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· August, 2007

Stories about Guyana from August, 2007

Guyana: A Few Things…

From listing the things on her desk (“a pen with invisible feet”) to things she can do (“cheer up sooner rather than later”), Guyana-Gyal will put a smile on your...

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco
31 August 2007

Guyana: A Woman's Role

Stella Ramsaroop finds herself assuming the role of submissive woman…but only long enough for her to use it as an example of how women must not “mindlessly fall in line...

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco
24 August 2007

Guyana: Let There Be Light

“Yes, in these bright nights of electricity and days of sunlight, jumbies stalking we land, living jumbies with minds so dead they can’t switch on the light no more…” Guyana-Gyal...

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco
24 August 2007

Guyana: Flooding Expected?

“These are not freak occurrences but keep happening year after year with all kinds of excuses meted out for the cause of these floods,” says Guyana Providence Stadium, who is...

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco
24 August 2007

Guyana: Georgetown is flooded

“This is the Demerara Cricket Club ground behind that wall – an enclosed wading pool with the slightest rain fall..it must now be a veritable lake,” writes Flickr user Chennette,...

Written by Georgia Popplewell
23 August 2007

Guyana: Thunder and Lightning

“I wonder if is true, that when you want to know how far away the storm is, count the seconds between the thundah and lightening?” Guyana-Gyal thinks she's caught in...

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco
17 August 2007

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