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Kuru Kuru’s new water system opened
By Staff | Monday, September 8, 2008 | 0 Comments
—pump driven by solar power It took around 30 years for the residents in Kuru Kuru to experience the thrill of running water through a tap, but after an investment of $8.3M in a Solar Water System by the Rotary Club of Georgetown, the community and... Read more »
Kwakwani sex workers organization promotes development, raises self esteem of members
By Staff | Monday, September 8, 2008 | 0 Comments
A few years ago a close relative of Miriam Edwards was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and like so many other Guyanese, she discriminated against the relative in many ways even going so far as to prevent her children from eating food prepared by her. Miriam Edwards Edwards... Read more »
Constabulary bike patrol puts seven persons before court
By Staff | Monday, September 8, 2008 | 0 CommentsSeven persons are before the court for various offences after they were picked up by the city constabulary cycle patrolmen who started operating several days ago, City Hall public relations officer (ag) Debra Lewis told Stabroek News last week. The riders... Read more »
Spain funds $43M hinterland rice project
By Staff | Monday, September 8, 2008 | 0 CommentsA $43 million Spanish government-funded rice project, which seeks to increase the food self-sufficiency of nine villages in Regions Eight and Nine through rice and beans production is set to be implemented shortly through the Ministry of Agriculture. A... Read more »
Caricom insurance, former GuyFlag, should receive licence this year
By Staff | Monday, September 8, 2008 | 0 Comments—Office of the Insurance Commission “It would be before the end of the year…we are working on it,” says Assistant Commis-sioner Tracy Gibson at the Office of the Insurance Commission(OCI), with reference to the application for an insurance licence... Read more »
Wortmanville First Assemby church opens multi-million $ facility
By Staff | Monday, September 8, 2008 | 0 Comments—to provide training, help the under-privileged The First Assembly of God Church in Wortmanville yesterday opened a multi-million dollar building aimed at providing training, recreation and support programmes to empower mainly children, youths and the... Read more »
‘The Passenger’ for Castellani House tomorrow
By Staff | Monday, September 8, 2008 | 0 CommentsCastellani House presents The Passenger (alternate title, Profession: Reporter) (1975), as this month’s ‘Classic Tuesdays’ feature tomorrow at 6pm. The public is cordially invited to attend this event. The 2 hour 6 minutes film created by Michelangelo... Read more »
Father of five gets three years for firearm and ammo
By Staff | Monday, September 8, 2008 | 0 CommentsActing Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on Thursday sentenced a 30-year-old man who had a firearm and matching ammunition in his possession to three years imprisonment. Shawn Fletchman of 1338 Cummings Park, Sophia, a father of five minor children,... Read more »
Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins laid to rest
By Melissa Charles | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 107 CommentsFormer wanted man Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins was laid to rest in his home village of Tempe West Coast Berbice yesterday after a viewing at Lyken’s Memorial Chapel in Georgetown and a brief sojourn in Buxton where squibs were set off near the coffin.... Read more »
Guyana could be isolated for its stance on the EPA – Sir Shridath
By Staff | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 28 CommentsGuyana is in danger of being isolated because of its opposition to signing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Cariforum and the European Union in its present format and this could have serious implications for regional integration. Responding... Read more »
‘Fineman’, Skinny’ had linked up in Agricola, police believe
By Staff | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 6 Comments
After he escaped from the Sparendaam lock-ups Jermaine ‘Skinny’ Charles had linked up with wanted man Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins in the familiar territory of their home village of Agricola, police believe. Rondell Rawlins The two were shot and... Read more »
Ballistics tests link Rawlins and Charles to several murder scenes —police
By Staff | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 16 CommentsPolice say that ballistic tests on the spent shells retrieved from the guns found on Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins and prison escapee Jermaine ‘Skinny’ Charles matched spent shells found at a string of murder scenes dating back as far as 2006. Charles,... Read more »
WPA calls on GPL to honour tribunal award
By Staff | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 0 CommentsThe Working People’s Alliance (WPA) yesterday condemned the refusal of the management of Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) to accept and implement the arbitrators’ award in the dispute it has with the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial... Read more »
Pit latrine death
By Staff | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 9 CommentsChild’s parents call for flush toilets at all schools Following last Monday’s tragic death of nine-year-old Tanesha De Souza after she fell into a pit latrine at the Santa Rosa Primary School, Moruca, many persons have been calling for flush toilets... Read more »
GTUC urges solidarity with GPL workers in arbitration award dispute
By Staff | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 0 CommentsThe Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) has condemned the “brazen and blatant assault on the collective bargaining process” by the management of the Guyana Power and Light whose stated intension is to discard aspects of an arbitral award on the assumption... Read more »
PNCR salutes Sir Shridath
By Staff | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 4 CommentsThe PNCR has acknowledged the work and contribution of Sir Shridath Ramphal. In a statement read at its press conference on Thursday, the party recalled that Sir Shridath, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, was instrumental in the successful hosting of the... Read more »
Jagdeo for Suriname forestry consultation
By Staff | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 2 CommentsPresident Bharrat Jagdeo will attend Suriname’s national forestry consultation to share experiences on the potential to derive substantial income from the rainforests in the region. Jagdeo told the media yesterday that he was going to Suriname on Monday... Read more »
Joint services destroy ganja at Golden Grove
By Staff | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 1 CommentJoint Services ranks on Thursday destroyed a quantity of marijuana plants and dried cannabis at Golden Grove East Coast Demerara, a police press release said. Between 10:00 h and 14:00 h. on Thursday, ranks destroyed two fields (about 1¼ acres) of cultivated... Read more »
Republic Bank opens $1B Camp Street branch
By Staff | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 0 Comments
Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited’s new billion dollar Camp Street branch officially opened yesterday, signifying the most recent investment in the banking network. The $1.3B investment was initiated as part of the bank’s vision to set the standard in... Read more »
Founder member of the Guyana Karate College Ian Fung passes on
By Ravendra Kishore | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 3 Comments
The local karate fraternity has been plunged into mourning following the sudden death of Sensei Ian Fung. Fung, a founder member of the Guyana Karate College, one of his incomplete dreams, passed away following complications due to diabetes. Ian Fung Fung... Read more »
Convict gets extra four years for gun, ammo and narcotics possession in prison
By Staff | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 2 CommentsA prisoner serving a three-year sentence got an additional four years after he pleaded guilty to three charges relating to narcotics, firearm and ammo possession before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on Tuesday. Leon Williams was charged with the possession... Read more »
Stabroek Rotarians in literacy day activities
By Staff | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 0 CommentsIn observance of International Literacy Day tomorrow, the Rotary Club of Stabroek has planned a trio of events which started on September 3. Pam O’Toole, Coordinator of “On Wings of Words”, had addressed a gathering of Rotarians and guests at the... Read more »
Duo remanded over gunpoint robbery
By Staff | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 0 CommentsTwo young men who allegedly robbed another man at gunpoint were remanded to prison Friday when they appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court. Nineteen-year-old Adrian Bishop of 188 Campbellville Housing Scheme and Devon Brund, 21, of 64 Duncan... Read more »
Jagdeo proposes signing goods-only EPA
By Staff | Saturday, September 6, 2008 | 6 CommentsPresident Bharrat Jagdeo says he is prepared to sign a goods-only Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union, “even if it means doing it alone,” as this would make the Cariforum grouping World Trade Organisation compatible. Guyana... Read more »
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