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Wednesday, January 07 2009
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Top priority for Hope Canal
- tenders soon for massive $3B project
THE new Hope Canal to ease pressure on the dam of the massive East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) will be six-and-a-half miles long and tenders will soon be put out for the $3B project ....read more
Guyana condemns atrocities perpetrated against Palestinians – President Jagdeo
calls for immediate ceasefire
President Bharrat Jagdeo, in an invited comment yesterday on the escalation of the crisis between Israel and Palestine, said that he has been following with grave concern the events that have unfolded at the Gaza strip, which he said seem to be a form of sanctioned.........read more.
Wounded Palestinian girl
A wounded Palestinian girl is carried to shifa hospital after an Israeli air strike in Gaza yesterday.REUTERS/Mohammed Salem. |
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Missing doctor, fiancée return home unharmed
 
Dr. Samsunder Lakeram & Ms. Radiks Dwarka |
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-families tight-lipped about circumstances surrounding their disappearance and return
THE couple reported missing last weekend, Dr Samsundar Lakeram and his fiancée, Ms. Radica Dwarka were reunited with their anxious families yesterday afternoon.
The doctor’s father, Lakeram (only name given), who made the disclosure, said he was not at liberty to say if a ransom was paid. However, he was thankful that his son and his paramour were not harmed.
Relatives added that the two are much traumatised and wanted some time alone, after being returned to the Lakerams’ Nonpariel, East Coast Demerara home.
Their families were very tight-lipped about the circumstances surrounding their disappearance and return.
The well-known owner of ‘Best Buy’ hardware store, on Nonpareil Public Road, said his son left home on Saturday in his vehicle, about 09:30 h, to have a laptop computer repaired and purchase a new cellular phone in Georgetown. The 25-year-old Dwarka was with him.....read more.
Economy performed well, despite global economic challenges in 2008
Government’s careful and judicious mix of policies saw the economy achieving a real growth between 3 to 3.2 percent last year, a commendable performance given the turbulence .... read more.
West Coast businessman linked to drugs network
A WEST Coast Demerara businessman has been linked to a cocaine shipping network that seems to be quickly unraveling with several suspects turning themselves in or being detained,..... read more.
Mash 2009 preparations advancing
- calendar of activities to be rolled out soon
SINCE its official launch in October 2008, preparations for Mashramani 2009 have gone a far way. Regional committee members are already at work and very soon the calendar of activities both ..... read more
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Toll charges for Berbice Bridge reasonable –Bridge CEO
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated (BBCI), Omadat Samaroo, hs said toll charges for the bridge are just about 10 percent higher than the ferry crossing......read more
Impressed with high level of courtesy at Pouderoyen NIS office
I WAS impressed by the high standard of courtesy and concern of the members of the NIS staff at Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara. It was a reflection of the main NIS Office at Brickdam. I speak for......read more
.The Hope Canal
BELEAGURED farmers and other residents in Mahaica, Mahaicony and Abary are looking towards better days with the announcement Monday by President Bharrat Jagdeo that cutting a new channel to drain excess water from the massive ......read more
Seven years at NOC for pre-teen cocaine smoker
A PRE-TEEN convicted of drug trafficking, at Albion Court, Corentyne, Berbice, was yesterday committed to the New Opportunity Corps...read more
Johnson to throw support behind Chetram Singh
… withdraws from GCB’s presidential race
VICE-PRESIDENT of the Guyana Cricket Board, Alvin Johnson, has withdrawn from the GCB’s presidential race on January 25 to ‘throw’ his support behind the long-standing president......read more
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Vehicles were purchased to enhance the capacity of Community Policing
(Lead letter)
I refer to a letter published in your Saturday January 3, 2009, edition of the Guyana Chronicle at page 7, under the Caption “Government ......read more
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