Category: Features

By Lakhram Bhagirat Teachers have, perhaps, the most important job in this world. They have the ability to shape the view of the world through their teachings and quite often they do just that. The power teachers have, over their subjects, is unmatched because they are the ones who teach us to think critically and how to analyse situations. Teachers are the ones who inspire us or they beat our spirits down. But most of the time, they inspire us to achieve the greatest things because, for them, their students…

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By Lakhram Bhagirat At the end of the day, the feeling of achieving our goals is one that becomes indescribable. The feeling of mere satisfaction every time we are confronted with the results of our hard work and sacrifices is one which becomes incomparable. For the past four plus years, Keanu Thomas has been living his dreams every day that he steps into his classroom. The question of a person’s intended career is one that comes up every so often, even after one has settled into a particular field. For…

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We quite often take our teachers for granted because of the fact that they are always there for us. It is because they would rush to help us whenever we need it and they nurture us the way our parents do. Some teachers would go the extra mile to ensure that we have the necessary tools required to make us the best at everything we do. Quite often we do not appreciate everything a teacher does for us because most of the times they never let us in. They never…

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By Lakhram Bhagirat Teaching takes patience and one of the major driving forces behind one’s decision to take up the profession is the mere fact that they love doing it. A teacher who truly loves their job would exude a certain level of passion every time they stand before the classroom. They make the best use of the very limited resources available to them and they go above and way beyond the call of duty to ensure that those in their care are afforded the best opportunities. They are the…

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By Safraz Hamid The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding of newborns up to 6 months of age. The health benefits of exclusive breastfeeding are extensive: for the newborn, breastfeeding lowers the risk of respiratory and gastrointestinal infections, allergic diseases, and long-term morbidities such as diabetes mellitus and obesity; for the mother, breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast and ovarian cancer, promotes bonding with the newborn, and provides a natural form of contraception. Despite these health benefits, only 33% of newborns in Guyana are exclusively breastfed in the first…

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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 first set of Chinese indentured immigrants arrived in Guyana on January 12, 1853. They came as a form of cheap labour to replace the freed slaves. According to the records, plantation owners in Guyana began expressing interest in having Chinese labourers from the onset of emancipation but recruitment formally began in 1851. Because of the long travel distance from China, at first Chinese were not recruited since it was cheaper to transport Indians. While it cost a planter 13 British pounds to transport an Indian labourer from Calcutta…

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