Guyana News

An elderly man suffered a broken leg after he was struck down on Thursday evening on Sussex Street, Charlestown while going to the La Penitence Market.

The family of 22-year-old Diane Williams is appealing for financial assistance from the general public as the future of the Berbician woman, who is suffering from renal failure, hangs in the balance.

Barbados’ Tourism Minister Richard Sealy has led a 135-person contingent from his ministry to Guyana for a weekend retreat.

Civil society coalition Facing the Future (FtF) says in sharp contrast with pre-elections preparations, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) had performed woefully in counting less than half-a-million votes, drawing severe criticism from contending political parties and inducing tension across the nation.

The Guyana Islamic Trust (GIT) commends the nation for the peace and harmony demonstrated before, during and after the conduct of the elections, and urges that such standards are maintained in the aftermath.

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque has sounded a call to action toward achieving the elimination of HIV and AIDS, in the Caribbean and the world.

Two policemen who are accused of letting a Dominican Republic national out of their custody at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) were yesterday placed on $150,000 bail.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry granted a porter $30,000 bail when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday charged with making use of threatening behaviour, threatening language and assault.

A man, held by community police for riding in the wrong direction down a one-way street, was later found with marijuana in his possession, a court heard on Thursday.

Magistrate Sueanna Lovell yesterday remanded a 39-year-old man accused of breaking and enter and larceny committed at the Richard Ishmael Secondary School.

UNAIDS’ Caribbean Regional Support office said the region can become the first in the world to halt the spread of the HIV virus, in its message for World AIDS Day 2011 on Thursday.

The Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) is calling on the media to take a leadership role in the fight against the disease and to stop using methods that sensationalise and set back the region’s efforts.

Today is International Day of People with Disabilities and this year the event is being observed under the theme ‘Together for a better world for all including persons with disabilities in development.’

President Bharrat Jagdeo has extended condolences to the relatives of the late Region Three Vice Chairman Manpersaud and GAP/ROAR parliamentarian Everall Franklin.

The Region Three administration says late former Vice Chairman Manpersaud will be cremated on Tuesday at Kaashi Dhaam, Ruimzeight.

REDjet has announced the launch of its service to St Lucia.

(Barbados Nation) Twenty-eight people have been made redundant from Banks Breweries.

(Barbados Nation) An important deal has been struck between Sagicor Financial Corporation and the judicial manager for the Barbados operations of British American Insurance Company (BAICO).

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’  Court has given the judicial managers of CLICO International Life Insurance Limited (CIL) the nod to look for an investor for the financially troubled company.

(Trinidad Guardian) Works and Infrastructure Minister Jack Warner says people within and outside the United National Congress are engaging in a campaign to get rid of him.