Australia call up Maddinson after cancer recovery
AUSTRALIA have recalled Nic Maddinson for the first Test against South Africa after the New South Wales batter recovered from testicular cancer. Maddinson and uncapped Victoria wicketkeeper Sam Harper have been added to the touring squad as cover for Josh Inglis, who will miss the series opener with a finger injury. The 34-year-old Maddinson, who […]
A 23-Year Journey
A nursery educator’s reflections on teaching, curriculum renewal, leadership and the lasting responsibility of guiding young learners Written by Andrea Hendricks KHAIMWATIE Seenarine has spent 23 years in education, building a career around the development of young children and the teachers who guide them. Her contributions to Guyana’s education sector include serving as a master […]
When Teaching Meets Enterprise: A Teacher’s Lesson in Service
By Andrea Hendricks AT 26, Tyrecsa Wills is an educator, entrepreneur and future business psychologist whose work is rooted in education, creativity and practical solutions to everyday needs. As a business teacher for four years and a Business Psychology student at the University of Guyana campus, she is learning to connect theory with the realities […]
Advocacy at its best
Serving the community CILANDELL Glen is a Guyanese social worker, adolescent and mental health advocate, and community development professional committed to improving the mental health and psychosocial well-being of children, adolescents, young adults, and families. Driven by a passion for creating safe, supportive and stigma-free spaces where individuals can speak openly about their mental health, […]
Guyanese Nail Brand Puts Local Beauty on the Global Stage
WHAT began with a Georgetown nail technician mixing gel colours by hand to find the right match for clients has grown into a Guyanese-led professional nail brand preparing to enter the United States market. LNC Professional (Guyana) launched in Georgetown on September 7 with 26 shades designed to reflect the range of complexions its technicians […]
A Bigger Vision
Farmer urges youth to embrace climate-smart agriculture ON just two acres of rich soil in Hopetown Village, West Coast Berbice, 34-year-old father of two, Neil Benjamin, is quietly engineering a high-tech agricultural turnaround. Every week, crisp pak choi, lettuce, sweet corn and plump boulanger are sold from Benjamin’s Farm and land directly on the tables […]
When We Had Less, We Had More – What progress has given us, and what we have to remember to carry forward
THERE was a time when an evening in Guyana could begin with somebody pulling a chair onto the verandah and end with half the neighbourhood sitting there talking. Children moved between houses as though every yard belonged to the same extended family. Someone cooked, someone brought something over, somebody else arrived empty-handed and still left […]
Death of the Soccer God by Dimitry Elias Léger
THE peripatetic protagonist of Dimitry Elias Léger’s new novel, Death of the Soccer God (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.00), arriving almost a decade after his last novel, God Loves Haiti, is one of those literary creations one hardly encounters anymore in Caribbean fiction: a raconteur and scamp, a lover of women and pleasure, and a […]
Parenting: Not an Easy Job
PARENTING requires difficult choices and personal sacrifices. The rewards of raising a child well are innumerable, but how do new parents navigate a minefield of uncertainty? Being Alone Many people sometimes miss this opportunity to take care of themselves. Remember, before you became a parent, you had to be on your own. That period has […]
The art of being alone
NO feeling is quite as gut-wrenching as watching a train pass by, knowing that when its last carriage has passed, you will be left behind with no reflection to keep you company. Maybe that emotion is comparable to saying goodbye to someone at an airport, with a forbidden mixture of envy and sadness, as they […]
