In light of the worldwide Black Lives Matter movement, which is putting pressure on universities and schools to demolish statues of slavers, hundreds of parents and former students of a London school named after an 18th century slave owner are calling for it to be renamed in honour of one of Britain’s first Black headteachers.
By Readawne Henery Several University of Guyana (UG) students have given mixed reviews on the transition from in classroom learning to virtual learning, which has become the new norm due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Although reports of child abuse in Guyana have decreased during the first five months of the year, Childcare and Protection Agency (C&PA) Director Ann Greene says that reporting has been affected by the closure of schools, which are key allies of the agency.
Every interaction of our lives is affected by the weight and history of things that came before – our politics, our forefathers, exigencies of power, the meeting points of class, race and gender.
Jamaica I saw my land in the morning And O but she was fair The hills flared upwards scorning Death and failure here.
Guyana has been in a partial “lockdown” since the start of April, following the confirmation of our first COVID-19 case on March 11.
The gyms here are still closed owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, and like most Guyanese I’ve been home much more than I would like to be.
Last week, looking at the eight ways to end a chess game, we examined checkmate, resignation, timeout, and stalemate.
One of the benefits of my life as professional musician for over 65 years is that I’ve seen many different countries, some of which I have lived in, during my time – starting with Guyana, where I lived on the West Demerara, first at Hague, my birth place, then Vreed-en-Hoop, where the family moved when I was going to school in town – first at Sacred Heart High School on Main Street and then St.
Over the past few days, Barbados Prime Minister and Chair of Caricom Mia Mottley accused Keith Lowenfield, our Chief Election Officer, of “gamesmanship.”
I divert from my usual Sunday column to make a few comments on the 2020 General Election which seems (but who knows) to be entering its final stage after suffering a tortured history since that day on March 2nd when everyone – everyone – was happy with a well-run, transparent, credible day of voting.
Introduction Today’s column continues my evaluation of the “likely impacts of the 2020 global general crisis on Guyana’s infant oil and natural gas sector.”
It’s a frustrating and emotional time in Guyana isn’t it? The past couple of weeks have been especially exasperating.
2020 has been a year full of surprises, some being more unpleasant than others.
Nigerian born nurse Ishaku Zechariah is one of the many health workers who are on the frontlines of the battle against COVID-19 in Guyana.
John’s (not his real name) gait is confident, his shoulders are arched, and he smiles as he greets me, giving the sense that all is well.
Across the world people are protesting the murder of George Floyd by the police in the United States.
At a time when the world needs happiness and hope, the ‘We Are One.
Among the most valued achievements of the Caribbean Press, while it flourished between 2009 and 2015, was the reprint of the early volumes of Kyk-Over-Al.
“The rain wet me through and through. You see, I had to take off me socks today.
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