Georgetown is the capital and largest city of Guyana. It is situated in Demerara-Mahaica,region 4,on the Atlantic Ocean coast,at the mouth of the Demerara River. It is nicknamed the "Garden City of the Caribbean." It is the retail,administrative,and financial services centre of the country,and the city accounts for a large portion of Guyana's GDP. The city recorded a population of 118,363 in the 2012 census.
The People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is a democratic socialist,left-wing populist political party in Guyana. As of 2020,the party holds 33 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly and forms the government. It has been the ruling party in the past as well,most recently between 1992 and 2015. In Guyana's ethnically divided political landscape,the PPP/C is a multi-ethnic organization that is supported primarily by Indo-Guyanese people.
The Guyana cricket team is the representative first class cricket team of Guyana. The side does not take part in any international competitions,but rather in inter-regional competitions in the Caribbean,such as the Regional Four Day Competition and the Regional Super50),and the best players may be selected for the West Indies team,which plays international cricket. The team competes under the franchise name Guyana Harpy Eagles.
The Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) is a post-secondary college of agricultural education in Guyana,established in 1963 by Dr. Cheddi Jagan. It became a state corporation in 1964. It offers two-year diploma and certificate courses. There are two campuses:The first is at Mon Repos,Demerara,while the other is in Cotton Field Essequibo Coast.
Afro-Guyanese are generally descended from the enslaved people brought to Guyana from the coast of West Africa to work on sugar plantations during the era of the Atlantic slave trade. Coming from a wide array of backgrounds and enduring conditions that severely constrained their ability to preserve their respective cultural traditions contributed to the adoption of Christianity and the values of British colonists.
Education in Guyana is provided largely by the Government of Guyana,through the Ministry of Education and its arms in the ten different regions of the country. Guyana's education system is a legacy from its time as British Guiana,and is similar to that of the other anglophone member states of the Caribbean Community,which are affiliated to the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). School curricula,funding,standards and other policies are set by the central government and implemented through the Ministry of Education and related agencies. The Education System is divided into eleven districts,ten of which correspond to the national administrative and geographical regions of the country,while the capital,Georgetown,is treated as a separate education district,district 11. With 8.3% of its GDP spent on education,Guyana sits with Cuba,Iceland,Denmark and Botswana as among the few countries with top spending on education.
Telecommunications in Guyana include radio,television,fixed and mobile telephones,and the Internet. Early telecommunications were owned by large foreign firms until the industry was nationalized in the 1970s. Government stifled criticism with a tight control of the media,and the infrastructure lagged behind other countries,Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) holding a monopoly on most such services. In a 2012 census report on Guyanese households,55.5% had a radio,82.7% had a television,27.8% had a personal computer,and 16.2% had internet at home,49.3% had a telephone landline,and 70.6% had a cellular phone.
Ptolemy Alexander Reid was a Guyanese veterinarian and politician who served as Prime Minister of Guyana from 1980 to 1984.
Relations between India and Guyana ever since the independence of Guyana in May 1966 have been cordial. The cordiality in the relation remains unaffected with changes in governments either in India or in Guyana. Late Shrimati Indira Gandhi,the then Prime Minister of India,visited Guyana in 1968,late Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma,the then Vice President of India visited Guyana in 1988 and Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat,the then Vice President of India came on a state visit to Guyana in 2006.
Tagenarine Brandon Chanderpaul is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for Guyana in first-class cricket. He is a left-hand opening batsman. He made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in November 2022. He is the eldest son of West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul. He played the role of cricketer Larry Gomes in the Bollywood film 83.
Benedict Garnesh Singh was a Guyanese Roman Catholic bishop.
Snap general elections were held in Guyana on 2 March 2020. They were called early after the government of President David A. Granger lost a vote of no confidence by a margin of 33–32 on 21 December 2018,the government having held a one-seat majority since the 2015 elections. However,one of its own MPs,Charrandas Persaud of the Alliance for Change (AFC),voted with the opposition. Granger announced on 25 September 2019 that the elections would be held on 2 March 2020.
Mohamed Irfaan Ali is a Guyanese politician who is currently serving as the tenth president of Guyana since 2020. He is the first Muslim to hold the office,along with being the second Muslim head of state in the Americas after Noor Hassanali of Trinidad and Tobago.
Bishwaishwar 'Cammie' Ramsaroop was a Guyanese politician from People's National Congress. Prior to his political career,he was a teacher and minister in the Forbes Burnham administration. From October 1980 to September 1984 he was one of the Vice Presidents. Ramsaroop played a pivotal role in the establishment of Trinidad and Tobago's first diplomatic mission with the creation of the Guyana High Commission on Alexandra Street,Port-of-Spain in February 2020.
Joseph Linden Fitzclarence Hamilton is a Guyanese politician. Hamilton was born Triumph,British Guiana. Between 1977 and 1987,Hamilton was a priest of the House of Israel. At the 2014 Walter Rodney inquiry,Hamilton testified that the House of Israel committed “oppressive and terrorizing acts on behalf of the People's National Congress (PNC).”
Events in the year 2021 in Guyana.
Saisnarine Kowlessar is a Guyanese politician. He served as Minister of Finance from 1999 to 2006. He previously also lectured at the University of Guyana.
Events in the year 2022 in Guyana.
Jane Caroline Miller OBE is a British diplomat who is currently the High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Guyana. She is the first female to be appointed to the post. She also serves as Ambassador of the United Kingdom to CARICOM and non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname.
The 2023 Guyanese local elections, officially due since 2020,are scheduled to be held on Monday,June 12,2023 following the latest delay of the officially biennial polls by three years due to lawsuits and vacanies at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) following the fallout and misconduct of the 2020 Guyanese general election and the COVID-19 pandemic. All 1,220 council seats within 610 constituencies across Guyana's 80 local authority areas (LAAs),comprising 70 neighbourhood democratic councils (NDCs) and 10 municipalities are being conteted. GECOM has stated that voting is not required in 291 constituencies in which the ruling People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has won by acclamation due to no other candidates running against them.. As a result the PPP/C has retained control and has won allseats in LAAs such as the NDCs of Leguan,La Jalousie/Nouvelle Flanders,Canals Polder,Little Diamond/Herstelling,Ordnance Fort Lands/ No. 38,Kintyre/No. 37 or Borlam,Kilcoy/Hampshire,Port Mourant/John,Bloomfield/Whim,No. 64/No. 74,the municipality of Lethem and has also gained control of the Aranaputa/ Upper Burro Burro NDC. The PPP/C is hoping to win over A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)/People's National Congress Reform (PNCR)opposition strongholds,campaigning heavily in Guyana's capital city,Georgetown,which has remained in APNU/PNCR control since independence from the United Kingdom in 1966. Efforts by the PNCR to postpone or cancel the elections via litigation regarding the electoral roll and local government constituency boundaries,were dismissed by Guyana's High Court in the lead-up to these elections,claiming that,these issues are behind it's no-contest of 291 constituencies across the 80 LAAs. The opposition Alliance for Change (AFC),the junior coalition partner of the APNU,has boycotted the 2023 local elections over similar concerns.
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