Archive | September, 2011

Hydro cost jumps US$385M in five months

Hydro cost jumps US$385M in five months

Gov’t says cost bloated by price hikes The government yesterday linked the bloating cost of the Amaila Falls Hydro Project to added interest costs and price hikes for materials that would be used in the construction. It said that it was not ruling out pushing more money into the project. President Bharrat Jagdeo, on Tuesday, stated that [...] [...more]

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GUYEXPO 2011 opens today

GUYEXPO 2011 opens today

… 120,000 visitors expected Guyexpo 2011 is, according to organizers, expected to attract at least 120,000 visitors, more than 25,000 per night, making it an even bigger show than previous years. Director of Tourism and Public Relations Manager for the Exhibition, Indranauth Haralsingh, spoke to Kaieteur News last evening amidst the bustle of last minute preparations at [...] [...more]

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Jagdeo vs. Freddie Kissoon libel suit…Court bars UN expert report

Jagdeo vs. Freddie Kissoon libel suit…Court bars UN expert report

  Justice Brassington Reynolds has provisionally ruled that he would not be admitting into evidence a UN expert report on racism in Guyana. On the last occasion both parties had asked for an adjournment so that they could give their arguments on writing for or against the admitting of the document. President Jagdeo is suing for $10 million, [...] [...more]

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Bogus Education Officer busted again

Bogus Education Officer busted again

Police on the Essequibo Coast have apprehended a man purporting to be a District Education Officer from Georgetown. According to the police, Collis Akeem Peters, from Enterprise, Leguan, was apprehended by police on Tuesday, at the Charity Secondary School, where he was engaging teachers at that school in a lecture. Peters aroused the suspicion of a teacher [...] [...more]

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Luncheon tells Sharma ignore unsigned document

Luncheon tells Sharma ignore unsigned document

  To meet with Jagdeo tomorrow Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, has told TV station owner Chandra Narine Sharma, that he should disregard the document he reportedly received informing him of an impending one year ban on his Channel Six operations. Luncheon said, yesterday, that he did indeed invite Sharma, by way of a one [...] [...more]

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Dem boys seh…Somebody got a big paycheck

Dem boys seh…Somebody got a big paycheck

  De NIS building set de stage. De price jump from one level to a high one. Now dem boys seh that everything gone up because everybody using de NIOS as de base fuh whatever dem have to do. De fuss thing is that de Amaila Project now jump to US$835 million. Is nuff figures dem people [...] [...more]

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Guyana’s internal population has passed a million

Guyana’s internal population has passed a million

The 2006 Government like the ninth Parliament will become history soon. The national election may be in late November or very early in December. I will always remember the 2006 Government. Without reference to any particular member of the 2006 administration, the Chronicle, in that period, created a little history about me. The Guyanese scholar who [...] [...more]

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Samuels’ action cleared by ICC

Samuels’ action cleared by ICC

ESPNcricinfo – Marlon Samuels, the West Indies batsman and part-time offspinner, has had his bowling action cleared by the ICC after undergoing significant remedial work. An independent test found his action to be legal and the player has been cleared to resume bowling in international cricket. “A comprehensive analysis revealed that his mean elbow extension was [...] [...more]

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Sarwan, Chattergoon included in Guyana 50-Over team

Sarwan, Chattergoon included in Guyana 50-Over team

Latcha is lone uncapped player selected   By Sean Devers Twenty-one year-old off-spinner Steven Latcha is the only player without any senior team experience named in a young Guyana 14-man squad for this year’s Regional Super50 cricket tournament from October 18-29 in Guyana. Latcha, who played for the West Indies under-15 team in 2005 and last played at [...] [...more]

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Linden gears for Mackeson Smooth Moves basketball opening

Linden gears for Mackeson Smooth Moves basketball opening

    - quest for NBA All-Star trip or $1M begins at MSC Sunday   With a trip to the NBA All-Star Finals in Orlando Florida or an alternative of $1M up for grabs, the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament bounces off on Sunday at 4pm on the refurbished Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Court in Linden. The countrywide tournament, [...] [...more]

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