Category: Features

Welcome to Itabac where you are surrounded by the mighty Pakaraimas. Itabac is located in the Sub-Region 1 of Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) and has a population of approximately 280 people from the Makushi and Patamona indigenous tribes. Kanapang and Kurukabaru borders the village. The exact foundation date of the settlement where Itabac is located today is not entirely clear. The Community Development Plan document states that it was founded in the 1930s, however residents claim that Moses David’s father and father-in-law were the first to settle in the current location…

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June – the month of weddings (and the month of brides) – is here bringing to mind the life changing marriage of pen to paper. The world of literature is replete with various types of marriages and coloured in with stories of challenges and a mixture of beauty and lamentation. The literature of Guyana has its own share of stories of weddings and marriages, some strange, others edifying. For instance, when you becomes Of Marriageable Age (by Sharon Maas), there may be The Marriage Match (by Jan Lowe Shinebourne) leading…

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“The pleasure of being able to bring my thoughts to life in a physical form is something I truly treasure,” say young Deopaul Somwaru when asked about how he feels about his photography. The twenty year old hails from Parika Village on the East Bank of Essequibo and is a first year Biology student at the University of Guyana. The shy young man explains that while growing up he has never really had an interest in photography rather it was computers and later science that fascinated him. Deopaul was a…

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It was the seventh Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, who said, “From creating start-ups to igniting revolutions, young people have been toppling the old structures and processes that govern our world. Just imagine what solutions might be found if young people are given the space and encouragement to participate and lead.” It is with this in mind that the youths of the small village of Non-Pariel on the East Coast of Demerara are making the change and starting the revolution. The Non-Pariel Greenhouse Club was formed over…

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With the current generation of youths, the main misconception is that they are more centered on their electronic devices but the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) is dispelling that myth by getting the youths involved in the protection and preservation of the environment. The CYEN is a non-profit, civil society organization that f ocuses its resources on empowering young people and their communities to develop programmes and actions to address socio-economic and environmental issues. The CYEN focuses on promoting and facilitating youth engagement and participation through education and awareness, as…

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Just imagine how you will feel if you eat something which enters into your digestive system and plugs up your intestines resulting in you being unable to consume anything else forcing you to starve. Just the thought of that gives makes you cringe, right? Well, t hat is exactly what the sea turtles and other marine animals have to go through when us humans indiscriminately use and dump plastics into our waterways. On an average, it is estimated that approximately eight metric tonnes of our plastic waste enters the oceans,…

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Many of us would have come a breathtaking photograph by Amanda Richards but not many of us know who Amanda Raichards is. It is that way because she is not the type of person who would be in your face and prefers to perform “silent service” without any expectation. With personality and humbleness, one could only imagine what went through her mind when she first saw her name on the list of National Awarders for 2018 or when the calls came in and every time a congratulatory post appeared on…

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Karen Abrams is a woman who deeply loves her family and who has been devoted to the development of Guyana since she first returned to represent Guyana in the Caribbean Basketball championships in 1986, after emigrating in 1984. She finds bias and discrimination at any level abhorrent and believes that Guyana has an opportunity to be a model for the world if citizens in our multi-ethnic society, decide to work together to develop the country. Karen believes that technology is the path to that development and is confident that those…

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  Randy Madray is an international fashion brand based in Guyana. It was founded by Randy Madray at age 19 but Randy started to venture into fashion at the age of 15. The brand is now know across the Caribbean as one of the most sought after pageant wardrobe brands. Throughout the past five years Randy has worked with pageant contestants and beauty queens from countries such as St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, British Virgin Islands, United States Virgin Islands, Anguilla, St. Maarten, Dominica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,…

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For their sterling contribution to national development, each year once the vacancy exists, the President who is also the Chancellor of the Orders of Guyana confers deserving citizens with National Awards. This year, on that list is a record breaking 49 women who are awarded for their excellent dedication towards the development of the nation in their respective fields. President, David Granger, recently released the list of 96 awardees and leading that list is the Founder of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics –STEM Guyana, Ms. Karen Abrams, medical practitioner,…

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