By Miranda La Rose Indigenous, political and women’s activist Norma Thomas of Kamarang, Upper Mazaruni does not believe that political affiliation should matter with regard to holding office at the village level.
Robyn’s friends rally around her after her HIV & TB tests come back positive.
“The end goal is to ensure that we fulfil the mandates that are outlined in the constitution to ensure that we build that spirit of togetherness amongst students, we enhance the awareness of the university, both nationally and regionally and even internationally, and we attend to the welfare and we represent the concrete opinion of students.”
Introduction Last week’s column, the first in 2023, was also the last in an extended 14-part series that focused on my re-visiting Guyana Government Take and its officially pronounced hydrocarbon resources.
Traditionally, competitive chess has been played with specified time limits. When chess first appeared in India around the seventh century AD, measuring time was a critical part of the game.
January is here, and as customary the gym is filled with newbies looking to achieve a myriad of fitness goals.
Privilege is being able to look the other way without batting an eye because you know those problems would never be yours.
What have you been eating this past week? I ask because January is always a sort of weird month when it comes to eating and drinking.
For the first few years after we are born, we spend most of our time simply learning how to live.
When the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) launched in 1989, it was part of a concerted plan to provide a launching pad for international cinema.
Storytelling traditions are known in every corner of the world. The art of storytelling is as old as human society.
“It really hurts and sometimes I am drained and overwhelmed because I am tired of the accusations.
Dudley Charles: You know, I was introduced to acrylic paints by Leila Locke [1936-1992].
Fire Fire destroys Christ Church Secondary: A fire of unknown origin gutted the Christ Church Secondary School on Camp and Middle streets last Thursday afternoon, just days after combustion in a lab had to be quelled.
One of the things I used to enjoy the most was to browse in good book stores and buy a stock of books to read and add to my library.
In response to a complaint by Dr. Terrence Campbell that higher wages and salaries by government and foreign companies are attracting workers away from local businesses which cannot compete, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo responded that “people want the vestiges of socialism still to hang on…” (Dem Waves Jan 9).
By Miranda La Rose Educational measurement and assessment specialist Dr Gordon Hilton Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Harewood, 70, who has spent his entire working life in the field of secondary education, says most of his teaching stories are positive and interacting with students who challenged him and who now excel, made him grow professionally.
By Shabna Rahman At age 47, Virginia ‘Sharon’ Samuels has survived many struggles and the toughest was having to live alone with her younger brother and fending for him and herself at the tender age of seven, as well as being emotionally and physically abused by a narcissistic partner.
Two books of essays on the work of Nobel laureate Derek Walcott were published in 2022.
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