Category: Features

Quite often, smaller communities are underestimated in relation to what they have to offer and in order to break that mindset, Shahad Hussain has created the Crabwood Creek STEM Club to show the small Region Six community has the potential to shine. STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, is not a new concept, but it is now really taking off in Guyana, and is an absolute necessity for the technology age. With this in mind, the 22-year-old Shahad began following the work of STEMGuyana and when time…

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STEMGuyana co-founder Karen Abrams generated much interest in the organisation’s model for STEM engagement of Guyana’s youth, which she presented to an energetic audience at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) eighth Annual Meeting. Abrams, whose presentation was titled “Robots In The Caribbean”, showcased STEMGuyana’s activities in four quadrants: preparing the robotics national team, creation of social good apps, the training of STEM club trainers and expansion of the STEM club network throughout the country, and the management of a national robot building and Scratch coding competition throughout the country. Abrams…

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by Petamber Persaud The subject/thrust of the Editorial for the 2018 issue of The Guyana Annual is ‘no idle boast’ and the custodians of the magazine have ensured that this issue lived up to that declaration in every aspect of production including brainstorming stages which moved from actual meetings into the realms of virtual meetings. In fact, the use of the internet played a notable role in the production from announcing the start of production to uploading the rules and regulations of competitions and submission of entries to publishing the…

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Despite not receiving the level of expected support, the Buxton STEM Club is pushing through to ensure it is positioned to take advantage of the opportunities offered by Guyana’s booming Information Communication Technology (ICT) industry. The Club was started in February of this year as part of the initiative to push STEM education. The Club was launched at the Buxton Secondary School with the students being really excited to learn programming and robotics. According to STEMGuyana Coach Horace Mosely, they have six active students in the Club and they have…

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If we are to go by the predictions of the development pundits, then within the next decade 80 per cent of jobs will require some sort of technological skill, so with this in mind the Belladrum STEM Club was birthed. The Club was the idea of Lelon Saul, who is the Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority. Saul, who hails from Belladrum, West Coast Berbice, wanted to position the youths of the community to take advantage of the opportunities of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) age.…

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While it was not always a bed of roses for us while growing up and we would have had our fair share of challenges, for Kelvin Fortune he prayed for the good days since the bad ones were far outnumbering the good ones. Kelvin is almost 30 and is now about to share part of his story with the world, through his movie “Choices.” As the name suggest, the movie is all about living with the consequences of our choices and how they affect the lives of, not only us,…

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The Enemy Within by Petamber Persaud (Extract of interview with Oliver Hinckson, December 24, 2007, Georgetown, Guyana. Hinckson won the Casa de las Americas Literary Prize in 1978 for his first novel Enemy Within. It was reported in the local press that Hinckson passed away recently.) PP: You are now part of a group of significant Guyanese writers who have won the Casa de las America Literary Prize; writers like John Agard, N. D. Williams, Fred D’Aguiar and recently Mark McWatt. How does it feel to be part of that…

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It has now been confirmed that Guyana will host seven of the T20 matches in the 2018 Edition of CPL, including two of the playoff games. The historic announcement that Guyana was given the opportunity to host playoffs was made on Wednesday by CPL’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Pete Russell. Now in its seventh year, the CPL has been truly established as one of the leading T20 leagues in the world, and compares favourably with the likes of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Australian Big Bash League (BBL).…

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…the effects of domestic violence on children By Lakhram Bhagirat “Every night them children does wake up and call fuh mommy and start cry. Them accustomed to me so I does get up and give them the tea and put them back to sleep, because that is what she use to do when she was alive and them custom to that,” says Jacklyn Henry when I asked how her grandchildren are coping after their mother’s death. Jacklyn’s daughter, Tovanie Simmons, was fatally stabbed by her ex-husband at approximately 23:20h on…

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“It is the end of it (the relationship) because numerous times he hit me. I got black and blue in my hands. I got slap to my mouth, burst up and I keep forgiving him. How long am I going to keep forgiving him? At this moment, I could see that he wanted to kill me. If it was not for my father and brother, I would be dead by now.” By Lakhram Bhagirat “I stayed because everyone deserves a second chance and try. I know there is something bothering…

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