Last Updated on Monday, 18 November 2019, 6:26 by Writer A feud between two Brazilian cousins has left one of them dead at Lethem in Rupununi, police said. They are both from the neighbouring Brazilian border town of Bonfim in the State of Roraima. Guyanese police say the headless body of 22-year old Dico Davi Roberto Moreira was found lying ...
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Demerara Offshore launches with eyes on local content development
Last Updated on Sunday, 17 November 2019, 17:07 by Writer Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), through its subsidiary Demerara Contractors and Engineering Limited (DCEL) and Caribbean Welding Supplies Limited (CWSL) have established an oil and gas services joint venture, Demerara Offshore Incorporated. Demerara Offshore will be providing a wide range of services to the oil and gas sector that include the ...
Read More »Guyanese dominate Digicel Youth Pan Caribbean Film Competition
Last Updated on Sunday, 17 November 2019, 16:57 by Writer Two Guyanese earn the top prizes for the Digicel Youth Pan Caribbean Film Competition at the Turks & Caicos International Film Festival Sunday, 17 November 2019, Castries, St. Lucia – The Digicel Youth Pan Caribbean Film Competition, as part of the inaugural Turks & Caicos International Film Festival, announced the winners ...
Read More »Spices mixed to perfection on show at GuyTIE
Last Updated on Sunday, 17 November 2019, 16:53 by Writer by Gwen Evelyn Lakiraj Singh and his three sons have carved out a special niche in the local spice market, and for a very good reason. They don’t just crunch herbs and spices into bags and churn them out for a quick payback; the Singhs’ approach is much more precise ...
Read More »IAST pushing local products to outshine imports; ready for GuyTIE 2020
Last Updated on Sunday, 17 November 2019, 16:44 by Writer by Gwen Evelyn GEORGETOWN, Guyana — November 15, 2019 — What started out as a quest to develop local products and add value has turned into a thriving and growing industry today. Cereals, personal-care products and condiments are now all being produced locally at the highest standards and export-ready quality. ...
Read More »OPINION: When number 2 is really number 1, in reality, in positioning
Last Updated on Monday, 25 November 2019, 9:17 by Writer by GHK Lall It is a reversal of all that we were taught in math classes, and which forms the backbone of our understanding of the hierarchy of numbers, of the serenity of settled order, and of the strategic placement of people and things. In the real world, number 1 ...
Read More »OPINION: Sleeping policemen. Who watches out for whom?
Last Updated on Sunday, 17 November 2019, 9:38 by Writer by GHK Lall Wikipedia offered this extended description cum definition of a sleeping policeman: Speed bumps (or speed breakers) are the common name for a family of traffic calming devices that use vertical deflection to slow motor-vehicle traffic in order to improve safety conditions. Variations include the speed hump, speed ...
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