While the Inner-Wheel Club of Georgetown may be well known for its annual Easter hat show in the Promenade Gardens, over the years it has also been involved in several charitable ventures which have seen assistance being given to those who would have lost their homes, the elderly, children and even to persons who had difficulty furthering their studies.
Recently returned from South Africa, where she represented Guyana on the world stage, the reigning Miss Guyana World Imarah Radix is continuing her charity work and hopes to make an impact in the lives of disadvantaged children in Tiger Bay and Buxton.
The Guyana Police Force presided over a reduction in serious crimes last year compared to 2008, according to Commissioner of Police Henry Greene who said his force has taken an all-out fight to crime, including drugs, although some officers continue to neglect their duties.
-study cites poor salaries, conditions Money is a major pull factor for nurses to migrate but a poor working environment also plays a significant role in the country’s nurses leaving, a recent study on nursing migration in Guyana found and a plan is to be devised to staunch this flow.
Sonia Noel is the kind of woman for whom it seems there is never a dull moment.
…following bombing attempt by Nigerian Following the Christmas Day attempt by a Nigerian to blow up an aircraft over Detroit, passengers travelling to the US will be subjected to a “one hundred percent” check before they board even after they would have passed the security scanners at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, according to Caribbean Airlines Area Manager, Carlton Defour.
When Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Private Melika Scotland recently became the first local female paratrooper, it was bittersweet news for retired Staff Sergeant Beverley Somerset, who had been repeatedly denied from participating in the course almost three decades ago.
Nineteen-year-old Ronella Woseley could simply be described as an artistic individual who is extremely talented in the different forms of art.
…sentenced in New York to time served Ex-soldier David Clarke who was set to be a key witness against Roger Khan is now a free man in the United States.
– wants to reunite with her eight children Fifty-one-year-old Gale Daniels is as the saying says, ‘trying to keep her head above water’ with her only silver lining being the hope of being reunited with her eight children.
By Oluatoyin Alleyne Guyana is being represented at this year’s Miss World Pageant in South Africa by a 24-year-old, multi-talented young woman who sees herself as level-headed, is confident and is of the opinion that her strongest points in the contest are her talent and her charity work.
-murders down Though elated that murders are down, the police say there is a serious threat that more guns and cocaine may be smuggled into Guyana with the recent opening of the Takutu Bridge that links with Brazil.
Over 30 years ago a mother made a painful decision and left her nine children in a one-room shack in Kitty in search of a better life in the US.
US Federal Judge Dora Irizarry yesterday afternoon said that while no sentence imposed on confessed drug trafficker Shaheed Roger Khan would make right whatever atrocities he had committed, the fact that he would serve time in a US prison meant that justice has been served.
– puts off retiring as ‘big break’ looms Many years ago as a young man he was a dancer with the Guyana Police Force, and today Guyanese Dheeraj Gayaram is trying to create history by becoming the first West Indian to have a Broadway show.
Seventeen-year-old Jenelle Babb was crowned Miss Guyana Talented Teen last Saturday night and she describes the win as a “stepping stone to bigger and better things.”
By Oluatoyin Alleyne Just under two months ago 26-year-old Jory Douglas might have been one of the least known local artistes but his recent social commentary about him being robbed by a promoter has not only propelled him into the limelight but is also the cause for quite a buzz in the music industry as it also fuels the biggest local controversy in the business to date.
As Victorine Ifill surveyed the ruins that she called home only a few days ago, she vowed not to give up.
-residents have been hit by water pollution Police have arrested two men in connection with the recent shooting on the Barama River that left a miner dead and another injured and sources yesterday said that the incident may have stemmed from more than a conflict between residents in the area and those operating a dredge.
The decomposed body of a man with bullet wounds, believed to be the one the police were pursuing last Wednesday, was yesterday morning found by two brothers in a trench that borders North Ruimveldt and Lamaha Park.
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