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Persons shopping last Wednesday along the Main Street avenue, where some vendors showcased attire and craft for Emancipation celebrations (Photo by Orlando Charles)

some vendors showcased attire and craft for Emancipation celebrations

Getting organised: Fishermen at the seawall at Turkeyen sorting their nets out yesterday. MovieTowne is in the backdrop. (Orlando Charles photo)

Getting organised

Mario Joseph with his wife and daughter as he cut the ribbon at the official opening of Mario’s Juice Bar, Smoothies, Shakes, Burgers and Grill House on Friday on Sheriff Street. Despite setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the young businessman said he believes the business can fulfill a need and he decided to pursue his plans for the opening. See more in tomorrow’s edition. (Orlando Charles photo)

Mario’s Juice Bar

This Kitty entrepreneur was advertising cow mould and potting soil for sale.

Still have to make a living

As campaigns across the globe to remove statues of historical figures with links to slavery and colonisation gain traction, local attention has turned to one of Guyana’s most famous relics of its colonial past: The statue of Queen Victoria (seen here on the lawns of the High Court in Georgetown.) Some local activists have started to call for the removal of the monument and that of Mahatma Gandhi in the Promenade Gardens. Gandhi has been accused of being “a fascist, racist and sexual predator,” while Victoria has been condemned for being monarch during the great expansion of the British Empire. According to a brief history of the monument published by historian Nigel Westmaas, the Queen Victoria Statue was sculpted by Henry Richard Hope-Pinker and commissioned in 1887. In 1894 it was unveiled outside the “Victoria law courts” in Georgetown for the first time. Victoria’s head was removed in 1954 by an explosive device in then British Guiana. In 2018 the statue was “vandalized” with red paint. (Photo by Orlando Charles)

The statue of Queen Victoria

The Infectious Disease Hospital during construction (Stabroek News file photo)

Sign up

Mishap: This car got into a mishap at Camp Street and North Road yesterday. (Orlando Charles phoot)

Mishap

Works at the Kingston Koker on Tuesday. (Orlando Charles photo)

Flood prevention

Fishing at the Kitty jetty yesterday (Orlando Charles photo)

A wide net

Still a social butterfly: Albertha Hicks spent her 100th birthday being pampered by close family members yesterday. Hicks told Stabroek News that her secret to longevity is the way in which she has lived her life. The new centenarian, who still enjoy socials, advised the younger generation to take time and enjoy life while being respectful of others. (Orlando Charles photo)

Still a social butterfly

Dantzig works: Works are ongoing at the deteriorating sea defence at Dantzig, Mahaicony. This photo was taken on Wednesday. Sections of the Mahaicony sea defence remain under threat from the Atlantic Ocean. (Orlando Charles photo)

Dantzig works

Masks and distance outside the Guyana Revenue Authority on Wednesday. (Orlando Charles photo)

COVID-19 line

That was the message at this Vreed-en-Hoop store yesterday as measures are stepped up against the COVID-19 pandemic. The store also has a sanitation station. (Orlando Charles photo)

No mask no entry

This quartet at Friendship, East Coast Demerara went about their activities on Monday with masks on. (Orlando Charles photo)

Taking COVID-19 seriously

The University of Guyana compound flooded after heavy rainfall on Wednesday (Orlando Charles Photo)

Heavy rain swamps parts of the city

Many communities in Georgetown are currently experiencing flooding brought on by the seasonal May/June rains.

A store on Regent Street

May rains here

Heavy rain yesterday flooded parts of the city and the East Coast among other parts of the country.

A social distancing line outside of Republic Bank (Guyana) on Camp Street on Thursday. The ATM there usually has dozens of people in close proximity to each other. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed that. (Orlando Charles photo)

New reality

Safety first: A special constabulary rank wearing a mask as she walked along a city street on Friday. In keeping with public health advisories, many citizens are now wearing masks while out in public in order to protect themselves from the spread of COVID-19. (Orlando Charles photo)

Safety first

An energetic bunch of revellers from GWI waving their drops of water as they made their way down to D’Urban Park.

Mashramani 2020 scenes

First oil fireworks: The Guyana Defence Force with support from US oil company ExxonMobil last night put on a 15-minute fireworks display to commemorate the arrival of first oil. The pyrotechnic display was launched along the Kitty foreshore. (Orlando Charles photo)

Heralding first oil

The Guyana Defence Force with support from US oil company ExxonMobil last night put on a 15-minute fireworks display to herald the arrival of first oil last month.

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