Monthly Archives: January 2018

Recently The Caribbean Voice contacted Ms Akola Thompson after learning of her website facilitating Guyanese to report abuse confidentially (reportabusegy.com) and we requested her permission to link to her website from our website (www.caribvoice.org). Subsequently, we invited her to talk … Continue reading →

The more I interact with people who talk about the power of prayer the more disillusioned I become. I mean does God not know the innermost thoughts of every single one of God’s creation? And does God not know the … Continue reading →

While The Caribbean Voice (TCV) leaves the debate about youth leadership in politics for others, we must point out that on the social landscape young people are stepping up and making a significant difference. For example most of the activists … Continue reading →

Be yourself; don’t let anybody change you….very often statements to this effect make the rounds on facebook. But this concept misses two very crucial realities: firstly that a self is always a work in progress because each individual changes continually, … Continue reading →

January 26, 2018: General-Secretary of the GTU, Coretta McDonald THE Caribbean Voice (TCV) and the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) recently outlined a collaborative programme to enable teachers to be better prepared to help their students deal with social and mental … Continue reading →

Jan 26, 2018: Government is not opposed to the introduction of a toll-free suicide helpline. But according to Minister of Public Security, Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan, while a move in this direction would be tactical, Government is currently not in the … Continue reading →

Recently the media reported that five students of a West Berbice secondary school were suspended since November and not allowed to submit their School Based Assessments (SBA) for the Caribbean Examinations Council exams later this year. The punishment was meted … Continue reading →

January 23, 2018: Last year, a motion to decriminalise attempted suicide was debated in Parliament. Supported in principle by both sides of the house, it was voted against by the Government so as not to allow the Opposition to ‘score … Continue reading →

Jan 23, 2018: Not only are the teachers, spread across the public school system, seen as important but according Secretary of the Guyana Teachers Union [GTU], Ms. Coretta McDonald, “our charges who are the students and the pupils are even … Continue reading →

Although an attempt at suicide, from a mental health perspective, is a plea for help, it is at the same time a criminal act that could attract a two-year prison sentence. It is for this reason that the Caribbean Voice … Continue reading →