Last Updated on Saturday, 13 August 2016, 14:14 by Denis Chabrol Guyana-born Wall Street civil engineering Principal of Constructomics Trevor Prince donatedten (10) computers and related accessories to the New York Tutorial Support Group Inc. (NYTSG) for use at Tutorial High School (THS). The computers were delivered to THS’s computer laboratory in July just before summer break, complementing 32 previously ...
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Walter Roth Museum to be removed to facilitate Ministry of the Presidency’s occupancy
Last Updated on Friday, 12 August 2016, 18:19 by Denis Chabrol The Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology will be removed from Main Street, Georgetown to the Guyana National Museum so that the Ministry of the Presidency can occupy that wooden colonial building that is next to State House. “The Main Street location will now be used by the Ministry of ...
Read More »Region Seven eyes hydro-power plant
Last Updated on Friday, 12 August 2016, 18:02 by Denis Chabrol The administration of Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) hopes to revive plans to build a hydro-power station at Paruima Falls as part of efforts to kick-start agro-processing ventures in that area, Regional Chairman, Gordon Bradford said Friday. “The river doesn’t dry. It always has water, Bradford told Demerara Waves Online News. ...
Read More »Jagdeo slams govt for requesting Caricom tariff waivers; failing to craft economic plan
Last Updated on Friday, 12 August 2016, 17:30 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday objected to the Guyana government succumbing to Caribbean Community (Caricom) tariff rules, saying it would set a bad precedent and put the country’s manufacturing sector at grave risk. “I heard some people have applied to Caricom for (Common External Tariff) waivers and they ...
Read More »Jagdeo warns of rising oil prices without renewable energy
Last Updated on Friday, 12 August 2016, 15:16 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday urged that contingency measures, including the construction of the Amaila Falls hydro-power plant, be used to cushion the impact of gradually rising world oil prices. “We are enjoying a period of relative calm and basically good prices but these are going to turn ...
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