p>Turkeyen Campus - <a href=\"mailto:rsd.library@uog.edu.gy\">rsd.library@uog.edu.gy</a></p>\r\n		</li>\r\n		<li>\r\n		<p>Berbice Campus - <a href=\"mailto:berbice.library@uog.edu.gy\">berbice.library@uog.edu.gy</a></p>\r\n		</li>\r\n	</ul>\r\n	</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n	<p>Or you can also send a picture of the deposit slip via whatsapp to:</p>\r\n\r\n	<ul>\r\n		<li>\r\n		<p>Turkeyen Campus Library - 638-4432 or 642-7105</p>\r\n		</li>\r\n		<li>\r\n		<p>Berbice Campus Library - 651-4411 or 642-7006</p>\r\n		</li>\r\n	</ul>\r\n	</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<p>Additionally, if you are in possession of the two (2) yellow reading room tickets, please scan the tickets (name and address must be visible) and send to the respective library’s email addresses, if they are required for clearance.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>This notice supersedes the previous advisory on payment of Library Fees and Fines. For your information and guidance</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rteright\">University Librarian<br />\r\nJune 29, 2020</p>\r\n', '', 'full_html'),
('news', 0, 1049, 1058, 'und', 0, '<div class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"margin:15px;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/nationalWinners2020.png\" style=\"width: 700px; height: 274px;\" /></div>\r\n\r\n<p>Special Congratulations are extended from Chancellor, Professor Edward Greene, Pro-Chancellor Major General Retired Joseph Singh, Professor Paloma Mohamed – Martin, Vice- Chancellor and staff of the University of Guyana to Dr Lawrence Lewis, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Guyana on his achievement and recognition as a national winner of the ENERGY GLOBE AWARD, for his project titled <strong>Management and Use of Acacia Plantations on mined out Sites as Bioenergy Plantations for improved Livelihoods of Mining Communities. </strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>The <strong>ENERGY GLOBE AWARD </strong>is considered the most significant environmental award worldwide. This year more than 2,500 projects aimed at protecting the environment have been submitted by more than 180 countries around the world.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>All national winners will be officially presented to the public for the first time on June 30, 2020 at <a href=\"https://www.energyglobe.info\">www.energyglobe.info</a>, a 2-minute-video by winning projects will presented and shown worldwide, these presentations will encompass (respective research problems and their practical solutions).</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Energy Globe (The World Award for Sustainability) is presented annually to outstanding and sustainable projects in the area of environment and energy. Awards are presented on the national and international levels for the 5 categories of Earth, Fire, Water, Air and Youth. With more than 180 participating countries, the Energy Globe Award is today’s most renowned worldwide environmental award. The international recipients of each category are presented with their awards as part of a ceremony that is broadcast all over the world.</p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"margin:15px;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/DrLawrenceLewis.jpg\" style=\"height: 290px; width: 500px;\" />\r\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;\">Dr Lawrence Lewis – flashback working on Gasifier for woodchip to energy technology at UG</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>Public Relations Division<br />\r\nJune 25, 2020</p>\r\n', '', 'full_html'),
('news', 0, 1050, 1059, 'und', 0, '<p>The University of Guyana as part of its UG Cares Initiative which is geared to support the national effort in combatting Covid-19, has gifted the Palms Geriatric Home, Demerara Mahaica Regional Health Office and Region 6 Regional Democratic Council with a quantity of sanitizing supplies, masks, oximeters and thermometers. The simple but significant handing over activities were held on Monday June 22, 2020 at Region 4, Regional Democratic Office, Triumph, East Coast Demerara, while Region 6 handover was done on June 24, 2020 at the RDC Chairman’s Office in New Amsterdam.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Regional Executive Officer of Region 4, Ms. Pauline Lucas expressed thanks to the University of Guyana and stated that “<em>the supplies will be used to fight the pandemic COVID-19 on a daily basis in all 31 Health Facilities across the Demerara - </em><em>Mahaica Region.” </em></p>\r\n\r\n<p>The ceremony was attended by Dr. Emanuel Cummings, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Dr. Christopher Seetram, a representative from Region 4, Regional Health Office and Officers from the Office of <em>Philanthropy Alumni and Civic Engagement (PACE</em>), which organised the funding and logistics in response to letters to Prof. Paloma Mohamed, Vice- Chancellor Xi, from alumni of the University requesting various forms of support in fighting the pandemic.</p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"margin-top:15px; margin-bottom:15px;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/ug_cares_project-ug_staff.png\" style=\"width: 95%;\" />\r\n<p><strong><em>In photo: Ms. Pauline Lucas, Dr. Seetram and University of Guyana Staff</em></strong></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>The Regional Chairman of Region 6, Mr. David Armogan himself an alumnus said that he is thankful to the University of Guyana and that <em>“this is indeed something that is needed in the region to assist in the fight against the pandemic”</em>. The Chairman further stated that “<em>this </em><em>will go a long way to assist the people of Region 6.” </em>The ceremony was attended by Prof. Gomathinayagam Subramaniam, Director of the University of Guyana Berbice Campus along with Officers from PACE Office. There will be upcoming handing over activities of similar items by the University of Guyana to communities in Linden.