Oluatoyin Alleyne

By supporting Raphael Trotman for the Speakership of the National Assembly A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is first out of the blocks in demonstrating that it is prepared to give and yield in the new dispensation in parliament, new Deputy Speaker Deborah Backer has said.

Thirty-five-year-old Trevor Williams describes his involvement in politics “as most natural” since as long as he remembers he has been outspoken and always wanted to be a part of whatever was happening around him.

New Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has said that she has heard enough grumbling about the ‘No child left behind’ policy to persuade her that there should be a countrywide consultation about the policy and whether it should remain in the school system.

Annette Ferguson APNU Providing a voice for the voiceless is the motivation behind Annette Ferguson’s huge step into the world of politics and as a new parliamentarian she hopes that she would be speaking for the many who are unable do so for themselves.

Dr Vindhya Persaud PPP/C Politics is not new to Vindhya Persaud since she grew up in politics, and as a result when she campaigned for the PPP/C in the run-up to the last elections it felt like the natural route for her life to take.

Amid criticism new Minister of Education Priya Manickchand is sticking to her guns in implementing the four-month long pilot project in 36 secondary schools throughout the country to reverse dismal performances in Mathematics and English at CXC.

New Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has said that she has heard enough grumbling about the ‘No child left behind’ policy to persuade her that there should be a countrywide consultation about the policy and whether it should remain in the school system.

Presidential Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira has described the death of an East Coast Demerara woman following a botched abortion, as unfortunate, pointing out that a lot had been done since the passing of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act in 1995.

Frequent visits to the cinema where he watched his favourite ‘cowboy’ films from the pit with his friends and sometimes his grandparents is what drove Mahadeo Shivraj in the direction of acting.

Rajmatti ‘Sita’ Ramjattan is a woman who has supported her husband’s political endeavours for the entire twenty-two-years of their marriage, and it is something she has not regretted.

Service, currency, quality and affordable prices are the ingredients which have kept one of Guyana’s oldest and largest businesses going 60 years after it came into existence, according to its Executive Chairman Sattaur Gafoor.

When she married David Granger, Sandra Chan-A-Sue knew she was going to be a military wife which meant her husband would be away from home a lot of the time.

For the last 15 years Christmas Day has found 49-year-old Jennifer Gulliver pounding the streets of Georgetown selling newspapers.

Following last month’s national and regional elections which saw the PPP/Civic returned to government, but without a majority, the opportunity is now ripe for the combined opposition to make the University of Guyana (UG) into an institution which produces leaders and which functions on a par with universities in the region and further afield.

This is the first in a series introducing some of the new faces in Parliament to readers.

The newly crowned Miss Guyana India, Alana Seebarran, hopes that her recent title win will provide a gateway into the world of Bollywood films as she dreams of one day being an actress in that genre.

Being the wife of the seventh executive President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana is something which has not yet quite sunk in for Deolatchmee Ramotar, and if she has her way she would be called Mrs Ramotar instead of First Lady Ramotar.

Listening to Andrew Tyndall on the steel pan you would be under the mistaken impression that he had to be introduced to pan music as a toddler.

Former Commissioner of Police Winston Felix, who recently came out in support of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), has said that his move was influenced by his genuine desire to see Guyanese unified and his respect for the party’s presidential candidate, retired Brigadier David Granger.

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.