Oluatoyin Alleyne

A single mother is accusing officers of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) of being involved in a scheme to take away her 10-year-old daughter and put her in the care of her paternal grandmother by alleging the child was pregnant; she is calling for action to be taken against the officers.

They all did it for various reasons but the women in the Guyana Fire Service over the years came together in their agendas: to serve people and to provide support where needed.

An 18-year-old mother of one is desperately trying to have her young son returned to her care, almost a year after he was taken to the United States following an adoption process which she now claims was flawed and skewed in the favour of the adopted parents.

Amidst controversy, the Ogle International Airport was last evening renamed the Eugene F Correia International Airport and Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson revealed that the concerns raised by those opposed to the renaming are among issues to be addressed by a review of the airport’s operations being undertaken by an independent legal firm.

As the acting principal of the Government Technical Institute (GTI) Renita Crandon-Duncan faces two major challenges: she is young and she is a woman.

The conduct of some members of the National Assembly was on Wednesday called into question by Speaker Barton Scotland even as opposition MP Juan Edghill was sent to the Privileges Committee for a statement he made last year and Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman and Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira called for each other to be sent to the said committee.

Kishaunna King was a high-school dropout with no sense of direction.

– mom was shot dead years ago in DV incident Diagnosed with bone cancer several months ago which later resulted in her left arm being amputated, 13-year-old Shakiva Clements has faced more hardship than many adults yet she has learned to be grateful for each day and says she would not give up on life.

Photos by Keno George   President David Granger yesterday vowed that Guyana’s National Awards would once again be conferred every year as part of the country’s obligation to deserving citizens.

Regional Executive Offi-cer (REO) of Region Six Dr Veerasammy Ramayya continues to defend his appointment, saying he is no “party hack” and will work for the betterment of the people of Berbice.

Thirty-nine-year-old Mmiettenna Knights can remember the day as if it were yesterday, when she received the shocking news that her reputed husband, a miner had been killed in the backdam in Region Seven; and she still has several questions as to what really transpired on May 8.

Guyana’s children continue to be engaged in child labour in agriculture and in the worst forms of child labour in commercial sexual exploitation, according to the United States Department of Labour (DOL), which also said there is no comprehensive policy to combat child labour since the existing social programmes do not fully address the problem.

The government has not been transparent enough in all of its actions in its first 100 days in office, including in the appointment of ministers, which was “untidy,” Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) President Calvin Bernard says.

Thirty-two year-old Marsha Archer’s only dream is to complete her studies to become a lawyer, but while she has no difficulties with the academic requirements her struggle is to pay for those studies.

A mother died on Saturday night at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corpora-tion (GPHC) almost two weeks after she had given birth to a baby girl.

As a mother and wife it became excruciating for Naomi (not her real name) to watch her husband turn to alcohol for solace while neglecting the people he loved.

While the opposition PPP/C has continued to accuse the government of sowing ethnic division, President David Granger yesterday committed his government to dismantling “the artificial walls of distrust and division” that continue to keep the country’s people divided.

An investigation has been launched into the death of a patient at the National Psychiatric Hospital at New Amsterdam, according to Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton, who yesterday once again decried the scandalous condition of the facility and announced a plan to rectify the situation.

Government will be moving to mount a comprehensive response to human trafficking through more prosecutions and improved assistance for victims, according to Junior Social Protection Minister Simona Broomes.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) has indicated that it could be ready to hold the long-awaited local government elections by December, according to Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan.