CHILD abuse has been one of those topics that I have shied away from over the years. I have personally felt uncomfortable writing about …

I NEVER really stopped to think that phrases such as “climate change” and “global warming” might not be familiar to many people. It was …

IT is a few days short of it being a year since I could leave ‘lockdown’ in Trinidad and come back home. Since then, …

AFTER more than one year of school closure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting measures geared at reducing the spread of the …

Over the past few weeks, two relatives of mine have been hospitalised and one, unfortunately, passed away. Neither of these individuals, like so many …

The month of August was ushered in with updated COVID-19 Emergency Measures as has become the norm for the past 15 months or so. …

The Baracara falls is a small waterfall near the Mazaruni and Essequibo rivers, perfect for lounging around the rocks while the water cascades on …

As Guyana joined other Caribbean nations in observing 183 years since the emancipation of enslaved Africans, President Dr. Irfaan Ali stated that Guyana recommits …

OVER the past few weeks there has been an evident shift in the public posture on vaccination. Not because we have been able to …

A COLLEAGUE asked me recently how I felt about the Ministry of Education’s $19,000 cash grant that is now being disbursed to all children …