FOR nearly two centuries Guyana was content to have two towns – Georgetown, the capital of Demerara and later the whole country, and New Amsterdam, the capital of Berbice.

Estate worker ‘Somerset’ loses appeal THE appellant, Somerset, was employed at Ressouvenir Estates Ltd factory under an agreement that wages were not payable for any period in respect of

A FORMER student at the Christianburg Wismar Secondary School in Linden, Sellone Stanton has spent the last three years pursuing her passion for art and embracing the challenges that

This week we continue to look at the agriculture sector in light of Agriculture Month which is being observed in October. We tell the stories of some young people

Reducing the number of people affected by disasters by 2030 THOUGH not an island, Guyana is very much a part of the English-speaking Caribbean and like every member of

OLD Vincent looked like a poorly dressed undertaker. He wore a soiled and crumpled white shirt. The old patchy black pants hung precariously on his ‘magga’ hips. On his

by Francis Quamina Farrier RECENTLY, while going past the City Hall on the Avenue of the Republic in Georgetown, someone called my attention to a chunk of the building

People: assets in developing the world -President Granger lobbies for the protection of human rights PRESIDENT David Granger has prioritised, as a matter of policy the improvement of the