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Dr Walter Rodney
Dr Walter Rodney

A long time coming

If you dare to venture past the scattered mounds of garbage, the broken bridges and the bush that may hide brazen bandits or buzzing bees, a painted wooden sign with a single red arrow points to the final resting place of Dr.

Mother Nature strikes back

As thousands of Guyanese struggle to cope with weeks of widespread flooding and the extensive losses of crops, livestock and livelihoods in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American energy titan, ExxonMobil (XOM) ironically announced its 20th oil and gas discovery offshore.

 A wall of hearts

For nearly a mile, tens of thousands of hand-painted red and pink hearts brighten a grey concrete London wall stretching along the southern bank of the rippling River Thames, with its mossy barriers and passing boats.

A state of emergency

Increasingly irate about unruly residents who refused to obey lockdown measures, several short-tempered Italian mayors, last year March, finally went on the verbal offensive as the pandemic crippled the country.

The thin stretch of mangroves that currently remain on the land being developed. (Caliper Drones photo for Stabroek News)

The Malgre Tout mentality

In 2014, the South Florida Business Journal briefly reported that the foreclosed 300-unit Whispering Isles apartment complex in popular Pompano Beach, not far from the busy Interstate 95, finally sold for US$22.5M.

Days to disaster

A young medical student was driving home last Sunday, when the frantic siren of a speeding ambulance forced her to pull aside and stop.

Days to disaster

A young medical student was driving home last Sunday, when the frantic siren of a speeding ambulance forced her to pull aside and stop.

 A beautiful soul

Earlier this month, the talented Guyanese-born 27-year-old fashion designer and stylist, Anthony Singh was just hoping to find a puppy, asking his many social media friends for “Any help other than those lame Facebook adoption pages.”

A turning point

I received a recent, surprising call from a close relative in Northern Europe, telling me that she is being offered the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, but was too afraid to take it.

A tale of Guyanese finches

For years, US authorities have been dealing with an unexpected influx of illegal Guyanese immigrants, the sad, unwilling and helpless victims of an organised industry that shows no sign of halting its secret, lucrative operations.

The Miracle of Ward Six

She was just three, and a tiny dark-haired toddler running around barefoot in the mud and grass, when the severe influenza pandemic swept through impoverished British Guiana and the West Indies, over a century ago.

South America Undiscovered Guyana photo

Saving the Red Siskin

About two decades ago, the unexpected, recorded find of a lifetime along the rolling plains flanked by the Kanuku Mountains, thrilled conservationists and became world famous in ornithological lore.

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