You could say Andy Moore’s Festival City business is a testimonial of his technical know-how as he has built and designed much of what he uses, in addition to making space to teach what he has learnt over more than 50 years.
“Sometimes I get lonely, but I don’t let it bother me too much because for me right now, taking someone is not something I want to do.
Even as a child Joan Ann Edghill-Stuart knew she wanted to work with children.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has an open-door policy and members of the public are not turned away when visiting to ascertain the status of criminal matters, according to Communications Officer Liz Rahaman, who says all is done to help.
“These last few months since the pandemic came to Guyana have really been hard for me.
A chance, somewhat unpleasant encounter with a government official in a hair salon, later became an opportunity for Ayo Dalgety-Dean to start working in the area of child rights in Guyana and today she heads a non-governmental organisation (NGO) which is known for working with children, especially those who are sexually abused.
As a boy, Kelvin Fortune witnessed and experienced the struggles his mother endured and at the tender age of 11 he even became her major caregiver when she battled debilitating illnesses.
“People would always say that when you don’t have children to mind then things must be really easy.
“A lot of work coming but sometimes I can’t explain it to she and then I have to work and when I come home in the nights I does be too tired.
Parents can do more to help their children if they are willing to look closely at their own lives, according to Yeaswantie Beekhoo PhD (Seema), a holistic psychologist, who is attached to the Childcare and Protection Agency.
Over five years after she started on the journey to fulfil her dream of becoming a medical doctor, she has triumphed spectacularly by topping her class at the University of Guyana and is now thinking about specialization, which could possibly see her becoming a family doctor.
“Little girls need to know their place, sorry to say this because I don’t know the whole story, but I know these teenagers behave more bruk out than we old people.”
A banner on her fence warns people to stay away from drugs and 60-year-old Ingrid Subryan is determined to always speak against the scourge of substance abuse, having witnessed the havoc it wreaked in the lives of her two eldest children.
“I know I made a big mistake and every day I am sorry.
“This is the second day I coming here. Yesterday when I come I didn’t even had nothing to eat because I say I would come and get through fast.
Stigma and discrimination continue to be the biggest hindrances to people living with HIV adhering to their medication regime, which affects the country’s ability to achieve UNAIDS 2020 “90-90-90” goals, according to Executive Director of the National Coordinating Coalition Inc (NCC) Simone Sills.
“For 19 years I have been living with HIV and I see the good and the bad in people.
When Amanza Walton-Desir decided to enter the world of Guyanese politics, she said she took a calculated risk.
“I knew it was happening. I closed my legs tight as if to stop it from happening.
Saying he does not regret leaving his United Nations job to fix a “broken” Guyana Lands & Surveys Commission (GL&SC), now former Commissioner Trevor Benn is not surprised at his sacking but has decried the besmirching of his character in what he believes is an attempt to ensure that persons like him cannot find employment outside of Guyana.
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