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Guyanese-born New York Assemblywoman, Roxanne Persaud, was elected to the New...
Guyanese-born legislator, Roxanne Jacqueline Persaud, was elected to the New York Senate on November 3, 2015 after defeating her two challengers in the elections for the 19thSenatorial District. Back...
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Stories We Love: The Village of Ann’s Grove honors top student Elisa Hamilton
Elisa Hamilton, a proud daughter of the East Coast Demerara Village, secured five grade ones and one grade two at CAPE, and was honoured by her fellow villagers at a simple, yet auspicious ceremony....
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The President’s Daughter: Meet Afuwa Granger, Visual Artist/Writer/Poet
Afuwa Granger is a visual artist, writer, and poet who uses her work to construct a visual language around intersections of identity, particularly race and gender. She was born in Guyana to current...
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Guyanese, Catherine Pollard, appointed United Nation Under Secretary General...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recently announced the appointment of Catherine Pollard of Guyana as Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management. She will...
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She Rocks! Enna Morgan – International Model, Actress, Clothing Designer
Enna Morgan (aka: j.a. morgan) is an avid traveller with a passion for art, dance, language, and cultural thought. Beginning at an early age, she has travelled extensively throughout the Caribbean and...
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Congratulations to Hon. Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards on her appointment...
The Hon. Justice of Appeal Yonette Cummings-Edwards was appointed by President David Granger to perform the functions of the Office of the Chief Justice in Georgetown, Guyana. In a statement to News...
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GGR Book Club: Sugar and Spice and More Books by Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra
Sugar and Spice is a collection of recipes for the best of the worlds sweets, tiny cakes and patisserie, from delicately spiced Indian milk sweets to nutty Spanish marzipans; from tiny French sponge...
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Notable Places in Guyana
The height and volume of water in Kaieteur falls makes it the 26th most visited falls in the world. Being three times the height of Niagara, and twice that of Victoria falls, this water falls is dubbed...
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Guyana on Top: Lisa Punch is the First Guyanese to Win Miss World Talent...
“Winner are not people who never fail, but people who never quit” and Lisa Punch keeps on winning. The model/singer/songwriter who represented Guyana at the 2015 Miss World Pageant in Sanya, China...
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GGR Book Club: Navigators Travel to Guyana by Jacqueline Smartt
Navigators Travel to Guyana gives a taste of what Guyana has to offer to its readers, and it is the follow up to Navigators Travel to Barbados written by Howard Liverpool. This time our intrepid...
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Stories We Love! Guyana Table Tennis Star Chelsea Edghill awarded scholarship...
Guyana female table tennis champion, Chelsea Edghill, was awarded a partial scholarship to attend Lindenwood University in Saint Charles, Missouri. According to a Guyana Table Tennis Association...
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GGR Etiquette Corner: Champagne Reception
I was told by a friend that she wanted to plan a small reception for her mother’s 80th birthday; she wanted something very elegant. A Champagne Reception is ideal for this type of event. It is also...
View ArticleStories We Love! Guyana Female Amateur Baseball Team Showcased Talent in...
Guyana’s Female Amateur Baseball Team recently competed in Halifax, Canada for the first 21U (21 and under) women’s invitational tournament. The tournament, which was hosted by Halifax and Team Nova...
View ArticleShe Rocks! Meet Dr. Michelle Mickle Foster – Philanthropist, Chemical...
Dr. Michelle Mickle Foster has been the President and CEO of The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, in West Virginia, since February 2016. Prior to this position, she served as the CEO of the Kanawha...
View ArticleShe Rocks! Meet Dr. Maya A. Trotz, Associate Professor of Civil and...
Maya A. Trotz, Ph.D., born in Georgetown, Guyana is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida (USF), Tampa. She works at the nexus of...
View ArticleShe Rocks! Meet Dr. Michelle Albert, Director of the Center for the Study of...
Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH is a general cardiologist with expertise in preventive cardiovascular medicine as well as managing the most critically ill cardiovascular patients with a range of conditions...
View ArticleShe Rocks! Kylie Bunbury, Daughter of Legendary Guyanese Soccer Player, Alex...
Tonight at 9:00 PM EST, FOX will premiere it’s new prime time series, PITCH, starring Actress Kylie Bunbury, who is the daughter of Guyanese-born retired Professional Soccer Player and International...
View ArticleShe Rocks! Meet Cecily Joseph, Vice President of Corporate...
Cecily Joseph, is the vice president of Corporate Responsibility at Symantec Corp. World Headquarters. Born to a German mom and Guyanese dad, Cecily Joseph oversees Symantec’s corporate responsibility...
View ArticleStories We Love: Latoya Roberts went from being a Farmer to a Lawyer
I always had childhood dreams of ensuring that I make a difference in the world; that a day would come when I would be able to do better for my family. And it became clear that law was the answer…like...
View ArticlePoverty to Prosperity: Suicide Survivor, Samantha Sheoprashad, Earns...
The Philanthropic work of a 26-year-old Guyanese woman has earned her the prestigious Queen’s Young Leaders Award 2017. Samantha Sheoprashad was born and bred in Enterprise, East Coast Demerara with...
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