Guyana News

TEL AVIV, (Reuters Life!) – An electric battery  based on boiled potatoes could provide a cheap source of  electricity in the developing world, according to the technology  transfer company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

– was brother of wanted man ‘Cobra’ Jamal Beete, the brother of wanted man ‘Cobra’, was found dead yesterday afternoon in an unoccupied George Street house, with a gunshot wound to his head.

– crewmember missing A sailor is now missing while four others sustained burns after a trawler owned by Pritipaul Singh Investment reportedly exploded yesterday morning off the coast of Guyana.

Two persons died after they sustained multiple injuries when two cars collided on the No 2 Road, Canje around 7.30 pm yesterday.

With the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) preparing to launch a new continuous registration exercise, a new voters’ register is unlikely to be ready before next February, moving into the preparation cycle for next year’s general elections.

Guyana is not interested in having resident security advisors from overseas, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee said and is not likely to be interested in this support in the near future.

Tomorrow will be two years since the burnt remains of eight miners were discovered at the Lindo Creek mining site and relatives are no closer to knowing how their loved ones died and may never be able to bury them, an act which many of them said would have given them some closure.

– BK stalls, cites inclement weather The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) has drafted a plan for the restoration of Barakara Falls, which has been damaged by quarrying activities in the area, but there is no indication as to whether the initial works outlined would be completed by the timeline.

LONDON (Reuters) – A doctor cleared of murdering three patients said he had hastened the deaths of two people without their permission, a British newspaper reported yesterday, raising the possibility that the investigation will be reopened.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – A senior Iranian cleric has decreed dogs are “unclean” and should not be kept as pets — a move aimed at discouraging Western-style dog ownership in the Islamic state, a newspaper reported yesterday.

– Corbin The PNCR-1G is anticipating the resumption of the parliamentary select committee on local government reform, after its leader Robert Corbin recently concluded dialogue with President Bharrat Jagdeo over some concerns about the reform process.

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China said yesterday it would gradually make the yuan more flexible, in a gesture that may deflect foreign criticism at next week’s G20 summit but will not quickly yield a big move by its currency.

– but says land lease dispute far from over The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) did not move against the Guyana Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities (GCCD) on Friday as threatened, but members of the group feel  the ongoing land lease dispute is far from over.

President Bharrat Jagdeo said more land may be made available for sugar cane cultivation since his administration is now “seriously” looking at producing ethanol from molasses, in keeping with the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) which promotes the use of biofuels.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – An exiled Rwandan general was shot and wounded in South Africa yesterday in what his wife called a Rwandan-backed assassination attempt, a charge the Kigali government dismissed as “preposterous.“

The date by which non-tertiary educational institutions must be registered with the National Accreditation Council (NAC) is now July 31, Minister of Education Shaik Baksh said, adding that those which did not comply would be closed down.

The PPP/C is a strong and mature coalition capable of defeating the opposition in any form, the party said in a press statement issued yesterday.

* White House’s Emanuel says it is Hayward’s latest gaffe * US officials have kept heat on BP’s CEO over oil spill WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) – The White House renewed its sharp criticism of BP Plc CEO Tony Hayward after he attended a yacht race off the English coast on Saturday as his company struggles to plug its huge Gulf of Mexico oil leak.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Relatives of Colombian miners trapped in a coal mine began to lose hope of finding them alive yesterday, three days after a blast buried 50 workers and killed at least 19 others.

The St John Association of Guyana hosts a week of activities starting today with a church service at St George’s Cathedral at 8 am and this is to  be  followed by a parade of military and paramilitary groups.