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Monthly Archives: August 2015

Sunken trawler captain, crew safe

Last Updated on Tuesday, 4 August 2015, 8:35 by GxMedia The captain and four crew members, who were aboard a cargo-laden trawler that sank off Guyana’s shore Saturday night, have been rescued and were reunited with their families, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) said in a statement. “Three of the four crew members were rescued by a passing fishing boat on ...

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Offload loss-making sections of Guysuco, Private Sector Commission tells Commission of Inquiry

Last Updated on Tuesday, 4 August 2015, 0:33 by GxMedia The Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Monday recommended that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco) get rid of loss-making sections if it wants to remain in the business of sugar production, but disagreed with wholesale privatization of the industry. Delivering a presentation to the Commission of Inquiry into GuySuco’s operations and ...

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Laptops for “friends” and “cronies”- PPP

Last Updated on Monday, 3 August 2015, 17:29 by GxMedia The opposition Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPPC), despite having no tangible, substantiating evidence, says it suspects the current administration plans to allocate laptops under the One Laptop per Family (OLPF) Project to “friends” and “cronies.” This suspicion, PPPC General Secretary (GS), Clement Rohee, told a press conference on Monday morning, ...

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“You don’t need a salary to be decent and honest,” PPP to decide on accepting government pay increases

Last Updated on Monday, 3 August 2015, 17:17 by GxMedia by Zena Henry The main opposition in its severe critique of the government’s decision to increase Vice Presidents and ministers’ salaries says fatter pay packets are not needed to maintain integrity. The government increases will also benefit PPP Members of Parliament since they too will get more money. Given the ...

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Republic Bank open for business in Suriname

Last Updated on Monday, 3 August 2015, 16:25 by GxMedia Paramaribo, Suriname: August 3, 2015 – Republic Bank (Suriname) N.V. on Monday opened the doors of its six-branch network in Paramaribo and Nickerie, having acquired the operations of RBC Royal Bank (Suriname) N.V. from RBC Financial (Caribbean) Limited, through the purchase of Royal Overseas Holdings (St. Lucia) Limited. The transaction ...

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Port Kaituma-bound cargo-laden trawler sinks, crew member missing

Last Updated on Monday, 3 August 2015, 15:21 by GxMedia A trawler, which was carrying a large quantity of cargo, capsized at sea off Pomeroon, and one crew member is missing,  the Maritime Administration (MARAD) confirmed Monday. “MARAD is coordinating efforts to search for the missing person and has also commenced its investigation,” said the regulatory agency. The name of the ...

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Porn star of Guyanese parentage claims industry is steeped in racism

Last Updated on Monday, 3 August 2015, 11:31 by GxMedia Reproduced from Fusion.net Petite, slender, golden-skinned, sometimes blonde, and occasionally bespectacled, adult performer Janice Griffith is kind of the adult industry’s racially ambiguous wet dream. Kink.com labeled Griffith white; sites that feature Latinas have claimed her as one; and once a site sold her scenes with the tagline “Egyptian cutie ...

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Revised drug procurement process for Cabinet

Last Updated on Monday, 3 August 2015, 11:12 by GxMedia by Zena Henry Government appears set to scrap the prequalification system for the procurement of drugs and put a system in place for competitive bidding, according to Public Health Minister Dr. George Norton. He said a revised version of the currently “controversial” medical drug procurement process is likely to be ...

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Visually impaired Guyanese cricketer dies in St. Lucia

Last Updated on Sunday, 2 August 2015, 20:45 by GxMedia Reproduced from St. Lucia Times (ST. LUCIA TIMES).-A visually impaired Guyanese cricketer, here for a blind cricket tournament, died on Friday, July 31 during a beach outing, organizers of the tournament have confirmed. The deceased has been identified as 28-year old Gordon Sandiford, who was a member of the Guyana team. ...

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Cuban shot, robbed

Last Updated on Sunday, 2 August 2015, 19:40 by GxMedia At about 1325h. today Sunday August 02, 2015, Cuban national Mirko Cardenos, 35 years, was walking along Regent Street, Georgetown, when he was attacked by two men, one of whom was armed with a firearm. Mirko Cardenas was shot to his chest and robbed of $9,000.00 by the perpetrators who ...

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