By WiredJA News Team Earlier this year, in its April 2022 World Economic Outlook, the IMF projected a nearly 50 per cent rate of economic growth for Guyana this year. Beyond 2022, the IMF said Guyana is expected to record a 34.5 per cent increase in 2023 and a 3.7 per cent increase by 2027. […]
Photo Credit: PPP/IQ Inc. By JR Holguin A Census National Interview Survey indicated that 30 million people in the United States of all ages were uninsured during the time the survey was conducted in 2021. In New York, nearly 5% of residents live without insurance. Though one could say those numbers are low, health care […]
The Adolescent Voices contest aims to give the Pan American Health Organization a window onto the views of this age group, offering a venue for young people to express themselves in different artistic forms.
By PAHO Washington DC, 14 July 2022. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today launched a contest for young people aged 12 to 19 to articulate their vision regarding the problem of adolescent pregnancy in the Region of the Americas through such artistic media as painting, drawing, illustration, comics, poetry, stories, videos, and songs. The […]
By Stephanie Korney, Jamaicans Jamaican Olympic champion sprinter and the “fastest man alive” Usain Bolt has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Brunel University in London. Bolt is familiar with Brunel University as he trained there several times during his career, including preparations for the 2012 London Olympics where he won three gold medals. He […]