Demerara-Mahaica

Strike stops output at Rusal bauxite mine in Guyana

Workers at the islands largest bauxite mine are resisting pressure from the company for 75 layoffs in return for a 10% wage increase for those who remain. Posted: Tuesday , 24 Nov 2009 GEORGETOWN (Reuters) - A strike over wages...

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CGX Energy Reports on Drilling Plans

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/21/09 -- CGX Energy Inc. (TSX VENTURE: OYL)("CGX" or the "Company") announces that after a meeting today in Georgetown, Guyana with the President of Guyana, His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo,...

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Sampling a vibrant diaspora

New York-based photographer Preston Merchant on his pet project: visualising India's culture as seen through the diaspora. A New York-based freelance photographer, Merchant was enthralled by India at the outset of his career,...

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One mobile music vendor chops another with cutlass

Welcome to the News Page for Saturday, November 14, 2009 HPS advised… GPL pre-Christmas maintenance may be causing continuing blackouts By Priya Nauth HEAD of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr. Roger Luncheon said,...

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Guyana: US 'mastermind' behind arson attacks

GEORGETOWN — Recent arson attacks and shootings in this violence-wracked South American nation are the work of a mastermind living in the United States, Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo alleged. Jagdeo made the allegation late...

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Peoples Republic of China celebrates its 60th anniversary

Agri Minister meets with exporters By Tajeram Mohabir The Ministry of Agriculture, in keeping with its drive to expand export of non-traditional produce, recently met with several exporters to listen to their concerns and...

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GUYANA: Brazil Opens Gateway to Wider Caribbean

GEORGETOWN, Sep 22 (IPS) - Earlier this month, Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula DaSilva flew more than 1,600 kilometres from his base in Brasilia to a remote state on the Guyanese frontier to formally commission a border...

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Dindyal outlines GPL solutions to current generating problems

1M Texana breed project for Region Nine By Tajeram Mohabir Stemming from the success at the Mon Repos facility, the National Agriculture Research Institute (NARI) will be introducing the Texana breed through the artificial...

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T&T sugar industry: Too costly to save

This country cannot produce sugar at a price that is remotely competitive with other players in the industry. Even if the suggestion is that we engage in the \"sugar cane industries\", meaning using all parts of the plant, we...

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World`s Oldest Blogger Is Guyanese Read...

CaribWorldNews, MIAMI, FL, Thurs. Aug. 20, 2009: The world`s oldest blogger is reportedly a ninety-six-year-old man, born in Guyana. Randall Butisingh, a Florida resident, succeeded Maria Amelia Lopez Solino as the oldest...

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