It requires an event of serious significance to grab the attention of the international mainstream media. Even with wars, pestilence, massive displacement of people, refugees everywhere, media found one voice last Sunday 21st May to alert the world to a tragedy that unfolded in Guyana. Nineteen children (now 20) died in a fire at Mahdia, […]
A 15-year-old girl has been charged with the murder of 19 children who died in the May 21st blaze at the female dormitory of the Mahdia Secondary School in Guyana. The police said that the accused appeared via Zoom on Monday at the Mahdia Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce. She was not required […]
EIGHTEEN girls and one boy were killed in a fire at a secondary school dormitory in Guyana, shortly before midnight on Sunday. The girls were students of the Mahdia Secondary School who lived on the compound in a dormitory. The boy, Adonijah Jerome who was five year old and the youngest of the victims, lived […]
By Lincoln DePradine A representative of the Consulate General of Guyana told The Caribbean Camera on Wednesday that an invitation to the Toronto celebrations has been extended to the Guyana government on sending an official to Toronto, but there’s been “no final word on it or who will be coming’’. Guyana, which began commercial crude […]
Four members of the United Kingdom’s Caribbean diaspora played a key role in Saturday’s coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Baroness Floella Benjamin, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago, carried the Sovereign’s Sceptre ahead of the King’s arrival. “It was a truly magnificent experience carrying the Coronation Sceptre with Dove, which represents […]
By Stephen Weir The Toronto Guyanese community is rallying behind Sandra Brewster, one of the three finalists for the 2023 Scotiabank Photography Award, Canada’s largest and most prestigious annual peer-nominated prize for photographic art. Brewster, who was born to Guyanese parents, is known for her work in drawing, video, photo-based works, and installation that explore […]
The Guyana government says it is working with the Pan American Health Organisation and the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) on a new initiative to eradicate five key infectious diseases in the country. The Ministry of Health said Filaria [big foot], leprosy, chagas, leishmaniasis or bush yaws, have been identified by the government to be eradicated […]
Guyana is the leading exporter of seabob shrimp (a small-sized white shrimp with a sweet taste) globally as the government seeks to increase the productivity and competitiveness of the fishery commodity. The plan is to increase Guyana’s status as a major exporter of Atlantic seabob shrimp while ensuring the long-term stability of the stock and […]
The United Kingdom’s Minister of State with responsibility for Overseas Territories, the Commonwealth, Energy, Climate and Environment, Zac Goldsmith, says Guyana is recognised globally for its efforts in preserving its pristine forest and natural resources, as the country has one of the lowest deforestation rates. Speaking while on a two-day visit to communities in […]
Leaving Behind a Legacy of Musical Insight Professor Emeritus at The University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Trinidad campus, Gordon Rohlehr, who spent much of his life writing and educating people about calypso music, died on January 29 at the age of 80. Considered an expert on the history, development and social relevance of the […]
