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PHOTO: The Stena DrillMAX drillship operating in Guyana’s Stabroek block, offshore GuyanaGuyana Chronicle – June 12, 2021 -GUYANA is expected to record the highest growth rate in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region in 2021, with its newly projected 20.9 per cent real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, according to the June edition of the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects report. Continue reading
May 07, 2021- Kaieteur News
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its damaging economic impact in Guyana, the median household income has noticeably decreased from G$100,000 to G$67,000. (This is approximately US$500 to US$335 at the exchange rate of 200-1).
This was indicated in a report titled: “Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of COVID-19 on Households in Guyana,” compiled by the United Nations Development Programme in collaboration with the Civil Defence Commission. Continue reading
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The Richman Hill area of Queens, New York City, is populated with tens of thousands of Guyanese immigrants of Indian heritage, and is known as “Little Guyana.”
By Rosaliene Bacchus – BLOG: Three Worlds One Vision – ~ Guyana – Brazil – USA
Seven months have now passed since I first posted about life during the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time in May, more than 67,000 of our loved ones were taken from us. With our collaboration, this formidable foe continues to contaminate, maim, and kill. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as at December 5, 2020, a total of 277,825 Americans have lost their lives. Their grieving families are devastated.
Here in California, America’s most populous state, we now rank in top place with more than 1.2 million infected individuals. Over 19,400 people have died. A recent surge in new infections have heightened the threat. In just 24 hours last week, 18,591 people were infected. Continue reading
Flooded Street in Guyana
In light of the increased rainfall and the flng in flood prone areas and there is flooding, stay out of the water as much as possible, as it can ooding in coastal and outlying areas, the Ministry of Health is advising the general public to pay special attention to their health, personal hygiene, vector control, food and water safety, and public health during this COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ministry of Health advises that: Continue reading
Three Worlds One Vision –~ Guyana – Brazil – USA – By Rosaliene BacchusIf you have ever achieved a goal or a dream, you know that the first step to success was in visualizing or verbalizing what you had hoped to achieve. To imagine a desirable future outcome is key to its realization. The animated short film A Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair dares to imagine a better world in which no one is sacrificed; a world in which everyone is essential.
About a month into the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, Naomi Klein and her husband Avi Lewis, co-founders of The Leap, together with award-winning artist Molly Crabapple and Opal Tometi, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter, started a conversation about the role of futurism when so much is at stake. Continue reading
IMPORTANT PUBLIC NOTICE ON CONSULAR SERVICES
October 28, 2020
The Consulate General of Guyana in Toronto, Canada wishes to inform that with effect from August 10, 2020, the Consulate has reopened to accommodate by APPOINTMENTS ONLY some categories of in person consular services.
Please note that new measures in place to reduce the amount of traffic flow at the Consulate and in keeping with the relevant Public Health Protocols in place during the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading
Kiskadee
COMMENTARY- by Francis Quamina Farrier
Reality is that we are living in some extremely challenging and uncertain times in this year 2020. Some of us are resolute in ensuring that we stay on top of the COVID-19 pandemic situation which is testing us to the very core. While most of us in Guyana obey the COVID-19 protocols, sadly there are those who do not, resulting in the constant increases in cases and deaths.
Recently, I interviewed a few residents of Kiskadee Village on a few burning issues of the day. But first let me alert you that Kiskadee Village is a mythical community. However, the people who I have interviewed for this article, are real people. Kiskadee Village is the creation of celebrated Guyanese-born, Holland-based, authoress, Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra. By invitation of the Mayor, I visited and have this special report from Kiskadee Village. Continue reading
It was the latest eruption of deadly unrest at the Lusignan Prison.
The Guyana Prison Service wishes to report that, about 07:30 hours on 2020-09-19, staff at the Lusignan Prison encountered refusals of the acceptance of meals. This situation was immediately brought to the attention of the facility administrators who engaged the prisoners to hear their concerns and to address those where possible. However, the prisoners refused to engage the administrators and demanded to see the Minister of Home Affairs. Continue reading
GUYANA: National Disasters — By Mosa Telford
By Mosa Telford –
Allowing ourselves to be penetrated by every mark of the crisis can have devastating effects on our wellbeing; and so, these coping mechanisms of surviving in Guyana can make us hollow. We can silently watch disasters and never utter a word. We can comfortably turn a blind eye to the suffering of our fellow Guyanese. We can put our stamp of approval and make excuses for corruption when we believe we are the beneficiaries and still dare to wave a moral compass. Continue reading →
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