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U3O8 Corp.: U3O8 Corp. Granted Extensions on Its Uranium Exploration Areas in Guyana

Market Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday

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Road accidents are the seventh leading cause of death in Guyana - Health Minister

Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | yesterday

By Dale Andrews If Guyana is to achieve its goal of reaching a life expectancy of 75 years by 2015, death by accident needs to be drastically reduced. This was the message to schoolchildren and their teachers by Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy during a special symposium at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday. The activity is one of [...]

Dogs eat corpse while Guyana saves the world’s ecology

Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | yesterday

A few months back, an ugly episode occurred in Essequibo. Relatives of a deceased person came in from the US to cremate their dead. They found a rotting, smelly corpse and had to bury it right on the spot there and then. Now this was not a newspaper article from 1984. In 1984, Guyana’s economy had [...]

Guyana draw bye in 2010 regional first-class opening round

Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009

Moore, Seeram retained as Manager/Coach By Sean Devers While the Guyana Cricket Board is yet to make an official announcement, it has been confirmed that Carl Moore and Rabindranauth Seeram have been retained as Manager and Coach respectively for the 2010 Regional First Season which begins in the first week of next year. The 48-year-old Seeram, a [...]

Amazon, France summit on climate change ends in Brazil

People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

A summit on climate change held by countries straddling the Amazon basin and France ended Thursday in Brazil's northwestern city of Manaus, with participants urging developed nations to implement their commitments to environmental protection. In a declaration released after the summit, representatives from Brazil, France, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia and Guyana called on all developed...

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Amazon, France summit on climate change begins in Brazil

People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Amazon basin and France Summit on climate change started on Thursday in Manaus with the presence of French President Nicholas Sarkozy, Guyana leader Jean-Pierre Laflaquire and Brazilian President Lula da Silva, who has proposed the meeting. Representatives of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia also attend the summit. The Brazilian Minister of External Relations Celso Amorim said that...

• Amazon, France summit on climate change begins - Xinhuanet

Report on teenager's torture to be released soon

Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | yesterday

It won't be long now before the public gets to hear the findings of the inquiry into the allegations that police in Guyana set the genitals of a teenage murder suspect on fire.

Brazil: 'Gringos' Must Pay To Stop Amazon Razing

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

MANAUS, Brazil — Brazil's president said that "gringos" should pay Amazon nations to prevent deforestation, insisting rich Western nations have caused much more past environmental destruction than the loggers and farmers who cut and burn trees in the world's largest tropical rain forest. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made the comments Thursday just before an Amazon summit in which...

Brazilian president says 'gringos' must pay to protect Amazon

The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday

Speaking ahead of Amazon summit, Lula calls on industrialised countries to provide financial help to halt deforestation Brazil's president said today that "gringos" should pay Amazon nations to prevent deforestation, insisting rich western countries have caused much more past environmental destruction than the loggers and farmers who cut and burn trees in the world's largest tropical rainforest....

Bauxite strike talks collapse

Stabroek News (Free subscription) | yesterday

– as company fires some workers By Cathy Richards Negotiations between the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) and management of the Bauxite Company of ...

Rehab instead of prison recommended for ganja users

Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | yesterday

There is a need to review the relevant law to allow for persons (users) found with small quantities of marijuana (a joint or ‘spliff’) to be sent for rehabilitation instead of prison. This is one of the recommendations coming out of the National Crime Prevention Conference which concluded on Wednesday at the Guyana International Conference Centre [...]

Republic Bank nets $1.8B after-tax profit

Stabroek News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Republic Bank (Guyana) has recorded an after-tax profit of $1.8B for the financial year, $262 million over last year’s figure. According to the Bank’s recently released ...

Republic Bank unveils Customer Care plan

Stabroek News (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited yesterday launched its Customer Care Initiative at its Promenade Court head office, New Market Street. The launch of the new initiative, ...

UG workers end protest

Stabroek News (Free subscription) | yesterday

University of Guyana staff resumed duties yesterday after the worker’s union and the university administration reached a deal. Chairman of the University of Guyana Workers’ Union ...

Logos Hope is here!

Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | yesterday

… ship boasts over 7,500 book titles The Logos Hope is here! The 132.5-metre vessel docked at the Guyana National Shipping Corporation (GNSC) wharf last Wednesday to the music of steel pans, and was officially launched yesterday. The Logos Hope is the successor of Logos Two, which had been sold after 20 years of service. The [...]