Guyana News

Gains made in the HIV fight are fragile and should be sustained, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said yesterday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama plans to announce today that he will send about 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan in a long-awaited war strategy shift that he hopes will defeat the Taliban and allow for a US exit.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States yesterday recognized the results of a controversial election in Honduras but said the vote was only a partial step toward restoring democracy after a June coup that ousted the elected president.

Sol Incorporated commissioned a service station at Corriverton boasting the new “evolution” image on Friday.

Addressing the special needs of vulnerable groups as well as a general scaling up of targeted HIV prevention strategies is critical to effective control of the pandemic, the Clerical and Commercial Workers Union (CCWU) said in this year’s message to mark World AIDS Day.

LONDON (Reuters) – People who smoke “skunk” — a potent form of cannabis — are almost seven times more likely to develop psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia than those who smoke “hash” or cannabis resin, according to research.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States, which is preparing to lift a ban on visits by foreigners infected with HIV, will host a global AIDS conference in 2012 as a sign of redoubled U.S.

The National Commission on Disability is hosting a symposium for students at the Critchlow Labour College today as part of its activities for National Disability Week.

Police said yesterday that they had detained the driver of a vehicle who hit down a mother and her two children on Mandela Avenue on Sunday night.

GENEVA (Reuters) – Countries should phase out the use of stavudine, the most common AIDS drug, because of “long-term, irreversible” side-effects in HIV patients including wasting and a nerve disorder, the World Health Organization said yesterday.

Two bandits armed with guns yesterday robbed the Wismar Post office of $7.6 million, which was supposed to be used to pay old age pensions.

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua’s condition is improving after treatment for a heart ailment in Saudi Arabia and he will return home soon, the country’s ruling party said yesterday.

-villagers For some Agricola residents, the biggest worry in the village is not crime or neglect – it is young people with nothing to do.

A Corriverton, Berbice man was crushed to death yesterday morning at Number One Caroni, Suriname after two Guyanese fishing vessels were attacked by two armed men, who stole one of the vessels and escaped.

-accuse them of theft from poultry farm West Demerara police have detained the owner of a poultry farm and four others after it was discovered they were part of group which beat three teenagers, who they claimed had stolen from the farm, before taking them to the Wales Police Station.

During the first night of its three-night crusade, which started last Wednesday, over half a million in electrical equipment was stolen from the Life Spring Ministries at Rosignol, West Berbice.

-Luncheon Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon admitted that there were some “legitimate names” included on the parliamentary opposition’s dossier of human rights abuses but said that these could be categorised as “work in progress” since the police would still be investigating the cases and would not have officially closed their investigations.

-Interim Board The deplorable state of field and factory assets within the sugar industry has been blamed by the Interim Board as a factor responsible for the current troubles plaguing GuySuCo.

Minister of Health of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy yesterday said he had invited the Guyana Pharmacy Council and Pharmacy Association to a meeting on Thursday to discuss the sale of the single-dose malaria drug in pharmacies even as he indicated that there would have to be a restriction on the import of the drug because of the threat it posed in the malaria fight.

Chairman of GECOM, Dr Steve Surujbally said the commission must provide its services with optimal efficiency as well as courtesy, respect and understanding.