Accreditation of creative arts institute, hosting of literary arts festival on the cards

The Culture, Youth and Sports Ministry’s budgetary allocation of some $4.3 billion was on Tuesday approved by the Parliamentary Committee of Supply and will...

Honouring Eze Rockcliffe was a long time comin’, but let’s get ahead with the...

When you speak of the preservation of Guyanese culture, specifically our folklore through music, Patrick Eze Rockcliffe stands as a legend amongst us. For...

Comedian Odessa Primus hopes to live long enough to see Performing Arts respected

By Steven Vickerie Bartica native Odessa Primus is considered one of the funniest women in the field of comedy locally. If you've ever attended the...

Ms Reg. 9 crowned Amerindian Heritage Queen

The Miss Amerindian Heritage Pageant brought a stunning conclusion to Heritage Month 2024, with 10 delegates lighting up the stage at the National Cultural...

ERC says “Baby Skello” yet to come forward, calls on Vybz Kartel to apologise...

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) continues to address “religiously insensitive content” in separate songs by the artistes Vybz Kartel and “Baby Skello”, which have...

”Mashup Kingdom” by Guyanese artiste is theme song for Antigua’s 2024 Carnival

By: Sueann Wickham This week, the Guyana Standard brings to you the story of Guyanese singer Patrick Joseph, better known as "Pahjo," who is quickly...

Cosmetologist used nature’s finest herbs to cure what Doctors suspected to be cancer

Plants are a major source of many drugs. Penicillin for example, comes from mold and paracetamol from Coal Tar. Even many of the most...

The Carib Soca Monarch Controversy and New Music

The Mashramani season passed us a few weeks ago, culminating in a number of exuberant activities like the well-known Carib Soca Monarch Competition. But...

Seeing art as an escape from the real world, Roberto Teekah lives to...

“My art is my means of expression. It is where I release stored up tension and angst. It’s where I express what I’m thinking...

Akeem Adams: The Lindener who turned an encounter with the violin into a lifelong...

If you’ve ever wondered who is the young man that oftentimes play stunning renditions of music on his violin at the Amazonia Mall, Giftland...

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