</p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"margin-top:15px; margin-bottom:15px;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/ug_cares_project-docs_and_UG_berbice.png\" style=\"width: 95%;\" />\r\n<p><strong>In photo: Mr. David Armogan and UG PACE Senior Officers, Ms. Christine Chowargir, Ms.Trovana Azeez, &amp; Prof Gomathinayagam Subramaniam, Director of the University of Guyana Berbice Campus</strong></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p>To date, the University of Guyana’s administration has taken measures to put the safety of its staff and students first. A decision to restrict physical contact and interaction was taken just after Guyana recorded its first COVID case on March 11, 2020. To this end, specific social work and psychology assessments in the University have been modified to require students to apply their knowledge and expertise to NCOV 19 by supporting the University and University connected including alum who are front line and whose communities are vulnerable. UG Cares is responding to this in 6 ways by partnering with local industry giants GTT and ExxonMobil, volunteers and students (1) Supplying care packages based on a certain set criterion (2) creating and disseminating communication materials especially on prevention, nutrition and care to hard to reach communities (3) providing educational support to children in orphanages (4) providing counselling support to persons in psychological distress and (5) providing analysis and technical support and data for policy and (6) in directly supporting medical and frontline workers who are UG alumni or affiliated. Read more about UG CARES on <a href=\"https://www.uog.edu.gy\">www.uog.edu.gy</a> or Contact: University of Guyana, Office of Philanthropy, Alumni and Civic Engagement (PACE), Turkeyen Campus on Telephone: 592 623- 3159</p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"margin-top:15px; margin-bottom:15px;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/ug_cares_project-protection1.png\" style=\"width: 40%;\" /><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/ug_cares_project-protection2.png\" style=\"width: 40%;\" /></div>\r\n\r\n<p>Click on the links below to view more photos:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Region 4: <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pg/UGPACEAlumni/photos/?tab=album&amp;album_id=3527746527238278\">https://www.facebook.com/pg/UGPACEAlumni/photos/?tab=album&amp;album_id=3527746527238278</a></li>\r\n	<li>Region 6: <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pg/UGPACEAlumni/photos/?tab=album&amp;album_id=3534332853246312\">https://www.facebook.com/pg/UGPACEAlumni/photos/?tab=album&amp;album_id=3534332853246312</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<p><br />\r\nPublic Relations Division<br />\r\nFor the Office of Philanthropy, Alumni and Civic Engagement (PACE)<br />\r\nJune 25, 2020</p>\r\n', '', 'full_html'),
('news', 0, 1051, 1060, 'und', 0, '<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/prayerOfSuccess_upcomingExams.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\" /></p>\r\n', '', 'full_html'),
('news', 0, 1052, 1061, 'und', 0, '<div>\r\n<p>The University of Guyana Cooperative Credit Union Limited (UGCCUL) has recently launched its <strong>ONLINE SERVICE</strong>, guidelines to access are as follows:</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>1. Application Forms </strong>can be accessed online through HRMIS or UG’s website a.) Print form, fill out completely, scan and email to ugcreditforms@gmail.com, the completed form must clearly state how you intend to receive your funds (MMG or Bank). Once completed, place the original form along with any supporting documents in the drop box at UG’s Security Lodge, Turkeyen Campus, Greater Georgetown. The deadline for submission of forms is every Tues- day at 14:30 h.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>2</strong>. <strong>Payment of processing and expeditious fees </strong>will be deducted from your special savings, if no special savings exist then your ordinary shares will be used. There is <strong>NO PROCESSING FEE </strong>for withdrawal from your special savings. Payment to members will only be made upon receipt of the completed original form and any supporting documents. <strong>Incomplete forms will not be processed. </strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>3. Processing times for Regular and Special loans </strong>– is approximately two (2) weeks and withdrawal of special sav- ings is the Friday of the same week.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Loans are currently being offered in the following categories, Education, Computer, Vacation &amp; Refinance Loans, at a maximum total of $500,000 each. Criteria to access a loan are as following 1. Persons must provide a recent pay slip and at least $200,000 in ordinary shares. 2.) For Special and Regular loans - a recent pay slip and <strong>sufficient ordinary shares </strong>must be provided by Guarantors and borrowing members to cover the value of the loan requested.