“I have been living 22 years with HIV and if you look at me you cannot tell but I would not tell any and everybody that I have HIV because the stigma and discrimination is not nice and so I just trying to live my life,” the 46-year-old mother of six told me.
At 21, Michelle (not her real name) is HIV positive but she has kept her diagnosis a secret from her family.
“Stigma and discrimination is still a big, big thing in Guyana and because of that people don’t want to say that they HIV positive.
When Asif Khan walked across the stage at the University of Guyana’s (UG) convocation to collect his degree in International Relations (IR) just over a week ago, he believed it was not a victorious moment for him but one for other persons with disabilities.
It is the hardest thing I have had to deal with in my life and I don’t wish this on any other parent.
Denise Murray was always interested in what was happening in her community.
“The first time it happen, I can’t say I was shocked because even before we marry, I was afraid of him.
Two years after she graduated as a general practitioner, Dr Latoya Gooding requested to join the Oncology Department of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and the suffering of cancer victims propelled her to do more than treat their symptoms and help to make their stay at the institution bearable.
“The biggest emotion I felt on the annulment of my marriage was relief.
At 19-years-old, Oviah Setra O’Selmo was bursting with typical youthful optimism and ready to take on the world.
“The worst thing about this job is not the little bit of money we work for or even the long hours, it is how people treat us.
“I was almost ready to get baby and we had not marry for a very long time when I found out he was cheating, and this thing got me so sick that I end up in hospital.
Guyana yesterday opened its first Drug Treatment Court (DTC), which acting Chancellor Yonette Cummings-Edwards said could serve as a vehicle to lead persons who are grappling with substance abuse disorders away from the prisons to a place of recovery, rehabilitation and reintegration into society.
It was a normal Sunday for Michael Edghillo 12 years ago and he went to work just as he had done for some 31 years as a maintenance engineer for the power company.
“One day I just get so tired and so frustrated I just throw all me things away, because like I didn’t able no more with this life.
Donna Lam always loved animals, so it was not strange for her to take strays home and when her family said no more, she badgered other people to foster them.
“Good morning, Sir. How can I help you this morning?” asked the chirpy young woman behind the counter.
When Andrea Tucker was diagnosed with breast cancer, she was scared.
“How you could go to a Pandit? We are not Hindus, we are Christians,” she said with a hint of anger.
She sat by herself at the Lusignan Health Centre, her heavily pregnant stomach at odds with her frail-looking body.
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