Category: Features

By Lakhram Bhagirat Our obstacles in life should not determine how far we go; they should not limit our growth, rather when we are faced with them, we should find other avenues of overcoming them. Whether it is by confronting them head on or going around them, we must use every possible avenue to ensure that we achieve whatever we want so when we look back we can say, “I made it.” The drive to achieve his dreams and be successful is what led Ravi Latchman to do all that…

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By Lakhram Bhagirat Four years ago, Pooran Seeraj was the hottest name on the local Chutney scene after having being crowned the Chutney King, but since then, he has been notably absent; however, now he is back and, boy, is he back with a vengeance. He is back to reclaim his spot as the king with his brand new song “GT Ladki” and renewed knowledge from India. The 39-year-old father of three grew up in Bath Settlement on the West Coast of Berbice in humble circumstances. Looking back at his…

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The name Allison Butters-Grant is synonymous with the saying “Guyanese to the bone.” She was one of Guyana’s most patriotic citizens and though she lived abroad for most of her adult life, she never forgot Guyana. Much of the Guyanese population was shocked on January 13 when they heard the news that Butters-Grant lost her battle with cancer. Butters-Grant was the President and Chief Executive officer of Global Seafood Distributors and died on January 13, 2019 in New Jersey after a brief battle with cancer. Butters-Grant was a larger-than-life figure,…

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Although the main characters in her five novels are of Chinese ancestry, Jan Lowe Shinebourne, is writing about a Guyanese reality, a Guyanese experience/evolution, a Guyanese sensibility of race and class conflicts, miscegenation, internal and external migration not unlike Roy Heath’s treatment of the urban black reality, not unlike Christopher Nicole’s treatment of the elite white reality, not unlike Sasenarine Persaud’s treatment of the Indian reality, or not unlike Basil Rodrigues’ treatment of the Indigenous sensibility, the ancestors of those peopling our literature having all come to this land by…

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The Cancer Institute of Guyana (CIG) is a non-profit organisation that has been in operation since 2006 as a result of a project between the Health Ministry and Global Imaging Services Inc. The Institute is touted as a one-stop centre for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of all types of cancer prevalent in Guyana. The mission of the CIG is to provide evaluation; radiation treatment at a subsidised cost; follow-up services for patients with malignant and certain benign diseases which are performed in accordance with standards of the Health Ministry and…

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The Essequibo River is the largest river in Guyana, and the largest river between the Orinoco and Amazon. Rising in the Acarai Mountains near the Brazil-Guyana border, the Essequibo flows to the north for 1,014 kilometres (630 mi) through forest and savanna into the Atlantic Ocean. With a total drainage basin of 69,300 sq.km (26,757sq.mi) with average discharge of 74,303 cu ft/s (2,104 m3/s). The river runs through the Guianan moist forests ecoregion. There are many rapids and waterfalls (e. g., Kaieteur Falls on the Potaro River) along the route…

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By Lakhram Bhagirat They say that art is more than what we see on the surface. It is about who we are, what happened to us, and how it has influenced our lives and for Nigel Butler, that is exactly the course his heart takes. He does not confine himself to just one style of painting, rather he is very versed in everything he does. Nigel is a man of very few words, but his creations are what speak for him. The 24-year-old hails from Surama Village in the Northern…

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