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MY CHRISTMAS ALPHABET

MY CHRISTMAS ALPHABET

Dec 29, 2008 Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on MY CHRISTMAS ALPHABET

Scrooge can keep his “Bah, humbug!” and put it where the turkey stuffing goes.  My own exclamation, if I had to think of one, would have been “Bah, hambug”.  My love for preserved pork,...
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Goldsmith to be charged for attempted murder of brother-in-law

Goldsmith to be charged for attempted murder of brother-in-law

Dec 29, 2008 News Comments Off on Goldsmith to be charged for attempted murder of brother-in-law

After being on the run for almost three months, police have arrested a Pike Street, Kitty goldsmith who reportedly doused his brother-in-law with acid. Reports are that, since October 11 last, police...
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Death of an ideologue

Death of an ideologue

Dec 29, 2008 Editorial Comments Off on Death of an ideologue

Samuel Huntington, arguably the most influential Western political scientist of the last fifty years, passed away this Christmas Eve at the age of 81. He had become quite famous in the last decade,...
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US$180M Skeldon Modernisation Plant incurs GY$1.2B in losses

US$180M Skeldon Modernisation Plant incurs GY$1.2B in losses

Dec 28, 2008 News Comments Off on US$180M Skeldon Modernisation Plant incurs GY$1.2B in losses

All is not well with the Guyana Sugar Corporation, and particularly with the new Skeldon Modernisation Plant being constructed at a cost of US$180 million. In fact, the new factory has cost the...
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Three die, 11 seriously injured in two-bus crash

Three die, 11 seriously injured in two-bus crash

Dec 28, 2008 News Comments Off on Three die, 11 seriously injured in two-bus crash

A 35-year-old driver and two children were killed yesterday afternoon after one minibus rammed into another at Hand-en-Veldt, on the Mahaica public road. Hafeez Bacchus, the minibus driver, of Craig,...
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More unemployment, less remittances in 2009 – ECLAC

More unemployment, less remittances in 2009 – ECLAC

Dec 28, 2008 News Comments Off on More unemployment, less remittances in 2009 – ECLAC

The weight of the economic crisis will be felt most by the lowest income households in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2009, and this will be reflected in a drop in remittances and a rise in...
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Suspected lepto cases being monitored at GPHC – Health Minister

Suspected lepto cases being monitored at GPHC – Health Minister

Dec 28, 2008 News Comments Off on Suspected lepto cases being monitored at GPHC – Health Minister

Two suspected cases of leptospirosis are being monitored at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). This is a development which, Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy said, was very much...
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This Week’s ‘Special Person’ is Eight-yr-old Abhi Dev

This Week’s ‘Special Person’ is Eight-yr-old Abhi Dev

Dec 28, 2008 News Comments Off on This Week’s ‘Special Person’ is Eight-yr-old Abhi Dev

He’s a motivational public speaker, head prefect of his school, self-taught chess player and avid cricketer. While these are a great many achievements for any person, get this – Abhimanyu Dev –...
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Bartica Hospital rejects patient, orders transfer to the city

Bartica Hospital rejects patient, orders transfer to the city

Dec 28, 2008 News Comments Off on Bartica Hospital rejects patient, orders transfer to the city

Relatives of 62-year-old Gladys Constantine, of Bartica, are pleading with the Ministry of Health to look into the treatment meted out to them last Tuesday at the Bartica Hospital. According to...
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Child Protection legislation reaches Parliament

Child Protection legislation reaches Parliament

Dec 28, 2008 News Comments Off on Child Protection legislation reaches Parliament

…AFC will support all forward-looking Bills – Trotman Christmas is a time for gifts and the office of the Attorney General has presented Human Services Minister Priya Manickchand with at...
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CCJ crucial to CSME

CCJ crucial to CSME

Dec 28, 2008 News Comments Off on CCJ crucial to CSME

– Justice Desiree Bernard According to the international news agency Reuters, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCI) has come to the point where it will be experiencing a lot of challenges in...
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The madness has returned to the roads

The madness has returned to the roads

Dec 28, 2008 Editorial Comments Off on The madness has returned to the roads

Just when the police felt that they had a lid on road accidents, they have been confronted with seven road deaths over four days; four of them yesterday, and the others between Christmas Eve and...
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Creativity is so much lacking

Creativity is so much lacking

Dec 28, 2008 Letters Comments Off on Creativity is so much lacking

Dear Editor, If certain TV stations don’t have anything proper or meaningfully sarcastic or satirical to put on their yearend satirical programmes, then they should just cancel the whole thing. I...
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Do thorough investigation before distributing relief assistance

Do thorough investigation before distributing relief assistance

Dec 28, 2008 Letters Comments Off on Do thorough investigation before distributing relief assistance

Dear Editor, We are facing some serious times as they relate to the current weather patterns and rising water levels in various parts of our country. These types of situations are very crucial for...
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Correcting a misconception re: the University of Guyana

Correcting a misconception re: the University of Guyana

Dec 28, 2008 Letters Comments Off on Correcting a misconception re: the University of Guyana

Dear Editor, A letter written by a friend of a former Director of the University of Guyana Berbice Campus and published in your newspaper has been brought to our attention. The writer accuses the...
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Can a successful social theory ever be constructed?

