From 1838 until 1917, Indians arrived to work as indentured labourers in Guyana. The majority never returned to India and today over 50% of the Guyanese population is of Indian origin.
This anthology of prose and poetry shows how the Indians changed the character of Guyana and the Caribbean and how, over 150 years of settlement, [...]

- Preparatory works advancing   Georgetown, GINA: March 3 is the final date agreed upon when Heads of 19 Latin American countries will converge in Guyana for the 2007 Summit of Heads of the Rio Group.
The date was today revealed by Head of the Rio Group pro-Tempore Secretariat, Ambassador Rudy Collins at the usual inter-agency meeting [...]

Joel Benjamin was the Deputy Librarian and Archivist at the University of Guyana. Before he died at the tragically early age of 45 in 1989, he contributed immensely to the collating and preserving of material and information vital to Guyana’s historical and cultural knowledge. His articles, on little known Guyanese literature and 19th century drama, [...]

Calendar of Events
Mash Jamboree - January 20th, 2007 @ M.S.C. Ground
Band Concert - February 4th, 2007 @ Mackenzie Bandstand
Calypso Competition Semi-Final - February 10th, 2007 @ M.S.C. Ground
National Masquerade Competition Participation - February 18th, 2007 @ Uitvlugt
Mash Night - February 21st, 2007 @ National Park, G/Town
Flag Raising - February 22nd, 2007 @ Bayroc Community [...]

The first reported HIV case for Guyana was reported in 1987. Today, UNAIDS estimate that Guyana has an adult prevalence of 2.5% (range:0.8% - 7.7%). Between 1987 and the end of 2004, a cumulative total of 4,248 AIDS cases have been officially reported to the Ministry of Health. In 1987, there were 1.3cases/100,000 population, but [...]

St. George’s Anglican Cathedral is one of the tallest wooden structures in the world, and the second tallest wooden church, at a height of 43.5 metres (132 feet). It was considered the tallest wooden church in the world until 2003 when the Sapanta-Peri Monastery, in northen Romania, near the village of Sapanta Maramures, was finished.
St. [...]