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State of the Nation is a monthly television programme produced by the Forbes Burnham Foundation (FBF). Moderator of the programme is Clayton Hinds, Public Relations Officer of FBF. State of the Nation is broadcast on HBTV Channel 9 on the fourth Sunday of the month at 10:00 hrs. The aim of the programme is to keep the works and legacy of Guyana's first Executive President Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham OE. SC. alive, to discuss topical issues and their relevance to Burnham's policies and vision for Guyana, and to publicise the activities of the Foundation.
Topic: Burnham and
Culture
Guests: Julianne Gaul
and Jonathan
Adams
Date: January 2011
Topic: Analysis of the
Leadership of
Guyana's
Executive
Presidents Forbes
Burnham OE. SC.
and Dr. Cheddi
Jagan
Guests: Rashleigh
Jackson and
Jailall Kissoon
Date: April 22, 2012
Topic: Discussion on
Burnham
Guests: Vincent
Alexander and
Bharat Kissoon
Date: August 2012
Topic: The Peoples
National Congress
Reform's (PNCR)
55th Anniversary
(Part 1)
Guests: Vincent Alexander
and Aubrey Norton
Date: November 4, 2012
Topic: The Peoples
National Congress
Reform's (PNCR)
55th Anniversary
(Part 2)
Guests: Vincent
Alexander
and Aubrey
Norton
Date: November 4, 2012
Topic: Burnham and
Religion
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: December 23, 2012
Topic: Guyana as a
Cooperative
Republic
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: January 27, 2013
Topic: Burnham and
Religion
Guest: Archbishop Dr.
Cecil Mercurius
Date: March 2013
Topic: Burnham and his role in the African Liberati0n Movements, Independence...
(Part one)
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: April 28, 2013
Topic: Burnham's
Contributions to
CARICOM
Guest: Ronald Austin (former
Ambassador to
China and Deputy
High Commissioner to
Lusaka, Zambia)
Date: June 23, 2013
Topic: Review of the
Forbes Burnham
Foundation
Activities for 2013
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: December 2013
Topic: Burnham and
Education/
Amerindian Rights
Guest: Dr. George Norton
Vice Chairman PNCR
Date: September 29, 2013
Topic: Reflections on the
28th Death
Anniversary of
L.F.S. Burnham OE.
SC.
Guests: Julianne Gaul and
Duane Edwards
Date: August 25, 2013
Topic: Special Edition on
Local Government
Elections
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: October 2013
Topic: Update on the
Burnham
Foundation's
Activities
Guests: Julianne Gaul and
Akesha Simpson
Date: March 23, 2014
Topic: Update on
Activities of
the Foundation and
Burnham and
Local Government
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: August 24, 2014
Topic: Activities for the
Month, Burnham's
Involvement in the
Labour Movement
and his Policy on
Labour
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: May 2014
Topic: Activities to
Commemorate the
91st Birth
Anniversary
of the Founder
Leader of the PNC
Forbes Burnham
OE. SC.
Guests: Julianne Gaul and
Duane Edwards
Date: January 26, 2014
Topic: Mourning the
Passing and
Celebrating the
Life of Elvin
McDavid Founder
and Patron of the
Forbes Burnham
Foundation
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: September 28, 2014
Topic: The 50th
Anniversary of the
Entrance of the PNC
to Government
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: December 28, 2014
Topic: Tribute to the late
Dr. Faith Harding
& Contextualising
the Politics of
Forbes Burnham
(Part 1)
Guests: Vincent Alexander
& Aubrey Norton
Date: January 25, 2015
Topic: Contextualising the
Politics of Forbes
Burnham (Part 2)
Guest: Vincent Alexander
and Aubrey Norton
Date: March 22, 2015
Topic: Guyana/Venezuela
Border
Controversy
Guest: Dr. Henry Jeffrey
Date: July 26, 2015
Topic: Local Government
Elections and its
connection to the
Policies of
Burnham
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: November 29, 2015
Topic: Review of the Year
of Activities of the
Forbes Burnham
Foundation
Guests: Julianne Gaul and
Vincent Alexander
Date: December 27, 2015
Topic: Guyana's Peoples
Militia
Guests: Vincent Alexander
& Herbert Edwards
Date: January 31, 2016
Topic: COI into Education
Guest: Clarence Perry
Date: April 2016
Topic: Burnham and
Youth
Guest: Aubrey Norton
Date: May 22, 2016
Topic: Burnham and
Agriculture
Guest: Simpson Perry
DaSilva
Date: September 2016
Topic: Update on the
Activities of
the Forbes
Burnham
Foundation
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Chairman of the
Foundation
Date: August 27, 2017
Topic: The PNC's 60th
Anniversary
Guest: Aubrey Norton
Date: October 22, 2017
Topic: The Roles of Cheddi
Jagan and Forbes
Burnham in the
Establishment of
the University of
Guyana
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: March 25, 2018
Topic: Revisionism
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: April 29, 2018
Topic: Indigenous
Peoples'
Involvement in
National
Development
Guest: Mervyn Williams
Date: September 24, 2017
Topic: Burnham's Labour
Policy and his
Involvement in the
Trade Union
Movement
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: May 4, 2018
Topic: Burnham and
Independence
Date: May 27, 2018
Topic: CARICOM & L.F.S.
BURNHAM
Guest: Ronald Austin
Date: June 24, 2018
Topic: The Hundredth
Birth Anniversary
of Nelson Mandela
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: July 22, 2018
Topic: Our Indigenous
Brothers and
Sisters
Guest: Dawn Hastings-
Williams MP.
(Assistant General
Secretary PNCR)
Date: September 30, 2018
Topic: The Family
Guest: Daniel Thomas
Commissioner on the
National Commission
of the Family
Date: October 22, 2018
Topic: Month of the
Elderly and
Education
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Topic: Local Government
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: September 2, 2018
Topic: Georgetown
Municipality
Guests: Ivelaw Henry
(Councilor
Constituency 7) &
Gregory Fraser
(Councilor
Constituency 8)
Date: November 25, 2018
Topic: Confidence Vote
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: December 23, 2018
Topic: Burnham's Policies
and their Relevance
to Today
Guest: Aubrey Norton
Date: February 24, 2019
Topic: Review of the
Annual Activities
of the Forbes
Burnham
Foundation
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: March 29, 2019
Topic: Forbes Burnham
and Youth
Development
Guest: Mervyn Williams
Date: May 5, 2019
Topic: CCJ Ruling & House
to House
Registration
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: July 1, 2019
Topic: House to House
Registration
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: July 28, 2019
Topic: Revisionism
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: March 22, 2020
Topic: Address by Prime
Minister Burnham on Elections
Date: May 24, 2020
Topic: Message of
Condolence
on the death of
Eustace Hall aka
Reggie Hall First
National Secretary
of the PNC/YO
(GYSM) and
Elections Update
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: June 28, 2020
Topic: Ancestral Lands
Guests: Vincent Alexander & Lincoln Lewis
Date: September 27, 2020
Topic: Highlights of Major
Events for the Year
2020
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: December 27, 2020
Topic: FBF Membership
Drive, Black
History Month &
the Border
Controversy
Guest: Vincent Alexander
Date: January 31, 2021
Topic: State of the Nation
Influence of the FBF on
the Development of
Members of the
Foundation
Guest: Julianne Gaul
Date: March 28, 2021
Topic: State of the Nation
Influence of the FBF on
the Development of
Members of the
Foundation
Guest: Julianne Gaul
Date: March 28, 2021
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