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Types of loans available: </strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Special Savings – </strong>special savings can be accessed for emergency or planned purposes, it is relatively easy to access your savings for emergency or planned purposes. Contribute monthly to the savings through salary deductions. With- draw cash from available balances through “the savings withdrawal slip”.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Refinancing </strong>-this product offers members who have debts at retail stores (Courts and Singers) and other financial insti- tutions the opportunity to transfer those debts to the credit union in order to reduce the interest costs. This can also be used to facilitate land and home ownership and repairs and renovation to member’s property. Maximum repayment for this period is thirty-six (36) months.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Regular Loan</strong>- These loans are for productive and providential purposes. Currently, each full member is entitled to loans three (3) times the amount of their ordinary shares balance to the maximum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). Other members (two (2) persons) must guarantee this loan. The total ordinary shares of the borrowing member AND guarantors must be sufficient to cover the loan requested. The repayment period depends on the value of loan requested. The maximum repayment period is thirty-six (36) months.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Special Loan (School Supplies) </strong>- The purpose is to alleviate the cost of school uniform and supplies. Loans are given in multiples of five thousand dollars ($5,000) with maximum loan being sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) repayable in six (6) monthly installments from September to February. Loans can be accessed and received in July and August.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Education Loan </strong>- The purpose is to alleviate the financial burden of further educational studies for members. Invoices must be obtained from the tuition/educational providers. Cheques will be made out to the tuition/educational providers. Members repay the loan based on the current loan policy. Maximum repayment period is thirty-six (36) months.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Special Loan (Christmas) </strong><strong>- </strong>The purpose is to defray expenses during the festive season - extravagant spending is not encouraged. These loans are given in multiples of five thousand dollars ($5,000), with maximum loan being sixty thou- sand dollars ($60,000) repayable in six (6) monthly installments from March to August. Loans can be accessed and re- ceived in November and December.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Vacation Loan</strong>- The purpose is to defray the cost of planned vacation. The amount of loan can be based on estimated costs before the vacation is taken or actual cost if the vacation had occurred already. The maximum repayment period is usually twelve (12) months. A longer period is permitted depending on the circumstances. Once loans are issued based on the estimated costs a statement of actual cost to justify the loans is expected within one (1) month of conclusion of the vacation. Only cost of travel, hotel stay, meals and directly related vacation costs are allowed/permitted. Ability to repay must be exhibited by borrowing members.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Computer Equipment Loan</strong>- The purpose is to alleviate the cost of purchase of computer related equipment for educa- tional or professional use by members. Invoices must be obtained from the product providers. Cheques will be made out to the product providers. The members repay the loan based on the current loan policy. Maximum repayment period is thirty-six (36) months.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>ALL FULL MEMBERS </strong>of the UGCCUL are entitled to apply for any of the financial products offered. 1.) To become a full member, one must have made at least six (6) monthly contributions in accordance with credit union’s regu- lations. 2) Recent pay slips are requested to facilitate the determination of members’ ability to repay. In addition to monthly deductions through your salary, repayment of loans can be made over-the-counter. Official receipts must be ob- tained for all over-the-counter transactions. Contribution to an ordinary share is compulsory. The recommended mini- mum monthly contribution is one thousand dollars ($1,000).</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>PROCESSING FEE FOR ALL LOANS IS $500. </strong>Additionally, there is an expeditious fee of $1,500.<br />\r\nFor additional information and/or clarification, please make contact with (UGCCUL) on telephone number: 624-3550.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>Public Relations Division, July 6, 2020</em></strong></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 30px\">\r\n<p><strong>Please see the links to the forms below:</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\r\n<div class=\"col-md-4\"><a href=\"/sites/default/files/documents/UGCCU%20-%20Regular%20Loan%20form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/UGCCU - Regular Loan form.png\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 259px;\" /><br />\r\nRegular Loan Form</a></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-md-4\"><a href=\"/sites/default/files/documents/UGCCU%20-%20Special%20Loan%20form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/UGCCU - Special Loan form.png\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 259px;\" /><br />\r\nSpecial Loan Form</a></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-md-4\"><a href=\"/sites/default/files/documents/UGCCU-SPECIAL%20SAVINGS%20form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/UGCCU-SPECIAL SAVINGS form.png\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 259px;\" /><br />\r\nSpecial Savings Form</a></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n', '', 'full_html'),
