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How do you eat your curry and roti – fingers or fork?

August 22, 2015, 4:20 pm
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We all know that curry and roti is one of Guyana’s most popular cuisine and a common dish within the Caribbean community. It is also much more enjoyable when you indulge with your fingers. However, one can also admit that it’s sometimes quite messy and will ruin your pale nail polish or fresh manicure. For this very reason I sometimes prefer to eat this dish only [...]

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Stories We Love: Award-winning Guyanese Actress Simone Dowding is a force to be reckoned with…

August 24, 2015, 11:36 am
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Born under the Zodiac star of Leo,  Actress Simone Dowding attended the Salem Primary and Secondary schools, where her love for the stage was noticed by teachers and peers alike. In no time she had become quite a force to be reckoned with, as she participated in numerous school plays and drama presentations with gusto, [...]

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“Of Marriageable Age” and more books by Sharon Maas

August 27, 2015, 10:44 am
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Of Marriageable Age

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sharon Maas was born in Georgetown, Guyana in 1951, and spent many childhood hours either curled up behind a novel or writing her own adventure stories. Sometimes she had adventures of her own, and found fifteen minutes of Guyanese fame [...]

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She Rocks! Shyko Amos – Award Winning Stage and Television Actress

August 31, 2015, 7:33 am
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Shyko Amos is an OBIE winning actress with Guyanese roots who is known for her performances in  Tell You Something (2015), One Small Step for Melvin (2014) and 3-C (Three-C) (2012).  She has performed in theatres all over the world from South Africa to Paris and New York appearing on Televion for the BBC and TROUBLE TV.

Originally [...]

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GGR Book Club: The Last Ship and more books by Jan Lowe Shinebourne

August 31, 2015, 9:21 pm
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The Last Ship

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:  Jan Lowe Shinebourne (born 1947) is a Guyanese novelist who was born in Canje, Berbice, Guyana and was educated at Berbice High School and the University of Guyana. After school she was a reporter in [...]

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What’s stopping you from being the queen of your own domain…

September 1, 2015, 5:37 am
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Why wait to be someone else’s queen when you can be your own queen!  The word Queen means woman – any women – a woman with or without riches, fame, position; women from any background, color or creed; women limbless or able-bodied; a Queen of her domain, a Queen to her King; her husband, a [...]

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She Rocks! Lakshmee Singh: Actress, Television Show Producer and Talk Show Host

September 4, 2015, 7:32 am
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Lakshmee Singh is a well known talk show host and producer of the popular “Let’s Talk with Lakshmee” show.  The  multitalented TV personality is also a dancer, actress, community worker, choreographer and has been in the public eye since the age of five.  Lakshmee has performed for large audiences at prestigious venues such as Westbury Music Fair and The [...]

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GGR Book Club: Walk Wit’ Me . . .: All Ova Guyana by Helena Martin

September 9, 2015, 7:02 pm
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Walk Wit’ Me . . .: All Ova Guyana

ABOUT THE BOOK: My memoir is laced with nostalgia and at the same time it is my sincere intention to portray the true essence of the Guyanese culture without offence. Keep in mind that this is not based on the experience of every Guyanese. [...]

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GGR Book Club: The Storm Within: An Anthology by C Nadya Agard

September 9, 2015, 9:16 pm
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The Storm Within: An Anthology

ABOUT THE BOOK:  The Storm Within is a collection of poems that touch on various life themes. The emotional drama of life is expressed in themes ranging from romantic love to love of God and includes others such as joy, rejection,pain, childhood, parenthood, and emotional turmoil. The work [...]

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GGR Book Club: Based On A Love Story by Danielle Blaiq

September 11, 2015, 1:35 pm
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Based On A Love Story

ABOUT THE BOOK:  Writing poetry and short stories since the tender age of 7 years old, aspiring music artist Danielle BlaiQ opens her private collection of heartfelt expression to the world in Based On A Love Story. Best described as ‘love at first sight for the heart and [...]

