Guyanese diaspora in Florida participate in Town Hall meeting on local developments

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The Guyanese community in Florida, United States last weekend hosted a town hall meeting where a number of issues, including the country’s budding oil and gas industry, were discussed.
The event was hosted and organised by Guyana’s Honorary Consul to Florida, Ramzan Roshanali. It was held on Saturday at the Tropics Restaurant, Pembroke Pines, Florida and featured Guyanese Ambassador to the US, Riyad Insanally, as the guest speaker.
He delivered an address on “Developments in Guyana”, which fielded questions during a question and answer segment from the attendees at the town hall meeting. Among the topics that came up for discussion are crime and security, products from the agriculture sector, education, issues relating to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), health and infrastructure.
The town hall meeting was attended by some 60 patrons. Some of the attendees included: Lauderdale Lakes Mayor Hazelle Rogers, St Lucia Consul General (retired) Kent Hippolyte, African and African Diaspora Study Programme (AADS) Director and Global and Socio-cultural Studies Professor at the Florida International University (FIU), Dr Percy Hintzen; President of the Sunshine State Softball Cricket Association, Devan Roy; Coordinator of the Sunshine State Softball Cricket Youth League, Kadima Ali; President of the South Florida Softball Cricket League (SFSCL), Dave Singh, and Florida businessman Harry Rambarran.
Following last Saturday’s town hall meeting, Ambassador Insanally was presented with a plaque in appreciation of his “sterling contribution to good governance and sustainable, equitable development of Guyana, especially in the area of Foreign Service”.
The event was chaired by Executive Member of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Richard Rambarran.

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