Guyana News

ROBERT, La (Reuters) – BP Plc engineers using undersea robots maneuvered a massive metal chamber to fit over a gushing ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday in their best chance yet to contain a leak that threatens an environmental catastrophe on US shores.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Aides to US President Barack Obama made clear yesterday he would keep pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai next week to do more to root out corruption but was not likely to push Karzai to sideline his controversial half-brother.

The third European Film Festival, showcasing the rich cultural heritage of ten countries, will be held from May 11 to May 15, at the Theatre Guild Playhouse, Kingston.

Over 90,000 National Identification Cards are still to be uplifted from registration offices countrywide and the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) is urging  “truant registrants” to do so before the old cards are decommissioned.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pakistani merchants and job seekers in the United States, still reeling from economic hardship since the September 11 attacks of 2001, are posing as Indians to avoid discrimination in the wake of the Times Square bomb attempt.

-Foreign Minister Deepening relations with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is among Australia’s foreign policy priorities.

GENEVA (Reuters) – The number of children used in the labour force worldwide has dropped although it is rising in Africa, the International Labour Organisation said.

Guyana Geology and Mines Commissioner William Woolford yesterday said he will be sending in a team to investigate reports of damage to the Barakara Falls area as a result of quarry operations.

Although investigators found sufficient evidence tying Jairool Rohoman’s husband to her murder, an inconclusive autopsy forced the police to release him, a senior officer has said.

– metal lodged in ear Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital were last evening operating on the ear of a young girl which had a piece of metal lodged in it after she was shot reportedly with an arrow.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Conservatives  offered coalition talks to the Liberal Democrats today after  a dramatic parliamentary election produced no outright majority,  the first time this has happened in Britain since 1974.

Ovena Braithwaite has led a turbulent life in the last two years.

The husband of Bridgette Gangadin was released on substantial station bail last evening while police awaited a response on how to proceed from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), a senior police officer said.

Police are still working to ascertain how 57-year-old Inshan Ally ended up dead in a canal at Goed Fortuin Backdam, West Bank Demerara with injuries to the head.

Sherwyn Haynes, who was involved in a boat mishap in the Essequibo River last week Thursday, is still missing and his relatives continue to cling to the hope that he is alive somewhere.

Two weeks after a 200-year-old structure was ordered removed from Victoria, East Coast Demerara, villagers say they will fight to ensure the relic one of the few remaining pieces of their heritage is preserved.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GT&T Major General (rtd) Joe Singh is set to step down from his post as head of the telephone company at the end of next month.

Motorists are being urged to exercise extreme caution on the roads following the recent spate of fatal accidents in the country.

The Guyana Rastafarian Council’s (GRC) planned march to protest the inability of the community to practice its culture was yesterday short-lived as the group was not afforded permission by the police.

A man who allegedly tried to procure a new passport by making a false declaration was granted $100,000 bail when he appeared yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson charged with the offence.