Guyana

Clogged spots along Patentia drains

THE letter column of the Guyana Chronicle some time ago published a letter in which I called for the cleaning of drains in the Patentia West Housing Scheme indicating that the water from my main drains, as an example, was...

Sacre-Coeur Completes Initial Assessment of Its Guyana Exploration Portfolio and Prioritizes...

VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwire - November 12, 2008) - SACRE-COEUR MINERALS, LTD. (the "Company") (TSX-V: SCM) (FRANKFURT: S5N) today announced a strategic restructuring of its exploration programs in Guyana to prioritize...

New parondontid tetra discovered in Guyana

A new species of parodontid tetra has been described from Guyana in a recent issue of the journal Zootaxa. The new species, named Apareiodon agmatos by Donald Taphorn, Hernán López-Fernández and Calvin Bernard, is known from...

Uruguay Senate OKs legalizing some abortions

Bill would allow abortion during the first trimester President Tabare Vasquez says he will veto measure Uruguay now bars abortion in all circumstances In Latin America -- Cuba, Guyana allow abortions without restrictions in...

Jamaica-Guyana rice deal

Guyana has guaranteed that it will fulfil Jamaica's appetite for rice next year.The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) state has signed a memorandum of understanding to supply Jamaica with 60,000 tonnes of rice in 2009.Industry and...

Jonestown Examining the Peoples Temple

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sun Nov 9, 2008 3:06 PM EST In 1978, 913 followers of Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple committed a mass suicide in northern Guyana at a site called, Jonestown. The charismatic leader of Jonestown,...

Remembering the Guyana tragedy

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sun Nov 9, 2008 4:09 PM EST News of American history's worst mass killing of American citizens, besides 9-11, first reached me 25 years ago in a radio news report. Not long after news of the horror...

Money laundering trial

Arnold Budhram, who had pleaded guilty to laundering money for drug pushers in Guyana, was last Friday sentenced to three years probation with six months of that period being spent at home while he is electronically monitored.

Guyana to send free rice to storm-weary Cuba

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana says it will donate more than 150,000 tons (136,000 metric tons) of rice to Cuba, which is recovering from two devastating hurricanes and preparing for another storm. The shipment represents nearly...

Guyana leaders salute Barack

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):Guyana's two main political leaders have joined with other key sectors in welcoming the election of a new president of the United States (US).In a congratulatory message sent to Barack Obama on behalf...

               

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