The Scene

A new Trinidadian soca artiste has entered the arena and hopes to make an impact at the Trinidad and Tobago’s carnival celebration which is just around the corner.

The news that Donald Trump was triumphant at the recently held elections in the USA found me whilst I was having lunch with a group of friends who were in support of him.

Model Reesa Sooklall has been making fashion waves in Guyana and New York and recently strutted on the catwalk at the New York Fashion Week for renowned fashion designer Cesar Galindo.

Sometimes I wonder if wearing leaves were to become a trend, whether Guyanese would jump on the bandwagon without thought or question, like they tend to do with everything that is popular in North America.

The LARAMADE troupe is back in Guyana to bring Joie de Vivre, French for ‘the Joy of Life’ to the National Cultural Centre’s stage slated for December 4 and 8.

Guyana Restaurant Week, described as ‘a culinary celebration’, returns later this month with 18 restaurants already signed on to offer unique and delicious food experiences.

As Miss World Guyana Nuriyyih Gerrard continues with preparation for the international leg of the pageant, Minister of Indigenous Peoples Affairs Sydney Allicock on Thursday presented her with an Indigenous outfit to be used in the cultural segment of the pageant.

Months after she copped the coveted Miss Guyana Emancipation 2016 crown Delisha Wright is still getting used to her role, but she vows to use her newfound position to help young women and children.

Здравствуйте (Hello) This is literally the only word I have been able to pick up in my first two weeks in Russia.

Guyana Fashion Week 7 promises to deliver even as organisers confess that to garner sponsorship for this year’s event has been very difficult as businesses have complained that the economy is not doing well.

While it has been around for some time, Express Guyana recently became a registered organisation and it kicked official proceedings with a forum at the National Cultural Centre which informed students on preventative measures focused on domestic violence, suicide, youth crime, violence and teenage pregnancy.

Phoenix Park, a closely-knit community on the west bank of the Demerara River, will be celebrating its 50th anniversary on Friday and it boosts of being one of the first self-help housing schemes to be constructed in Guyana.

In our October 15, 2016 edition we featured an article on Merundoi in which it was stated that the organisation started on October 26, 2006 when it fact it should have read October 16, 2006.

Nicole Bissoo-Williams, painter and ceramist, goes back in time to savour memories through art.

Hi Everyone, It seems like it was just the other day that I wrote telling you, I’m Nuts for Coconuts, but you know what?

Guyanese and the wider public will soon have the option of wearing fashionable local print inspired shoes as one designer prepares to launch her shoe line in the coming months.

Ten years after it was launched the Miss Region One Indigenous Heritage pageant is said to have helped to build the self-esteem of young women in the region and its organiser believes that it has even contributed to the reduction of teenage pregnancy in the various communities.

Yoruba Singers celebrates its 45th anniversary tomorrow night with a grand concert themed ‘For the Love of a Common People (2)’ at Congress Place, Sophia.

Tonight the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) will host what it bills as its “highly anticipated” ‘Butches & Barbies’ costume ball at the Tower Suites Hotel on Main Street, Georgetown.

Always drawn to pageants and probably seeing herself in the beautiful women with the tiaras perched on their heads the recently crowned Miss Guyana Talented Teen has quickly accepted her role as a queen and vows to use her new role effectively.