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• Rugby West Indies trio wing out today for Uruguay

  By Miranda La Rose | Tuesday, December 30, 2008 | 4 Comments

  
  

  

  Three local ruggers, currently on their way to the  Punta Del Este International Invitational tournament in Uruguay, are confident that they could now transform good performances to wins at the highest level.
  URUGUAY HERE WE COME! From left, …

• Skeldon sugar factory commissioning

  By Miranda La Rose | Wednesday, October 22, 2008 | 6 Comments

  
  

  Chinese contractors now aiming for handing over by month-end
  The Chinese contractors currently in the commissioning stages for the Skeldon sugar factory are hoping that the production of sugar could begin by this weekend and stabilized …

• Down and out in New York City: Guyanese immigrants facing hard times

  By Miranda La Rose | Sunday, October 19, 2008 | 101 Comments

  
  

  Many Guyanese in New York have been hit hard by the US economic meltdown, losing homes, jobs and pensions due to bad mortgages and risky investments that did not pay off.
  Faced with soaring food and …

• Boat was right next to Skeldon wharf when seized by Suriname

  By Miranda La Rose | Saturday, October 18, 2008 | 51 Comments

  
  

  -captain tells SN
  The MV Lady Chandra I was virtually at the Skeldon wharf on Tuesday when it was intercepted by a Surinamese gunboat with eight soldiers which then called for back-up boats and forced …

• Vessel seized by Suriname to be released

  By Miranda La Rose | Thursday, October 16, 2008 | 15 Comments

  
  

  Guyana insisting on rights to Corentyne River
  The captain of the MV Chandra 1, seized on Tuesday by the Suriname navy on the Corentyne River, was released from jail yesterday and the seven- member crew and …

• Terror on Thursday

  By Miranda La Rose | Sunday, October 12, 2008 | 52 Comments

  
  

  

  ‘Rupununi uprising’ hostage remembers the siege
  Almost 40 years after the Rupununi uprising, the bloody insurrection in which six people were killed when armed ranchers overran Lethem, Steve Sagar can still remember the heat of the …

• Signs point to slump in tourism

  By Miranda La Rose | Sunday, October 5, 2008 | 47 Comments

  
  

  – time not right for new hotels, official says
  With occupancy rates possibly the lowest they have been in a decade and other negative impacts pointing to a slump in the tourism industry, a leading industry …

• Lighthouse may not withstand pile driving needed to build new hotel – engineer

  By Miranda La Rose | Sunday, September 28, 2008 | 60 Comments

  
  

  

  A local construction engineer has expressed concern over whether the foundation of the 103 ft, 178-year-old Kingston Lighthouse could withstand the heavy pile driving that would be required for the building of a hotel.
  The 103 …

• Zoom Inn Hotel for sale

  By Miranda La Rose | Saturday, September 27, 2008 | 14 Comments

  
  

  The Zoom Inn Hotel, located at 109 Croal Street, Georgetown is on the market, only a year and a half after it was opened to business during the  Cricket World Cup hype with high expectations.
  It …

• Latest sugar output figures depressing – Agri Minister

  By Miranda La Rose | Monday, September 22, 2008 | 9 Comments

  
  

  Says GuySuCo making too many excuses
  Amid a start-up fiasco with the new Skeldon sugar factory, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud says that the latest industry output figures are depressing and the excuses being offered by GuySuCo …

• Major loss looms from sugar factory woes

  By Miranda La Rose | Wednesday, September 17, 2008 | 34 Comments

  
  

  Agri Minister signals displeasure
  GuySuCo is likely to lose substantial revenue as the commissioning problems with the new Skeldon factory mean that little grinding for this crop will be done and the Agriculture Minister yesterday signalled …

• US presidency may come down to who ran better campaign

  By Miranda La Rose | Monday, September 15, 2008 | 19 Comments

  
  

  

  –former democratic party chair
  As the US presidential election draws nearer, former National Chairman of the Democratic Party Dr Donald Fowler says that race is close enough that the winner will be determined by how …

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