('news', 0, 1056, 1065, 'und', 0, '<p class=\"rtecenter\"><em>WWF makes significant book donation to the University of Guyana </em></p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University of Guyana (UG) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in recognising the importance of the ad- vancement of education on environmental ethics and social justice in Guyana, partnered on an initiative which saw the addition of thirteen titles, amounting to a donation of thirty-nine books in total to the university’s li- brary.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The books were officially handed over via an online ceremony on June 30, 2020, which was attended by sen- ior officials and lecturers of the University, as well as staff from WWF and key partners engaging on gender and social inclusion.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Among the participants at the handing-over were the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin, WWF-Guianas’ Country Manager, Guyana, Ms. Aiesha Wil- liams, Professor Michael Scott, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic Engagement, Dr. Troy Thomas, Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Dr. Temitope Oyedotun, Dean, Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Mr. Calvin Bernard, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Natural Sciences.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>In her remarks, Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin expressed a special thank you to WWF for their sterling contribution to the University. She noted it is no better time for us (Guyana) to discuss social justice and the environment, since individuals and all human life are bound with that of the environment, planet and world around us. Additionally, she stressed the importance of the development of UG’s capacity to deliver the high- est quality of education to all Guyanese.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Vice-Chancellor explained that there are three aspirational goals in the University’s Blue print that are in keeping with the theme 1.) Is for UG to become a model for the nation (our responsibilities are cumulated in the important concept in our library of books, which will help us to inculcate knowledge to our students 2.) Problem solving for our nation 3.) A thought leadership path for UG in all aspects of our mandate, not just to produce students who are technically proficient but who can also work towards being the future leaders of the country.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Though the expansion of programmes offered by the University of Guyana is focussed mainly on the science and social programmes, including social sciences, technology and agriculture. UG has adopted an immediate uptake of the principles of environmental ethics and social justice into the curriculum of specific courses across two faculties thus far, the Faculties of Natural Sciences (FNS) and Earth and Environmental Sciences (FEES).</p>\r\n\r\n<p>With changes in the curriculum, the university will now be better able to effectively address social issues and norms to reduce gender disparity and power imbalances. These power imbalances are known to reduce partici- pation in the decision-making processes, thus affecting the governance of natural resources and overall conser- vation outcomes.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>WWF-Guianas’ Country Manager, Ms. Aiesha Williams, – expressed WWF’s commitment towards safeguard- ing the environment and conservation “WWF, inherent in our quest and approach to conservation; lead, part- ner, and support efforts in achieving more equitable, sustainable and greener development pathways.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ms. Williams also emphasised some key benefits of this initiative as she noted that, “building such aspects into the curriculum of the university and into environment and conservation-based programmes enhances the ca- pacity of graduates and therefore strengthens their capability to apply aspects within their work setting, espe- cially in the natural resources sector.”</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The University of Guyana and WWF have shared a long history of collaboration over the years. This most re- cent project is realised under the Shared Resources Joint Solutions programme (SRJS) currently being led by WWF-Guianas and implemented in Guyana and Suriname. It seeks to recognise the need for more diverse per- spectives in the decision-making processes and addresses the root causes of environmental degradation.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Among the titles donated are: </em><em>Environmental Justice as Social Work Practice, What Is Critical Environmental Justice, Ethics and the Environment Mountain of Justice, Flint Fight Back, Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger.