Many years ago, when I lived in Toronto, a huge TV favourite for me was a late-night talk show hosted by Dick Cavett, a very erudite gentleman, with a great sense of humour, and this keen eclectic interest in everything under the sun and for a quirky but sharp sense of humour; Cavett was a joy to watch.
A number of new parties have created electoral history in Guyana by, for the first time, joining together to form a combination of lists whose votes shall be combined to determine the number of seats they will collectively obtain.
Introduction Today’s column wraps-up discussion on the “reasonings” or developmental rationale for the Buxton Proposal of “oil-for-cash” transfers to Guyanese households.
My friend Bud Lee — distinguished and regionally honoured surgeon, fine sportsman, one of the outstanding Guyanese of his generation — played a large part in my life at one time.
Curated by Andre Haynes + Dreylan Johnson Cosmata Lindie is an artist, writer and clerical assistant from New Amsterdam, Berbice.
By Cosmata Lindie Maurice Saul was at a crossroads, literally and metaphorically.
When Rondha-Ann Lam decided to take her politics public, she knew it would not have been an easy journey and while she said so far it has been just as she expected, she has had to make some “painful choices” and has lost some ‘friends’ along the way.
A new year is here and as usual, gyms and fitness centres countrywide are filled with individuals (including myself) looking to get a tighter physique as part of their 2020 New Year resolution.
The qualifier for entry into the senior 2020 National Chess Championship begins on Saturday January 25, at a venue to be announced.
Attunement of the senses Who has an eye for Nature’s beauteous forms And lends an ear to trap her melody, Will see the rose a sudden scarlet brush When shyly bursting forth in dewy morn; Observe the riotous splash of colour spilled Across the palest blue of Heaven’s dome; Will harken to the noise of kneeling grass Which furious, fitful winds keep trampling o’er; Will hear the symphony of weeping skies Euphoniously played on tresses green; Will smell the dampness of the rain-scoured earth And deep inhale the fragrance of its flowers; Will taste the freshness of the laughing brook And smack the lips in sheer delight of being; Will feel a oneness with Divinity, Dynamic; indivisible; serene; All these and more perceived and understood Is proof .
“Sometimes I would sit in my house for days and don’t come out and nobody would understand the depression I going through.
Some things should remain a secret. Why? Because life is just too short to not live a little and enjoy some sweetness.
I was trying to avoid writing about the Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s withdrawal from the frontlines of the royal family.
Common knowledge suggests that January cinema is typically mediocre, it’s where bad movies go to die.
He grew up swimming in the Cedak Creek, which he says was once so transparent that during fishing expeditions he could see the fish as it bit the bait on his fishing line.
Once upon a time, the world was bigger. And brighter. And better. Guyana was bigger too. A little brighter. A little better. It sat on the shoulder of what was then South America, which stretched out into what was then the Caribbean Sea.
Nigel Butler and an informal collective of artists will be hosting a ‘Sip and Create’ event next month in keeping with their plan to ensure that local art gets the recognition and appreciation they say it deserves.
Subraj Singh is an award winning director and playwright, a fiction writer and columnist.
Thirty-one years ago, Fiona Harewood fled the country of her birth to escape an abusive husband and over the years has worked herself up from cleaning houses to being employed with the US Federal Government.
Micobie is a picturesque Amerindian settlement two hours outside of Mahdia, which can only be accessed by climbing what are among the steepest and most dangerous hills in Guyana or via the Potaro River.
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