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Hindus celebrate Diwali holiday in India and beyond

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home


Around the world, from India and Mauritius to the United Kingdom and Guyana, Hindus gathered with friends and family to celebrate the festival of ligh...

Wilmer Rivera Melendez: Man Arrested In Brooklyn Fraud Scheme Targeting Guyanese Immigrants

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — A convicted bigamist posing as a veteran immigration lawyer scammed thousands of dollars from Guyanese immigrants and gave them advic...

Skateboarding in Queens is picking up momentum among West Indian teens

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. | Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home

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While many Queens residents from Guyana and the Caribbean are busy playing their national pastime, cricket, some West Indian teens are also embracing ...

Team Earth Campaign Brings Together Harrison Ford, the President of Guyana, CEOs, and a Life-Size Origami Forest

ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green


ThienVinh Nguyen

As a "global sustainability movement" that'll include just about everyone - from educators to scientists to businesses to non-profits and little kids - Team Earth's first campaign centers on tackling deforestation.

The Amazon Rainforest is More Important than Electric Cars

Levi Novey | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green


Levi Novey

Since the Amazon Rainforest is so important, we must ask ourselves: "Why have we (or at least the media) become so bored of discussing the Amazon and deforestation?"

Traveling as Press vs. NGO Head: Same Adventure

Jim Luce | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media


Jim Luce

I have flown from Haiti to Peru to Guyana in the Americas, Hong Kong to Indonesia to Sri Lanka in Asia, and Togo to Ghana in Africa.

Overland Journey from Guyana to Suriname

Chris Guillebeau | Posted 06.12.2009 | World


Chris Guillebeau

Here I am in Suriname. Country #109. I feel like I'm far away from where I came from, and that's just fine with me.

Beyond Chachkas: Indigenous Crafts Plus Northern Design Equals Success

Julia Moulden | Posted 10.07.2008 | Living


Julia Moulden

Hands up if you've ever bought a handicraft while traveling, only to have it end up collecting dust in some closet at home. Thought so. We've all ...

Will A Vow Of Poverty Fill The Void In My Soul?

Jim Luce | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living


Jim Luce

As I approach my fiftieth birthday, I am feeling incomplete. Part of me - my soul? - is still missing. In secular terms, I think I am not yet in tou...