Guyana Association of Professional Social Workers’ Social Worker of the Year 2024 awardee Samantha Craig, 46, established programmes for at-risk youth, at one time using her own funds and working overtime without pay, to get positive results never expecting an award, more so the Diamond Award which recognised her outstanding leadership and the positive impact she made in social work.
“I grew up in poverty. So, I always said, when I grow up, I’m going to work with people who have needs and I’m going to try to help them”
By Milton Grannum
Hailing from a quiet corner in Crane, West Coast Demerara, Maureen Hope lives a life that embodies service, perseverance, and compassion.
Modern Greek poetry is strange to the Anglicised west, but the Classics, which include ancient Greek poetry, are at the very foundations of modern literatures in English.
Workers at the itel CX call centre in Guyana, which officially closed on November 30, 2024, have received their promised severance pay, according to multiple sources.
Breaking Down the Sexual Offences Act
Today, I will discuss sections 81, 82, 83, and 84 of the Sexual Offences Act, Cap 8:03, Laws of Guyana (“the SOA”).
Tradition gathers around Christmas. Pageants and homecomings and longed-for preparations repeat themselves year after year into beloved lifetime rituals.
Introduction
Today’s column wraps up my reflections on the fierce controversies over the price deflator, CPI that is applied to calculate the country’s real effective exchange rate, REER.
Introduction
My previous column focused on two technical terms, rarely mentioned thus far in this column series on Guyana as a Petrostate; namely, the real effective exchange rate, REER, and the exchange rate regime, ERR.
With only minimal fanfare and little public notice, the National Assembly last week unanimously passed into law the Security Interests in Movable Property Bill 2024.
Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, of India, captured the undisputed World Championship Chess Crown by beating Chinese world champion Ding Liren two Thursdays ago 7.5 to 6.5 in Singapore as was reported in the Chess Column last Sunday.
Having retired some time ago after 52 years in the sugar industry, including working closely with Governments and regional institutions along the way, if there is one thing I have learned it is the extreme frailty of all grand plans.
In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, the first of three parts, Roger Seymour looks at the uncanny conclusions to the Fourth Test match in three series between the West Indies and Australia
Prologue
Fourth Test, Melbourne, Australia, 3 January, 1952.
-looking to support each other, preserve cultural heritage
The University of Guyana Indigenous Students Society (UGISS), a newly formed club at the University is aimed at supporting Indigenous students and preserving their rich cultural heritage.
By Milton Grannum
Maria Andreina Sollom, a 26-year-old Venezuelan, has overcome significant hurdles to excel in her studies at the Government Technical Institute (GTI), paving the way for her dream of becoming a civil engineer.