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Monthly Archives: August 2013

New York group seeks to help people outside Guyana

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia BY By Prem Calvin Prashad (TIMES LEDGER).-The recently formed group West Indians Serving Humanity has bold plans to aid underprivileged children through tapping the large West Indian community in Queens. I spoke with WISH group members Safraz Deen and Deven Dindiyal on their experiences, aspirations for their group and the ...

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Body of missing man recovered from city canal

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The body of a 33-year old man was Sunday recovered from near the Lombard Street koker, a day after he might have been beaten by several men. He has been identified as Jules Walker of 7 Ogle Front, East Coast Demerara. Investigators said marks of violence were seen on what ...

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CPDC mission to educate artisans, domestics on CSME Free Movement ‘could prevent exploitation, illegal movement’

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The regional umbrella body of non-governmental organizations, the Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC), has launched a regional project aimed at improving the free movement of artisans and domestic under the Caribbean Community Single Market & Economy (CSME). The project, entitled Making CSME Work for Artisans and Domestics, will focus its ...

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Sithe Global pulled out of Amaila because of high political risk- Greenidge

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The opposition A Partnership of National Unity (APNU) on Sunday said the United States (US) firm, Sithe Global, pulled out of the nearly US$1 billion Amaila Falls Hydropower facility, fearing that if the government changes the deal could be amended. Although the smaller opposition Alliance For Change (AFC) joined the ...

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APNU’s position on Amaila project unchanged – Granger

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia President Donald Ramotar’s Sunday appeal to Opposition Leader David Granger for the APNU’s support for the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) appears to have found no fertile ground. In a statement released early in the day the president disclosed that he had called Granger urging that the APNU join them ...

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Ramotar lobbying Granger for Amaila hydro project support

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia President Donald Ramotar was Sunday engaged in last ditch efforts with Opposition Leader, David Granger to rescue the Amaila Falls Hydropower project, even though the United States-based investor, Sithe Global, has pulled out. Granger could not be reached immediately for a comment because he was engaging in political fieldwork. However, ...

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Man shot to head outside city supermarket

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A 44-year old man was shot to his head on Light Street, Georgetown near Nigel’s Supermarket, sources said. The seriously injured man has been identified as Claude Petrie. He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) around 9:30 PM. He was expected to undergo emergency surgery.

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SURINAME: Five die in horrible four-vehicle accident

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia by Ivan CairoPARAMARIBO, Suriname, (De Ware Tijd) Five individuals are confirmed dead while another is listed in critical condition after a horrible car accident here early Saturday morning. Four vehicles including a passenger’s bus were involved in the incident. Police spokeswoman Drophatie Ramkhelawan told reporters that the driver of one ...

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Family flees burning minibus

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A family of three Saturday night experienced a close shave with death when the minibus they were travelling in burst into flames and exploded on Aubrey Barker Street, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. The minibus, bearing private registration number PGG 8778, was being driven by “Brother Archer” east along the roadway when ...

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Cuba to offer post grad medical programmes

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Cuba is to provide post-graduate training to Guyanese doctors who have been trained in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean nation, Health Minister Dr, Bheri Ramsarran announced Saturday. He was at the time addressing the convocation ceremony at the Guyana International Conference Centre for 70 Guyanese doctors who had received Guyana government scholarships ...

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