Oluatoyin Alleyne

Hari Singh knew he wanted to be a lawyer from around the age of six but even though this dream became a reality years later, it took him moving to the US to get what he called a “baptism by fire” in court experience which shaped the trajectory of his career to where he is today.

“It is a battle I go through every day. Sometimes I don’t want to fight and other times like I don’t have a choice.

“I don’t know. I believe that is all I can do for them now and for me it make me feel good, even if at times I does feel that they taking too much.”

Last Wednesday, International Women’s Day was observed.  This day is observed on March 8th annually and seeks to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.

Many times when we say women are unsung heroes it is in reference to them doing great things in their career path or their work or actions impacting the lives of many.

“I just needed to go out and work. I don’t know if it is the right thing, because is like I am still working it through.

Adversities helped Alvina Naughton to reconnect with the artist she always knew she was and today she finds joy in painting and creating art, however her soul allows her to do this as it is part of her healing process.

“I so happy that she doing better, you know. Is like if me aunty come back.

As Guyana joined the world yesterday in observance of World Cancer Day there is at least one man, Lloyd Cameron, who believes his prostate cancer diagnosis brought about a change in his life that not only placed him on a path of reflection but made him want to become a better version of himself.

So over the last week, Guyana welcomed a movie star to our shores.

Twenty-three years ago two sailors came together and started a business which essentially focused on transmitting the training they received overseas to better prepare those entering the maritime industry.

“Well is not something that I did want but it happen and wah I can do?

There is no ‘I am wrong but…’. And this is what I want to say to that mother of a student of St Angela’s Primary School who attacked a teacher recently and ended up standing in the school yard topless.

Sidetracked from her hoped-for trajectory of becoming a doctor, Pearlita Richardson stepped into the classroom as a teacher and immediately realised her career journey would be different.

“It really hurts and sometimes I am drained and overwhelmed because I am tired of the accusations.

As a primary health care giver Dr Ashonda Washington has had first-hand experiences of  women and girls who are unaware of what the menstrual cycle really is about and how they are sometimes shamed because of the myths surrounding it.

“Better to raise your child alone than to go through Guyana’s court system,” said a mother who has been attempting for months to hold the father of her son accountable by having him pay the court mandated sum for child maintenance.

“It has not been easy but I love children and so it makes it easier for me.

Dr Pauline Baird is a professor and author who wants to keep Guyanese creole alive and chief among her attributes is her storytelling skill, which she learned from her deceased mother, who was a consummate storyteller.

Some months ago, I turned a year older. Like with many women, I realised that, well, ‘a getting a lil old’ and with that myriad thoughts, chief among them the fear of what the future holds.