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• Guyana, Suriname ink deal for US$60M submarine cable

  By Andre Haynes | Tuesday, December 30, 2008 | 11 Comments

  
  

  

  - to see improved telecom services in 2010
  The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) and the Telecommuni-catiebedrijf Suriname (Tele-sur) yesterday inked a US$60 million deal for a Suriname-Guyana Submarine Cable System (SG-SCS) that promises to …

• Ex national footballer dies after run over by bus

  By Andre Haynes | Saturday, December 27, 2008 | 30 Comments

  
  

  

  A former national footballer died after he was run over by a minibus on D’Urban Street, early on Christmas morning.
  Selwyn Bailey
  Selwyn Bailey, 51, of Lot 7, D’Urban Street, Lodge, was standing on the pavement along …

• Alexander and backers withdraw from PNCR

  By Andre Haynes | Saturday, December 6, 2008 | 59 Comments

  
  

  

  Urge new political culture
  Former PNCR Vice-Chair-man Vincent Alexander and supporters of his unsuccessful campaign for leadership have withdrawn from the party, while making renewed calls for it to embrace a new political culture.
  Vincent Alexander
  Outraged …

• More TV for Linden motion defeated by gov’t

  By Andre Haynes | Thursday, December 4, 2008 | 105 Comments

  
  

  

  The government last evening defeated an opposition motion calling for wider television access in Linden, but indicated its willingness to grant new broadcast licences and re-examine long-delayed legislation.
  The motion by AFC MP Sheila Holder was …

• David de Caires remembered as man who touched many lives

  By Andre Haynes | Saturday, November 8, 2008 | 6 Comments

  
  

  

  Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Stabroek News, David de Caires was yesterday remembered as a man who transcended his place in society to touch many lives.
  The urn with the earthly remains of Stabroek news Editor-in-Chief …

• Security forces reward part of $2.8B in extra appropriations approved

  By Andre Haynes | Friday, October 31, 2008 | 11 Comments

  
  

  The National Assembly yesterday approved $2.8B in supplementary appropriations, covering expenditure for special security operations, subsidised fertiliser for farmers and the rehabilitation of the Demerara Harbour Bridge.

  Robert Corbin

  The Supplementary Appropria-tion Bill No. 2 for 2008 …

• Audiophile – An oddball’s guide to music

  By Andre Haynes | Saturday, October 25, 2008 | 1 Comment

  
  

  

  Instant vintage - The old sound of new soul
  For years, soul music has been flirting with the past. The last decade saw the fast rise and equally fast fall of neo-soul, the niche carved out …

• Education can bridge cultural, religious divides

  By Andre Haynes | Wednesday, October 22, 2008 | 4 Comments

  
  

  -community dialogue told
  Using education to bridge cultural and religious divides was among the strategies identified when East Coast community leaders met yesterday to agree on policies to foster integration.
  Recognising the need to build respect and …

• New traffic laws to be preceded by education programme

  By Andre Haynes | Monday, October 20, 2008 | 2 Comments

  
  

  The government plans to roll out a public education programme before implementing new road traffic laws which cater for breathalyzer tests and a ban on the use of mobile phones while driving among other things.
  Although …

• Scepticism, fear dominated wiretapping debate

  By Andre Haynes | Sunday, October 19, 2008 | 26 Comments

  
  

  

  Nandlall: `It is a desperate measure and in the eyes of the government crime in Guyana has reached
  desperate proportions’
  The government’s controversial wiretapping bill had a bumpy passage in the National Assembly on Friday, where great …

• Wiretapping approved - Corbin sees ‘spy offices’

  By Andre Haynes | Saturday, October 18, 2008 | 75 Comments

  
  

  

  A contentious law that will sanction wiretapping as a tool in the fight against crime was passed in the National Assembly last night after a fiery debate weighing the need for increased protection against the …

• Way clear for plea bargaining

  By Andre Haynes | Friday, October 17, 2008 | 53 Comments

  
  

  

  Video testimony bill also passed
  Three bills, green-lighting the use of audio-visual links to take evidence, plea bargaining and paper committals to strengthen the criminal justice system were passed by the National Assembly yesterday,
  The government passed …

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