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Sunday, May 11, 2008
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‘Corbin is living in a dream world’
-- President Jagdeo slams Opposition Leader on protests, scrutineers money
PRESIDENT Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday slammed Opposition Leader Mr. Robert Corbin, saying some $100M which should have gone exclusively to paying registration scrutineers is being used to engineer his party’s anti-government protests under the cloud of rising food prices.
The President said Corbin’s party was engaging in organised “thuggery” to get persons to join his protest in the city, saying some scrutineers who were supposed to be out in the field observing the house-to-house registration process were told to join the protest or risk not getting their payment.
Mr. Jagdeo is defending the measures he announced Wednesday to ease the cost of living, saying the measures were agreed to after countrywide consultations and were “fairly decent” given the country’s “tight” financial position. ...read more
Some of the mothers who were pampered at the DeSinco Mother’s Day Special
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AS part of the yearly celebration of Mother’s Day, DeSinco Trading on Sheriff Street yesterday honoured 80 mothers from around the Campbellville/Kitty community. ....read more
Still as spry as ever
after 17 kids
FOR a woman who gave birth to 17 children, 14 of whom are alive, Jean Dalgetty does not look a day older than 65…if so much.
But in actual fact, she’s all of 77. Looking her usual chipper self, the winsome Bartician yesterday thanked God. ...read more
The sack for CANU officers who fail lie detector test
- President Jagdeo
PRESIDENT Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced that officers of the Customs Anti- Narcotics Unit who fail the polygraph (lie detector) test will be sacked this week.
He made the announcement at a press conference yesterday at his State House residence, on Main Street in the city. ...read more
GPSU call for 25 per cent pay hike unrealistic
– President Jagdeo
PRESIDENT Bharrat Jagdeo says the call by the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) for a 25 per cent pay hike for public servants is unrealistic, given the country’s financial position.
In light of the high cost for food on the international. ...read more
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Positive response to food assistance exercise
THE ongoing sale of subsidised flour at various locations countrywide as part of the Government’s interventions to cushion the impact of the rising cost of food for Guyanese is progressing. ...read more
Mary was always there
ANOTHER day that has been set aside to honour mothers is upon us. In almost all major world religions, there is a figure that is looked up to as being that special mother. In Hinduism. ...read more
RECKLESSNESS NOT AN ALTERNATIVE
WITH FAMILIES across this nation struggling to cope with the rising cost of living that has so much to do with external factors beyond the control of ANY government of our Caribbean. ...read more
A Mother’s Work
AFTER a hiatus of a few weeks due to some necessary commitments, I have decided to write this week on a theme appropriate to today – Mother’s Day. The quote that prefaces this article was chosen for two reasons. First, it illustrates the sort. ...read more
Demlife/Tropical Rhythm women’s rugby
T&T swamp Cayman Islands to win NAWIRA women’s championships
… Guyana settle for second place
TRINIDAD and Tobago’s women’s rugby team swamped their counterparts from the Cayman Islands 79-0 to claim championship honours in the North American West Indies Rugby Association (NAWIRA) Women’s 15s Rugby Championship which concluded yesterday at the National Park. Guyana, like Trinidad who. ...read more
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