Guyana News

VIENNA,  (Reuters) – Only 10 percent of countries  have HIV prevention programmes that are well matched to their  national needs, leaving millions at risk of contracting the  incurable virus, AIDS scientists said yesterday.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The United Nations on  Monday accredited a major gay and lesbian organization that  Egypt, Russia and others had tried to keep out as a group  permitted to lobby at the world body.

The Guyana Police Force honoured 72 fallen officers at a wreath-laying ceremony at the Monument to the Fallen Heroes at police headquarters on Sunday.

– in finance, foreign trade and air transport sectors Guyana and Kuwait yesterday signed five technical cooperation agreements when President Bharrat Jagdeo hosted that country’s Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al Ahmed Al-Jaber Al Sabah and other officials.

-outgoing chargé d’affaires The US Government believes all human rights issues in Guyana should be investigated thoroughly, according to outgoing Chargé d’Affaires Karen Williams, who says necessary steps should be taken to ensure that rights are observed and protected.

A New York-based Guyanese man was gunned down a short distance from his Brooklyn home early yesterday morning.

Former coup leader and convicted drug trafficker Desi Bouterse was yesterday elected President of Suriname by the country’s parliament.

An average of 4,400 Guyanese are granted immigrant visas on a yearly basis by the US Embassy, according to figures provided by the embassy.

– court told Russell Defreitas, an ex-airline employee, had told authorities when he was arrested for plotting to blow up New York’s John F.

-Williams Outgoing US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Karen Williams has said there is no underlying reason for the failure to appoint a new US ambassador to Guyana, saying it is usually a lengthy process.

– minister says misquoted, misrepresented The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) views recent statements made by Local Government Minister Kellawan Lall on a potential health crisis posed by the ongoing garbage situation in the city as a frightening development.

Fifty-three-year-old Clairmonte Marcus of North Ruimveldt was yesterday placed on self-bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of assaulting a man near a photo studio.

-after refrigeration glitch A strong stench filled the air outside the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) morgue yesterday after its refrigerator developed mec-hanical problems over the weekend.

One year after an early-morning fire gutted the Ministry of Health’s main office it is “fully operational and our work was only marginally affected in the initial days,” the ministry said in a press release.

The stench from a rotting carcass in the vicinity of the High Court building in New Amsterdam yesterday forced the adjournment of the trial of Alfred Campbell called Sobers, who is alleged to have murdered his stepson Travis Cleon Fraser, on January 22, 2004.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd recently handed over a cheque to Castellani House as its contribution to the eighth biennial National Drawing Competition.

The group, Concerned members of the New Building Society (NBS) feels that the recently tabled Building Society (Amendment) Bill 2010 will drastically reduce the role of the membership in the governance of the institution, and is urging that debate on the bill be deferred.

A forest ranger is assisting with the preservation of John Philander’s remains and is awaiting the arrival of the police, Divisional Comman-der Assistant Commander David Ramnarine has said.

– more work to be done among youth; on condom use The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) represent a global partnership to reduce extreme poverty by setting out a series of time-bound targets, with a deadline of 2015.

A stunning Tamika Henry was crowned Miss Guyana Universe on Saturday night as predicted, after delivering an electrifying performance that revealed her confidence to win and her ability to captivate the audience.