Joanna Dhanraj

Calypsonian, Joseph Burgan-Thomas who went by the stage name, ‘Mighty Enchanter’ passed away last Friday morning at his Linden/Soesdyke Highway home after a long battle with prostate cancer.

Zen, which refers to a state of calm or peace, is what the Chief Executive Officer of Zen Events Surida Nagreadi was looking to give her customers when she created her company.

“She is all the things a good baker/caterer is,” one reviewer said of Lianne Fernandes-Sears and her works of art.

Artists tend to view the world through a very vivid perspective.

This Easter won’t see the parks, seawalls, cane fields and other wide open outdoor spaces filled—as they typically are—with crowds of Guyanese enjoying picnics and flying kites.

The People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) Masking Guyana initiative that has seen persons from Regions 3, 4, 5, and 6 getting onboard to create thousands of cloth masks to protect from the coronavirus that has claimed six lives here is well on its way to reaching it’s 10,000 goal this week.

With no electricity or potable water, Bendorffers use solar panels, kerosene lamps and generators for power and rainwater for drinking and cooking, while water from the canals or the nearby Essequibo River is used to wash and bathe.

Charlene John has been involved with craft making for the last year, providing her services for birthdays, weddings, engagements and anniversaries, since she purchased a Cricut machine.

Almost three decades ago, she filled the family’s photo album with baby pictures, but today is mostly on the other side of the camera shooting from the tiniest flowers to the most beautiful brides.

Larimakabra is a community of 18 people – a shopkeeper who lives by himself and the 17-member Williams family– located along the Parika-Hubu Road, between Naamless and Bendoroff, on the East Bank of Essequibo.

Twelve years since she first began dancing, 21-year-old Vanita Harnauth has perfected Indian/Bollywood dance routines and performed at many events and competitions with the Kimberly and Shellita Dance Troupe, a group that honed her talent, which she directs today.

With the closure of schools and some businesses as well as the cancellation of a number of events countrywide so as to better practice social distancing to prevent the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus, it is now a concern about whether those venturing outside of their homes are adhering to social distancing instructions as well.

Private schools shuttered in light of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are providing lessons to their students online while for public schools, the Minis-try of Education (MoE) has resources on its website and has also shared links to educational websites on its Facebook page.

Sans Souci, a community on the north-western coast of Wakenaam Island, is home to approximately 200 people, many of whom are farmers and fishermen.

A once-aspiring nurse, Christine Deobarran found her niche in makeup artistry three years ago and knew it was meant to be.

“I’m overjoyed! Winning the Junior Calypso Monarch was one thing but placing third at the senior level was a whole other deal.

With another Mash Road March title under her belt, Melissa ‘Vanilla’ Roberts has edged closer to her ultimate goal.

Forty-one kilometres from Supenaam on the Essequibo Coast is the village of Windsor Castle, home to approximately 650 residents, most of whom do rice farming while some do cattle rearing and fishing.

Aside from the violent protests in Berbice and the East Coast Demerara on Friday, supporters of the PPP/C also demonstrated at other locations against what they claimed was the “rigging” of last Monday’s elections.

On arriving at Sparta, the small Essequibo Coast village sandwiched by Danielstown and Windsor Castle, I noticed two signs—one with the name Sparta and another, several yards ahead, which read “Fear Not.”