AS the government transitions to a modern and digitally-driven economy, more Guyanese are joining the formal banking system.

Using his predictable writing formula, Lall makes sweeping pronouncements devoid of evidence, critical thought, and analysis. For instance, he asserts that: “the only person… who twinned those [the ...

SCHENECTADY — The ethnic makeup of cities is always evolving. Across the northern United States, cities have changed over the last 200 years, as successive waves of the Irish, Italian and eastern ...

A powerful politician in Guyana has been accused of sexual assault for the second time in less than a year, following his resignation last July over separate allegations. The accuser, economist Sarah ...

When Travis Ghirdharie started a fellowship working at the Schenectady City School District central office in August 2019, he hoped to get to the bottom of a vexing question: How many students of ...

“Because immigrants have always been particularly prone to repetition – it’s something to do with that experience of moving from West to East or East to West or from island to island. Even when you ...

IN the Diaspora (This is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guy-ana and the Carib-bean) Nigel Westmaas is Assistant ...

Most of the comment is disapproving, with many callers, at their mildest, saying the island is too small to accommodate the new immigrants. The Barbados government welcomes the Guyanese. Listen to ...

Guyanese people are everywhere. Seriously. I live with them (they’re my neighbors above and below me in Brooklyn), I work with them (I’m sure you know Lauren Fox), my friends date them, and in New ...

In parts of India, elders traditionally end greetings with the phrase "jug jug jiye," which means "may you live long." Versions of this exist in several languages of the subcontinent, offered as ...