Nalisa Mohabir, a school teacher of Better Hope, East Coast Demerara became an animal activist because she could not bear to see them suffer and currently shares her home with several cats that she has rescued.
Despite bumper production countrywide last year, rice farmers in Wakenaam say that the industry is not profitable anymore due to the rising production cost but are hopeful that it would be revived when Guyana starts to benefit from oil revenues.
The dog that was walking around the compound of the Leguan hospital with a fishing hook in its right hind leg has finally gotten relief after a rehabilitation assistant mustered the courage to remove it.
A 49-year-old woman, who responded to the Cancer Institute of Guyana’s (CIG) recent two-day cervical cancer campaign in Essequibo, ended up being led to a huge suspicious breast mass through an ultrasound after she took the opportunity to seek advice from the team.
Loreta Hilliman-Sullivan is living her dream of transforming her huge yard space at Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara into an attractive garden, adorned with arches and pergolas and even though it is not yet complete it is still an eye-catcher.
With festive Carols playing, the decorations and excited chatter from the boys and girls, you knew it was Christmas when you entered the Save R Kids Children’s Home at Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara.
Encountering various challenges in their lives, most of the children of the Prabhu Sharan Orphange at Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara are trying their best to put their past behind and have started to show improvements in their academic performances.
A father of two whose leg was crushed when the mining pit he was working in caved in, is distressed that he is still unable to walk and that his family would spend a “dull Christmas” this year.
The campaign to eliminate filaria started off successfully but it was affected in Region 10 following reports in the Guyana Times (GT) that two women died after taking the pills.
Hire car drivers of Charity, Essequibo are disappointed that a regional official of Region Two removed them from their park to facilitate the construction of a koker but failed to keep his promise to let them return upon its completion.
Witnessing the hacking to death of her two young children and surviving the most gruesome cutlass attack, that left her with a severed right hand, 26-year-old Nazaleena ‘Natasha’ Houston is still struggling to overcome the ordeal.
Boat operators and commuters using the Charity Wharf on the Essequibo Coast, say it is on the verge of collapsing completely and could result in injuries if it is not fixed soon, while Regional Chairman, Devanand Ramdatt has deemed it “a disaster waiting to happen.”
Sources at the dorms of the Anna Regina Multilateral School in Essequibo are angry over a report in yesterday’s Guyana Times about the students being affected because the kitchen was out of “essential food items.”
Iris December of Mabaruma Township, North West District, lost a cousin to cervical cancer two years ago so when the Cancer Institute of Guyana (CIG) took its two-day cervical cancer outreach to the Mabaruma Hospital last week, she made an effort to be there.
The Mabaruma district in Region One has opened its doors to a large number of Venezuelans who have sought refuge in the area following the devastation of their country under the Nicholas Maduro administration.
Residents of Mabaruma in Region One are disappointed that the 400 KW solar farm project got damaged by lightning even before they had a chance to enjoy the improved electricity they were promised.
Living with an autistic sister and understanding the challenges faced, was what drove Sasha Williams, a quarterfinalist in the Miss Guyana World 2020 competition, to choose autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as her Beauty with a Purpose project.
Even with heightened awareness, Marcia Burrowes, 63, initially ignored a lump she felt on her right breast until a friend advised her about screening, which led to her being diagnosed with stage two breast cancer.
A Timehri, East Bank Demerara cash crop farmer who willingly agreed to try onion farming when the National Agricultural Research & Extension Institute (NAREI) approached him, is happy that the crop is “coming ‘A’ one.”
As Agriculture Month is being observed, cash crop farmers have said that a change in the weather pattern which saw rainfall all through August has resulted in them cultivating late, harvesting a smaller quantity and selling at increased prices.