PRESS RELEASE The Indian Action Committee (IAC) hosted its annual Christmas Outreach on Sunday, December 17, at the Wales Community Ground, West Bank Demerara, which was attended by more than three hundred and fifty children from the Wales, Patentia, Good Intent, Vriesland, and Bell Vue communities. The IAC targeted children...
The Indian Action Committee (IAC) is shocked and outraged by the insensitive ethnic remarks made by Education Minister Nicolette Henry in the National Assembly on Thursday, December 7, 2017, during her Budget Debate presentation. The IAC recognizes that this government minister has been in a controversial situation before, when she...
PRESS RELEASE The Indian Action Committee (IAC), in a Press Release issued in March 2017, expressed the organization’s extreme concerns regarding 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 were seen to be...
The Indian Action Committee (IAC) wishes to extend greetings to all Guyanese especially those who are adherents of Islam, on the occasion of Youman Nabi, a national holiday, which commemorates the birth of (and the death) the Holy Prophet Muhammad (On Whom Be Peace). The IAC recognizes that followers of...
The Indian Action Committee (IAC) wishes to advise the general public, that it has launched its Annual Christmas Toy Drive for the less fortunate children which will end on Friday, December 15, 2017. The IAC, in partnership with Gafoors Houston Complex, Ashmins Trading, De Sinco Trading and Nirva Distributors, will...
The Indian Action Committee (IAC) sends its condolences to the family, relatives and friends of the late Pandit Kamal Persaud (D.O.B. 9 May 1955), of Helena No. 2 Mandir, who departed this life on the morning of November 8, 2017. The IAC worked with the late Pandit earlier this year...
Press Release The Indian Action Committee (IAC) participated in the civil society consultations convened by the office of the Leader of the Opposition and found that like the first and second list of nominees, the third list represented Guyanese who were, according to the constitution “fit and proper” to hold...
The Indian Action Committee (IAC) extends Diwali greetings to the entire nation, especially persons who are adherents of Sanatana Dharma on the occasion of the now global festival of Deepavali or Diwali. Deepavali means a row of lights from the words deep (light) and avali (row); this festival is physically...
IAC Letter to Editor Dear Editor, The Indian Action Committee (IAC) is very concerned about two publicized high profile incidents that occurred recently, relating to two persons, one who remains in the employ of the government, and the other who was dismissed arbitrarily by the Public Service Commission, hours before...
Press Release The Indian Action Committee (IAC) joins with all Guyanese to commemorate the 148th Birth Anniversary of the globally recognized British-trained Indian attorney and civil rights leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) who is best known for his efforts to defend persons of Indian origin in South Africa and, following...