Joanna Dhanraj

Residents of Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara, earlier this week shared their concerns with regard to how the pandemic has affected their children’s educational lives and their families’ economic status over the last two months.

With many lives impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous Guyanese have since united to make lives easier for the less fortunate through donations of food hampers, medical supplies and other necessities.

The body of a labourer was pulled from the Canal Number Two conservancy on Tuesday morning, two days after he went missing on Sunday afternoon after he had gone for a swim.

With host Alfredo Ballesteros at the helm, ‘Hola Guyana,’ currently the country’s sole Spanish/Latin radio programme, hit the airwaves some six months ago on MEGA 102.1 FM and has since attracted thousands of fans from Spanish communities around Guyana as well as from a number of Latin American countries.

As a delivery man, Carl McKenzie is almost always on the go—a state that has become even more pronounced now that many persons who are confining themselves to their homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic are relying on him.

US based Guyanese Devindra Mohanlall is creating a name for himself in the makeup industry, having turned what was a hobby when he was a 13-year-old living in Albion, Berbice, into a career.

As it approaches two months since the implementation of the countrywide lockdown and a restriction on non-essential services enacted on April 3, residents of Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara are worried about what they will be having for their next meal while others are anxious about how long their meagre savings will last.

Dancehall artiste, Delon ‘Stiffy Stiff’ Garraway has dropped a creole Dancehall remix of British rappers Young T & Bugsey’s “Don’t Rush”.

Knowing that giving up is not an option, every day many health care workers show up to do their part as the fight continues both against the spread of COVID-19 and to treat those who are infected.

TikToker Manisha Singh also known as ‘Swaggarherself’ has been dancing for some seven years.

Twenty-four-year-old aircraft maintenance engineer Kristoff Azariel Sauns, who goes by the stage name Lawless Boss, recently dropped his first studio album ‘Lwlss’ consisting of 14 Dancehall and Soca songs.

While the restrictions put in place to curb COVID-19 have put a squeeze on some businesses, they have provided a springboard for some like the delivery services that are becoming lifelines for Guyanese not eager to leave their homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the coronavirus pandemic having placed routines and the pursuit of dreams on hold, Earllesa Mingo, an aspiring actress and comedienne has still been able to entertain thousands of people through the TikTok app.

A mere two weeks after two friends lost their lives when they crashed into the median at Bagotstown before running into a resident’s fence, another car  crashed into the same resident’s fence and that of his neighbour in the wee hours of yesterday.

A family is now seeking answers about the death of a mother of three who succumbed following a collision at Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo last Wednesday night.

Several buildings designated for the isolation and quarantine of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients have been completed and another is under construction as villagers have moved to prepare the Moruca sub-district to treat cases.

It was as a freshman alone in his room a decade ago that Leon Labastide penned his first poem, ‘Alone’.

Self-taught makeup artist Latassie Sealey is known for the looks she creates for her clients.

While a number of businesses remain closed to the public on Regent Street, those of the non-essential type which keep their doors open are saying that they have no other choice in order to keep bread on their tables and those of their employees.

Photos by Orlando Charles With many stores being shuttered around George-town by the COVID-19 lockdown, hundreds are now without jobs or dealing with pay cheque cuts.