Category: Features

Mandy La Fleur will be the first resident nurse in Guyana to receive a Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Saint Joseph. She accepted the honorary degree on Sunday in Connecticut, USA. According to an article published by the Department of Public Information (DPI), Nurse La Fleur was identified to receive the endowment after her résumé was reviewed in 2017 by University President Rhona Free and the Board of Trustees. La Fleur was considered because of her commitment to improving the health and wellness of the people of…

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The third annual Timehri Film Festival (TFF), which will commence later this month, has announced its 2018 line-up of films and activities which will be featured at the series of events to highlight local Guyanese filmmakers. The Festival, which is presented by the Caribbean Film Academy (CaFA) and Rewind and Come Again (RACA), will be focusing this year on the celebration of regional Diaspora and storytelling and will be primarily hosted in the capital city, Georgetown. It is expected to last from May 30 to June 3. The festivities will…

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By Petamber Persaud In order to get to his Ph. D. investiture ceremony, Churaumanie Bissundyal made an overland trip covering some 700 miles in 11 hours (first leg of a round trip made up of 1400 miles and 22 hours). The trip from New York to Ohio was made in a mini van driven in turns by friends. This is how he described that first leg of the trip which started on a Saturday morning at 1 a.m., ‘At night, sandwiched between opaque, lilac heavens and phosphorescent, galloping road signs,…

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Questions: How long have you been a journalist? How did your career unfold? It is now three months shy of seven years since I joined the media. When I was in secondary school, I had a teacher whom I admired a lot and I saw myself being like her when I got older. At the time, she was studying Communications at the University of Guyana and would tell us about her classes from the day before, so I gradually began taking a liking to the idea of Communications. However, about…

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Christell Chesney from the Centre for the Study of Biological Diversity (CSBD), University of Guyana (UG), has been selected as a 2017/2018 Conservation Leadership in the Caribbean (CLiC) Fellow. This fully funded and highly competitive selection process yielded candidates from 14 countries and Christell is the first fellow for CLiC from Guyana. “I am extremely honored to be among those participating in this program,” said Christell Chesney. “CLiC will definitely help me to improve my skills in conservation planning and leadership. These particular skills will be used at the CSBD,…

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Bringing the vacation home By Utamu Bell This year, instead of travelling overseas for vacation as he usually does, Lindener, Deon Anderson, after rediscovering the perfect, natural, calm and relaxing getaway right in his hometown, has decided that he will be “bringing the vacation home” instead. After stumbling across one of the beautiful, picturesque, naturally occurring blue lakes in the mining town of Linden during one of his outdoor voyages, Anderson along with his family, fiancé and friends are on a mission to spread awareness about the potential tourist attraction,…

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Leguan Island is one of the over 300 islands found in the mighty Essequibo River. With 18 square miles in size and a population of approximately 3000 residents, it is but one of the few found in the river’s delta, just as it flows into the Atlantic Ocean. First occupied predominantly by the Dutch before Britain took over, the Island’s population currently stands at a proportion of 80% East Indians and 15% of African descent; the remainder is mixed. Just about 30 years ago however, the island had a population…

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Across the globe, World Pres s Freedom Day is observed on May 3 , annually . This year, the observances were held under the theme “Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and the Rule of Law”. The Guyana Press Association (GPA) used the occasion to urge all media practitioners to take a stand against those in authority as they see to wield influence on content disbursement. “The GPA is cognisant that in our society, lines of power, authority and decision-making in the media are blurred by shared interests, goals and…

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takes us back in time… While growing up we heard many stories of how life on the plantations was for our fore parents; we shared with our elders the customs passed on by their parents and we listened keenly to the struggles they went through, so that we can now live a free life. For the younger generation, that freedom is taken for granted and the struggles not really appreciated because all we did was hear about them, we never felt nor witnessed the whippings and constant abuse at the…

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– Guyana’s Linguistic Heritage by Petamber Persaud (excerpt of an interview with Harry Hergash, Georgetown, Guyana, September 2013. Hergash was among the first batch of students of the University of Guyana. He was taught Hindi by his parents then studied the language at the Hindu College, Cove and John. Hergash’s publications include, ‘A Collection of Indian-Guyanese Words & Phrases and their meanings’) PP I’d like to start this discourse by quoting a few words of commendation by Harry Persaud and cited in the book: ‘Words are essential symbols expressing multiple…

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