Guyana News

ACDA condemns the use of rubber bullets by the Guyana Police Force to break up a peaceful protest on Tuesday, calling it the latest in a series of assaults on citizens’ fundamental rights.

In what they described as a special statement, Heads of State of Caricom and Cuba today condemned the application of a US law which prevented the Hilton Hotel in Trinidad from hosting a conference at which Cuban President Raul Castro was to be present.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $55M grant to Haiti to help upgrade key highways and pave streets.

Almost five months after Wakenaam resident Jasoda Lloyd succumbed following a stillbirth delivery, the investigation into the circumstances leading to her death is still ongoing.

Motorcyclist Orlando Williams, 25, who was injured after colliding with a bicycle on Thursday evening on the Agricola Public Road, succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital early yesterday.

Allan Philadelphia, the robbery accused who allegedly bit the rings from a woman’s fingers, was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court.

A fisherman yesterday appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge of break and enter and larceny.

Suriname will host the 11th staging of the Caribbean Festival of Creative Arts (Carifesta) come 2013.

The feminist movement heydays were long over before I even knew I needed to stand up for my own rights.

The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (Pancap) honoured three persons who have made significant contributions to the region’s response to disease at the opening ceremony of the 2011 Caribbean HIV and AIDS Conference (CHIV), which was held on November 18 in The Bahamas.

The Guyana National Shipping Corporation (GNSC) yesterday added two new Doosan forklift trucks to its fleet and they are expected to boost its terminal/wharf operations.

Several persons, including high school drop-outs and housewives, benefited from a six-month programme offered by the Venezuelan Institute and successfully graduated yesterday.

Michael Correia Jr of Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) has been re-elected Chairman of the Board of Ogle Airport INC (OAI).

(Trinidad Express) KINGSTON Chris Gayle will be a non-starter for Jamaica in the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship next month.

(Trinidad Express) As part of its continued investigation into possible corrupt payments to CONCACAF general secretary Chuck Blazer, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched a probe into the integrity of the World Cup bidding process last year when Russia and Qatar won the right to host World Cups 2018 and 2022, respectively.

(Trinidad Express) Air Jamaica pilots attached to State carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) were blocked from taking strike action yesterday after they threatened to stop flying during the lead-up to Christmas, the second busiest travel season of the year.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic says it is perturbed by the recent attacks on the homes of leading party and government officials.

Delegations from A Partnership For National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) met yesterday to begin discussions on a framework of cooperation in the National Assembly where the parties together hold the majority, a statement from the joint opposition said today.

(Trinidad Express) Cuban President Raul Castro yesterday lashed out at developed countries, saying they have been of no help to Cuba and small islands in terms of dealing with climate change and the global economic meltdown.

(Jamaica Observer) Hilary Jardine, one of Jamaica’s motorsport founding fathers, has resigned as president of the Jamaica Race Drivers Club (JRDC) after six years at the helm.