Oluatoyin Alleyne

A gunman pumped four bullets into a Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara man last evening, blowing his brains out as he sat alone at his business place.

Evidence used in foreign courts to convict Guyanese of offences such as drug trafficking could and has been used in local courts to move against their assets under the anti-money laundering law, Attorney-General Charles Ramson has said.

A 19-year-old man died over the weekend reportedly as a result of drowning in a mined out pool not far from a mining concession in Arimu Top, Cuyuni where he had gone to take a bath after consuming alcohol.

Residents of De Veldt and Gateroy in the Berbice River are questioning the police force’s authority to seize the assets of individuals, when they were not caught in any illegal activities or charged with crimes.

The Brickdam lock-ups were yesterday re-opened after a $14.4M facelift to make it more habitable for detainees, whose experiences led to calls for it to be closed.

Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir has announced that he is considering changing the legislation to facilitate children from the age of 13 working in some jobs as the laws currently state that children must be 15 or older to be employed.

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.