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day, July 31, 2008
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At the Second Meeting between the Secretary-General and the Heads of Regional Institutions at the CARICOM Secretariat yesterday. At centre, Secretary-General Dr. Edwin Carrington; at right, Deputy Secretary-General Ms.Lolita Applewhaite; and at left, Ambassador from the Commonwealth of Dominica to CARICOM, Mr. Charles Maynard. |
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New Diagnostic Centre up and running at Suddie Hospital
By Nathalene de Freitas
Minister within the Ministry of Health, Dr Bheri Ramsaran, yesterday told residents at Suddie in Region Two that their new Diagnostic Centre at the Suddie Hospital is up and running, with services available, even though the facility had not been officially....read more
Ruling on Channel Six suspension after it ends
JUSTICE William Ramlal yesterday reserved his ruling on the application, by C.N. Sharma, to amend the motion challenging the suspension of Channel Six television licence to include damages against the respondent......read more
Culture Ministry commits $3.5M to Emancipation celebrations
By Shurland Thomas
THE Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, in preparation for Emancipation Day celebrations, has given its support to at least 35 groups nationwide, to offset their financial expenses.....read more
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Health Ministry reports…
Favourable response to new programme for drug addicts
THE Ministry of Health has announced that, following the opening of the Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre at Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), it has commenced a structured relapse prevention programme (SRPP) for drug addicts.....read more
A unique Privatisation & Taxation Seminar
I would like to bring your attention to the recently-concluded seminar on privatisation and taxation policies. Such a seminar is unique and the Government should be commended for holding this seminar, as few governments around the world would.....read more
The rice industry has come a long way
For some 250 years now, rice continues to make its presence felt on the Guyanese lunch table. This is so because from the start of rice cultivation in the country, it became a staple food in all Guyanese households. It is remarkable that the African forefathers who came to this country as slaves gave birth to the rice industry which was later advanced by East Indian Immigrants from India. Today rice has become one of the backbones of the Guyanese economy, having grown from strength to strength over the years......read more
Woman in trio remanded on armed robbery charges
RYAN Mayers and Sharon Smith appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton yesterday on a joint robbery under arms charge.
Mayers, 35, of Lot 4 Melanie Damishana and Smith, 22, of Lot 115 Section ‘C’ Enterprise, both on East Coast Demerara, were not required to plead......read more
Olympic Games team urged to be good ambassadors
"THE Olympic Games are a great opportunity for the world to have a better understanding of China and vice versa" was the Chinese perspective of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, given by their Ambassador to Guyana Jungao Zhang......read more
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Polish policemen barred from social networking site
ARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's national police headquarters has banned officers from using a popular social networking site similar to Facebook because they were.....read more
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