Oluatoyin Alleyne

-signs point to murder The body found at the back of the Cheddi Jagan Inter-national Airport, Timehri, on Tuesday has been identified as that of a missing Campbellville man, who, according to relatives, was brutally murdered.

Clifton Wong was a father with a difference who never waited to be treated on Father’s Day.

– bought knives on Saturday The Vreed-en-Hoop man, who slashed his former reputed wife to death on Tuesday before turning the knife on himself and ingesting a poisonous substance, died early yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and reports are that he carefully planned the event.

-spurned lover critical after taking poison A 26-year-old woman was slashed to death yesterday allegedly by the man she once shared a common-law relationship with and who is now in a critical condition after stabbing himself and drinking poison.

There are some people who just ooze style and class and designer Patricia Coates is one.

-attendant in custody, watchman disappears The $119 million contract for the installation of two new pumps at Canal No.

– song up for CSI Miami theme Just as she said she would, not so many years ago, Guyanese singer Timeka Marshall is working hard at her career and she could gain international recognition shortly if her song is selected as the theme for next season’s CSI Miami.

Thirty-nine -year-old Redwin Europe was stabbed to death on Saturday evening by a man with whom he had an argument over $500 at the Wales Community Centre.

-Car ran into parked trailer A Linden trip ended tragically early yesterday morning when a car transporting six persons slammed into a parked motor lorry on the Linden Highway killing four of its occupants.

…federation can’t ‘wait indefinitely’ President of FITUG, Carvil Duncan yesterday preached a different kind of trade union unity, urging workers who fall under the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) to join FITUG now, as there might come a time when this was no longer possible since the federation would not “wait indefinitely”.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) will have to find a way to deal with genuine cases that fall outside its legal framework where persons are unable to receive benefits because of the rigorous procedures the NIS must follow.

-duo held after witnesses come forward The body of Leroy Bobb was dumped on the Turkeyen Public Road, on the East Coast of Demerara by minibus operators after they ran him over in the city on Saturday.

-Gunman fled on motor bike Judicial Manager of CLICO (Guyana), Maria van Beek, was wounded early yesterday morning on Lombard Street by a lone gunman in what police later described as an attempt on her life.

By the end of this year the correlation between alcohol and injuries and alcohol and gender in Guyana will be known as research is to be conducted through the PAHO/WHO-funded Valencia project.

– staff in limbo There has been a complete news blackout on the progress of the investigation into the recent fraud at the Pensions Department of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) and the employees that were sent home are not sure what the future holds.

-bloody trail points to deadly struggle with killer Her bloodied handprints on the floor, walls and even the door provided evidence of Pamela Mangru’s grim struggle to live; to escape her knife-wielding reputed husband on Wednesday evening.

– programme set for July launch Leroy (not his real name) knew only the streets.

Gunfire erupted on Main Street early yesterday morning when two men in a heated argument drew their weapons and shot at each other resulting in three persons suffering wounds.

Because Darrell Pugsley works behind the scenes he is not that well known outside the industry, and from looking at him one would never guess that he is a master at arranging and mixing music and does this for some of the best local artistes.

–acting on it would have put them at risk President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that the unflattering information he had about retired army major, David Clarke, came from Buxtonians which prevented him from ordering the officer court-martialled as he wanted to protect the informants given the volatile situation in the community.