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• Water rises again in Dochfour

  By Iana Seales | Saturday, December 27, 2008 | 9 Comments

  
  

  

  Residents increasingly frustrated
  Rising water levels in the Dochfour housing scheme, East Coast spells continued agony for residents who have been surrounded by stagnant water for more than two weeks now.
  On higher ground: This little girl …

• Celeste finds new niche as reggae singer

  By Iana Seales | Saturday, December 27, 2008 | 8 Comments

  
  

  

  Celeste David the accountant is a stark contrast from the vampy singer with the enviable vocal range, but if the jingle competition had failed to provide the successful breakthrough she had been looking for, a …

• RUSAL chops 50 Guyana jobs

  By Iana Seales | Wednesday, December 17, 2008 | 6 Comments

  
  

  -as global crisis bites
  Russian bauxite giant United Company (UC) RUSAL has cut around fifty local jobs within the past two weeks as the company grapples with increasing costs and slumping demand for aluminum in …

• Zig Zag: classic Classique

  By Iana Seales | Saturday, December 13, 2008 | 4 Comments

  
  

  

  What is it about the Classique dancers that makes them so enviably good? There is little to say, except watch them dance, and try to understand the passion that defines what they do.
  More aptly, try …

• House unites against domestic violence

  By Iana Seales | Saturday, December 13, 2008 | 1 Comment

  
  

  4,000 cases at Georgetown Hospital this year – Ramsammy
  In unanimous condemnation of widespread violence against women in particular, the National Assembly on Thursday passed a motion that aims to push the House into collective action …

• Trade-Linc carves its name in timber industry

  By Iana Seales | Tuesday, December 9, 2008 | 2 Comments

  
  

  

  In just over a year, little known timber business Trade-Linc has crept up on the competition and grown into a key exporter of tropical hardwood products, accessing key markets locally and also in North America, …

• Accolades: the performers pulled it off

  By Iana Seales | Saturday, December 6, 2008 | 6 Comments

  
  

  

  To say that Ruth Osman could be the next big thing in jazz for this country would not be wrong. Regrettably, though it has its fans, jazz is not that big here among the younger …

• Domestic abuse must not be excused as ‘family matter’ – Manickchand

  By Iana Seales | Thursday, December 4, 2008 | 14 Comments

  
  

  

  Human Services and Social Security Minister Priya Manickchand believes that domestic violence often gets tangled up in family matters, as the lines get blurred between what constitutes a crime and what is acceptable in a …

• New Skeldon factory facing juice purity problem

  By Iana Seales | Wednesday, December 3, 2008 | 18 Comments

  
  

  The low purity level of the juice being extracted at the new Skeldon sugar factory is raising serious concerns about the actual start-up of its commercial operations, well-placed sources say.
  As a result, the current crop …

• Dutchin walks away with six Accolades

  By Iana Seales | Tuesday, December 2, 2008 | 24 Comments

  
  

  

  Adrian Dutchin, the consummate, versatile showman of X2 fame, upstaged the competition at Guyana’s inaugural music awards handed out on Sunday night, picking up six of the crystal hardware and winning in every category he …

• One to watch: Jamal La Rose

  By Iana Seales | Saturday, November 29, 2008 | 0 Comments

  
  

  

  Jamal
  Since a script is hard to come by in local theatre it turns out a young actor has to dig deep and in the right places to find one, even jostle a few veterans …

• Schoolmarm with a crown

  By Iana Seales | Saturday, November 15, 2008 | 1 Comment

  
  

  

  Quacy’s at the top of the class
  Quacy McGowan had been a supposed pageant misfit all her life- not the right height or pencil thin figure and way too shy- struggling with the desire to …

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