Iana Seales

Leaders of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) are meeting in Georgetown today to strengthen regional ties and push an ambitious integration agenda which currently prioritizes climate change, energy cooperation and political stability.

PNCR Executive Winston Murray died at the Georgetown Public Hospital last night after 11 days in a coma; his passing inflicting a severe blow to his family, the party and the country.

US doctors with expertise in neo-natal resuscitation and newborn intensive care are here conducting training courses across the country, and the first batch of local health professionals was drawn from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) The Ministry of Health invited the humanitarian arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to conduct the course under the theme, “Helping Babies Breathe (HBB).”

In the wake of a crippling seven-day strike called by GAWU, the Guyana Sugar Corporation said that it may cease all operations across the industry, delivering the latest blow in a dismal production year.

Upholding a previous ruling by a special committee set up to investigate claims against University of Guyana (UG) lecturer Evan Radhay Persaud, the University Council yesterday ruled that he will be back on the Turkeyen campus with a stern warning.

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Saying that he is not convinced maternal mortality is on the increase based on the numbers recorded in previous years, Director of Medical Services at the GPHC, Dr.

If every year we look to Guyana Fashion Weekend (GFW) for new trends, things could get really interesting.

Police have detained a Lodge resident who stabbed and killed another man during a heated argument over a pile of missing clothing on Wednesday night.

-refunds underway With refunds being paid out to over 3,000 Globe Trust depositors on register as small clients, many multiple account holders remain worried about recovering their money, including some who have found that there are no records of their savings.

Globe Trust depositors are trickling in for the cash refunds which the liquidators are currently paying out, but nowhere near the numbers expected.

“Positive music is not popular music,” says Adisa Jelani Andwele, UNDP Spokesper-son for Peace and Poverty Eradication and according to him, the Caribbean region has a deficit of artistes who are willing to use music positively.

– sets the stage for national conversation on minibus culture Ronald Hollingsworth’s Watch de Ride was produced over a decade ago yet its rebirth on stage at the National Cultural Centre last weekend betrayed no signs of a play long gone and out of touch.

-includes appeal following Dataram fiasco The National Assembly passed the Judicial Review Bill yesterday, saying that the legislation testifies to a system of transparency and accountability in the country.

…nearly decade after it closed The liquidators for Globe Trust and Investment Company Limited (GTICL) announced yesterday that the way has been cleared for depositors with less than $100,000 dollars to be refunded almost ten years after the institution came crashing down.

– as Unite campaign launched By Iana Seales in Barbados The Caribbean launch of the United Nation’s Secretary General’s Campaign ‘Unite to End Violence Against Women’ kicked off yesterday in Barbados amid concerns about government involvement in ending the scourge and the lack of outrage against the high levels of violence against women in the region.

– unlikely in 2011, prominent women say Presidential hopefuls for 2011 appear to be emerging in succession but there has been no talk of a woman candidate, in fact, there is no woman playing a key role in any of the major political parties.

– attacker, witness in custody Three days after he returned from the interior a Mahaica man was killed in a gruesome manner during a heated argument with a drinking buddy yesterday.

…but Bhim optimistic Chief Executive Officer of GuySuCo, Paul Bhim yesterday confirmed that the sugar industry is facing a heavy production deficit saying that it has slumped to “some low levels” this year, but he expect things to “pick up soon”.

This is the fourth and final article in a series of interviews with women who have been supported by the Ministry of Human Services.