Guyana Outpost: Wayne's Guyana Page

Friday
May 16, 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!

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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

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News Headlines

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Buddy’s hotel sold to Turkish group

The Buddy’s International Hotel has been sold to Turkish hotel group ‘Princess’ and an agreement to this effect has already been signed, according to an informed source.

Jagdeo regrets all parliamentary parties not given funds for scrutineers

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday expressed regret that the Alliance for Change (AFC) had not benefited from the funds allocated for the payment of party scrutineers in the ongoing house-to-house registration exercise as this would have brought about greater accountability.

Senior cops posted to interior over PNCR marchers route change

Two senior police officers have been transferred to separate interior locations for failing to take action which could have prevented PNCR protestors on Thursday from altering their approved route.

Money laundering law in two months – Jagdeo

President Bharrat Jagdeo said money-laundering legislation – sent to a Select Committee since June 2007 – would be passed in the next two months despite the fact that the committee has done nothing in the past year since the bill was sent there for deliberation.

PNCR dismisses gov’t $100M allegation

The PNCR has rejected charges by the government that it could not account for $100M intended to pay its scrutineers.

Murder of US-based Guyanese

Relatives still clueless about motive

Twenty-four hours after Vincent Williams was gunned down in his South Ruimveldt business place, his relatives are clueless as to what might have caused his murder.

Importer of Guyana flour rejects quality concerns

(Antigua Sun) The local importer of flour from Guyana, Gloria Joseph, said that two technicians will be on the island next week to advise bakers in one-on-one demonstrations on the ways to use the new flour.

GUYANA AWARDS (CANADA)

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Guyana Diary Highlights

May 2008

Guyana Embassy outreach in San Felix and Puerto Ordaz

Guyana’s Ambassador to Venezuela Dr. Odeen Ishmael and a five-member team from the Embassy on April 12-13 met with hundreds of Guyanese nationals residing in the Venezuelan industrial city of Ciudad Guayana, located at the junction of the Orinoco and the Caroni Rivers, 600 miles south-east of Caracas. Most of the Guyanese who migrated to Venezuela reside in various parts of this sprawling industrial city.

Minister Ramsammy is President of World Health Assembly

Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has been appointed president of the World Health Assembly and intends to zoom in on the challenges climate change poses to health, and also push the world body to set key targets to address chronic diseases.

Guyana gets G$8B for sugar reform

Guyana is receiving G$8 billion (Euro 27 million) from the European Union (EU) as part of a multi-annual programme to support the government in improving the competitiveness and viability of the local sugar industry.

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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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.