Guyana News

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government is  cranking up the pressure on the Globovision television network,  the last major national broadcaster to hold an editorial stance  opposing President Hugo Chavez.

The post-mortem examination performed on the body of  wanted man David Mc Pherson, called ‘Colonel’, of Betsy Ground, East Canje revealed that he died from shock and haemorrhage as a result of gunshot injuries.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee encouraged the Sophia Mothers’ Action Group to participate in community policing when he met with them to discuss solutions to petty crime plaguing the community.

LONDON, (Reuters) – School science exams, revised  after criticism that they failed to stretch able pupils, have  been sent back for further modification after an exam watchdog  said they failed to address concerns over standards.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama  vowed tonight to compel BP Plc to pay damages for its  “recklessness” in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and sought to  harness public outrage over the disaster into support for his  bid to cut U.S.

– calls on US to back-up findings The government yesterday denounced the 2010 US State Department Report on Trafficking in Persons (TIP), rejecting the findings of a “significant” number of cases here and Guyana’s placement on the Tier 2 Watch List for the fourth consecutive year.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a miner, whose body was found floating in the Mazaruni River close to Kamarang, Region Seven on Saturday, reportedly with a suspicious wound to the chest.

By Gaulbert Sutherland Silent tears streaming down her face, Sharon Fraser yesterday stood at the casket, saying a painful goodbye to her only son.

Mayor Hamilton Green yesterday came under fire from city councillors demanding answers on the source of the funds for a recent trip to China, at the council’s statutory meeting.

A labourer was remanded to prison after he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court on Friday, charged with the murder of elderly farmer, Rudolph Moonsammy.

As the mosquito nuisance continues, a team from the Guyana Environmental Capacity Building Project is working on a pilot project to control the vector in an environmentally friendly manner.

A suspect who had turned himself in after being sought in the robbery of the Betsy Ground, East Canje businessman was released from police custody yesterday.

Canadian oil exploration company, CGX Energy now expects to commence drilling here next year after earlier saying drilling could begin here in the latter part of this year.

Early Saturday morning a chlorine gas leak, resulting from a faulty container, sent operators at the Shelter Belt Water Treatment Plant into action to contain the problem.

– defence attorney says The alleged accomplice of Enrico Inniss, the man accused of trying to rob businessman Oudit Seenarain on June 4, was refused bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday charged with attempting to commit a felony.

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron today unveils a landmark report into the 1972 Bloody Sunday killings of 13 protesters in Northern Ireland by British troops, stirring hopes of justice and fears of renewed tensions.

OSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) – A group of ex-Soviet states yesterday proposed sending helicopters and equipment to help Kyrgyzstan’s government stop ethnic violence that has killed at least 124 people, and suggested troops could follow.

A Berbice electrician was yesterday placed on $200,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson when he appeared before her on charges of conspiracy to commit a felony and tendering a forged document.

GENEVA (Reuters) – Some 50 countries are poised to censure Iran at the UN Human Rights Council for its violent crackdown on dissidents and political opponents after elections a year ago, diplomats and activists said yesterday.

An American man was sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $5.4 million yesterday by Magistrate Hazel Octive Hamilton after he pleaded guilty to trafficking in narcotics.