IAC Phagwah Mela ‘Rang Barse’ set for March 12 at Mahaica

2017/03/10 PRESS RELEASE The Indian Action Committee (IAC) wishes to inform the general public of and invite them to the organization’s Annual Phagwah Mela ‘Rang Barse’ which will be held on Sunday, March 12, 2017,  commencing at 16:00hrs or 4pm, at the Helena Number Two (2) Cricket Ground, Mahaica, East...

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Sugar workers and communities must not be abandoned

2017/03/02 PRESS RELEASE The Indian Action Committee (IAC) is extremely concerned with the distressed state of the sugar Industry in Guyana especially in light of the anxieties oppressing the minds of thousands of sugar workers whose livelihoods are in jeopardy as reports of the closure of a number of sugar...

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IAC launches Centenary logo

PRESS RELEASE The Indian Action Committee (IAC) as part of its 2017 activities has launched a logo to commemorate the Centenary of the official end of emigration of Indentured labourers from India. The IAC has invited members of the public to submit designs for a logo depicting the 100th Anniversary...

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IAC calls for suspension of parking meter fiasco

PRESS RELEASE The Indian Action Committee (IAC) is in agreement with the establishment of Parking Meters in the city of Georgetown in the long term but the organization is not in favour of the current agreement between the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) and the overseas investors. The IAC...

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IAC receives funds for centenary activities

PRESS RELEASE The Indian Action Committee (IAC) today Thursday, February 2, 2017 received funds totalling G$500,000 from the Ministry of Education Department of Culture Youth and Sport for its centenary commemoration activities to be held in April 2017. The IAC thanks the Ministry of Education Department of Culture Youth and...

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IAC extend condolences to Twin’s family  

PRESS RELEASE The Indian Action Committee (IAC) offers deepest condolences to President of the Central Islamic Organization, Al Hajj Fazeel Ferouz; family and relatives of the late Mrs. Shira Ferouz Matriarch of Twins family. The late Mrs. Ferouz, 95, will be remembered for her involvement in community and social work...

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IAC warns 12 January1998 atrocities must not be repeated

PRESS RELEASE The Indian Action Committee (IAC), in the context of social cohesion, societal stability, peace and harmony and national unity calls on all Guyanese to remember the spate of violence perpetrated by politically organized attacks on Indo-Guyanese in the aftermath of the 1997 General and Regional Elections, which reached...

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IAC Logo Competition

The Indian Action Committee (IAC) is inviting the public to submit designs for a logo depicting the 100th Anniversary of the arrival of the last batch of Indians which arrived in British Guiana aboard the Coolie Ship s.s Ganges on April 18, 1917. The IAC wrote the Ministry of Education...

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IAC hosted its annual Christmas Outreach at Mahaica

PRESS RELEASE   The Indian Action Committee (IAC) hosted its annual Christmas Outreach on Sunday, December 18, 2016 at the Virginia Primary School, Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara which was attended by more than two hundred less fortunate children from the village. The IAC provided each child with a box...

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