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Edward “Pretty Face” Skeete of 309 Independence Boulevard, Georgetown, charged for the death of Industry businessman Bedi Ramjewan, made another appearance at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, East Coast Demerara on Friday, May 27. He was further remanded by Magistrate Judy Latchman until June 17. Skeete was accused of murdering Ramjewan on April 28, 2011 at Crown Dam, Industry, ECD, after relieving the businessman of Gy$2 million. His accomplice is still on the run. Police prosecutor Sergeant Bernard Brown made application for an adjournment, which was granted by the magistrate. Ramjewan,…

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The Education Ministry on Friday, May 27, commissioned the Gy$45.8 million primary school at De Hoop, Mahaica, Region Five, as it continues to forge ahead with plans to improve access and scale-up quality education delivery at the primary level. The state-of-the-art building, which houses a library, computer laboratory, staff room, kitchenette, and canteen, among other facilities, was made possible through funding from the Basic Needs Trust Fund, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The school replaces the old wooden structure which was built on…

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– Guyana cited for recording growth in 2010 The Board of Governors of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) began a two-day meeting on Wednesday, May 25, in Trinidad and Tobago against the background of a new growth trajectory to help ease the insecurity affecting Caribbean economies. Newly-appointed CDB President Dr Warren Smith said economic conditions in the region remained depressed, with only seven countries — The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Guyana, St Lucia and the Turks and Caicos Islands — reporting growth in 2010. But he said…

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Prime Minister Samuel Hinds has received Guyana’s highest national award, the Order of Excellence (OE). He will be joining the likes of Sir David James Garner Rose (posthumous) 1970, former presidents Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham (1973), Janet Jagan (1993), and Arthur Chung (1980), Dr Ptolemy Reid (1980); Sir Shridath Ramphal (1983), Dr Mohamed Shahabuddeen (1993), Jimmy Carter (Honorary), Boysie Ramkarran (1993), Dr Walter Rodney (posthumous) and Ashton Chase (2000). Speaking with Guyana Times International on Saturday, May 28, Hinds stated, “I think it is indeed a very exciting, gratifying and…

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Tourism Minister Manniram Prashad said Bartica is rapidly developing as one of Guyana’s new tourism hotspots. He was at the time addressing residents of Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) at the flag-raising ceremony held at the Bartica pavilion to mark Guyana’s 45th independence anniversary, a release from his office said. Prashad said Bartica is truly one of the most beautiful places in Guyana, and Barticians are ‘genuinely friendly and accommodating people.’ Noting that the tourism sector has made significant progress over the years, he said the government has officially declared Bartica a…

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Plans for the hosting of Building Expo 2011 are well on stream as staffers of the Housing and Water Ministry continue to vigorously pursue plans for the three-day exposition, which will be held from July 29 at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, East Bank Demerara. Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali said that, since its inception, the exposition has attracted significant attention from local developers, manufacturers, producers of construction and building materials, landscapers, architects, and engineers, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported Tuesday night. “There is a lot of work…

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The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is currently moving to spend close to Gy$30 million to upgrade potable water distribution networks in several hinterland communities in Regions One, Two, Seven, Eight and Nine. GWI is currently seeking contractors for the various infrastructural projects that would benefit hundreds of hinterland residents. The projects include installation of water distribution systems at Four Mile and Hill Top in Region One to the tune of some Gy$5 million. An additional Gy$8.1 million is earmarked for similar developments at Baramita, Kariako and Kwebanna, also in Region…

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The wife of a prominent medical doctor at the Georgetown Public Hospital was found bludgeoned to death in her Echilibar Villas, Campbellville home on Tuesday afternoon. Dead is Sharmaine Monica Doobay, 58, wife of the head of Internal Medicine and consultant cardiologist at the hospital, Dr Ramsundar Doobay. Reports are that her body was discovered lying face down in the kitchen. According to reports, the woman’s head was bashed in and she was lying in a pool of blood. Relatives said Dr Doobay went home and found the home locked.…

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By Ariana Gordon Two children, aged six and four, were on Tuesday, May 24, burnt to death in a fire which destroyed the wooden shack they called home at Dazell Housing Scheme, Paradise, East Coast Demerara (ECD). Dead are Julius DeClou, six, and Josiah DeClou, four, who were left alone at home by their mother, twenty-six-year- old Ashana Letlow. According to Letlow, she would usually go to her mother’s house, a stone’s throw away, to iron the older son’s school clothes; but, on this occasion, she took only her year-old…

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