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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …