Category: Features

Of glamour and grace

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Doyenne of fashion, Sonia Noel has launched some of her most exclusive pieces, which are receiving celebrated recognition from international fashion elites. In an interview with Sunday Times Magazine, Noel said the designs, which range from corporate to red carpet looks, would be featured later this month in the African American Business Magazine. “I am very honoured to be selected to be featured in this prestigious magazine,” Noel expressed. Some of the pieces featured this week will be part of Noel’s Guyana 50th anniversary collection. Call 226-6554 or 684-8129 for…

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Waves and War

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Hew Locke’s debut solo exhibition evokes migration and displacement Born in Scotland in 1959, artist Hew Locke grew up in Georgetown, Guyana before returning to Britain for his university education. Locke’s multi-media practice includes large-format installation, painting, sculpture, photography and tapestry and has been called a “mental ‘Moulinex’ or food processor, into which experiences are tossed, mixed around, and transformed into chimerical creations”. Locke’s most recent works are part of his debut solo exhibition, The Wine Dark Sea, with the Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, located at L.L.C. 37 West…

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Explore Warapoka

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Warapoka, located along the Waini River in Region One (Barima/Waini), is a scenic Warrau village strewn with huge granite boulders. The village, with a population of just over 500 (most of whom are farmers), has a primary school and secondary school, a health centre, solar powered well and a guest house. It is headed by a Toshao. Throughout the village, towering boulders can be seen. Village officials have said the “large rocks were placed by nature”, and they welcome “tourists from overseas to investigate”. Environmentalist Annette Arjoon-Martins, who visited the…

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‘Give the Ball to the Poet’ Racism in Caribbean Literature?

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By Sasenarine Persaud Part II The facts of this anthology again: Three (3) poems by three (3) Indian poets out of 90. Not a single one (do we ever need redundancy!) of these three Indian poets have more than a single selection. By contrast, a staggering sixteen (16) of the other poets have more than one selection; of these sixteen, there are four (4), who are represented with five (5) selections each (super poets, these are not – and, as if to underscore this, neither Derek Walcott, nor Martin Carter…

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Working to make better communities

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Born out of a desire to “give back”, Footprints of Today Foundation aims to strengthen communities and empower people to create a better society. The organisation was founded by Kiara Trotman and Hayma Singh in January 2016. “Last year, we decided that we wish to positively give back to our now fractured and enduring society. However, it wasn’t until early January 2016, when we reached out to passionate young people like ourselves, namely Charisma Salisbury, Abigail Mohabir, Stacey Gordon, Saajid Husani, Travis Trotman, Juke Ross, Sonia Nauth, Lawrence Alleyne, Tracy…

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A desire to serve for the public good

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A woman of distinction, US-based Guyanese Holly Veal, a prosecutor, public defender and private defence attorney, recently announced her candidacy for Henry County District Attorney. (Henry County is a U.S. state of Georgia.) Holly originally hails from Wismar, Linden. She emigrated from Guyana on Dec. 16, 1995 to St Albans, NY. More than eleven years ago, she began her legal career as an assistant public defender. In that capacity she worked tirelessly to ensure that the rights of her clients were protected. Holly then transitioned to prosecution. She worked as…

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Women of excellence

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There are numerous Guyanese women who have received many accolades for outstanding achievements, proving that greatness can come from a small country. Two women of such excellence are “etiquette boss” Phillipa Morrish and motivational speaker Pamela Tracz. Phillipa Morrish Phillipa Morrish is a certified Social Protocol consultant and founder of Etiquette Training International, New York. Since 1999, Phillipa has worked internationally with corporations, organisations, law enforcement officers and private clients to help them become leaders in their field. She also works extensively with teens, and has been an etiquette teacher…

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A brief history of the University of Guyana

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The University of Guyana was established in April 1963 and began its operations in October of the same year with a batch of 164 students in temporary premises loaned from Queen’s College in Georgetown. Programmes were at first confined to the Arts, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. However, in 1967, a Faculty of Education was established and this was followed by the establishment of the Faculties of Technology in 1969, Agriculture in 1977, and in 1981, the Faculty of Health Sciences, prior to the establishment of which programmes in Health…

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Happy New Year: The Year of the Monkey

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The New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is marked by the lunisolar Chinese calendar, so the date changes from year to year. This year, the Chinese New Year is celebrated on February 8, 2016. It is the Year of the Monkey. The festivities usually start the day before the New Year and continue until the Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the New Year. Each Chinese New Year is characterised by one of 12 animals, which appear in the Chinese zodiac. The Monkey is the ninth animal in…

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Providing quality health care

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To aid institutions delivering health care in Guyana has been one of Health and Educational Relief Organization, Incorporated (HERO, Inc.) primary goals HERO, Inc was established in January 2000 and is a democratic, non-profit organisation comprised of a governing Board of Directors and volunteers. HERO-Guyana, under HERO, Inc., which is operated in the USA, was founded in July 2014 by Dr. Andrea Lambert and co-founded by Dr. John Mitchell in the U.S.A. It was recognised that to be able to effectively deliver high quality healthcare services on outreach missions, a…

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