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May 31, 2009
In its 2009 report, global press freedom watchdog, Freedom House said Guyana had moved up from partly free to free. The reason? Freedom House said …
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May 31, 2009
Japan’s Kobayashi beats Chestnut in eating rematch
AP Sports Writer [ eating is a sport] Beth Harris, Sun May 31, 10:41 am ET
CULVER CITY, Calif. – In a chewy chow-lenge, Takeru Kobayashi outlasted Joey Chestnut when the eating titans faced off to see who could devour the most pizzas.
Kobayashi, a six-time world hot dog eating […]
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May 31, 2009
AllAfrica: The Somali transitional government has opposed the creation of international tribunal for convicting Somali pirates, an official told Shabelle radio on Sunday.
Mohamed Abdullahi Omar, the foreign minister of the transitional government who is in New York city told Shabelle media that the government did not request to form tribunal court to sentence the Somali […]
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May 31, 2009
London, May 30 (Prensa Latina) The global economic crisis will cause losses of almost 50 billion dollars to the African nations in 2009, according to a study recently made by an economic-rating agency called ActionAid International.
This worrying report said that nearly 27 billion dollars out of that amount will be lost because of the fall […]
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May 31, 2009
FYRISH VILLAGE, CORENTYNE – Two more lives were lost on the Corentyne Highway yesterday.
Dead are 13-year-old Ashnie Williams, of 39 Fyrish South, and Salim Mohamed of the Corentyne.
According to police reports, at 15:00 hours yesterday, there was a four-vehicle smash up involving motor car, PDD 8816, owned by Faizal Mohamed of Nigg, and driven by […]
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May 31, 2009
The frustration at the Colonial Life Insurance Company’s (CLICO) Guyana Head Office, is ever growing, given that the agents attached to the company are increasingly peeved at what can only be described as being robbed with little or no recourse.
This, after the agents had to wait for months without being paid their commissions and when […]
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May 31, 2009
- Construction, medical training exercise slated
Nearly 650 soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen are preparing to take part in New Horizons Guyana, a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored annual exercise starting July 1.
It’s an operation slated to cost US$9 million and is scheduled to last 75 days. It includes two major construction projects , one school remodel and […]
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May 31, 2009
As fresh wages negotiation start
The Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI), part of RUSAL, has announced key cost cutting measures to keep operations afloat in the face of the global economic downturn and the need to increase competitiveness in the industry.
BCGI, on Friday, said that the company plans to optimise fuel consumption and electricity generation, […]
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May 31, 2009
An 18-year-old schoolboy from the East Ruimveldt Secondary School, was yesterday afternoon rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital nursing several stab wounds inflicted by a classmate.
According to reports, the lad, Orlando Dover, of 19 Walker Terrace, was stabbed just outside the school’s compound.
At the Georgetown Public Hospital, yesterday, Dover had a large tube inserted into […]
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May 31, 2009
Terence Ormonde Holder is a ‘Special Person’
“It gives so much satisfaction after working hard for five days a week to give up the weekends to go into a community and bend the back to mark a traffic sign on the road or paint a building…The satisfaction comes when you see people benefit from what you […]
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May 31, 2009
Chief Financial Officer of Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company, Mr. Yog Mahadeo, on Friday evening, launched “A Garland of Pearls”, the first volume of a twin-volume series of inspirational stories he has compiled.
The event, which was held at the Monument Gardens, was lauded by many in attendance for being well put together and depicting local […]
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May 31, 2009
The Miss Guyana Universe organization, yesterday revealed 12 of 13 contestants who will take part in this year’s pageant to select a representative from Guyana to compete in the international pageant.
Miss Universe 2009, which will air live from the Atlantis, Paradise Island resort in The Bahamas on August 23, is a joint venture between the […]
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May 31, 2009
Over 1000 entries have been received by Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company which is gearing for the first round of auditions in the 2K9 GT&T Cellink Jingles and Song Competition. The Georgetown contestants will be auditioned there until June 7.
The event is slated for Duke’s Lodge, Kingston from Friday. Auditions for Berbice are slated for […]
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May 31, 2009
At St John’s University graduation…
It is hardly ever that a person comes face to face with someone who tried to kill them, or find out that marauding thugs and criminals have killed one’s entire family. Immaculée Ilibagiza, had those experiences. Years later, she faced her family’s killer and told him to his face, “I forgive […]
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May 31, 2009
Police yesterday expressed optimism of solving the murder of R.K security guard, Simone Coleridge, after holding a second man from the Tucville squatting community that is located near to Uncle Eddie’s Home.
The man was being grilled yesterday at CID headquarters, Eve Leary, and a source indicated that investigators have made significant progress in their quest […]