Oluatoyin Alleyne

The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) is demanding that the Ministry of Education withdraw the letters of sanction it sent to Queen’s College (QC) teachers even as new information coming to light reveals that the QC Board was aware of the plight of murdered teenager Neesa Gopaul and had written several letters to the ministry about it.

– grandparents had sent children back over $$$ The team mandated by Minister       of Human Services, Priya Manickchand to investigate the handling of Neesa Gopaul’s case has recommended that two officers be fired and another demoted for their failure in adequately assisting the child who was brutally murdered after more than a year of abuse.

A 21-year-old pregnant woman stricken by bone cancer is in constant pain but she is unable to take any painkillers because of her unborn child and in the end she gives birth to a stillborn and she herself dies, her agonizing screams a heartrending sound that’s difficult to forget.

-OAS security expert A number of Caribbean countries which are favoured tourist destinations are now the centre of a growing sex tourism industry, an Organisation of American States security expert said yesterday, and he also  warned about concerns that the Free Movement of Skilled Nationals in Caricom could result in increased human trafficking.

-mother accused of endangerment Three young children have been hospitalized because of their malnourished conditions and severe rashes, just hours after they were reunited with their mother who temporarily lost custody when one of them was burnt on his face three months ago.

– worries about case being forgotten Eileen Elexey stared forlornly at the rolls of toilet paper she had in front of her and contemplated her next move because the $100 she had made in sales was not enough to send her daughter to school next day.

-were trailed by attackers One of the two men gunned down execution-style in Campbellville early last evening received a call on his cellular phone minutes before he was killed and relatives believe it was that which led to his death.

– hopes to help others gain strength to leave Sukree Boodram was just 15 years old when she met the person she considered to be the man of her dreams and she married him later, but the 21 years she spent with him were far from the paradise she dreamt of and in the end she was forced to run from a man whose abusive actions were fuelled by alcohol.

– tracks attacker to Trinidad Four years after she was brutally attacked with acid by the former reputed wife of her then boyfriend, Joann Lynch is still crying out for justice and she is accusing members of the Guyana Police Force of frustrating the process and “sending her round in circles” in her quest.

If ever there was a woman with a will to live and one that even when her strength is failing is willing to battle life and all that it throws at her it would be 65-year-old Irene Wright who refuses to let breast cancer, Parkinson’s disease and a swollen knee that has rendered her immobile keep her down.

-Trotman floats opposition election boycott Opposition parties yesterday continued to call on the administration to agree to an international investigation into the actions of the ‘phantom squad,’ saying it should be eager if it has nothing to hide.

– in face of growing condemnation Facing mounting public condemnation for making racially offensive comments about their former maid, John and Cynthia Singh yesterday apologised to the Amerindian community and the wider Guyanese society, saying that the remarks were made out of “frustration.”

John and Cynthia Singh, the couple now facing mounting public condemnation for racially offensive comments about their former maid, were investigated earlier this year after identical complaints were made by another woman of Amerindian ancestry, the Amerindian Affairs Ministry disclosed last evening.

I was excited about my trip as not only was I about to visit Baracara, a colourful community located in the Canje Creek, but I was also going to spend some quality time with my siblings, a rarity in recent times.

–officials say labour laws breached While denying charges that he kept his maid against her will, the businessman yesterday admitted that the asked her young woman to rub his leg and later paid her as the service was not part of her job description.

Twenty-five-year-old Michael Kellman is now getting a foot into the doorway, but he is bursting with confidence and is very serious when he says one day he would not only own his own company to market his products but would also have a school to teach young people “the world of arts.”

– rules breached; ammunition found in living quarters In excess of 20 commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) now face disciplinary action following the discovery of over 200 live and blank rounds of ammunition, helmets and a training grenade in their living quarters at various army bases across the country.

Minister of Human Services & Social Security Priya Manickchand has said that while alcohol plays a role in domestic violence it must not be seen as an excuse to perpetrate violence.

Following the convictions of two Guyanese, including a former parliamentarian, for planning to blow up the JFK International Airport, AFC Leader Raphael Trotman says there will be increased western scrutiny of Guyana.

-calls for licence review Alcohol abuse is the root cause of many of the domestic violence cases before Berbice Magistrate Tejnarine Ramroop and the magistrate is calling for the liquor licence to be adhered to as there are too many rum shops in the country.