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From telephonist to manager and tourism advocate: The Petal Ridley story
By Kurt Campbell
More than four decades ago, a young Petal Elizabeth Ridley walked in for her first job in the local hotel industry. The hotel? The Trust House Forte Group of Hotels, now known as the Pegasus Hotel, in Kingston,…
COVID-19 in the Pediatric population: Let’s not be complacent
By Dr Narendra C. Singh
The global experience with children in the current COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated a much milder illness, in this otherwise vulnerable population. The reason for this fortunate difference is open to scientific…
Guyana-born Artist Frank Bowling awarded Knighthood in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Guyanese Artist Frank Bowling OBE RA was conferred with the honour of Knight Bachelor by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in the 2020 Birthday Honours List. The Birthday Honours list recognises the achievements of a wide range of…
Statement from COVID-19 Task Force on Guyanese who returned from Barbados
Please see below statement issued by the National COVID-19 Task Force on Guyanese who returned from Barbados Wednesday night:
“The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) is dismayed at the conduct and behavior of some of the passengers who…
First Indigenous men to climb Mount Roraima plan to train others
Written by Bibi Khatoon and Isanella Patoir
For centuries, their ancestors told stories of Mount Roraima or what they called the Mother of all Waters. But recently, two indigenous men experienced its sheer beauty and magnificence…
Sergeant Hanover is Police Force’s best cop
A total of 2,600 ranks from the Guyana Police Force including Community Policing Officers, Rural Constables and Joint Services Ranks received awards at the Force’s Annual Awards ceremony which was held on Wednesday at Eve Leary in…
Women are equal partners who are entitled to equal pay, says First Lady
First Lady Mrs Sandra Granger says that the first step in equipping women for success is by re-evaluating how children are socialised to prepare for the future and ensuring that boys and men understand women are equal partners.
“Our…
Pomeroon teacher struggled with lack of finances, fatigue but came out on top at CPCE
By Isanella Patoir
Twenty-year-old Ateisha Brandt emerged as the best graduating student at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) this year but it did not come at an easy price.
The young teacher endured hours of travelling to…
Herbal doctor who cured daughter of Asthma on a quest to promote herbal treatments
By Bibi Khatoon
Dawn Skepmire was born and raised in Georgetown by her grandmother, a woman who she remembers was “always using some bush.”
During her teenage years, she began to work with older persons at the Red Cross Society.…
Blind but not visionless- an agro-processor’s story
When construction worker Lawrence Braithwaite lost his sight to glaucoma in 2007, the road ahead was a prospect filled with misgivings and uncertainty. He had to find something else to do to make money and maintain his family.…