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European Parliament wants to move ACP consultation from Suriname

Stabroek editor — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:28:06 +0000

(de Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE – New facts and changed circumstances mean that the European Parliament (EP) is only now making attempts to prevent the upcoming ACP/EU JPA meeting scheduled for this...

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Blatter calls for alternative to penalty shootouts

Stabroek editor — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:17:25 +0000

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has called on Germany’s World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer and his panel of soccer experts to try to come up with an alternative to...

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Jamaica eyes three-year agreement with IMF

Stabroek editor — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:46:15 +0000

(Jamaica Gleaner) Finance and Planning Minister Dr Peter Phillips says the country has made substantial progress towards a full re-engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), signalling...

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UWI wants closer relationship with private sector

Stabroek editor — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:37:57 +0000

(Barbados Nation) The University of the West Indies (UWI) is looking to develop a closer relationship with the region’s private sector as part of its 2012 to 2017 strategic plan. Word of this came...

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Bajan DPP: Stop hiding white collar crime

Stabroek editor — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:35:37 +0000

(Barbados Nation) Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Charles Leacock has called on companies and other institutions to stop hiding white collar crimes in an attempt to protect the image of their...

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French President makes unannounced Afghan trip

Stabroek editor — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:34:19 +0000

KABUL, (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan today to visit some of the French troops he wants to pull out later this year, defending his plan...

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West Indies 84-4 v England, second test – lunch

Stabroek editor — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:30:14 +0000

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – West Indies were 84 for four wickets at lunch on the first day of the second test against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham today after winning the toss and...

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Miners take GGMC to court over claims on Amerindian lands

Stabroek staff — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:19:56 +0000

Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang earlier this week ordered the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to show cause why its decision to refuse to accept prescribed fees and/or rental payments from...

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Demerara River residents risk lives to keep ships at bay

Cathy Richards — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:18:14 +0000

Fed up with the destruction being caused to their community by big ships passing along the Demerara River, Dalliwala, Christianburg and Speightland residents have, at great risk to themselves, begun...

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Guinness street football goes regional

Stabroek staff — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:17:17 +0000

By Emmerson Campbell Six Caribbean Street Football teams, including Back Circle from Guyana, will vie for US$4,000, a multi-purpose playing facility and bragging rights when the inaugural Guinness...

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Cop shot with arrows, chopped at Monkey Mountain

Zoisa Fraser — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:17:00 +0000

A police constable was shot numerous times with arrows, chopped in the head and beaten at Monkey Mountain, Region Eight on Wednesday following the arrest of a suspect with a gun and suspected...

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Duo to serve 30 years each for female taxi driver murder

Stabroek staff — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:16:39 +0000

By Mandy Thompson The two men who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the killing of female taxi driver Seeraji Singh were each sentenced to 40 years imprisonment by Justice Roxane George in the High...

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Holding lambastes WICB, Gibson over handling of senior players

Stabroek staff — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:16:33 +0000

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Legendary former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding has once again slammed the West Indies Cricket Board’s management of the sport in the region and says their...

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State to help children of Sophia woman who dropped dead in police operation

Stabroek staff — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:15:26 +0000

Nine children, four under the age of twelve, left by their mother Valerie Gordon who dropped dead after police allegedly opened fire near her Sophia home, are to receive government assistance until...

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Persaud should offer Karen Livan an apology

Stabroek staff — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:14:45 +0000

Dear Editor, The women of the S4 Foundation are highly offended at the way one of our highly qualified Guyanese Sisters was treated by a minister of government. Last week, Karen Livan, new head of...

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Office assistant charged with stealing from Rohee

Stabroek staff — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:14:30 +0000

An office assistant at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday was placed on $75,000 bail by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton after he was accused of stealing half a million dollars from the...

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Post Office can track mail or packages sent express or registered

Stabroek staff — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:13:48 +0000

Dear Editor, The Guyana Post Office Corporation apologises for and regrets the unfortunate situation of Mr Deonand Kissoon-Geer who complained in the Tuesday May 22, 2012 edition of the Stabroek News...

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Prizes presented to President’s/Jefford Track and Field Classic winners

Stabroek staff — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:12:32 +0000

Prizes for the recently-concluded President’s/Jefford Track and Field Classic in Linden were presented yesterday by the organizers of the event at the Digicel head office in Kingston. Police amassed...

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Unsuitable venue, inappropriate music, lack of engagement with audience marked Ramotar’s meeting with New York diaspora

Stabroek staff — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:12:27 +0000

Dear Editor, If the choice of a venue was ever an indicator of the nature of an event, then I should have known what to expect at Saturday’s (May 19, 2012) meeting with President Ramotar at Moka...

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GDF cadets win scholarships to elite US academies

Stabroek staff — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:12:26 +0000

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) says two cadets have won full scholarships to two of the most prestigious military academies in the USA. In a press release, the GDF said Errol Van Lange will be a...

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Windies hunt series-levelling win at Trent Bridge

Stabroek staff — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:11:45 +0000

NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – Captain Darren Sammy has underscored the importance of a win in the second Test against England starting here today, pointing out that it was crucial the embattled West...

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Upper Berbice foresters donate school bus to Kwakwani

Stabroek staff — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:11:33 +0000

The stress that parents endure in sending their children to school by a two to three mile trek or facing the high cost for a taxi from Water Front, Lamp Island and other far reaching communities of...

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Why are Region 2 farmers not being paid if government last year gave rice milling company a cash injection?

Stabroek staff — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:10:39 +0000

Dear Editor, I witnessed a picketing exercise on Friday, May 11 in the vicinity of the Regional Chairman’s Office and also near the Guyana Rice Development Board Office in Region Two...

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Strikes continue to rock sugar over holiday-with-pay

Stabroek staff — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:10:30 +0000

Workers at various sugar estates across the country yesterday continued their strike after they were informed that they will not receive their customary one-week, holiday-with-pay (HWP) today because...

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