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The WPA this afternoon said that now that Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy has finally come around to accepting responsibility for the failure of the state’s medical services to provide a sufficiently high standard of patient care, the “political overlords of the Ministry of Health should do the decent thing and resign their portfolios.”

(BBC) Credit unions, a growing financial powerhouse in the Caribbean, are preparing themselves for tighter oversight.

JAKARTA, (Reuters) – A tsunami that pounded remote  islands in western Indonesia following an earthquake off the  coast of Sumatra killed more than 100 people, officials said today, and hundreds more were missing.

A man and a woman died after a man went berserk on Howes Street, Charlestown at around 10 am and chopped them. 

There has been a slight improvement in Guyana’s ranking in this year’s Transparency International list but it is still listed as being perceived as among the most corrupt.

(Barbados Nation) It’s the end of the road for Government’s lead political adviser Hartley Henry.

The failure of both converters at the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) Sophia station led to a power transfer problem on Sunday and it couldn’t convert the 50 hertz power to 60 hertz, according to the power company’s officials.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Iraq’s high tribunal today  passed a death sentence on Tareq Aziz, once the international  face of dictator Saddam Hussein’s regime, over the persecution  of Islamic parties, the court’s media office said.

(Jamaica Observer) As news of the passing of veteran Reggae crooner Gregory Isaacs begins to soak in tributes are flowing in his honour.

Amerindian communities are to receive US$8M of the US$30M first tranche from the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund set up with Norway, President Bharrat Jagdeo today announced.

The Guyana Labour Union (GLU) will be holding its sixth Triennial Delegates Congress on Wednesday, October 27th and it will be declared open by President Bharrat Jagdeo, the first time that a PPP/C representative will be performing this task.

Canadian exploration company Shoreham Resources Ltd has received Canadian Stock Exchange approval for a deal for Guyana’s Sardine Hill with the local company Mariwa Mining.

Want 40% now (Trinidad Express) Members of the CLICO Policyholders Group want Government to pay them an immediate 40 per cent on their deposits, with a promise to pay the balance quarterly over a five- to seven-year period at four to four and a half per cent interest.

– at 6th annual Saraswati Vidya Niketan graduation ceremony Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud in his address to graduates of the  Saraswati Vidya Niketan School, yesterday urged them to take up their role in bringing about change in society as Guyanese Indian males have failed their family and society, the Government Information Agency reported.

Address to the nation by The Hon. Freundel Stuart QC, MP Prime Minister of Barbados (Courtesy Barbados Advocate) Fellow Barbadians, At various times after 2.00 a.m.

Commander of Police E&F Division, Assistant Commissioner David Ramnarine confirmed at 8 pm that 30 minutes earlier police found Alicia McAlister who was reportedly abducted last night.

The Guyana Defence Force today issued bulletins for 103 deserters. The bulletins said that the individuals – including 10 women – have deserted from the army.

Dr Sheik Amir with 80 votes topped the recent Medical Council of Guyana elections for office bearers for 2010-12.

Following reports emanating from the Stabroek Market area and surrounding public transportation parks, Police in Georgetown have launched an operation on a twenty- four hour basis  aimed at clearing it of “undesirables” plying the area with the intent to pounce on unsuspecting citizens.

(Barbados Nation) Born on Christmas Day 1961, the same year that the Right Excellent Errol Walton Barrow (many years later his mentor) became the Premier of Barbados, it was as if David Thompson was destined for great things and high office.