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While in the ACG, Institute. she served in the office- While a member of the Janet Naidu bearer positions as Secretary, Guyana Independence national Membership Secretary, and Treasurer, Festival Committee, Naidu served as and as an Executive member for several Co-Chair of the Committee the year the cohesion years. festival expanded its events to include Naidu said she welcomes the oppor- other major activities, such as the game By Treb Narahcmar tunity to serve the ACG in a leadership of cricket. uyana is a heart-warming capacity and in a role where she can According to Naidu, being involved country with beautiful Also offered: *Non Medical & Mortgage continue to make a positive contribution in the Guyanese community has allowed people. And it is also a Insurance *No Load Funds *No Penalty RESP Gcomplex country. Over the centu- *Critical Illness *Universal Life *Dental & as part of the diaspora for the benefit of her to stay connected to her roots. 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In the wider Canadian landscape, she in Toronto, have helped her to be a Every one of Guyana’s daughters had a long career with the Liquor Control patriot of both Guyana and Canada. and sons aspires to human dig- Board of Ontario as the Manager of Naidu is also recognised for her literary nity, freedom, and the exercise of Diversity Management, and has been See Page 10: Naidu heads ACG See Page 8: Deep reflection PPP/C, APNU collaboration a wild imagining Sajad Gulamali By Dwarka Lakhan Following the PPP’s call for a National ollaboration between Guyana’s PAGE 1 COMMENTARY Front government, the issue of collabo- PPP/Civic government and ration came up again under the admin- the opposition APNU – though desirable to unite istration of the late Desmond Hoyte in the latter half of the CGuyana – is no more than wild imaginings of a misguided 1980s, but after much discussion, the two parties failed to segment of Guyanese people, both at home and abroad, who arrive at consensus on the way forward, largely because of • Auto • Homes/Condo deliberately choose to ignore the history of political relations narrow partisan interests. • Motor Homes • Tenants in the country. 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