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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.…

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.…

The world's largest floating book fair aboard the MV Logos Hope vessel docked at the Guyana National Shipping Corporation wharf in La Penitence, Georgetown and is now officially opened to the public. The vessel with international…

(GuyTIE- Guyana  Trade and Investment Exhibition) Lakiraj Singh and his three sons have carved out a special niche in the local spice market, and for a very good reason. They don’t just crunch herbs and spices into bags and churn them…

President David Granger on Saturday evening assured Victorians that the Government will continue to invest in the village to ensure residents live comfortably. “Victoria led the way before and it can lead the way again. We look to you.…

The Mexican Embassy in Guyana Friday evening held a celebratory reception to commemorate the “The Day of the Dead” or “Día de Muertos”. The Day of the Dead honours loved ones who have passed; it is an annual and important tradition for…

The News Room team on Saturday evening copped 15 awards at the Guyana Press Association’s (GPA) annual awards and media dinner held at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Georgetown. News Room’s senior journalist Bibi Khatoon copped five…

By Bibi Khatoon “If you’re diagnosed with HIV and you ain’t getting no support, no love, everybody just like discriminating you, that is what does break you down and kill you faster than anything else,”- a 37-year-old woman who is living…

By Neil Marks Unassuming. Humble. Charming. But make no mistake, Dawn Hastings Williams is no ordinary woman. A proud Akawaio woman of the Upper Mazaruni in Region Seven, she is now Minister of State, easily making her the country’s most…

Imagine travelling by road, from Georgetown to the one million acres of a pristine rain forest, to Guyana’s gift to the world – Iwokrama, to small developing Indigenous communities in Region’s 8 and 9. It is without a doubt that proper…