Family members of John Gladstone, a former owner of enslaved Africans, will be arriving in Guyana later this week to participate in the launch of the International Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies (MiDias) at the University of Guyana (UoG). The family also plans to apologise for their ancestor’s role in that dehumanising period of […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — The Guyana’s government says it will pay $25,000 to parents of each of the 20 children burned to death in a fire at a state-run high school in May, as part of a settlement to avoid any further claims in the case. The country’s main opposition party slammed the settlement in a […]
CARICOM marks its 50th anniversary The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), a grouping of 20 countries, observes its 50th Anniversary this year under the theme “50 Years Strong: A Solid Foundation to Build on.” CARICOM was established on 4 July 1973 with the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas by Prime Ministers Errol Barrow for Barbados; Forbes […]
PPP claims 62 wins of 80 Local Authority Areas As Guyanese await official results from the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) following Tuesday’s Local Government Election, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) secured a “landslide” victory. Speaking at a media conference, Jagdeo said Statement of Polls from election night show the […]
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 […]
