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A traumatising experience: Guyanese family in NY trapped in basement with floodwaters
By Vishani Ragobeer
vishani@newsroom.gy
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…
How a thread tied around a brother’s wrist illustrates a bond of protection
By Vishani Ragobeer
A coloured thread tied around one’s wrist might not be the most stylish accessory. It would not tell the time as a watch would, nor would it add that bit of fashion to an outfit like jewellery would.
Yet, among…
Guydrones – changing the face of agriculture in Guyana with drone technology
Having already established itself in North America, Guydrones – a company headed by a U.S based Guyanese couple - is looking to change the face of agriculture in Guyana with the use of drone technology.
The company was launched on…
Mangroves: The ‘saviour’ along Guyana’s coastline
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’…
Performing arts group travelling around Guyana, raising awareness on social ills
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 donates mobile rescue unit to animal welfare group
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…
“If it was possible, I would return to my country” – Venezuelan refugees
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…
We are not just about Chinese fried rice – Chinese Guyanese want due recognition
“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…
Drainage works easing flood woes of Reg. 6 residents, farmers
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…