Guyana News

The public is invited to the 2011 International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Guyana Vigil on Sunday, in front of the St George’s Cathedral in Georgetown.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A pivotal moment in the  long, tortuous quest to find c came years before  U.S.

An adjournment was granted for the commencement of the trial in the matter in which Merceline Small is accused of taking a cell phone into the Camp Street Prison because the prosecution was not in possession of the file.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A pivotal moment in the  long, tortuous quest to find Osama bin Laden came years before  U.S.

Wesley Lancaster who is accused of stealing a quantity of items from the Chinese Garment Store which was gutted by fire at Linden on Sunday was today remanded to prison when he made his appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

(Trinidad Express) The global shortage of medically trained practitioners is making it difficult for this Government to fill vacancies within the health sector, says Health Minister Therese Baptiste-Cornelis.

(Jamaica Observer) An investigation has started into the disappearance of almost 42 pounds of gold (scrap jewellery) from the Half-Way-Tree Police Station where it was being kept as evidence in relation to a pending trial in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court.

(Jamaica Gleaner) On the anniversary of Bob Marley’s death yesterday, SiriusXM’s reggae-music channel, The Joint, began a five-day tribute series to the music icon.

Bloomberg is reporting that Texan financier Allen Stanford is scheduled to go on trial on September 12 in Houston on charges he led a US$7 billion investor fraud.

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Denzil L. Douglas was not injured when his vehicle was involved in a four car accident while on his way to work yesterday morning, a release from his office said last night.

MUNICH, Germany, (Reuters) – A German court sentenced  John Demjanjuk to five years in prison today for his role  in the killing of 27,900 Jews at the Nazi death camp Sobibor.

In a letter today to Stabroek News and Kaieteur News, Prime Minister Sam Hinds defended businessman Fip Motilall over his trading of the licence for the Amaila Hydro Plant to Sithe Global.

PNCR presidential candidate David Granger faced the business community yesterday promising to tackle crime, overhaul the education system and revive the economy if he wins the presidency later this year, but he was also forced to address yet again questions about his involvement in the 1973 elections.

Police are on the hunt for a gunman who fatally wounded a 53-year-old shop owner      at Mowasi Backdam, Konawaruk in Region Seven.

The lorry driver accused of causing the death of Quincy Vibert Kelman following an accident on Mandela Avenue on Sunday night was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $300,000.

Police on the Essequibo Coast were yesterday searching for four young men who escaped from the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) facility at Onderneeming on Monday evening.

The handiwork of persons with disabilities came to the fore yesterday when the Open Doors Centre in Sophia showcased their talent at an Open Day.

The apparent mechanism by which any REDD funds accruing to Amerindian communities would be spent—essentially through approval by the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs—is “inappropriate,” according to a Norwegian report which described it as “a rather paternalistic system.”

Garbage collection is expectedly to resume in the city shortly as City Hall is expected to honour its financial obligations to garbage contractors, who have withdrawn their services over overdue payments.

The PPP yesterday said that former Office of the President (OP) staffer Dr Randy Persaud was arrested by members of the New York Police Department (NYPD) for “no apparent reason” and it condemned the local press for publishing misleading accounts of the incident.