Miranda La Rose

Literature is a hobby for science student Samir Mohammed, who won the Guyana Prize for Literature for Short Story and the Guyana Prize for Literature for Poetry, in the Youth Male categories.

Throughout her years at high school, sport physiotherapist Angelica Holder, 26, originally of Richmond Hill, Linden, wanted to become a doctor or a lawyer but one month after beginning the pre-med programme at the University of Guyana, she realised that medicine would not suit the lifestyle she was looking forward to and switched to physiotherapy.

It is now six years since former administrator Keith Burrowes kicked his addiction to painkillers; an affliction that changed his life, destroyed his family life, and damaged friendships as well as his reputation.

Gender and social activist and a justice seeking Christian, Reverend Patricia Sheerattan,-Bisnauth’s belief that God is sovereign in the world, love, justice and compassion has shaped her to be a servant to serve that larger purpose in keeping with her religion which is not prescriptive.

Trinidad and Tobago-based Guyanese musician, writer and emerging poet Ruth Osman, 42, is poised to publish by mid-year, her first book of over 30 poems she has composed over the years as she continues to explore her creativity.

When she was three years old, the multitalented Tristana Roberts paraded in a butterfly costume while in nursery school for that year’s Children’s Mashramani road march.

Annan Boodram, 66, a New York-based activist and advocate for the prevention of suicide and other social ills and a former school teacher, is using his life’s experiences to bring about positive changes in behaviour through mental health awareness, having courted suicide ideations himself.

International civil servant Dr Toussant Boyce, 48, has described as “ridiculous,” his achievements which include two master’s degrees with first class honours from Cambridge and Harvard and offers of scholarships from both to read for doctorates in philosophy, a first for a Caribbean national.

In Mahdia, Boniface Fredericks laments the fact that nothing is indigenously traditional about Old Year’s or New Year’s Day in Mahdia.

By Miranda La Rose The local aviation industry needs to improve its ridership in and out of Guyana with the growth in all sectors of the economy on account of the burgeoning of the oil and gas industry and to court more airlines Guyana needs to send its ambassadors to meetings and conferences to network, says Lt Col (ret’d) Egbert Field, Director General (DG), Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).

As the administrative and finance officer of the Guyana Red Cross Society, Bernadette Adonis has had to come out of her shell to confidently deal with business on behalf of the non-governmental, national voluntary organisation and to advise and assist in counselling in times of disaster when the need arises.

In 1995, tour operator Frank Singh, 63, of Diamond, East Bank Demerara and his wife Sabita took a lead and started the adventure tour company, Rainforest Tours, when local tourism was virtually unheard of.

Everyone in Santa Rosa knows Stanislaus ‘Aloysius’ Torres as Aloysius or ‘Uncle Sackie’.

Becoming a pastor, counsellor, teacher and journalist are among the best things that have happened to Terrence Esseboom, 61, who says his training in these areas have helped him to steer others to get on the right path in life.

Ireland-born Shaun McGrath, 61, came to Guyana in 1989 on a two-year contract with the former owner of the Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown.

Loretta Fiedtkou planted 176 crabwood seedlings in her farmland a year ago in a bid to encourage the replanting of the dwindling hardwood species that is harvested for logs.

Researcher in the Department of Language and Cultural Studies, University of Guyana, Louisa Daggers wants legal protection for cultural sites and cultural heritage.

Having been awarded as one of 25 Influential Women Leaders and crowned an African princess, business consultant and activist Shabakie Fernandes, 36, is set to be named among 100 of the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) on 2nd October on the fringes of the 77th United Nations General Assembly.

Have you ever wondered how the CPL Hero Fan of the Match came about?

Once the Guyana Rugby Football Union fully supports a youth rugby programme, Laurence Adonis, 71, national rugby coach and former national player is confident Guyana can again play competitively and surpass its achievements made in the regional and international arena in recent years.