Oluatoyin Alleyne

APNU MP Dr Rupert Roopnaraine says he finds it “extremely disappointing” that 16 months after a deal was signed between the government and Region 10 following five weeks of unrest on electricity tariffs, none of the three committees established has  yielded any results.

A 14-year-old girl was so anxious to meet the father she had never known, that even though it involved heading to an unknown interior location she convinced her mother to go with her so she could spend the Christmas holiday with him.

Natalie Caseley felt proud when the doctor who gave her four-year-old, who was still alert after two doses of anaesthesia, commented that the child was being fed well and was a strong boy.

In a historic move last year the first ever Guyana Police Force Women’s Association was formed with a view to empowering the female ranks and providing another avenue for them to seek help if they need it.

Human rights activist Karen de Souza yesterday called the holding of three girls who were sentenced to the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) at the Albion Police Station for 24 days “criminal” and declared that the police, the magistracy, the Child Care & Protection Agency (CC&PA) and the Ministry of Human Services all stand indicted over their treatment.

At 28 years of age, Mary (not her real name), thought she had finally gotten her life on track when she managed to purchase an excavator on hire purchase to enable her to start up her gold-mining business.

The suspect in the murders of a Moblissa mom and her son was arrested yesterday, even as it was revealed that hours before the killings, he had threatened that he would kill her after she reported to police that he had attacked a relative.

Fifty years after the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) came into existence it is a far cry from the vibrant force that once represented workers and played a pivotal role in decision-making in the country.

At eighty-one Claudia Linguist is a pillar of strength as not only does she live on her own and do everything for herself, but she has been a breast cancer survivor for 29 years and is always ready to lend a helping hand.

At ten years old little Sasha Davi Bharrat’s only wish is to “get an education,” but she is prevented from doing so because she suffers from a rare condition that speeds her skin cell turnover, causing the top layer to shed six times faster than in a normal person.

After 46 years in the aviation industry, George Alleyne, now 72, says if he had to do it all over again he would do the same thing with no hesitation.

A 21-year-old trafficking in persons complainant has been removed from her home, putting the case against the accused at risk, and the young woman’s grandmother is afraid that she and her 17-month-old daughter could come to harm.

The 15-year-old girl, who was rescued from an interior location earlier this year where she was being forced to work as a sex worker, is yet to be assisted by the state agency and while she accused officials of being unhelpful she in turn has been accused of having a bad attitude.

After six years of “running back and forth”, 38-year-old Raja Singh says he is anxiously awaiting a call from the Ministry of Education that would inform him when he can collect the $130,000 owed to him for the weeding he has done at three Georgetown schools since December 2007.

“Look, I move from pillar to post in this life,” the words of a teenager who only recently celebrated her 15th birthday, but who in her relatively short time on this earth has had horrible and traumatic life experiences.

In December 2001 Vincent Griffith then 12 years old was shot in his left leg by police as he hid in a wardrobe in what was said to have been an abandoned house in New Amsterdam.

After years of practising lab science the former country lab director Yvette Irving has opened her own laboratory as she sees the needs for lab results in Guyana to be on par with those in other countries.

Maybe it was the ‘rebel’ inside of young Williette Alleyne who wanted complete freedom to choose a career path, but she would prefer to tell you that she was inspired by a speech by the late President Forbes Burnham to move into the aviation field.

The family of Christine Dutchin, the young mother who recently died weeks after delivering a dead full-term foetus via C-section, is accusing the Georgetown Public Hospital of not giving her proper care and contributing to the deterioration of her health after she opted for discharge.

The fact that St Cuthbert’s (Pakuri) is just a few hours’ drive from the capital may be responsible for the village losing some of its cultural identity and heritage, but there are still those who are striving to ensure that that next generation knows what it means to be an Arawak Amerindian.