DENISE Paul can still recall her school days when she’d help her single-parent mom at work and then make her way to school afterwards. There were certain aspects of the job that her mom, Gomwattie De Putron, just couldn’t handle, so at just six or seven years old, the young Denise would do what she…
– Meet Mukesh and Hansmattee ASK for Mohan Sookwah in Riverstown Village on the Essequibo Coast, and no one would know who you’re talking about. Ask for ‘Fresh Oil’ though, and the villagers would point you to the exact street and house to find him. They’d also know him by the name Mukesh. In fact,…
– Riverstown ‘auntie’ explains how to do both EVEN as Bissondai Lile has a gas stove upstairs, it is her bottom house fireside that she’d prefer to use every day. Perhaps she agrees with the popular saying that fireside food tastes different; better! Or maybe it’s simply because she has grown accustomed to using it…
– How to live and make each day count! RIVERSTOWN Village on the Essequibo Coast is a small picturesque community that features lovely greenery in the form of rice fields, towering coconut and other trees, along with simple and hardworking people – mostly farmers – who get to take time out each day to just…
– To introduce turn-key offices under its umbrella EVEN as Nandalall and Sabrina Algoo continue to make waves in the local customs brokerage industry, the husband and wife business partners continue to credit their successes to their humble beginnings and say they remain committed to serving humanity. The Algoos began their customs brokerage business from…
Raymond Jones, the 58-year-old man who spent the last nine years on remand for murder, was not indicted, according to a statement issued on Saturday from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). On Friday, High Court Judge Sandil Kissoon freed Jones. Jones of Micobie Village in Potaro, Region Eight, was freed after…
How near-death experience turns into motivation for one entrepreneur JASHAWN Rutherford was a serving member of the Guyana Defence Force when he had an experience that would change the course of his life forever. It occurred while out one night at a public event when an altercation ensued and gunshots rang out. He recalled that…
A man who is yet to be identified was Saturday afternoon stabbed to death during an argument that turned physical in New Amsterdam, Berbice. News Room was informed that the victim was heading to purchase food in the vicinity of Pope Street, New Amsterdam when he was confronted by the suspect. An argument ensued and…
20-year-old now holder of MBA in Oil and Gas Management AT just 20 years old, Divya Doerga has already achieved a Master of Business Administration specialising in Oil and Gas Management from the University of Bedfordshire, England. Even though things were not always smooth-sailing, perhaps she succeeded because she saw the need to prioritise her…
Another 137 people, including 61 men and 76 women, were infected with the novel coronavirus and now have the disease, COVID-19. The Ministry of Health, in its daily COVID-19 dashboard on Saturday, detailed that 68,867 cases have been recorded overall in Guyana. The new cases were recorded in Region One (one case), Region Two (three…
