Johnny (Frank) Terrill the legendary motor racing champion of the 1950s and 1960s passed away on December 28, 2017.

Terrill worked at Cable and Wireless earlier in his career but later moved to live outside of Toronto, Ontario Canada

Dear Santa,

The children and the people of Guyana look forward with great expectations to your annual, traditional Christmas visit to Guyana.

You have always been a source of kindness, compassion, problem solving and generosity which in our troubled world today are much needed. 

The Guyana government's decision to paint government buildings in green has become contentious, as it should. Particularly, the government has painted the Office of the President as well as State House, the official residence of the President, in green.

The Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) Caribbean American Heritage Awards Gala was held on November 17, in Washington, DC at the JW Marriott hotel.

The event was attended by over 200 people from across the country who started the evening by sipping cocktails at the receptions immediately preceding the awards dinner.

I was born in Georgetown, Guyana, to Herbert Marshall, a famous Guyanese Guitarist, and Hazel Marshall, a Bishop’s High school and University of Guyana graduate. At the age of five, my parents divorced and my younger sister and I lived with our mother. I used to love visiting my grandparents Alma and Livingstone Marshall’s home in Bent street.

Donna A. (Shepherd) London, 60, died in her home on Tuesday, October 10, 2017, after a long illness. She leaves her husband of 37 years, Ivor C. London; her daughter, Astrid Walker and husband Fred of Upper Marlboro, MD; her son, Colin E. London of Worcester; five brothers, Leslie Cameron and his wife Hazel, Lloyd Hamilton and his wife Dionne, James Shepherd, Jr.

Annetha M. Hall born in the UK to Guyanese parents who migrated to the England in 1960, has been a major contributor to the strategies and success of several non-profit organizations in the Washington DC area since 1980.

Dynamic Airways the U.S owned and operated airline that flew out of John F. Kennedy Airport to Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Guyana has currently reduced its service from five days per week to one flight a week.

It is also rumored to be pulling completely out of the Guyana market but there has been no confirmation from the operators.

Clarice was the daughter of William and Isabella McKenzie.  She was born in Springlands, East Berbice.  She was the youngest of the 3 children of William and Isabella McKenzie; Claude McKenzie and Joan McKenzie being the other two.

The University of Guyana (UG) will host the historic inaugural Diaspora Engagement Conference (DEC 2017) from July 23 to 28, 2017, at the Ramada Georgetown Princess Hotel, under the theme: Dreaming Diaspora Engagement, Doing Diaspora Engagement. The Conference is expected to attract over one hundred participants from within and outside Guyana.