Can a successful social theory ever be constructed?

Dec 28, 2008 Letters Comments Off on Can a successful social theory ever be constructed?

Dear Editor, Isn’t it amazing how all the conservative commentators are tripping over each other to convince us, and maybe themselves, that there is nothing fundamentally wrong with capitalism: the...
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This AFC revelation breathes optimism for tomorrow

This AFC revelation breathes optimism for tomorrow

Dec 28, 2008 Letters Comments Off on This AFC revelation breathes optimism for tomorrow

Dear Editor, Commendations are in order for the AFC. Mrs. Sheila Holder, in SN of 21/12/2008, admitted: “The AFC hopes to encourage activism by empowering the citizenry through education programmes...
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Does the PPPC see attending to the constant flooding as a priority?

Does the PPPC see attending to the constant flooding as a priority?

Dec 28, 2008 Letters Comments Off on Does the PPPC see attending to the constant flooding as a priority?

Dear Editor, The statement attributed to Dr. Luncheon, as reported in the Kaieteur News of December 27, 2008, that the Government has no money to make Regions 4 and 5 “flood proof,” must have...
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We urgently need an economic stimulus package to jolt the economy

We urgently need an economic stimulus package to jolt the economy

Dec 28, 2008 Letters Comments Off on We urgently need an economic stimulus package to jolt the economy

Dear Editor, Some time last year, the prices for food, fuel and other basic items increased sharply. Families around the world, including Guyana, were reeling from the effects, as they helplessly...
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Fire damages office at GNSC

Fire damages office at GNSC

Dec 28, 2008 News Comments Off on Fire damages office at GNSC

A fire, believed to be electrical in origin, broke out at the Guyana National Shipping Corporation Limited (GNSC) offices at 5 – 9 Lombard Street yesterday, at approximately 09:00 hours. According...
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N/A Rotary, East Canje Lions jointly host children’s Christmas party

N/A Rotary, East Canje Lions jointly host children’s Christmas party

Dec 28, 2008 News Comments Off on N/A Rotary, East Canje Lions jointly host children’s Christmas party

The Rotary Club of New Amsterdam and the East Canje Lions Club showed just how things must be done when they jointly hosted a Christmas party for children in the East Canje area last Sunday. The...
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Technology to facilitate wiretapping not purchased as yet

Technology to facilitate wiretapping not purchased as yet

Dec 28, 2008 News Comments Off on Technology to facilitate wiretapping not purchased as yet

…no tangible support from government realized, only commitment- GT&T By Gary Eleazar It will cost some US$1M for the nation’s major telephone company the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph...
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There is much to celebrate

There is much to celebrate

Dec 28, 2008 Features / Columnists Comments Off on There is much to celebrate

The Christmas holidays are almost over, but the holiday spirit continues among Guyanese, who had saved all year round for just this occasion. There were the intermittent power outages, caused largely...
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Celebrating our Literary Ancestors

Celebrating our Literary Ancestors

Dec 28, 2008 Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Celebrating our Literary Ancestors

by Petamber Persaud On Wednesday December 17, 2008, the National Art Gallery, Castellani House, organised a tribute to Martin Carter to celebrate the life and work of this significant Guyanese...
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Sports

Berbice ease past Demerara in low-scoring match 

Berbice ease past Demerara in low-scoring match 

Apr 09, 2025

2025 GCB Female T20 inter-county tournament  Kaieteur Sports – It was a stroll to victory for the Berbice women who destroyed Demerara by 8 wickets yesterday when action in the GCB senior T20...
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Upper Demerara suffer 8 wicket loss as Lakeram stars with bat and ball 

Upper Demerara suffer 8 wicket loss as Lakeram...

Apr 09, 2025

Joshi is the new National 2025 Women’s Chess Champion

Joshi is the new National 2025 Women’s Chess...

Apr 09, 2025

Kares Engineering renews title sponsorship of One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast

Kares Engineering renews title sponsorship of One...

Apr 09, 2025

Harpy Eagles looking to put old rivals to bed, with path to title retention clear 

Harpy Eagles looking to put old rivals to bed,...

Apr 09, 2025

Windsor Estates reigns supreme at AmCham Golf Classic

Windsor Estates reigns supreme at AmCham Golf...

Apr 09, 2025

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