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Memories of Great Flood still haunt

Chest-high waters, the bodies of dead animals floating past, the fear of catching a quickly-spreading deadly disease; for many, the days of the Great Flood of 2005 are still fresh in the memories of residents ten years later.

Jacob Opadeyi

UG staff for full strike

University of Guyana (UG) workers will begin a “full-blown” three-day strike on Monday after negotiations between their unions and the university administration reach another impasse due to a demand by Vice-Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi that they end continuing industrial action during talks.

The Interview: Big trouble for a small-minded film

When Sony Pictures announced just a week before The Interview was scheduled to be released that it was pulling the movie, half of me let out a sigh of relief while the other half of me rebelled at this open violation of free speech.

Five movies of 2014 that really shouldn’t exist

It’s hard to believe that, in just a few days, we’ll be ringing in a brand new year; it seemed like not so long ago that I was rolling my eyes at the loud explosions outside my house as revellers rang in 2014 with squibs and flares.

Jerome ‘Three Feet’ Cumberbatch and two of his youngest band members in his Linden home. Monica Stewart (centre) and Serena Lambert (left) are both 12 years old

Masquerade, a Christmas treat now in decline

Flouncing, bouncing, and quick-stepping turns; the ringing of bells, the pounding of drums and the delightful yells of children: Christmas time is coming and, with it, masquerade will return in its full glory.

Discovering Chronixx

When it comes to reggae, dancehall, soca and chutney, we Guyanese tend to pride ourselves on our link to the Caribbean; none of these genres might have originated here but we sure do take them and make them seem so.

Workers yesterday attempted to remedy a breach in the Sussex Street koker which quickly flooded the Albouystown community

Albouystown flooded again after koker mishap

Just after Albouystown residents finally got relief from days of flooding due to intense rainfall, the community was under water once again yesterday after the door to the Sussex Street koker malfunctioned.

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