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02/11/2025

Police Sergeant of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and resident of Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo (EBE), Carl Pedro will walk across the stage at the University of Guyana’s 2025 Convocation to receive his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) - a milestone he says was built on “sacrifice, commitment and faith.” The University is set to host its 2025 Convocation from November 22 to December 6....

Cop Carl Pedro will walk across the stage at the University of Guyana’s 2025 Convocation to receive his Bachelor of Laws.

30/10/2025

Guns stir strong emotions in Guyana. For some, a firearm is a tool for livelihood and safety; for others, it’s a symbol of fear taking root. Before leaping to conclusions, it helps to ask a human question: What makes ordinary people feel they need a gun in the first place? The answers, as it turns out, are layered—shaped by geography, history, economics, and trust....

Guns stir strong emotions in Guyana. For some, a firearm is a tool for livelihood and safety; for others, it’s a symbol of fear taking root. Before leaping to conclusions, it helps to ask a human question: What makes ordinary people feel they need a gun in the first place? The answers, as it turns...

27/10/2025

Standing before a bathroom mirror in late 1998, Adele Williams-Sewell noticed one breast looked “a little bit fuller than normal.” She felt a small lump. There was no family history, and she did not smoke or drink, but something felt off. “I wasn’t panicked,” she recalled, “but I knew I’d found a lump.” A doctor’s appointment led to a January 1999 mammogram that showed nothing; dense breast tissue can make tumours harder to see in younger women....

Adele Williams-Sewell, a breast cancer survivor, shares how a self-check helped her beat early-stage disease.

24/10/2025

Here in Guyana, time isn’t just about dates on a calendar—it’s seasons of sound, colour, food, and family. From the rhythm of Mashramani and the breeze of Easter kite season to the excitement of CPL cricket and the warmth of Christmas, each moment has its own vibe that feels unmistakably “Guyanese.” But which time of year captures that feeling best for you?...

Here in Guyana, time isn’t just about dates on a calendar—it’s seasons of sound, colour, food, and family. From the rhythm of Mashramani and the breeze of Easter kite season to the excitement of CPL cricket and the warmth of Christmas, each moment has its own vibe that feels unmistakably “Gu...

23/10/2025

At just 25, multidisciplinary scientist Lakhnarayan ‘Ryan' Bhagarathi has amassed over 35 publications spanning mangrove ecology, marine science, pollinator interactions, lichenology and microbial studies. These publications, he says, are designed to protect Guyana’s biodiversity and enhance coastal resilience in the face of climate change. His growing body of research, anchored in the country’s unique coastal and marine systems, is helping to connect academic discovery with policy, livelihoods, and long-term environmental management....

At 25 with 35+ papers, a Guyanese Researcher shares what drives his work, and why collaboration matters. He also touched on development.

17/10/2025

Stand on the Georgetown seawall on an August evening and the Atlantic looks endless—warm, wind-rippled, and, to the north, the same ocean that fuels the Caribbean’s monster storms. So why do Category 4 hurricanes tear through islands just a few hundred miles away while Guyana, year after year, avoids a direct hit? Short version: we live too close to the equator for hurricanes to spin up or hold together…...

Stand on the Georgetown seawall on an August evening and the Atlantic looks endless—warm, wind-rippled, and, to the north, the same ocean that fuels the Caribbean’s monster storms. So why do Category 4 hurricanes tear through islands just a few hundred miles away while Guyana, year after year, a...

16/10/2025

Guyana is moving fast. New roads, housing schemes, energy projects, ports, and ICT infrastructure—every week brings another tender or groundbreaking. Much of this ambition is powered by perceived oil wealth and the confidence that future revenues will cover today’s bills. But history is full of resource-rich nations that built quickly, borrowed heavily, and then found themselves in a debt trap when prices dipped, project costs overran, or debt terms tightened....

Guyana is moving fast. New roads, housing schemes, energy projects, ports, and ICT infrastructure—every week brings another tender or groundbreaking. Much of this ambition is powered by perceived oil wealth and the confidence that future revenues will cover today’s bills. But history is full of ...

10/10/2025

On Guyana’s sea-kissed coastal plain, city life is a negotiation with water. Georgetown’s famous kokers tell the story: tides, rainfall, pumps, and patience. Climate change is shortening that patience. If “development” means more than concrete and traffic, then our next wave of housing and land policy must turn the coast’s ancient polder wisdom into a modern playbook: higher, drier, cleaner, faster—and fair....

On Guyana’s sea-kissed coastal plain, city life is a negotiation with water. Georgetown’s famous kokers tell the story: tides, rainfall, pumps, and patience. Climate change is shortening that patience. If “development” means more than concrete and traffic, then our next wave of housing and l...

09/10/2025

Guyana once ran the first railway in South America. Steel tracks stitched Georgetown to sugar estates and river ferries; bauxite towns pulsed to the rhythm of freight and whistles. Those lines faded by the early 1970s—but the need they met never disappeared: fast, reliable, low-cost transport to move people and produce across a growing nation. Today, with traffic clogging our growth corridors and farms craving cheaper access to markets, trains are back in the conversation—light rail for commuters, commercial lines to connect the East Bank and East Coast, and a modern urban system integrated into the Georgetown revival plan....

Guyana once ran the first railway in South America. Steel tracks stitched Georgetown to sugar estates and river ferries; bauxite towns pulsed to the rhythm of freight and whistles. Those lines faded by the early 1970s—but the need they met never disappeared: fast, reliable, low-cost transport to m...

07/10/2025

Professor Paloma Mohamed’s Communication, Power and Change in the Caribbean (Get Copy Here) is a rare thing in regional scholarship: a work that treats “communication” not as media trivia or messaging tactics, but as a form of power that actively shapes who gets heard, who benefits, and how societies change. Drawn from multi-level analysis across Caribbean contexts, Mohamed argues that communicative power—our stories, symbols, and everyday acts of meaning-making—sits at the heart of social and economic outcomes....

Professor Paloma Mohamed’s Communication, Power and Change in the Caribbean (Get Copy Here) is a rare thing in regional scholarship: a work that treats “communication” not as media trivia or messaging tactics, but as a form of power that actively shapes who gets heard, who benefits, and how so...

06/10/2025

If you grew up anywhere near Guyana’s wide, brown rivers, chances are someone warned you: “Come off that stelling before the Massacura Man catch you.” In whispers and warnings, boat-landings and backdams, the creature goes by many names—Massacura Man, Massacuraman, Massacooraman—but the chills are always the same. Described as a towering, hairy, man-like being with cruel teeth and a strength that can flip a boat like a calabash, he is said to lurk where the current turns black and deep, waiting for those who tempt the river after dusk....

If you grew up anywhere near Guyana’s wide, brown rivers, chances are someone warned you: “Come off that stelling before the Massacura Man catch you.” In whispers and warnings, boat-landings and backdams, the creature goes by many names—Massacura Man, Massacuraman, Massacooraman—but the ch...

05/10/2025

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Touching indeed...
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