News Guyana Social: Guyana’s Pending Oil Boom – or Bust
Now there are fears not only about the possible economic dislocations of the oil boom, but its corrosive effects on the political and social fabric of a country with a history of racial divisions. ...
News Guyana Social: Transformational and visionary leaders needed to ensure a better Guyana
Fusing this background with an awareness of an encroaching digital world where digitisation in almost everything we do will be transformative, will ensure a better Guyana for everyone and not just a ...
News Guyana Social: Relative Values: the artist Frank Bowling and his grandson Frederik, his web and social media manager
FrankWhen my grandson Frederik finished school and was figuring out what to do, I invited him to the studio to help with one of my paintings. I named it Fred’s Touch because he had such a delicate and precise way of putting paint on the canvas. Now we work together nearly every day and we’ve made so
News Guyana Social: Pattern of maternal deaths is a result of unaddressed issues of gender-inequality and the poverty of women
There is need for a gender analysis of healthcare policies and programmes, and an analysis on how economic, political and social environments in Guyana affect women’s reproductive health and rights. I ...
News Guyana Social: Culture plays important role in region’s sustainable growth, development
LaRocque was speaking at the opening of the 36th meeting of the Council on Human and Social Development (COHSOD) at the CARICOM headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana. The two-day conference was held ...
News Guyana Social: Kuwait cancels almost US$51 million of Guyana's debt
This debt cancellation will reduce Guyana's external debt and allow the country to expand its development agenda, as funds saved under this agreement would be allocated to social projects within the ...
News Guyana Social: Guyana: Indian Arrival monument unveiled
(NEWS ROOM GUYANA) — After approximately two years of construction ... “Indians have made indelible contributions to the nation’s cultural, economic, political and social development. These ...
News Guyana Social: UNICEF Partners with Guyana to Assist Migrant Venezuelan Children
The Government of Guyana, with assistance from international agencies, has been working to assist Venezuelan migrants crossing the border to escape the social and economic crisis in the ...
News Guyana Social: Ministry recognises organisations on workplace safety
(DPI photo) The Ministry of Social Protection and the National Advisory Council ... At Herdmanston Lodge, Georgetown, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said that the Guyana Police Force, the ...
News Guyana Social: Arfina 'Lucy' (Baksh) Albrecht, APN
Albrecht (Baksh), Arfina "Lucy", APN Age 54, from Hoffman Estates, IL passed away on 23 April 2019, while surrounded by her father, siblings, nieces and nephews at the University of Minnesota Medical Center-East Bank. Arfina was born in Lancaster, Guyana SA on 15 August 1964 to Schowkatally and Ashna Baksh. Arfina came to live in the Minneapolis area in 1976 with her brothers and sisters Azad, Rafika, Ruby, Azeema, Shira, Fazira, Lenshina, and Shabaaz. Arfina was preceded in death by her mother Ashna, nieces Christina DelGuidice, Tiffany Lebahn, and Charmilla Baksh Berg. She is survived by her husband Howard Timothy Albrecht and their two children Michael 16 and Nicholas 10. Arfina receive a BS degree in Nursing at the University of Central Florida and a Masters in Advanced Practice Nursing at Olivet-Nazarene University. She lived in the Chicago area since 2003 and worked as a Nurse Practitioner. In her spare time, Arfina loved to read, cook and host social events with friends & family. Arfina's funeral services will be held for family and close friends on Monday 29 April 2019 11am at White Funeral Home in Burnsville, MN. She will be buried at Plaesantview Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Burnsville, along side her mother and niece. She will be greatly missed and loved forever. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Arfina's name to The Kidney Foundation and the Liver Foundation.
News Guyana Social: CARICOM to observe Girls in ICT Day
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The Guyana-based Caribbean ... Open Days at various public and private sectors, internships, social media features on CARICOM girls and women in ICTs, panel ...
News Guyana Social: Sol Guyana staff continue manatee pond clean up
Despite the scorching sun, employees of Sol were very cheerful while cleaning around the manatee pond in the Botanical Gardens yesterday, in an annual exercise hosted by the Sol Guyana Inc. (Terrence ...
