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SANKOFA Pilgrimage to Barbados Set for May 6-13 2024

05/13/2023 – 4:27 am

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Barbados Today-

Nearly 160 years after hundreds of Barbadians travelled and settled in Liberia, a group of diaspora and home-based Liberians are preparing for a historic pilgrimage to the Caribbean Island bearing significant historical ties to Liberia.

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Under the umbrella of the SANKOFA PILGRIMAGE TO BARBADOS, the trip is being organised by Ambassador Llewellyn Witherspoon in collaboration with the Barbados government, 159 years after the forebears departed Barbados for Liberia. It is a product of dreams of Barbadian-Liberians in Crozierville and Prime Minister Mia Mottley to “revitalize the deep historical ties between Barbados and Africa.”

Liberia has produced two presidents of Barbadian ancestry, including President Arthur Barclay, who, as a boy, spent the first 11 years of his life in Barbados, and his cousin, Edwin Barclay, who was born in Liberia.                  Continue reading →

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Guyana SPEAKS – Town Hall Meeting with Rosalinda Rasul – 11 Apr 2023 17:00 – 20:00 BST

04/09/2023 – 1:56 pm
Rosalind Rasul, head of the Diaspora and Remigration Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Corporation, will be in the UK next week.
To receive an update on the Diaspora unit’s activities, please join us at Draper Hall, Hampton Street, London SE17 3AN on Tuesday, 11th April 2023 at 17:00 by registering via the link below:
Please see the attached map for directions to Draper Hall from the Elephant and Castle Tube station.
We look forward to welcoming you.              Continue reading →
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GUYANA: The Barima-Mora Passage – video

02/26/2023 – 12:14 am

GUYANA: The Barima-Mora Passage – video

Comments on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5ThLJ1GJvA

Guyana’s most intact mangrove ecosystems are found within a very special place in Region One, known as the Barima-Mora Passage. Beyond its rich mangrove population, this area is home to a number of IUCN red listed species, rich biodiversity, and incredible indigenous culture. This documentary aims to raise awareness to the urgent need to protect such ecosystems, that are ultimately essential to ensuring that Guyana’s people and coastal biodiversity remain resilient to the threats of climate change.

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GUYANA: Georgetown and Silica City – Commentary

01/31/2023 – 12:19 am

By January 29, 2023

Our own Georgetown was both a planned city and grew haphazardly. It was planned in the sense that in 1781 the British selected the site for a town, building a fort somewhere near the museum – although no one is sure exactly where it was − and deciding that the seat of government would be on the strip of land which ran south from the Brandwagt or Dutch signal station, around where Stabroek Market now stands.        Continue reading →

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GUYANA: Guyanese Love Poems – Valentine’s Day 2023 – Moray House Trust

01/29/2023 – 12:04 am
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Every year we celebrate St. Valentine’s Day with a light-hearted recital of Guyanese poems written to/for a significant other, a relative or to Guyana. Novice poets and readers are welcome. Please email morayhousetrust@gmail.com by Thursday 2nd February 2023 if you would like to take part. Please indicate the poem you have selected and, if possible, include a copy of it. Poems are pre-recorded before the recital.

The recital itself is scheduled for Tuesday 14th February.
 
Regards,
Moray House Trust
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GUYANA: Aubrey Williams (in his own words) -virtual event – 31 Jan 2023

01/27/2023 – 12:09 am

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You are warmly invited to join us for our first virtual event in 2023:
Activity:   Illustrated reading
Title:        Aubrey Williams (in his own words)
Date:       Tuesday 31st January 2023
Time:      11.00 am Guyana / 3.00 pm UK
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GUYANA: Grasps at Prospect for Progress in the New Year – by Ralph Ramkarran

01/06/2023 – 12:18 am

 Posted by Ralph Ramkarran –

Ralph Ramkarran

Predictions of significant economic growth in Guyana due to the developing petroleum industry are being realized. Guyana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2021 was US$8.04 B., representing a 20 percent growth rate. GDP reached the US$4 B mark in 2012 and increased to US$5 B in 2019. From US$8.04B in 2021 the GDP is projected to grow in 2022 by 56 percent which will take its projected GDP to US$12+ B. Its per capita income grew from US$9,000+ to US$10,000+.

Increased spending projections for 2022 reflected the increased GDP for 2021. For example, spending by the Ministry of Works is due to increase from G$40 B in 2021 to G$96 B in 2022. It is due to increase from G$39 B to G$57 B for the Ministry of Health, G$25 B to G$33 B for the Ministry of Education and G$19 B to G$29 B for the Ministry of Agriculture. Total budget projects for 2022 are expected to be G$553 B.                Continue reading →

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COMEDY: Will Desmond Sell Up And Move To Guyana? | Desmond’s

12/29/2022 – 3:43 pm

Will Desmond Sell Up And Move To Guyana? | Desmond’s 

Desmond announces over dinner the plans for the house when he and Shirley move back to Guyana. However, Shirley wants to stay in England. When Desmond doesn’t discuss it with her, she stops speaking to him.

Comments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML5634egnsg

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Guyana Cultural Association of New York Inc – Newsletter – October 2022

11/19/2022 – 7:05 pm
“The Guyana Cultural Association of New York Inc. is pleased to present its latest edition of the On-Line Magazine. 
Please see the Link below. 
 
Thanks for your unwavering and continued support”.
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GUYANA: Building Expo 2022: Six international hotels with more than 1000 rooms on display

07/23/2022 – 10:25 pm

 …at least 3 more eyeing Guyana market

 Jul 23, 2022- Kaieteur News – In determining whether their investment in Guyana would be positive, six international hotels, some of which have commenced developmental work here, conducted a major market study that resulted in the entities wanting to develop around 1000 hotel rooms to cash in on the increase of business being conducted in the country.

This is according to Go-Invest Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Peter Ramsaroop who informed this newspaper that six international hotels would be on display for Building Expo which opened at the National Stadium yesterday. Ramsaroop said that each hotel is bringing a different value to the market, since they are presenting different types of rooms, “to potential tourists, business executives, technicians that are coming in for the support of the industry.” Continue reading →

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