Allan, Being Frank

Easter is upon us but Christian or not, we should all be sympathetic towards those afflicted with one of the world’s most devastating disease – scourges in recent history –…

Just a relatively light-hearted piece for TRAKKER fans during what might still be many folks’ vacation time. “Light-hearted” but with some serious undertones, considerations and implications of a psycho-social nature.…

To be frank and personal, I continuously ponder the phenomena of ethnicity, “belonging”,  cultural ties and  nationality. Consider that list of four with some care, and even interest.  I enjoyed…

TRAKKER invites the world’s tourists and other visitors to explore the ecological, best kept-secret that is the Greenland of Guyana. The only English-speaking State on the  North-Eastern shoulder of continent…

Since  the first of August – and indeed the whole of the month – accommodate observances to commemorate the 1838 Emancipation, or full freedom, of African slaves from the British…

For the purpose of this discussion, our layman’s definition for “DEPORTEE” will be – “one who is removed by one country’s authorities and sent back to his/her home country –…

Two preliminary / introductory thoughts, before I tell of my recent” Kaieteur Encounter”, are in order. Firstly, it is now an unfortunate, even bewildering fact that there are certain “national…

GUYANA’S Mashramani celebrations are usually more than a week in duration – not like other festivals in our sister Caribbean territories.  However, because of the sheer pageantry and spectacle, the…

The SYMBOLS OF GUYANA’S INDEPENDENCE AND NATIONHOOD are by now, fairly well-known to most Guyanese nationals – whenever they might find themselves domiciled. These symbols include the Coat-of-Arms, the introduction…