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TRUSTING each other forms the firmest foundation for us to build harmonious co-existence. To design our society so we achieve our optimal potential, we must choose to trust ourselves.

COVERING our country to tell the stories of Guyanese living and breathing the pure natural air of our land, of people building and constructing their homes and buying cars and attending the University of Guyana and thriving in achieving their dreams: Oh what a great privilege and rewarding pursuit to encounter the throbbing Guyanese heart!

IN our vision to construct a Guyanese social space that hums with aesthetic soundness, we look to the Ministry of Sports, Youth and Culture, and the Ministry of Education to provide the kind of national platform for artists, writers, sports talents, talented performers, dramatists, for these creative souls to cultivate their passion.

THERE is a specific and qualitative difference between a government that promises and one that delivers.

I HAD been presenting the programme since back in 1979. Each mid-week morning, from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m., I played classical recordings ranging from Beethoven and Mozart to Gershwin and Villa Lobos.

NANDANI Narine, well known as ‘Teacher Nandani’ on the island of Leguan and all across the West Coast Demerara, had to make lots of sacrifices to be able to obtain a secondary education. One such sacrifice was selling milk in La Bagatelle Village before attending school. This earned her the nickname ‘Milk Girl.’

PERHAPS never before in the history of the world has there been so many ‘artists’, of all races and in all categories and disciplines.

TODAY she wears a dazzling smile, and her cheery laughter can be heard from many rods away. She has been gushing with excitement on just recently receiving her visa to the USA, and is now basking in the glory of glitzy high fashion, surrounded by many of her now grown children and the numerous grandchildren

Nexus between poetry and storytelling

WE want to commend the main political parties for their real efforts at cultivating a national stage this elections season that inspires and motivates the Guyanese nation. Campaigning seems to be moving in the right direction. After President Donald Ramotar announced national and regional elections for May 11 next, we’re seeing a transformation of the