Oluatoyin Alleyne

Acting Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud today vigorously defended the promotion of the two police officers who tortured a teen boy, saying the ranks were exonerated and that “life must go on.”

  She would not say why and preferred to bend her head shyly when pressed, but at the tender age of 14, for some reason, Jane (not her real name), decided to leave her parents’ home and start a common-law relationship with a man.

Traffic accidents continue to place a huge burden in the country’s health budget.

Sitting in class one day, six-year-old Leroy Phillips suddenly realised that he could not see and as his child’s mind battled to understand this tragic turn of events, his teacher on account of him not participating in class sent him home.

A little boy dashes down the street. He is stark naked.

The image of the grief-stricken Kojo McPherson Sr as he mourned the sudden and tragic death of his 13-year-old son is one that many cannot erase from their minds.

The acquisition of a high-tech camera is what propelled Kester Clarke into bird and wildlife photography as a hobby, and he now describes it as giving him the thrill a hunter gets except that a hunter is armed with a gun and he is armed with a camera.

While she is still basking in the glory of being named one of the ten finalists in the recently held Miss World pageant, Miss Guyana Rafieya Husain has no intention of losing her grip on fighting domestic violence and with the Miss World Caribbean crown on her head she is taking the fight regional.

The Christmas season for 22-year-old Nazalena Natasha Houston is going to be a haunting experience as she remembers her two young children who were brutally hacked to death by the man they called ‘Daddy’ and who should have loved and protected them.

Despite the Office of the President’s advice to boycott, many persons yesterday turned up at the International Conven-tion Centre to participate in what has been dubbed a civil society summit, even though its organizer admitted that the statement issued late on Tuesday had an effect on the event.

There is a group of workers who toil in the shadows and whose efforts are most times not appreciated.

Sometimes life throws things at you that would overwhelm even the most resolute of people, but for a 44-year-old mother of two battling with a sick husband and a salary which cannot purchase food for the family for a month, there is nothing too big that you cannot overcome, once there is life.

Three years ago Minette (not her real name) was among four teenagers who were rescued from the Oko Backdam, Region 7, where they were being trafficked by Candacy Anderson and her husband.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall plans to appeal a recent ruling by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang that concluded that the paper committals process under the Sexual Offences Act is inconsistent with the constitution because it does not allow accused persons to cross-examine witnesses at the preliminary inquiry stage.

With the aim of creating more opportunities for its members the Guyana Women Miners Organisation helped arrange for a small group to travel to the US to be part of the annual 18th Americas Food & Beverage Show and conference.

Hours after President Donald Ramotar issued the proclamation to prorogue the Parliament, the opposition parties declared that democracy was under threat and warned of the country sliding into a state of dictatorship.

  The future of the National Public Health Institute, widely known as the “reference lab,” is uncertain with the imminent end of funding from the US-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to Director Dr Nadira Ramcharran.

Thirty-two-year-old Tiffany Jackson is a fighter, and has used the most traumatic experience of her life as a catalyst to assist in her work of helping victims of domestic violence.

Just over a week after she was brutally raped by a man known to her, a 21-year-old mother of one is hoping that the police would conduct a speedy and thorough investigation and place the perpetrator before the courts.

At the ripe old age of 90, Blanche Duke is more alert than many much younger and as a former teacher, ever concerned about the present generation, but says the burden is on teachers to take their responsibility of moulding young minds seriously.