New Amsterdam Berbice "Guyana"

The Town of New Amsterdam is located on the Eastern Coast of Guyana, which over looks the Atlantic Ocean. New Amsterdam developed as a settlement, for the Dutch besides Nassau located 55 miles up the Berbice River and Canje River. Around 1784 the Dutch relocated the town. The name New Amsterdam is colonial related, it originated from the Providence Amsterdam in Holland. New Amsterdam was established between 1785-1790 with the government for...

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Guyana view sympathizes with “Brazil”

Flames raced through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing more than 231 people and leaving more than 1OO hospitalizes at the moment, a doctor who’s been treating the patients says toxic smoke filled the night club killing most of the dead victims.. It appeared to be the world's deadliest nightclub fire in more than a decade. The Club called “KISS” located in Santa Maria, Brazil at the time of the incident contained a total...

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Guyana View Official Logo

Guyana View Logo  The Guyana View team has successfully designed our LOGO check it out&nbs...

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Cece Winans performs in Guyana

10-time Grammy award-winning Gospel singer Cece Winans performed in Guyana last night. Her show was the largest Gospel show held at the Guyana National Stadium Providence, an event that was promoted by Inspire Promotions. Born October 8th 1964 in Detroit Michigan, Pricilla “CeCe” Marie Winans love, is an American gospel singer who has won numerous awards such as Grammys, Stellar Awards and Dove Awards. CeCe also have several platinum selling...

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Guyana Truly Beautiful

GUYANA Guyana Truly Beautiful a land of so much beauty and original heritage&nbs...

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Famous Guyanese Cricketers

Shivnarine Chanderpaul born 16 August 1974 is a Guyanese born cricketer and former captain of the West Indiest Cricket Team. Chanderpaul is the first Indo-Caribbean to play 100 Tests for the West Indiess. Chanderpaul is currently ranked as the number one test batsman in the world in the International ICC official rankings. Shivarine Chanderpaul  Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan born 23 June 1980, in Wakenaam Island, Guyana he...

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Shanice Bacchus-Jones Guyanese born U.S Model/Designer

Shanice Bacchus was born in New Amsterdam, East Berbice, on July 29, 1989. She is the third of three siblings. As a child in Guyana, Bacchus undertook a few assignments to appear as a model in advertisements, but her career choice was suppressed by the reality of life in the Ancient County. However, upon migrating, almost four years ago, the urge to pose before the cameras resurfaced. Photographers quickly developed interest in Shanice Bacchus,...

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Guyana Takutu River Bridge to Brazil

The Takutu River Bridge, this bridge was built to connect Guyana to Brazil. It was opened on July 31 2009; The Bridge is located in Lethem, Guyana and stretches across the Takutu River to link the two borders of the two countries. The bridge cost 5 million USD and was paid for by Brazil. This bridge allows smooth and easy travel into Brazil nearest town Bon Fim.                    ...

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Guyana's Floating bridges

Guyana has two of the world’s longest floating bridges. Among the world’s longest bridges is the Demerara Harbor Bridge, which is 1,851 meter long, and the Berbice River Bridge 1,570 meters both of these bridges are pontoon floating bridges which stretches across two of the main three rivers of Guyana. These Bridges allow easy access to either sides of the Rivers for daily commuters.       Demerara Harbour Bridge  ...

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Congratulations President Barack Obama

Guyana view would like to congratulate the United States President on his second inauguration As President of the United States&nbs...

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Martin Luther King, Jr

 Guyana view would like to wish everyone     A happy Martin Luther King Jr day ...

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(CARICOM) Caribbean Community

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is an organization of 15 Caribbean nations and dependencies. CARICOM which mean Caribbean Community, main purposes are to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members, to ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared, and to coordinate foreign policy. The countries that are members of CARICOM are: Antigua                ...

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U.S. Senator John Llewllyn Sampson Guyanese Roots

Senator John Llewllyn Sampson, Leader of the Democratic Conference was born in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, to American and Guyanese parents in 1965. Senator John Llewllyn Sampson represents district 19 in the New York State Senate, district 19 comprises of Chrown Heights, East Flatbush and some Portions of Brownsville, Canarsie and Spring Creek Towers. Elected in 1996, Senator Sampson is the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Deputy...

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Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder Born Guyanese

Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder was born December 25, 1952 (Christmas day )in Guyana. She is known professionally as C. C. H. Pounder. Pounder is a Guyanese-American film and television actress. She has appeared in numerous films, made-for-television films, television miniseries and plays, and has made guest appearances on notable television shows. From 2002 to 2008, she starred as Detective Claudette Wyms in...

