Mandy Thompson

By Mark Schuller Mark Schuller is Associate Professor of Anthropology and NGO Leadership Development at Northern Illinois University and affiliate at the Faculté d’Ethnologie, l’Université d’État d’Haïti.

Story and photos by Mandy Thompson Nobody seems to know that away from the hustle and bustle of the Parika Stelling tucked away behind tall trees is the small community of Bendorff.

Commuters travelling between New Amsterdam (NA), Berbice and Georgetown are complaining that hire car drivers who ply the route are exploiting them by increasing their fares from $1,500 to $2,000 during afternoon hours.

A Cummings Lodge Secon-dary School teenager was allegedly chopped to death by her teenage boyfriend yesterday at Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara after his sister invited her to his home.

After seven hours of deliberation, a jury last evening found James Anthony Hyles and Mark Royden Williams both not guilty in the murders of the 11 persons killed in the 2008 Lusignan massacre.

-family had been plagued with domestic violence By Tifaine Rutherford  An East Bank Essequibo man went on a chopping rampage around 6pm at Zeelugt North, Squatting area yesterday, killing two children and badly wounding his reputed wife before fleeing the scene.

Photos by Mandy Thompson Every village needs an Archie to cut the grass and drain water from the potholes on the roads.

The National Assembly on Thursday approved a motion calling for the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry (COI) to investigate local maritime and riverain incidents since 1999 and make recommendations to ensure safe travel and future loss of life.

Guyanese are largely either tolerant or accepting of homosexuals, though most believe that being homosexual is a matter of choice, according to a recent study by Caribbean Development Research Services Inc (CADRES), a regional political consultancy firm.

A state witness yesterday testified that one of the men on trial for the 2008 Lusignan massacre claimed responsibility for the 11 murders.

Vanessa Collymore and the members of her family now live their lives around a single mattress.

Story and photos by Mandy Thompson Most people have probably never heard of Swan other than those who actually live in that general area; it is not even in Guyana’s Gazetteer. 

Interviews by Mandy Thompson with photos by Tifaine Rutherford A number of local journalists last week attended a four-day workshop hosted by the University of Guyana’s Centre for Communication Studies, the Institute for International Journalism of Ohio University’s Scripps College of Communication and the United States Embassy in Georgetown.

Story and photos by Mandy Thompson  He is bachelor who knows every detail about keeping a home and the various culinary skills with which a woman would be familiar.

Call it risking their lives, but vendors at the Stabroek Market Wharf continue to ply their daily trade in an effort to sustain themselves on an old and dilapidated structure which is on the brink of collapse.

Abickie Ferguson was yesterday granted the opportunity to begin a new chapter of her life when she was found not guilty of murder and manslaughter by a jury in the High Court.

Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Green, and councillors of the Mayor and City Council (MCC) yesterday walked out of the council’s statutory meeting after they refused to sit with Acting Town Clerk, Carol Sooba, reportedly the first time this has ever happened in the mayoralty.

Al Wilson, was yesterday freed in the High Court of murder after the prosecution’s main witness could not recall anything on how the incident occurred and was unable to point out the accused when asked.

Photos by Arian Browne Unlike other rural villages where most people are engaged in farming, residents of the East Bank community of New Hope rarely farm and none of them has taken it up as a full-time occupation, people living in the area said.

The Mayor and City Council (MCC) has announced that its expenses have topped $1 billion, despite the fact that the Finance Committee said it had experienced a financial turnover.