Guyana News

Over 140 youths and single parents from Region Five recently graduated from various life skills programmes hosted by the National Training Programme For Youth Empowerment (NTPYE) and the National Single Parents Training Programme.

Guyana has won the distinguished Sérgio Arouca Award for Excellence for its outstanding performance in Universal Health Care from the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO).

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday sentenced a 57–year-old Thomas Street man to three years imprisonment along with a $30,000 fine after he was found with cocaine in his pants pocket while playing a game of cards.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine–Beharry yesterday sentenced a 46–year-old labourer to three years imprisonment along with a $30,000 fine after he pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of ganja  for the purpose of trafficking.

(Trinidad Express) Former chief operating officer of UDeCOTT, Neelanda Rampaul, racked up a TT$3.2 million bill over an eight-month period at the Hyatt Regency “in cookies, sleepovers and lavish banquets”, Housing Minister Roodal Moonilal told the House of Representatives yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) The transition of leadership of the government will be completed on Sunday when Prime Minister Bruce Golding will formally tender his resignation to the Governor-General and a new prime minister will be sworn in.

(WICB) Chittagong, Bangladesh – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced that right-handed opener Lendl Simmons will replace fellow right-hander Adrian Barath in the squad for the Test Series in Bangladesh.

Several persons were left homeless following an afternoon fire at Annai in Region 9 (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) yesterday which was caused by embers from a nearby garbage heap According to reports, Central Annai resident Deroy Milton, who lives close by, lost his home and two other buildings from which he and his wife operate a cassava mill.

ATLANTA, (Reuters) – Rapper Soulja Boy was arrested  on drug and weapons charges today after a traffic stop in  Georgia, police said.

SEATTLE/LONDON,  (Reuters) – An experimental vaccine  from GlaxoSmithKline halved the risk of African children  getting malaria in a major clinical trial, making it likely to  become the world’s first shot against the deadly disease.

An editorial in today’s Trinidad Express has strongly criticized the government of President Bharrat Jagdeo over the suspension of CNS Channel.

The Georgetown City Council today expressed profound sadness at the news of the passing of one of its councillors, Zaman Ali, yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) High Court judge Ronnie Boodoosingh has given CLICO Investment Bank (CIB) the green light to proceed with its winding-up.

(Trinidad Express) Health Minister Fuad Khan has banned the Wendy Fitzwilliam Paediatric Hospital from accepting a TT$64,000 donation from McDonald’s because of the link between the fast food industry and childhood obesity and a number of chronic non-communicable diseases such as diabetes.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced yesterday that her government intends to pursue a civil lawsuit against Calder Hart, former executive chairman of the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (UDeCOTT).

(Jamaica Observer) Caribbean Football Union (CFU) presidential candidate Tony James, while expressing sympathy for Captain Horace Burrell, has called on FIFA to clearly state the reasons for recent bans on various regional officials in the wake of a probe into a slew of bribery allegations that have scarred the world game.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England test captain Andrew  Strauss fears cricket administrators are in danger of sowing the  seeds of the sport’s downfall if the five-day format of the game  is neglected.

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh,  (Reuters) – West Indies were  bowled out for just 61, their second lowest one-day  international total, as Bangladesh romped to an eight-wicket win  in the third and final match of the series today.

(Barbados Nation) REDJet has dismissed suggestions it may eventually have to abandon its low-fare business model if it wants to continue adding smaller Caribbean islands to its destinations.

(Barbados Nation) A two-year wage freeze in the Public Service and immediate cuts in Government spending form part of a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) prescription for the flagging Barbados economy.