Features

By Vishani Ragobeer Just weeks after Guyana experienced its worst nationwide flooding, the role mangroves play, especially along the coastline, has come into increased focus. The science behind it all, including the mangroves’…

Unique Arts Entertainment, a local performing arts group, will travel around Guyana for the rest of this year and will utilise the creative arts to raise awareness on social ills such as domestic violence, the stigma around mental health,…

First Lady H.E. Arya Ali on Monday honoured a commitment made to a local animal welfare group which requested support in acquiring a mobile animal clinic and rescue unit. Earlier this year, representatives from Tails of Hope met with the…

By Shikema Dey Meet Venezuelan nationals, Sabrina Flores and Ginacar Amaiz. They are among the millions of women, who fled their home country in search of a better life for their families as a result of Venezuela’s migrant crisis…

“There is a special systemic racism that applies to Chinese and it comes with the assumption of who Chinese are and what they do.  “We have features that differ from the standard of Afro and Indo Guyanese and I have personally come in…

By Vishani Ragobeer As part of efforts to mitigate the massive floods that have hit Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne), the regional authorities have mobilised a number of drainage pumps in various communities to get the water out of…

By Vishani Ragobeer The community of New Forest is located in Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne), just next to Canje creek. There are not many houses here but most of the New Forest residents have their own farms. Due to the heavy…

By Vishani Ragobeer An elderly couple and their two dogs stand on the sandbank that their wooden house is situated on. It would appear as though they live on their own island as this small stretch of sand is surrounded by a river of…

By Kurt Campbell At the risk of going against what society tells us is masculine, Ackeem Smith is on a mission to revolutionise self-care among men in Guyana and is looking at destigmatising the types of self-care for men that matter…

By Shikema Dey Crystal Lam, a 28-year-old single mother of two, runs a successful business, specialising in the large scale production of uniforms for business entities. You’d think she had connections and support to launch into the…