Guyana News

MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Dmitry Medvedev struck a  conciliatory note at Russia’s Victory Day military parade on  Sunday, urging world powers to unite for peace and defending his  decision to invite NATO troops to march on Red Square.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain could be heading for  another election within a year after Thursday’s vote failed to  produce a clear winner for the first time since 1974.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Neanderthals and modern  humans interbred, probably when early humans first began to  migrate out of Africa, according to a genetic study released on  Thursday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Rescue teams re-entered one of  Russia’s largest coal mines yesterday in a bid to find 83 people trapped underground by two methane explosions after a build up  of gas halted the search for most of the day, officials said.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union finance  ministers yesterday pro-mised to counter the “wolfpack” of the  financial markets as they sought agreement on a 600 billion  euro ($805 billion) plan to keep Greece’s debt crisis from  spreading.

High Court judge Justice Rishi Persaud yesterday granted an ex-parte interim injunction to the husband of Bridgette Gangadin on the day of her funeral, resulting in an abrupt halt to her cremation and service that was a few minutes away from the final rites.

– NICIL acts as conduit; $1.8B handed over, $1.3B spent to date The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has transferred some $1.8 billion to the Public Works Ministry to facilitate the rehabilitation of several interior roads as part of the government’s Hinterland Road Programme.

-said to be one of the most expensive in the world The developer for the Amaila Falls hydro plant, Sithe Global Power LLC, is involved in a controversial hydropower project in Uganda, said to be one of the most expensive in the world.

Some members of the Board of Guardians, who determine the eligibility of persons for public assistance, have come in for criticism for requiring that physically incapacitated persons applying for assistance appear before the Board in person.

The announcement from BK International that it intends to develop a new tourist site in the Mazaruni River area has been rejected by one tourist operator, who said the company had been authorized to damage the environment in the Mazaruni River without any boundaries.

The Ministry of Health has identified the key sources in Guyana which stocked and distributed a number of children’s and infant’s over-the-counter liquid medicines that have been recalled in the United States.

Police have detained a minibus driver following a three way smash-up on Dennis Street last night which left two women injured.

Nurses Week begins today and this year’s activities are to be held under the theme “Delivering Quality, Serving Communities: Nurses leading chronic care.”

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is urging the government to reinstate a Tax Free Hardship Allowance, saying the decision to withdraw it was “unreasonable” and “arbitrary.”

A man was arrested on Friday afternoon with a loaded firearm that he had earlier pointed at another man.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez may have  recently discovered the joys of “tweeting,” but now he is  finding that Twitter can also have drawbacks for presidents.

HOUSTON (Reuters) – A natural gas cloud enveloped a  Gulf of Mexico offshore oil rig leased by BP Plc and exploded  just as visiting BP officials were celebrating seven  accident-free years in the rig’s crew quarters, according to  accounts by survivors of the accident.

LONDON (Reuters) – The leaders of Britain’s  Conservatives and Liberal Democrats met for over an hour of  talks yesterday aimed at resolving the stalemate from this  week’s election.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – NATO troops will march across Red  Square today as Russia marks the 65th anniversary of victory  over Nazi Germany, a gesture of friendship to the West which has  won praise from President Barack Obama but enraged Communists.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – The Palestine  Liberation Organisation (PLO) yesterday approved indirect  talks with Israel, clearing the way for the first negotiations  in 18 months and giving a boost to US peace diplomacy.