Guyanese worldwide achieve amazing feats. This aspect of our nation, this ability to rise to world class achievement, we fail to celebrate.
Instead of seeing the resourcefulness, strength and character inherent in our Guyanese ability to conquer the gravest of odds and obstacles to achieve our dreams, we all too often stoop to wallow in a negative cesspool of strife, acrimony and verbal crassness.
Yet, when we consider this nation, since its birth as an Independent nation, we’ve paraded an impressive array of glittering intellectual, political, entertainment and other stars on the world stage.
From beauty queen Shakira Baksh to singing sensation Lisa Punch, the Guyanese knack for rising,
