Oluatoyin Alleyne

“From since I was a little girl, I always know myself to be depressed.

One day after he was given the all clear to leave isolation following his negative Covid-19 result, businessman Sean Ramrattan opted to donate his plasma to help “persons in worst case scenarios.

“This will force me to close down. I can’t continue. I will have to move and open somewhere else where I don’t have to pay rent because right now to be honest, I can’t afford to pay the rent,” said a single mother who operates a hairdressing salon.

“This thing really bothering me because dem children just deh home whole day and I not there to see what dem doing.

Baldeo Singh and Anish Bhagwandeen are soldiers and they are actively involved in fighting a war for Guyana.

When Nurse Shelly Hinds now enters a minibus in her uniform, other commuters immediately shift to the other side of the seat.

Women’s rights activist Danuta Radzik has called on the government to heed the very recent calls of Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres to increase funding for non-government organisations (NGOs) so they can continue to offer their specialized services and expertise in sexual and gender-based violence especially in light of the COVID-19 lockdowns that are occurring worldwide.

Ornetta Waldron has always loved plants but it is only in recent years that she started a very intimate relationship with them that has now moved from providing a therapeutic outlet for her into a business.

“It is not that I am not taking this thing seriously but what people want me to do?

The recruitment process of the Spotlight Initiative has been put on hold, according to Sylvie Fouet, UNICEF’s Representative here, even as several organisations have expressed concern about aspects of the project such as restorative justice in domestic violence as they believe such settings in Guyana will put the safety and well-being of survivors at risk.

The Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) has taken the necessary precautions to ensure that its staff and members of the public are protected from COVID-19, its Director Ann Greene has said, but it is also cognisant of the fact that services provided by the agency are critical and it continues to operate as per normal.

With COVID-19 wreaking havoc worldwide and many countries imposing mandatory lockdowns and encouraging self-isolation, mental health is increasingly becoming a problem.

When Celestine Butters started working at the Guyana Marketing Cooperation (GMC) at the age of 20 she felt it was just a stepping stone to bigger and better things, but 43 years later she is still in the corporation’s employ and continues to enjoy the work she does.

“My workplace ain’t give us anything. They just telling we to wash we hand and be careful but nothing to wash we hand with.

Imagine painstakingly planting your yard with fruit trees and celebrating the reward of seeing them bear but just before the fruits ripen, they are stripped from their branches and thrown to the ground.

“Me, I just want to get more money to support me children, that is all.

The High Court will hear arguments on a suit seeking full verification of the vote for Region Four at last Monday’s general and regional elections at 3pm tomorrow after acting Chief Justice (CJ) Roxane George-Wiltshire ruled yesterday that the court has jurisdiction to hear the matter.

A bank robbery redirected Dianne Henry’s career path from the banking sector to teaching and 22 years later she is grateful to her mother for taking the bull by the horns in ensuring that she re-entered the classroom.

“I can still feel like if my body is rocking. I am still feeling the effects of the music.

As she spoke, I saw the hurt in the face of the pretty young woman sitting across from me, although she initially said she had gotten over what had happened.