Putting foreigners in top posts would lower morale of local cops, Felix says
Should the government decide to have foreign nationals fill senior positions in the Guyana Police Force it would indicate a lack of confidence and contribute to the low morale of police officers, former police commissioner Winston Felix said, adding that the force suffered tremendously when the UK-backed reform project was scrapped. Felix, during an interview [...]
Government not told police were going after Roger Khan in 2006
The government was unaware that the Guyana Police Force had planned to go after convicted drug trafficker Roger Khan and his cohorts back in 2006 and was only told of the operation after it started, according to former commissioner of police Winston Felix who said he did not “want to fight the devil’s case in [...]
Youth rises above rape, HIV+ status to become rights advocate
Weathering a slew of bad experiences, 24-year-old Korey Anthony Chisholm has been able to take the negatives in his life and turn them into positives, displaying resilience beyond his years. Korey is no ordinary young man. In fact, if he had allowed what life has thrown at him to get the better of him he [...]
Stranded NY Guyanese finally take off
Guyanese passengers stranded by Caribbean Airlines at JFK International Airport for days, finally got on a plane last evening but only after blocking a departure gate for a flight where mostly Trinidadians were heading to Port-of-Spain. The protest by the over 200 Guyanese passengers had an impact as CAL later announced that 190 of them [...]
‘Quit wasting time and focusing on quick money’- Prof Joycelynne Loncke urges black youth
Young African Guyanese need to become more gainfully involved in activities that would see them creating positive pathways for themselves and their generation, according to well-known lecturer of the University of Guyana, Professor Joycelynne Loncke, who also strongly feels that there should be reparation for the hundreds of years of slavery. The professor called on [...]
Bandits cornered after robbing Malcolm Panday of millions
Three bandits this morning attacked and robbed the family of businessman Malcolm Panday at their Bel Air Gardens home but they were later nabbed in the compound of
Powerhouse Jackie Hanover aims for the stars
When Jackie Hanover picks up a microphone and begins to sing she has the ability to give you goose bumps, as her powerful voice resonates with emotion. Yes, she is that good. Jackie can bring the house down with her voice and should have producers begging to record her. It just seems wrong that she [...]
Sickle cell: A misunderstood disease
When Janice Gray’s son was three years old he complained about a pain in one of his legs, but she dismissed it as probably the result of having hit the leg and when the pain had gone by the next morning she forgot all about it. Little did she know that her son Isaiah Griffith
After more than 40 years of abuse ‘Mary’ has finally started to live
Forty-eight-year-old Mary (not her real name) has had a pain-filled existence for most of her life, as a result of abuse in all forms that started from her childhood days. But she has finally managed to break the shackles and in her own words has now “started to really live”. Twenty-six years of being cuffed [...]
A Camp St beggar’s life
Every morning, Kammerool Azeez, 71, gets up and treks down to Camp Street, between Robb Street and North Road, where she begs every passerby for help. “A begging you for a help,” she says to all passers-by. “I gaffa do this because I can’t work and me ent get nobody to help me. All me [...]
‘Ugly features’ like crime, corruption must be defeated – Chand
“Ugly features” of Guyanese society like corruption and crime restrain economic growth, President of the Guyana Agricultural & General Workers Union, (GAWU) Komal Chand said yesterday even as he lamented the troubles faced by sections of the labour force and trade unions last year. While praising the work done by the administration since 1993, Chand [...]
Single mother struggles to provide for children
For forty-seven-year-old Mortlyn Benjamin it is certainly a ‘hard knock life’ and while she may have given up hope of ever finding betterment for herself, she has a burning desire for her children to experience what it is “to live a better life than this.” Benjamin is a single mother of eight children, six of [...]
Woman on crusade to prevent wilful HIV infection
A woman, who said she married a man who knew he was HIV positive but kept it a secret, wants to wage a one-woman war on persons who knowingly infect others with the virus. Patricia (not her real name) only separated from her husband of over six years seven weeks ago, even though she found [...]
After 15 years, home for veterans nears completion
Fifteen years after an ex-captain of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) had an idea for a home to be built for former military men who had fallen on hard times in their twilight years, the Guyana Veterans Foundation Rest Home is finally nearing completion. When ex-captain Oscar Pollard – who has now migrated – had [...]
Girl born with malformed facial features needs two more operations
Twelve-year-old Malica Hercules has borne more on her tiny shoulders than many persons do in their entire lifetime, but has kept smiling and maintains the will to live. Malica is no stranger to the press as she has been featured since she was a baby. “I would like to be a doctor when I grow [...]