</em></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1057, 1066, 'und', 0, '<div class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/G-Simon.jpg\" style=\"margin: 20px;\" /></div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p>The University of Guyana joins with the artistic community of Guyana and the Caribbean to acknowledge the profound sense of diminution experienced at the loss of painter and anthropologist George Simon, one of the great artists of the contemporary era. The University commiserates with his widow and im- mediate family, recognising at once that this untimely vacuum is equally felt in a much wider circle: the Uni- versity itself, the Guyanese nation and the institutions in the international community among whom his work and influence were significant. With the end of his ever-amazing prolificity, the art and intellectual thought of the twenty-first century are the less.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>George Simon was a painter extraordinaire, a conceptualist in artistic theory, an archaeologist, anthro- pologist, researcher and lecturer in whom reposed an innate consciousness shaped by a conceptual vision that drove and made limitless the frontiers of the art of the Amerindian presence in Guyana. A great part of this continuing contribution was realised during his distinguished tenure at the University of Guyana. This part- nership started humbly when he was recruited as a Part-Time Lecturer in Art in the Division of Creative Arts. He later served as a full member of the Faculty of Education and Humanities as Lecturer in the Fine Arts and Research Fellow in the Amerindian Research Unit, being at one time, its Coordinator.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>George’s service to the nation was outstanding. He earned degrees in both art and archaeology, but was a student of the legendary Denis Williams, with whom he worked widely in the field and at the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, in mapping the pre-history of the Guianas. Most recently, he represented the University of Guyana as part of a team with English-American professor Neil Whitehead in partnership with the University of Wisconsin, the national Department of Culture and the UG, investigating the recently discovered agricultural mounds off the Upper Berbice River, unleashing the mysteries of an an- cient Guyanese community more than 5,000 years old.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>That service to nation building, however, was to multiply itself several times in the boundless advance- ments in the field of art. Simon was born in St. Cuthbert’s Mission on the Mahaica River, from where he ben- efited from scholarships organised by priests for his studies in England. But he was to repay that patronage by training and motivating groups of young artists in his native village as well as at the Burrowes School of Art. He organised and led the Lokono Artists who rapidly soared to national prominence at the arrowhead of new developments in a branch of Guyanese art that is older than Columbus, but suffered centuries of colonial sub- mersion before its gradual resurgence in the twentieth century. George Simon was a major protagonist in the rise of Amerindian art in the Caribbean.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The importance of this innovator to Guyanese art is well celebrated. He was a part of that area of the art characterised by intertextuality. The visual arts and literature engage each other in analysis and interpreta- tion of Guyanese society through paintings by Bernadette Persaud, Stanley Greaves which interrogate the works of Martin Carter and Edgar Mittelholzer. Simon’s preoccupations have engaged Wilson Harris and Pauline Melville to reinforce a development that deepened the power of the art of Simon and of Amerindian art, which included excursions into the rainforest, animism, spiritual beliefs, mythology, the landscape, the grotesque and the kanaima. Simon was to probe even further forward with his explorations of shamanism and the mythology of other societies such as Haiti, Chad, and the Sudan; then most recently Mexico and Spain.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>This painter and intellectual has made his mark indelibly on the Turkeyen Campus of the University with the famous mural “Palace of the Peacock: Homage to Wilson Harris” (2009) painted jointly with Philbert Gajadhar and Anil Roberts. However, that is but a replica of the impact on the art and consciousness of the nation. The similar stamp he imposed on the Caribbean region is captured in one of his most prominent marks of recognition – the Anthony Sabga Caribbean Award for Excellence which he gained in 2012. The nation honoured him with the Arrow of Achievement (AA). Yet, the power of his art, the infinite breadth of his im- agination, have imposed their influence upon the art of the twenty first century, rendering them an immortal ingredient in the making of humanity.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Public Relations Division<br />\r\nfor the Faculty of Education and Humanities<br />\r\nJuly 24, 2020</p>\r\n</div>\r\n', '', 'full_html'),
