Staff Editor

On Sunday, November 21, 2010, the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security is to host a four-hour television event to mark International Day against Violence against Women which will be observed on November 25, 2010.

President Bharrat Jagdeo this week made good on his commitment to create an endowment which would support a  video film making industry in Guyana, according to a release today from the University of Guyana’s Centre for Communication Studies.

There appears to be cracks in the Tillman Thomas administration in Grenada, following a cabinet reshuffle today.

UG lecturer Evan Radhay Persaud, who was the subject of a year-long probe of complaints by students against him was today reinstated from the next semester with a stern warning.

Four masked gunmen around 1:30 this afternoon invaded an Eccles, East Bank Demerara home and escaped with some $9 million after sticking up two maids.

Chief Executive Officer of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation, Ramesh Ghir, was recently accredited International Airport Professional (IAP) and Aviation Security Professional (Avsec PM) after having successfully completed the Aviation Management Professional Accreditation Program (AMPAP).

Christopher Willis graduated with a Doctorate in Civil Engineering from the University of New Brunswick (October 21, 2010).

Following a 10-day mission here, a team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects the growth of the Guyana economy to continue on a steady path.

A man, who is serving life for the murder of a prominent member of the Guyanese community in Canada, may have his conviction overturned as a few strands of hair that could prove key his bid to overturn his first-degree murder conviction must be released for forensic testing, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled today, the Toronto National Post has reported.

The police force’s crime fighting ability may be on the way to improvement as bids have been invited from persons interesting in constructing its forensic lab.

GAWU sugar workers across estates went on strike today after wage talks broke down between the sugar corporation and the union.

(BBC)  The British Government’s migration advisers have recommended cutting the number of skilled workers allowed into the UK from outside the European Economic Area by up to a quarter.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) –  Opener Tharanga  Paranavitana missed out on a century as the first test between  Sri Lanka and West Indies was drawn today after rain washed  out the final session on the fifth day.

A group of Peoples Temple survivors announced plans today for a granite monument inscribed with the names of more than 900 people who died in the Jonestown tragedy 32 years ago in Guyana.

The sugar union GAWU today upped the pressure on the Guyana Sugar Corporation saying it should consider shutting its beleaguered Skeldon factory until repairs are done.

A couple of 49 Adelphi, East Canje was gun-butted and broadsided with a cutlass after two bandits broke into their home around 1:15 am today and carted off cash and jewellery totaling over $200,000.

HAVANA, (Reuters – Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro  said his frail health forced him to delegate his powers as head  of Cuba’s Communist Party, suggesting he may have resigned his  last leadership post.

The Delegation of the European Union to Guyana has awarded  a total of $100 million to five organizations through grant contracts which are being financed under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR).

Victor Bobb, one of two men apprehended after the attempted robbery at Chateau Margot on Tuesday morning that left a businessman and later an attacker dead, was moved from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) to the Sparendaam Police Station at noon.

A fire this morning destroyed a two-storey wooden house at 146 El Dorado Avenue, South Ruimveldt Gardens.