Oluatoyin Alleyne

The government was unaware that the Guyana Police Force had planned to go after convicted drug trafficker Roger Khan and his cohorts back in 2006 and was only told of the operation after it started, according to former commissioner of police Winston Felix who said he did not “want to fight the devil’s case in hell.

Weathering a slew of bad experiences, 24-year-old Korey Anthony Chisholm has been able to take the negatives in his life and turn them into positives, displaying resilience beyond his years.

Guyanese passengers stranded by Caribbean Airlines at JFK International Airport for days, finally got on a plane last evening but only after blocking a departure gate for a flight where mostly Trinidadians were heading to Port-of-Spain.

Young African Guyanese need to become more gainfully involved in activities that would see them creating positive pathways for themselves and their generation, according to well-known lecturer of the University of Guyana, Professor Joycelynne Loncke, who also strongly feels that there should be reparation for the hundreds of years of slavery.

Three bandits this morning attacked and robbed the family of businessman Malcolm Panday at their Bel Air Gardens home but they were later nabbed in the compound of

When Jackie Hanover picks up a microphone and begins to sing she has the ability to give you goose bumps, as her powerful voice resonates with emotion.

When Janice Gray’s son was three years old he complained about a pain in one of his legs, but she dismissed it as probably the result of having hit the leg and when the pain had gone by the next morning she forgot all about it.

Forty-eight-year-old Mary (not her real name) has had a pain-filled existence for most of her life, as a result of abuse in all forms that started from her childhood days.

Every morning, Kammerool Azeez, 71, gets up and treks down to Camp Street, between Robb Street and North Road, where she begs every passerby for help.

“Ugly features” of Guyanese society like corruption and crime restrain economic growth, President of the Guyana Agricultural & General Workers Union, (GAWU) Komal Chand said yesterday even as he lamented the troubles faced by sections of the labour force and trade unions last year.

For forty-seven-year-old Mortlyn Benjamin it is certainly a ‘hard knock life’ and while she may have given up hope of ever finding betterment for herself, she has a burning desire for her children to experience what it is “to live a better life than this.”

A woman, who said she married a man who knew he was HIV positive but kept it a secret, wants to wage a one-woman war on persons who knowingly infect others with the virus.

Fifteen years after an ex-captain of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) had an idea for a home to be built for former military men who had fallen on hard times in their twilight years, the Guyana Veterans Foundation Rest Home is finally nearing completion.

Twelve-year-old Malica Hercules has borne more on her tiny shoulders than many persons do in their entire lifetime, but has kept smiling and maintains the will to live.

The container busted in Jamaica last week with $700M in cocaine was switched to the MV Vega Azurit after being originally booked to leave these shores on another ship, according to Commissioner of Forests, James Singh.

At 40, Zabita (only name given) craves a new beginning in life though it seems that the odds are against her.

Thirty-six-year-old Rajan Tiwari sees himself as the guy who had raw talent slapped all over him then was told to make the best use it.

More than 35 years ago, persons with leprosy were sent to what was known as the Mahaica Leprosarium where they remained until they were either declared cured or died.

With mounting complaints about the condition of the East La Penitence lock-ups, where female detainees are forced to sleep on the concrete floor and endure the stench of filthy toilets, women’s rights groups and the local human rights body are urging the relevant authority to rectify the situation.

Jumo ‘Rubber Waist’ Primo is a performer who knows what his audience needs and he always strives to give it them because for him even one unsatisfied fan means that he is not good enough.