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  • GuySuCo raked in $200M from ‘08 land sales

    By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 13 Comments


    Three banks for Diamond branches
    The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo] via the Privatisation Unit (PU)/NICIL raked in around $200M from eight property sales last year including three parcels for banks setting up branches at Diamond, East …

  • New Housing Minister sworn in

    By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 19 Comments


    New Housing Minister sworn in

    Mohamed Irfaan Ali was sworn in as the new Minister of Housing and Water yesterday by President Bharrat Jagdeo, a responsibility which he said is critical and consistently requires a high priority on government’s agenda.
    Mohamed …

  • Suspect in Miami drug shipment released

    By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 36 Comments


    Suspect in Miami drug shipment released

    -info awaited from the US
    Nymrod Singh, who had been held by CANU for questioning into a cocaine-filled shipment of furniture seized in Miami, was released yesterday pending further information from the US on the investigation …

  • Erosion threatens Cornelia Ida koker

    By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 7 Comments


    Erosion threatens Cornelia Ida koker

    A section of the seawall close to the koker at Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara has collapsed and the earthen embankment is being eroded.
    At high tide, waves burst past the collapsed concrete wall to pound …

  • PNCR infighting ruined political co-operation - Jagdeo

    By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 27 Comments


    PNCR infighting ruined political co-operation - Jagdeo

    President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said an initiative to improve cooperation between the political parties “unravelled” because of infighting within the main opposition party. But while he called for political leaders to work towards to greater …

  • Up and down flood frustrates Greenfield

    By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 4 Comments


    Up and down flood frustrates Greenfield

    Floodwaters have been receding in a number of areas along the East Coast Demerara but many residents are complaining about the inches of water still in their homes.
    Where to go? This school girl stood on …

  • Fidelity bribery probe report with DPP

    By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 6 Comments


    President says it didn’t address assets of customs employees
    President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said the Auditor General’s report which probed bribery allegations at customs is now with the Director of Public Prosecutions for a review of …

  • Kingston hotel project not dead - Jagdeo

    By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 10 Comments


    Government has been unable to close the local Marriot hotel deal because the Kingston project suffered financial setbacks, but the project is not dead President Bharrat Jagdeo declared yesterday.
    He said that reports of the deal …

  • Brickdam lock-ups a health hazard

    By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 28 Comments


    Brickdam lock-ups a health hazard

    –Yoruba band leader
    Leader of the Yoruba Singers band, Eze Rockcliffe who spent three hours in the much-maligned Brickdam Police Station lock-ups, has described the facility as “treacherous” and a “health hazard.”
    Like others who have spent …