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Dharmic Sabha’s virtual Diwali motorcade set for Wednesday
Recognizing that Guyanese are missing the traditional Diwali Motorcade hosted by the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha that brings thousands of persons on the roadways and at LBI Community Centre Ground, the Dharmic Sabha proudly presents this…
Corissa McClure is the Canadian High Commissioner for the Day
See statement from the Candian High Commission below:
In celebration of the International Day of the Girl 2021, yesterday the High Commission of Canada was led by Ms. Corissa McClure, who operated in the capacity as the ‘High…
Deadly bee attacks: ‘Bees will only attack once disturbed’– experienced beekeeper
In Guyana there are 50 different species of bees, however, the Africanised honey bees are the largest producer of honey in Guyana and are responsible for one third of the country’s food.
That’s according to Linden Stewart, the current…
Young law student from Sophia graduates with honours
By Isanella Patoir
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Becoming an attorney and graduating with honours was not an easy journey for 25-year-old Jermane Alleyne. A few months before she started the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago, her…
From technician to lawyer – father of four admitted to the bar
By Shikema Dey
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Thirty-five-year-old Hugh Park of Kitty, Georgetown, had no intentions of becoming a lawyer but a simple question from his eldest daughter about his line of profession changed his entire mindset.…
Guyana’s top law student balanced a full-time job & three kids while studying
By Isanella Patoir
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For 33-year-old Caressa Henry, balancing her family life, a full-time job and pursuing her legal education at the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago was extremely challenging. But…
21-year-old admitted to the bar
Twenty-one-year old Abhimanyu Dev was admitted to the bar by Chief Justice Roxane George, S.C.
His petition was presented by prominent lawyer Devindra Kissoon who told the Court that Abhimanyu gained a distinction at law school and was…
Guyanese woman tells her story of living with brittle bone disease
By Danielle Swain
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Stacy Johnson, a young Guyanese woman, has chronicled her story of living with the genetic bone disorder commonly called “brittle bone disease” in the hopes that it would push policymakers to break…
A traumatising experience: Guyanese family in NY trapped in basement with floodwaters
By Vishani Ragobeer
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Chanmattie Kandasammi is a single mother who lives with her daughter Gail and son Joel on 184th Street, Hollis, Queens in New York. The family has been living there since 1997 but a week ago, it…
Enough with Netflix, the big screen is back
By Vishani Ragobeer
You probably don’t know me but if you did, you would know that at least 90 per cent of my social life involves Netflix or Disney Plus. If you let me be, I will binge-watch show after show, without ever stopping to…