When schools closed in March owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, nursery-school teacher Razanna Mohamed ensured that she remained connected to her students as she still wanted to cater to their educational needs as much as she could.
Meusa, a Guyanese national chess player, toppled emerging giants from Nicaragua, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Aruba, and Trinidad and Tobago to win his five games in the virtual World Chess Federation (FIDE) 2020 Chess Olympiad.
In “Summerland”, Alice Lamb is entrusted with the care of a young boy seeking safety from his London home in her Kent cottage during the height of World War II.
Last Update: 616.80 Movement: 2.63%
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The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) rose 2.63% during the second period of trading in August 2020.
Introduction
Last week’s column introduced my proposed approach to the appraisal of the likely impacts of the 2020 global general crisis on Guyana’s infant oil and gas sector.
My tutor at Cambridge, Professor Nick Hammond, authority on the history of ancient Macedonia and on the life of Alexander the Great, used to coach me on what he called “exercises of the mind.”
Like many Guyanese, I grew up with dogs as part of my home space, beginning at the village of Hague, West Demerara, where I was born and spent my early years and later at Vreed-en-Hoop, where we also had a dog.
“Do not tumble the pot.”
When my siblings at I were at the age where we were allowed to dish out our own food, directly from the pot or pan, that was the instruction (in retrospect it was more like an admonishment) given by our mother.
Fashion has always offered us an optical dialogue rich with social, economic, and political connotations for those who dare to study it closely and unravel its true meaning.
Committed to service to humanity, the new Minister of Human Services (previously Social Protection) Dr Vindhya Persaud wants to see the ministry reorganized so that it can be more effective and efficient in dealing with members of the public.
When local entrepreneur Abbigale Loncke started MBW Energy Support Services Inc last year, it was partly with the goal of furthering the representation of women in the sector.
Despite the COVID-19-related setbacks faced by STEMGuyana, the organisation has managed to engage and educate local youths through its virtual programs and is working towards the launching of a national robotics challenge slated for August 15 to September 7.