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Eddy Grant Guyana’s musical history

The first 20th century saw a number of popular Guyanese dance bands. By the 1960s, these big bands with prominent horns, woodwinds and other instruments became less popular in favor of a wave of string bands. Among these famous singers is star singing sensation Edmond Montague “Eddy Grant” who was born March 5th 1948 in Plaisance, Guyana.  Some of Guyana musical gene includes: Shanto Shanto is a form of Guyanese music, related to both calypso and mento. It became a major part of early popular...

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Mashramani / Guyana's Carnival

Mashramani is the next big upcoming event in Guyana its Guyana’s Carnival. Mashramani, often abbreviated to "Mash", is an annual festival that celebrates Guyana becoming a Republic in 1970. The festival, usually held on February 23 – Guyanese Republic Day – includes a parade, music, games and cooking and is intended to commemorate the "Birth of the Republic. The word "Mashramani" is derived from an Amerindian language...

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Flora Cheong-Leen Guyanese Roots

Cheong-Leen was born in Hong Kong and has Australian citizenship. Her father Hilton Cheong-Leen was born in Georgetown, Guyana but is of Chinese descent and her mother Pauline Chow is from Beijing. In her youth, Cheong-Leen graduated from the Royal Ballet in U.K., she also performed at the Paris Opera in France. After returning to Hong Kong, Cheong-Leen was selected as leading actress in ten full-length  motion...

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Leona Lewis Guyanese Roots

Lewis was born on April 3, 1985 in the London Borough of Islington, to Aural Josiah "Joe" Lewis, a youth worker from Guyana (Guyanese) of Black African descent and Maria Lewis, a British social worker of Welsh, Italian and Irish descent. She rose to fame as the winner of the third series of the X Factor and became the first female winner of the show. Lewis has gone on to become a Multi-platinum selling artist. ...

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Rihanna's Guyanese Roots

Rihanna Fenty was born on February 20 1988 in Saint Michael Barbados. Rihanna mother Monica Braithwaite, is a Guyanese retired accountant and her father is Ronald Fenty a Barbadian.  ...

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BBC in Guyana

BBC in Guyana: A short BBC video about Guyana’s rain forest and interior savannas&nbs...

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The 1933 Denham Suspension Bridge

In November 1933 a bridge was constructed over the Garraway Stream, linking Mahdia to Bartica by trail. This cable suspension bridge was named “Denham Bridge” after the then Colonial Governor Sir Edward Denham. The Denham Suspension Bridge, which is also called the Garraway Stream Bridge, served as a vital access to the early Gold and Diamond fields of Guyana. The bridge was erected directly over the Potaro Rive...

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West Indies Cricket Team

   Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on a field, at the center of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch; One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the runs scored by the batting team. A run is scored by the striking batsman hitting...

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Adrian Dutchin

Adrian Angelo Frank Dutchin, born 4 September 1981 is a Guyanese singer with musical influences from Hip-Hop, Dancehall, Reggae and RNB. Dutchin is signed to Kross Kolor. Born the first of six, Adrian Dutchin first appeared on the scene in 1998 as part of the group "Seven". He was the lead singer of the group for four years before venturing into music on his own, and was signed to Kross&nbs...

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Timeka Marshall

Guyana's singing sensation Timeka Marshall, born February 14th, 1989 at the Wismar Hospital in Linden became a public figure after winning the first ever GT&T Cellink Plus Jingle competition Timeka believes that local music and the support it gets have come a long way, but that there are steps which we can take in order to raise the standard and thus the love of our own Guyanese music even more.&nbs...

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Guyana Rice and Sugar

Agriculture was once the chief economic activity in Guyana, despite the coastal plain which comprised only about 5 percent of the country's land area being suitable for cultivation of crops. Today sugar and rice are the most important primary agricultural products, as they had been since the nineteenth century. Sugar was produced primarily for export whereas rice was mostly consumed domestically.  ...

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Guyana Gold

Guyana Gold: This video shows you the riches of this beautiful country, Guyana is know through out the world for its great source of Pure Gold, a country that stand out in its rich...

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Pegasus Hotel Guyana

Pegasus Hotel is a 5 star luxury hotellocated in the heart of Georgetown, Guyana , South America with views over the Demerara River, the city of Georgetown and the Atlantic Ocean. ...

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Kaieteur, Guyana

Kaieteur, Guyana. The highest single drop waterfall in the world! ...

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Miss Guyana 2012

Arti Cameron Arti Cameron is the regining Miss Guyana World 2012 She  represented Guyana at Miss World 2012 in Ordos Chin...

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MV Torani

The MV Torani is the largest of three sister ferries they transport passengers across the large rivers of Guyana The ferries are faster and the distance is the distance across the rivers are shorter &nb...

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Melanie Fiona

Melanie Fiona : A international artiste born from Guyanese parents, as we will hear in her interview;  just shining some light on the beautiful country of Guyana and our rich talent   &nb...

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