('news', 0, 1061, 1070, 'und', 0, '<style type=\"text/css\">li.list-group-item:hover{\r\nbackground-color: rgba(21, 71, 52, 0.1);\r\n}\r\nli a {display:block}\r\n</style>\r\n<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\r\n<div class=\"panel-heading\">\r\n<h3 class=\"panel-title\">Loan Application Forms 2020</h3>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"list-group\">\r\n	<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a download=\"\" href=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/documents/Loan%20Application%20AY%202020.docx\">Loan Application</a></li>\r\n	<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/documents/Guarantor%20Affidavit%202020.docx\" download>Guarantor Affidavit</a></li>\r\n	<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/documents/Consent%20Form%202020.docx\" download>Consent Form</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/Student Loan tri fold brochure layout (revised) 22 July 2020 (outside).jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\" /></div>\r\n\r\n<div><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/Student Loan tri fold brochure layout (revised) 22 July 2020 (inside).jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\" /></div>\r\n', '', 'full_html'),
('news', 0, 1062, 1071, 'und', 0, '<p><strong>NB. The application link for the Pre-University Physics Programme will be activated&nbsp;with effect from August 3, 2020</strong></p>\r\n', '', 'full_html'),
('news', 0, 1063, 1072, 'und', 0, '<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/Emanicipation Greetings from UG.jpg\" style=\"width:100%\" /></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('notice', 0, 1064, 1073, 'und', 0, '<p>The University of Guyana wishes to advise that due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19 the Institution will continue to work in safe mode online with essential services being performed on the University’s campuses. As such, UG will offer its courses <strong>(<em>online</em>)</strong> for Semester 1 of the 2020/2021 Academic Year.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Important Dates to Note for Semester 1 are as follow:</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>The New Academic Year is scheduled to commence on October 5, 2020, however, Registration for New and Continuing Students will be held from August 31, 2020 to September 30, 2020.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Orientation will be conducted <strong>(<em>online</em>)</strong> from October 5, 2020 to October 9, 2020 and the First Day of Classes will be on October 12, 2020.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The End of Period for late Registration is November 6, 2020, while the End of Period for the: 1.) Change of Registration, 2.) Requests for Transfers, 3.) Requests for Exemptions of Courses and 4.) Requests for Withdrawal from Courses is November 13, 2020.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Deadline for Payment of Fees or Submission of Loan Award is November 27, 2020.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Examination Period for Semester 1 will be held from January 25, 2021 to February 13, 2021. The Semester is scheduled to end on February 13, 2021.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><em><strong>Note, the situation will be reviewed and updated according for Semester 2.</strong></em></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>For Clarifications and Questions,</strong> Continuing Students may contact their Heads of Department, while New Applicants and the Public may call or whatsapp: 592-623-8325; 592-623-3159 between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm (Monday to Friday) or Email: <a href=\"mailto:admissions@uog.edu.gy\">admissions@uog.edu.gy</a> copy to <a href=\"mailto:fixug@uog.edu.gy\">fixug@uog.edu.gy</a> for Queries.</p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html'),
('news', 0, 1065, 1074, 'und', 0, '<p>The University of Guyana Entrance Examination (UGEE) will be conducted <strong>(<em>online</em>)</strong> for the 2020/2021 Academic Year. The Examination is scheduled to be held from September 14, 2020 to September 18, 2020. Tutorials for subject areas will be offered <strong>(<em>online</em>)</strong> from August 31, 2020 to September 4, 2020 for applicants to both campuses (Turkeyen &amp; Tain), irrespective of their geographical location. This examination targets applicants who do not have the general UG admission requirements for entry to the University of Guyana.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The eligibility requirements to qualify for the examination are as follows: an applicant under the Mature Student Category (26 years and older) who has work experience in the required field of study, an applicant who does not have the relevant CSEC/GCE passes but has a Diploma from either the Burrowes School of Art or Critchlow Labour College, a Registered Nurse who does not have the relevant CSEC/GCE passes in Mathematics, English Language and a Science subject. It is important to note that <strong>‘<em>A pass at this examination will be valid for entry into the University of Guyana for a period of two (2) years</em>.’</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>The examination and tutorials will be conducted via (MOODLE) the Learning Management System of the University of Guyana. Therefore, applicants are required to have access to the internet, and accessibility instrument (desktop computer, laptop, mobile phone) in order to write the Examination.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The cost to write the Examination is $15,000, $10,000 for Tutorials and $2000 for the application. All fees for UGEE should be paid into the Guyana Bank for Trade &amp; Industry Bank Account No. 001019437017.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>For more information, please call: 623-8325 and 620-0016 or Email: <a href=\"mailto:admissions@uog.edu.gy\">admissions@uog.edu.gy</a> and <a href=\"mailto:ugee.registry@uog.edu.gy\">ugee.registry@uog.edu.gy</a></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em><strong>Public Relations Division<br />\r\nAugust 25, 2020</strong></em></p>\r\n', '', 'filtered_html');
