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This year’s Naya Zamana will “rain fabulousness,” the organisers of the theatrical production promised Wednesday. The 22nd edition of the event will be held on August 25th at the National Cultural Centre. Naya Zamana is staged by the…

By Avenash Ramzan A career in the judiciary is of interest to the top student of Enmore Hope Primary School. Krystel Darshanie Gangadin emerged the top candidate for the East Coast Demerara institution at this year’s National Grade…

By Devina Samaroo Hope is not lost for eight-year-old Matthew Zaman who was left paralyzed after he was struck down by a minibus outside of his Felicity, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home in December 2017. With help from physiotherapists…

By Ravin Singh Amidst waves of noise emerging from commercial activities along Liberty Avenue in Richmond Hill, New York, there exists a unique culture imported from a tiny English-speaking country 2600 miles away. Following…

The simple pleasures and joys that children experience running, playing and enjoying a sunny day are sometimes not available for children with special needs. Due to their limitations, they don’t experience or are unable to interact with…

Growing up in the fertile lands of Kuru Kuru just off the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, Carl Reid often found himself in the farms his father cultivated. When he grew up, he decided that he would also get into farming. “I watched my father…

As a young Policeman, stationed as a bodyguard for then President, Forbes Burnham, Bonny Jordan had access to the President’s kitchen and when he saw the cook doing “nonsense” with the roti, he had to object. You see, Bonny had observed…

By Akeem Greene Inevitably, the stories of great athletes overcoming tremendous challenges in their pursuit of sporting excellence invoke emotions, sometimes goosebumps. Getting past stumbling blocks to achieve stardom are not an…

By Bibi Khatoon Some people have had one for years and still cannot fix it, but students of the Miles Secondary School STEM Club in Bartica, Region Seven as built a robot which took 99 seconds on the first try to fix a Rubix Cube. The…

The German Physicist Albert Einstein once said, “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” For Sheik Abdool Ramzan, a former Tractor Operator at Enmore Sugar Estate, a Rudge bicycle he bought in July…