Guyana News

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee will be heading a local delegation to Washington at the end of this month to attend a security meeting between CARICOM states and representatives from the US State Department.

“I ask yuh fuh a small sentence to wuk into each other,” Mark Duncan requested  after pleading guilty to a charge of simple larceny when he appeared yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson in Court One.

HOUSTON/VENICE, La., (Reuters) – Anger, skepticism  and accusations of lying washed over energy giant BP Plc yesterday as it desperately pursued efforts to contain a month-old  seabed well leak billowing crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico.    U.S.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – A minivan packed with explosives  blew up at a crowded market in Iraq’s troubled northern Diyala  province yesterday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 80  others, police and officials said.  

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s new government clamped  down on ministers’ perks and lobbying on Friday, trying to clean  up a political system whose reputation was tarnished by scandals  over sleaze and lawmakers’ extravagant expenses.    All major parties were damaged last year when it emerged  that members of parliament had claimed on expenses for items  ranging from toilet paper to the cost of cleaning a moat.    “Our new government has a particular and historic  responsibility: to rebuild confidence in our political system,”  Prime Minister David Cameron, who heads a Conservative-Liberal  Democrat coalition formed after the May 6 election, said. 

NEW YORK, (Reuters Life!) – When men get together  with their mates soccer is the main topic of conversation, not  their wives and girlfriends or even work.    Nearly 90 percent of men questioned in a global survey said  they talked about their favorite football teams and players  when they got together with friends, significant others came in  a distant second at 45 percent and work trailed behind with 34  percent.    “It might not be the news women wanted to hear but it  appears men really do only think about one thing when they get  together with their mates — and that’s football,” said Tim  Ellerton, of Heineken International which sponsored the poll.    Soccer most dominated male conversations in China and  Russia, for 94 percent and 93 percent of men, according to the  survey that spanned 15 countries and included 5,300 men.  

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – An Air India Express  passenger plane from Dubai crashed outside an airport in  southern India today, killing at least 160 people when it  burst into flames after overshooting the runway and ploughing  into a forest.

-faced with replacing expensive equipment The high replacement cost of surgical equipment lost in the May 10 fire is just one of the issues the St Joseph Mercy Hospital must grapple with now as it seeks to restore all of its services to the public and losses so far have totalled $600m.

Rajendra Persaud, who was shot while responding to a robbery at his sister’s house at Wellington Park, Corentyne around 1.40 am on Monday said he did not expect to face such heavily armed bandits.

With the second shipment of paddy on its way to Venezuela under a US$21.7 million deal, Guyana is expected to earn an additional US$90 for every tonne from here on.

The Ministry of Home Affairs is inviting persons to bid for the opportunity to provide the Guyana Police Force with an armoured water cannon truck.

The Sexual Offences Bill, which was passed last month and is expected to be signed into law shortly, makes provisions for several new offences including voyeurism with a proposed maximum penalty of five years if convicted.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) has formally applied to the government for another twenty-year operating licence in keeping with the clause in the original contract which allows the entity to apply for a renewal of its licence.

There has been no word from the Office of the Prime Minister on whether the review of the unusable new Supenaam stelling has begun.

Presidential Advisor on Governance, Gail Teixeira gave a misleading answer to the United Nations Human Rights Council in relation to compensation for the 15-year-old boy who was tortured by police in October last year.

No agreement has been reached by Russian aluminum giant, RUSAL and Brazilian construction firm, Andrade Gutierrez (AG) Construction on the possible joint development of a hydro electricity plant in the Upper Mazaruni but discussions are ongoing.

Fire of unknown origin destroyed a house at Haswell, Port Mourant around 9.45 pm on Wednesday leaving three persons homeless and its owner an arson suspect though his family is adamant he had nothing to do with it.

A computer technician who was reportedly entrusted with over $1.6M to purchase ground provisions appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday  charged with fraudulently converting the money to his own use.

–family of driver in custody protests his innocence The man who perished in a vehicular accident on the Diamond Access Road on Tuesday has been identified as Rudolph Latchman; meanwhile the parents of the driver accused of the accident is claiming that their son is innocent.  

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) honoured eight outstanding educators in the Lower Corentyne area on Thursday in its annual Bank of Nova Scotia Tribute to Teachers Programme.