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May 5, 2021
ARRIVAL Day (May 5th) has emerged as a major calendar event, and a national holiday in Guyana. The day was initially observed as ‘Indian Arrival Day’ by the Indo-Guyanese community
Archive for the Month: May 2021
May 5, 2021
—the African indentured labourers and the immigration scheme FOR many years, it has been well known throughout Guyana and some parts of the Caribbean, that the East Indians, Chinese
May 5, 2021
IN 1838, the first group of East Indian indentured servants arrived in British Guiana, after sailing across the kala pani (black waters). They were travelling to what was termed
May 5, 2021
ON behalf of the Government of India and the High Commission of India in Guyana, I wish to extend my best wishes to all Guyanese brothers and sisters on
May 5, 2021
THOUGH Portuguese-Guyanese represent less than one per cent of Guyana’s population, their contributions to the Guyanese economy is well felt, particularly in the area of business where they have
May 5, 2021
By Tota C. Mangar MAY 5, 2021 commemorates the 183rd Anniversary of the arrival of East Indian indentured immigrants in Guyana, the former colony called British Guiana. For over three-quarters
May 5, 2021
A History of the Chinese Indentured Labourers EVEN though the planters in Guyana had expressed interest in introducing Chinese labourers since Emancipation, it was not until 1851 that
May 5, 2021
ARRIVAL Day is often associated with the arrival of East Indians to these shores on May 5, 1838, but it is really a celebration of all the ethnic groups
May 5, 2021
Dear Editor, I MUST be “dotish” and “mentally unstable” to accept a word that comes from the mouth of Member of Parliament Amanza Walton-Desir. Desir’s statement that was released
May 5, 2021
Dear Editor, MAY 5, 2021 denotes the 183rd anniversary since East Indians arrived from India as Indian Indentured laborers in then British Guiana. A colony that was last ruled by
