Guyanese Online Newsletter – April 2011

This is the latest edition (# 14), of the Guyanese Online Newsletter.
The News sections contain articles and links mainly of events and features that occurred over the last month. The headline story for this month is the election of Mr. Donald Ramotar as the PPP’s Presidential candidate for the upcoming elections.
This edition also features Guyana news; Regional Caribbean news; a Guest Editorial; a Business Feature; a Tourism Page; our first Medical Page; Guyanese Associations and their news (2 pages); Arts and Culture articles, including new books and videos (2 pages); as well as historical articles on Guyana (2 pages).
This newsletter has 16 pages and contains over 38 articles, including video links, and links to external articles.
Page 1– Masthead Picture: Georgetown – with inks to aerial maps; PPP names Donald Ramotar as Presidential nominee; Top-20 Blog entries for March 2011.
Page 2- Guest Editorial; “Using the Diaspora”.
Page 3– Guyanese Online Blog Page: Blog entries for March 2011; Guyana Pictorial History: Indian Institute of Technology – video
Page 4- Business Feature: Yesu Persaud bemoans migration of Entrepeneurs.
Page 5– Guyana News – New USA Ambassador; Indian company to export logs; Guyana Govt cited for media relations; Drug smuggling issues.
Page 6—Guyana News – US military concerned about Iran-Guyana links; Norway stresses anti-corruption regarding aid; Opposition vents concerns to Norway; testing of oil begins in Rupununi.
Page 7—Guyana News – Largest gold operations planned; One Laptop Per Family conflicts; Guyana floods- March 2011 updates; Two new 7.8MGw generators for GPL.
Page 8– Guyana Tourism – Surama Village Eco-Lodge shares Environmental Excellence Award.
Page 9– Caribbean-Regional – CARICOM to discuss “Free Movement”; Brazil sends elite troops to borders; REDjet still awaiting certification in Barbados.
Page 10- Medical : ‘ Improving the health of Children in Guyana’ by Dr. Narendra C. Singh.
Page 11- Associations: Digicel gives helping hand to Buxton Developers; Victoria Village Creole Breakfast; Guyana Asso of Manitoba – Seniors Program; Guyana Asso of Barbados – Mashramani Event.
Page 12- Associations: Tutorial High School Reunion 2011; The Guyana Cultural Asso of New York Dance; “Tipperary Hall Rising’ Update
Page 13- Arts and Culture: Book – ‘My Odessey’ by Cleopatra Islar; Ken Corsbie’s Videos.
Page 14- Arts and Culture: Lal Balkaran’s Documentaries (1) Guyana- A Photographic Journey (2) A Photojournal of Guyanese Amerindians, (3) Stamps of British Guiana and Guyana.
Page 15– Historical: ‘The Birth of a Village– Annandale Today’, written in 1964 by Randall Butisingh (born 1912). He grew up in Buxton/Annandale and Lusignan.
Page 16– Historical – ‘A history of Buxton’s Tipperary Hall to 2010’. Speech by Fitzroy (Rollo) Younge on Dec 20, 2010.
We do hope you find it interesting.
Regards,
Cyril Bryan, Editor and Publisher
guyaneseonline@gmail.com or cybryan@gmail.com
Guyanese Online Blog and Newsletter
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