Category: Features

Applying make-up is not only about taking a brush and dabbing a little powder on one’s face rather it entails finding your shade, products that work for your skin tone, applying foundation, contouring and baking, eyeshadow, blush, highlight and a whole host of other things in order to enhance your features. It takes someone with the love for the craft to venture into the field and make a career of it because of the amount of patience and time it requires. For Natasha Persaud, applying make-up to enhance her features…

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By Lakhram Bhagirat It was Apple’s co-founder, Steve Jobs, who famously said, “great things in business are never done by one person, they are done by a team of people,” and knowing the value of teamwork was what led five Amerindian young women to forming the Aishalton Self Reliance Youth Group, which began the journey of feeding visitors and the people of Aishalton. Aishalton is a titled Amerindian community located in Deep South Rupununi Region 9 (UpperTakutu- Upper Essequibo). It has a land mass of 430.92 square miles and has…

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By Lakhram Bhagirat Not everyone wants to grow up, we just want to enjoy the perks of being a grown up. We want the nice things and privileges and not the responsibilities, but what do we do when we are a mere teenager and life reveals how ugly it can be, leaving us virtually alone. We adapt, right? Being 15, for many of us, means a life where our mothers coddle us and fathers take care of our every need or even our grandparents spoil us rotten, but the case…

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Changing the make-up landscape of Guyana Choosing the right shade of foundation, the perfect lipstick or even eyeshadow palette is a task many underestimate. It requires the help of some who not only knows the product but also understands the importance of the “perfect match” and for the past year Robert Hiscock and Tamera DaSilva created that space when the launched the Little Make-up Bag. Robert is a 28 year old Englishman but because of his love for Guyana and the fact that he spent most of his time here,…

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By Utamu Belle Nedd’s Dollar Wings and Kingdom Style Family Entertainment are quickly becoming household names in the Linden community, associated with friendly customer service and tasty dishes. These businesses are owned and operated by young and enterprising businessman Kellon Nedd, a Lindener, and his wife Sharalin Nedd, who hails from St Lucia. For the couple, the venture into the business world started in 2017 with ‘Dollar Wings’, selling delicious fried chicken wings underneath a tent on the Mackenzie River wall. As the name suggests, the chicken wings are sold…

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By Mohanlall Seulall They say that fathers are the embodiment of God. They are there for us when the going gets tough and guide us through it all and that is exactly what Jainarine Lall has been doing for his two daughters. Lall is a unique father. At the tender age of five, he was diagnosed with poliomyelitis also known as polio and due to the economic constraints with his family; he could not have gotten the medical attention he needed at the time. The Essequibo native lost the ability…

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By Utamu Belle While the role of fatherhood presents numerous challenges, Linden father of nine Leon Fiedtkou believes that a father’s love is one of the main ingredients that keeps a family together. Mr. Fiedtkou, who hails from Speightland is father to 8 biological children and a foster child, the eldest being 48 and youngest 28 years old. The Sunday Times Magazine recently sat down with the 73-year-old Fiedtkou, a well-respected gentleman in the community, where he spoke about his own experiences over the years associated with his role of…

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Peter Kempadoo   by Petamber Persaud It is ironic in our patriarchal society that the celebration of fathers as in Father’s Day is not as big an event as say Mother’s Day. Without getting bogged down in a debate, this article will focus on a few writers in Guyanese Literature who fathered other writers in conjunction to fathering and producing their own literary children and will focus on those fathers whose biological off springs also produced outstanding works of creation. The father* of Lisa St. Aubin de Teran Jan Carew…

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Fatherhood is the ultimate goal for many men. The feeling of being able to be a part of creating another life is one that is cherished but do not underestimate the role of being a father since it is not one to mess with. When you are a father, you are your child’s teacher, counselor, coach, financial adviser, judge and jury, and a protector all at once. For some of you who are already a father, you know the feeling all too well but for cricketer Christopher Barnwell joining the…

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By Davina Ramdass 63- year old Gladston Haydock Bagot, the pastor of Deliverance Tabernacle Assemblies of God met the love of his life, Barbara Baichulall at the age of just 26 years and knew immediatedly that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. The two courted for about one year and finally tied the knot about one year after. The man of God who has always loved the idea of being a father had no idea that he would parent four wonderful and energetic kids along…

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