Joanna Dhanraj

The Coldingen residents who live along the East Coast Demerara public road are said to have lived there much longer than those at Sea Dam or in the housing scheme.

Le Desir is home to a handful of families, most of whom are related and belong to the Islamic faith.

Rashena Hanif emerged as this year’s Miss India Guyana just minutes into Monday morning last at the Ramada Princess Hotel after going head on in a stiff competition with five other contestants.

Twenty-six young girls of the St Ann’s Orphanage were on Monday treated to donations by designer Michelle Cole-Wagner and her up-and-coming designer daughter Sapphire Rose, in collaboration with TidyUp Liquid Detergent Company.

Dagg Point is a community in the Cuyuni/Mazaruni region, a few miles outside of Bartica with 360 residents scattered about its hilly, forested terrain.

“All the hard work we put in has paid off,” an elated Aleria Deeges said.

Little Biaboo is a picturesque village in Mahaica on the boundaries of Regions 4 and 5, separated by the Mahaica Creek.

Though she was homeschooled, Maryam Jameela Haniff was always on never-ending adventures through her reading.

Photographs by Saajid Husani National Director of three pageants: Miss and Mrs India Guyana and Miss Global International, Hashim Alli finally sat down with The Scene to speak of his passion for entertainment and culture and his journey from reserved to where he is today.

Coldingen is on the East Coast Demerara right between Strathspey and Nonpareil.

Geneve is a small community in Canal Number One between Bordeaux and Mes Delices and obliquely opposite De Kinderen and Uitkomst, because of its small population – less than 100 residents – it is considered a hamlet, rather than a village.

While in high school, he was a member of a gang called the Crips, but the now 24-year-old Martain Al-ameen has since turned his life around and is a man of many talents including being a songwriter, producer, director, photographer and chef.

La Bagatelle is the largest and busiest of all villages on Leguan Island.

Photos by Joanna Dhanraj Thirty-eight kilometres from the city, sitting between Good Hope and Jonestown in Mahaica is the community of Hand-en-Veldt, home to almost 300 residents.

Twenty-year-old singer/songwriter Josephine Mitchell took up music professionally some five years ago.

Now that Bartica is a town, Agatash, a small scenic community 3 miles away, could perhaps be deemed a suburb.

Nafesah Ladonna Richardson decided to pursue a profession in makeup artistry four years ago after long having a passion for the art.