Guyana Outpost: Wayne's Guyana Page

Thursday
August 7, 2008

visits since Sept.15, 1996

Welcome to Guyana Outpost!

Guyana, formerly British Guiana, is the only English-speaking country in South America, and its neighbours are Venezuela, Brazil, and Suriname (formerly Dutch Guiana) to the west, south and east respectively. Although on the South American continent, Guyana is regarded as the only country in the West Indies -- the rest of the West Indies are island states.

Commentary

A really new view for consideration

Why is Guyana the way it is?

What is wrong with Teixiera's call to boycott certain businesses?

In the dragon's sight

Letter to the President on Crime in Guyana

St.Rose's High School Needs Urgent Rehabilitation

Anti-corruption Toolkit

Iz wah gyin' an in awee country today??!!!! Don't Miss The Boat, Bharat
Guyanese Heroes
Visiting Guyana 30 Years later!

Read Commentaries

Features

Mash 2006

Guyana Folk Fest 2003 Highlights
Norm On Cricket
Spreading the word in South America
Scenes from Easter 2000
Memories of Jonestown
XCL Expeditions 2000
ZSSD Conservation Field Trip to Guyana

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Search

Looking for a long lost Guyanese friend on the Internet? Click here to see if they are listed! Note: this is a third-party feature and is not administered by Guyana Outpost.

How Do I ...?

So you are going to Guyana and need to know how to renew your passport or apply for a new one. Or maybe you need to know how to arrange that special hinterland holiday. Here is a good place to start.

Need Help?

A few helpful hints to enhance your viewing success on this web site.

Bookstore

The Guyana Outpost Bookstore has over 100 books listed on topics related to Guyana. Books are conveniently categorized and placed "on bookshelves" such as History, Sociology, Economics, and more.

Purchase online through Guyana Outpost!

Photo Album

This Guyana Photo Album contains many photos of Guyanese landmarks, flora and fauna, as well as links to other web sites carrying other photos.

Kaieteur Falls -- The highest straight drop (741 ft) waterfall in the world

Link Watch

Synergy Holdings, Inc.

Guyana Third Force

Last Lap Lime

The Mittelholzer Foundation

Recipes

This is a comprehensive collection of over 400 recipes from Guyana and the Caribbean, assembled from various sources including emails, the WGML Mailing List, and from memory.

Recipes range from the Classic to the esoteric. A FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page is also provided to help with questions regarding meal suggestions, ingredients, terminology used in some of the recipes, and much more.

Click here for Recipes

"An extremely well stocked site ... Moses thoughtfully supplies a great deal of necessary information...", The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

News Headlines

Sunday, August 3, 2008

PPP Congress

No concessions on unity when criminals executing a political programme - Ramotar

The PPP cannot give in to demands for political unity in an atmosphere in which it is widely believed that criminals are executing a political programme, PPP General Secretary Donald Ramotar said.

Major cancers have higher prevalence among African Guyanese than other population groups - study

The major cancers have a higher prevalence among African Guyanese than other population groups, a recent study found.

Female Observation Ward patient found dead

Thrown off bed by another inmate

A 21-year-old mentally ill patient of the Georgetown Hospital’s Female Observa-tion Ward died early yesterday morning after she was reportedly thrown off the bed and choked by another inmate.
Dead is Natasha Vieira.

78 soldiers AWOL from army for this year

Some 78 soldiers from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) are currently Absent Without Leave (AWOL) for this year.

Some 2,000 persons treated at new Suddie diagnostic centre

Nearly 2,000 persons have been treated at the Suddie Diagnostic and Treatment centre at the Suddie Hospital since it began offering services to Region Two residents just over two weeks ago, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

GUYANA AWARDS (CANADA)

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Guyana Diary Highlights

July 2008

Impact of global food prices continues to engage Parliament

The impact of the global food price increases once again engaged the attention of the National Assembly, with Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud on June 26 moving the motion for Parliament to recognise the impact of the phenomenon on the cost of living in Guyana and for the assembly to follow the implementation of government interventions.

Private sector head says Guyana’s future brighter now

Speakers at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) on June 26 were upbeat about the country’s economic prospects, particularly against the backdrop of several global trends which, they said, the country is well placed to exploit.

WTO-proposed cut of MFN rate could harm rice industry

Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation, Dr. Henry Jeffrey, has expressed concern that the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) recently proposed cut of the Most Favoured Nations (MFN) rate for rice would result in Guyana and Suriname having less of a preference to sell rice in the European market, and this would pose a difficulty to the rice industry.

Former President Arthur Chung dies at 90

Arthur Raymond Chung, the first President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, died at his home in Bel Air Springs, Greater Georgetown, on June 22. He was 90.

No evidence of malnutrition

Medical personnel on a three-week humanitarian mission from the US expressed amazement that in spite of the many hardships posed by skyrocketing global energy and food prices, they found no evidence of malnutrition among the locals in the communities they visited.

Read the complete Guyana Diary edition

Mailing Lists

Wayne's Guyana Mailing List (WGML) is an offshoot of the Guyana Outpost website.

It is a moderated mailing list, in which issues of interest to Guyanese and friends of Guyana are freely discussed. Everyone is welcome, regardless of nationality, age, or other factors.

Proverbs

I hope that "One, one dutty build dam" is more descriptive of this web site than "Monkey dress e pickney till he spoil am". Note: this is a third-party collection of proverbs, and is not administered by Guyana Outpost.

Folklore

Guyana has a rich tradition when it comes to folklore. Many can remember the tales of Old Higue, Bacoo, Massacouraman, and others. This is intended to be a repository of Guyanese folklore -- artwork, tales, definitions, etc.

If you can help me with this endeavour, please email me.

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AMBASSADORS

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Miss Guyana Universe 2007 Meleesea Payne

Meleesea Payne

Miss Guyana Universe 2007

Dessia Braithwaite, Miss Guyana World 2006

Dessia Braithwaite

Miss Guyana World 2006

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What's Hot

September 4, 2005 - Due to excessive spamming, I have removed all email forms on this website. Please use your email program to send emails to us. Thanks and sorry for any inconvenience.

On the Front Burner

POLLS ARE OFFLINE

The Polls have been taken offline temporarily due to technical difficulties at the freepolls.com site.