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She Rocks! Olayinka Noel: International Fashion Model

September 17, 2015, 11:02 am
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Olayinka Noel, better known as Olay, is an international fashion model. She was born in Atlanta Georgia to Guyanese parents. Olay is currently a sophomore studying business management at Kennesaw State University, while she pursues her modeling career.

Olay praises her mother Donna, who is her biggest inspiration, for pushing her to follow her dreams. [...]

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GGR Book Club: The Adventures Of Lucy And Brown Boy (ebook) by Lisa Punch

September 18, 2015, 7:44 am
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The Adventures Of Lucy And Brown Boy

 

ABOUT THE BOOK:  The Adventures Of Lucy And Brown Boy – Lucy is a young girl who loves adventure but lost her dog Brown Boy. This book also includes a fun coloring section as well as learning questions from the book.

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GGR Book Club: The Slipper – by Amanda Sohan

September 20, 2015, 8:06 pm
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The Slipper

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She Rocks! Domini Alleyne – Competitive Fitness Model/Nutrition Coach

September 24, 2015, 3:12 pm
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Meet Domini Alleyne, 2014 Miss Barbados Senior Fitness Queen. The 30 year old fitness model, who reings from Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo and Den Amstel West Coast Demerara in Guyana, migrated to Barbados at age 13. She later returned to Guyana and in 2011 worked briefly for the local HJTV television channel and was also [...]

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She Rocks! Kylie Bunbury – A Rising Star in Hollywood

September 28, 2015, 9:25 am
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If you were a fan of  the ABC Family teen drama ” Twisted”,  then you’re familiar with Kylie Bunbury who played Lacey Porter, a popular teenager on the show. Kylie is a talented actress and model, born in Ontario, Canada in 1989 to a Polish and Swedish American mother, Kristi Novak, and Guyanese-born Canadian father, Alex Bunbury.  Kylie’s father  was a [...]

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Stories We Love: Nurse, Zorena Jagnandan, establishes Home Health Care Business

September 30, 2015, 10:29 am
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Zorena Jagnandan, who is Guyanese, and her staff offer many different medical and nonmedical services — wound care, occupational and physical therapy, nursing care, post-surgical care, speech therapy, medical social worker, shopping and errands, cooking and meal planning, help for new and expectant parents, light cleaning, help with paperwork, assistance to outside medical appointments, laundry, [...]

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Guyanese Baroness Valerie Amos is the first black Director of a British University – School of Oriental and African Studies

October 5, 2015, 7:36 am
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The extraordinary life of Baroness Valerie Amos has taken her from the small island of Wakenaam at the mouth of the Essequibo River in Guyana to the House of Lords.

It is a journey that includes time spent at the United Nations headquarters in New York and the British High Commission in Australia.

She has [...]

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She Rocks! English Teacher, Shamayne Cumberbatch, wants all students to have the opportunity to receive an excellent education.

October 5, 2015, 10:31 am
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English Teacher, Shamayne Cumberbatch, was born in Guyana, South America and later moved to Irving, NJ. She first attended the local public school before enrolling at Kent Place for middle and high school. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and her master’s degree from Harvard in Education Policy and Management.

Before working at [...]

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It’s your life. Don’t let others control it!

October 6, 2015, 8:31 am
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Domestic Violence Awareness! When you allow yourself to be dominated by someone else, you begin to lose respect for yourself. You become silently enraged, both at …the person who is dominating you and at yourself for allowing the domination. Someone else is in control of your life, just as assuredly as if you were a [...]

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She Rocks! Supriya Singh-Bodden – Recipient of the Cacique’s Crown of Honour

October 9, 2015, 8:05 am
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Supriya Singh-Bodden, C.C.H., is a native of Guyana and the Founder/Trustee of the Guyana Foundation. The Guyana Foundation was created by a group of highly dedicated men and women who see an urgent need to contribute meaningfully to the rebuilding of Guyana. Driven by the conviction that great change can be made by people who [...]

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