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Dr. Keisha N Benn

21 May: Spotlight on Dr. Keisha N. Benn

Name: Kiesha Nicole Benn Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency: Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA Fellowship/Graduate school: Maternal Fetal Medicine, Second year Fellow at The University of Connecticut Health Center Medical School: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY Undergraduate: City University of New York: Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, NY, NY.   1) When did you decide you wanted to become a Medical Doctor and what led to this decision? “I knew I wanted to…

AmeliasWard

17 May: Celebrating our Graduates: Congratulations to the Amelia’s Ward USCians -They Rock!

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing (1 Thessalonians 5:11).  This five young women definitely epitomize this phrase. Meet Trea, Michelle, Sonya, Corlecia and Feigel who reign from the small town of Amelia Ward Linden in Guyana, and playfully call themselves the “Amelia’s Ward USCians.” These “beauties with brains” all attended the University of Southern Caribbean (USC) in Trinidad; an affiliate of Andrews University in Michigan and over the years have form a…

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16 May: Mrs. Sita Nagamootoo Want Women to Have Greater Roles in the Development of Guyana – She Rocks!

Mrs. Sita Nagamootoo,  the wife of Guyana’s newly elected Prime, Moses Nagamootoo, says that women must be given a greater role to play in the development of Guyana and she is convinced that they will get a better deal under APNU+AFU administration. “Education is her pet concern, having been a teacher for some 35 years, a headmistress and lecturer at the Cyril Potter’s College of Education for teachers.”  This is according to a recent statement made by…

First Lady Sandra Granger

16 May: Meet Sandra Granger, First Lady of the Republic of Guyana ✿FLORG✿ – She Rocks!

From Stabroek News Archive When she married David Granger, Sandra Chan-A-Sue knew she was going to be a military wife which meant her husband would be away from home a lot of the time. But what she did not know was that forty years down the line she would be married to a politician, still with the name of David Granger. “I did not believe him…” the then 62-year-old Sandra Granger told the Sunday Stabroek…

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16 May: Celebrating our Graduates – Congratulations Crystal Lynton – You Rock!

Join us in congratulating recent graduate Crystal Lynton who earned an AS degree in Business Administration from Essex County College in New Jersey.  Crystal was also accepted to Rutgers University where she will complete her Bachelor degree in Supply Chain Management. “WOO-HOO”  Crystal – You Rock! ~ from Mom – Sonya & Family

David Granger and Moses Nakgamootoo

14 May: “A Change Has Come” to Guyana – Congratulations to the APNU+AFC Party on winning the General Election!

Today is a historical day in Guyana as supporters of the coalition APNU+AFC party celebrate an historic win over the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP), which has been in power for 23 years.  The new President of Guyana, Brigadier David Granger is a former Commander of the Guyana Defense Force and National Security Adviser and  new Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo is an Attorney of Law and former Member of Parliament.  Many overseas-based Guyanese like myself, who were unable to cast our votes, waited…

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04 May: She Rocks! Dionne Hammiel, Recipient of the 2015 Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Awards

Sometimes, when Dionne Hammiel wants the attention of her rambunctious kindergarten class, she stands on the table. Other times, she lowers her voice to a whisper, making her instructions a very important secret that every child strains to hear. The hushed message at John Burroughs Education Campus in the District was utterly routine on a recent day: “We need to go to the bathroom, drink some water, come back, and pick out our books to…

03 May: My Guyanese Mom Rocks Mother’s Day Contest WINNER IS..

Congratulations to the winner of our mother’s day contest, Malissa G,  who answered “My Guyanese Mom Rocks because she is our Rock & Foundation!  Malissa will received this beautiful custom made GGR rhinestone watch!  Thank you to everyone who participated and HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! THE CONTEST… Mother’s Day is one week away and GGR wants to give a lucky Mom a special gift!  Complete this sentence [ON FACEBOOK] for a chance to win a GGR Rhinestone Watch.    “My…

Happy Labor Day

01 May: Happy Labour Day Guyana!

Labour Day is celebrated on the First of May every year in Guyana. It is an international observance that commemorates the struggles of workers and their significant input into society. Labour Day originated in 1889 in Paris, where the first congress of the Second Socialists International meeting decided to celebrate, on an international scale, a Worker’s Day. The First celebration of Labour Day in then, British Guiana was during the 1930’s. It was organized by…