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• Shonnet Moore: from beauty queen to PR executive

  By Oluatoyin Alleyne | Saturday, January 3, 2009 | 4 Comments

  
  

  

  Shonnet Moore has come a long way from the bright-eyed schoolgirl who was crowned Miss Guyana Talented Teen at age 18.
  Shonnet Moore
  Today the 22-year-old local beauty has made her mark in the local media and …

• Cdn$40M cocaine bust

  By Zoisa Fraser and Oluatoyin Alleyne | Thursday, December 25, 2008 | 51 Comments

  
  

  Cops seeking local suspect
  A local suspect has been identified by the Guyana police in connection with the Cdn$40 million drug bust that was made in Ontario, Canada earlier this month, according to acting Commissioner …

• From down and out involuntary re-migrant to law degree…

  By Oluatoyin Alleyne | Tuesday, December 9, 2008 | 55 Comments

  
  

  

  ‘Narcotics violation’ deportee now heads
  reintegration agency
  Donna Snagg committed a “narcotics violation” in the United States, the country she had called home for 20 years, and was deported back to Guyana where she had to …

• Bynoe: ‘I used the wrong approach’

  By Oluatoyin Alleyne | Wednesday, December 3, 2008 | 130 Comments

  
  

  

  `I, Phillip Bynoe, was guilty of trying to solve Guyana’s problems through antagonistic approaches and that was wrong’
  Pardoned treason accused Phillip Bynoe yesterday admitted that he used the “wrong approach” in attempting to solve the …

• Donna Ramsammy-James:

  By Oluatoyin Alleyne | Saturday, November 22, 2008 | 5 Comments

  
  

  

  one of a kind
  There are many adjectives that can be used to describe Donna Ramsammy-James, but accomplished just about covers it, when one considers the wealth of experience and variety she has brought to the …

• Hope still alive

  By Oluatoyin Alleyne | Wednesday, November 19, 2008 | 32 Comments

  
  

  

  American, Canadian companies continue search for missing aircraft
  Hope is still alive for the rescue of the three men on board the US chartered aircraft that went missing more than two weeks ago, as the two …

• Corking the bottle?

  By Oluatoyin Alleyne | Monday, November 17, 2008 | 74 Comments

  
  

  

  Guyana’s alcohol problem persists
  Manickchand: Producers have to get on board
  The stories may have different characters but the plots remain the same: a man, a woman or a child is the victim of a senseless act …

• Two cars used in vendor slaying

  By Oluatoyin Alleyne | Monday, November 10, 2008 | 82 Comments

  
  

  

  Men in two vehicles were involved in the murder of clothes vendor Raphael Piggott on Saturday in Cummings Lodge, another execution-style case.
  The pregnant reputed wife of Piggott, who was in the vehicle at the time, …

• Plane search to intensify on the ground

  By Oluatoyin Alleyne | Wednesday, November 5, 2008 | 8 Comments

  
  

  Following three days of aerial searches without luck in locating the US-registered plane that went missing over the Cuyuni area, Minister of Public Works & Communication Robeson Benn last evening announced that the search for …

• Torture allegation

  By Oluatoyin Alleyne | Sunday, November 2, 2008 | 18 Comments

  
  

  Soldier says ‘betrayed’ by roughing-up claim
  One of the soldiers who said he was pepper–sprayed and whipped with metal pipes by officers attached to the Military Criminal Investi-gation Department (MCID) now feels “betrayed by the government …

• Teenager wins Guyana Sari crown, car

  By Oluatoyin Alleyne | Saturday, November 1, 2008 | 20 Comments

  
  

  

  Seventeen-year-old Devi Ramcharitar sat behind the wheel of the car she won as the Miss Guyana Sari queen and pinched herself to ensure she was not dreaming.
  The Scene caught up with the teenager almost a …

• Badly beaten woman says can’t remember what happened to her

  By Oluatoyin Alleyne | Thursday, October 30, 2008 | 83 Comments

  
  

  

  Manickchand: Police should not have released suspect
  One week after she was said to have been battered by a man close to her to the point that a tooth was knocked out and her skull fractured, …

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