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  1. TCL to offer vulnerable groups special discount for home constructionRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Stabroek News

    ... retirees, single parents and other vulnerable groups with the construction of their homes. The TCL Group, through TCL Guyana Inc (TGI) will provide persons who qualify with an attractive discount on all cement purchases for their home construction. ...

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    Related Topix: Home Building, Home, Bharrat Jagdeo, South America, World News

  2. Jagdeo hails Norway forest deal as - our Copenhagen'Read the original story w/Photo

    2 hrs ago | Stabroek News

    ... Environment, Erik Solheim, shake hands after the completion of the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between Guyana and Norway on Monday (GINA photo) A beaming Jagdeo, who has lobbied on a global level for such a pact, told reporters at a ...

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    Related Topix: Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, World News, Bharrat Jagdeo, South America

  3. Aliya's body believed foundRead the original story w/Photo

    2 hrs ago | Stabroek News

    ... very early efforts to reach the area had to be abandoned. Stabroek News understands that specialist officers from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) journeyed to the area yesterday and were split into two teams, one at the top of the falls and another ...

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  4. 20091111jamaicamotorraceRead the original story w/Photo

    2 hrs ago | Stabroek News

    - Says GMR&SC of November to Remember President of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Aaron Bethune Monday night hailed the third and final round of the Seaboard Marine-sponsored Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) a major ...

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  5. Torture has become institutionalisedRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Stabroek News

    Dear Editor, Two weeks ago, members of the Guyana Police Force brutally tortured a 14-year-old boy at Leonora Police Station where the Force's - D' Division is headquartered.

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    Related Topix: South America, World News, Prison

  6. The most senior officers of the Berbice lawyers' association are sick or have resignedRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Stabroek News

    ... The point is still the same: this association is non-functional and at best is a headless.a When I referred to the a Guyana Bar Associationa I meant that this should speak of lawyers in all of Guyana, but it only includes lawyers from Georgetown. ...

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  7. Norway pledges $250M to protect Guyana's junglesRead the original story

    12 hrs ago | MySanAntonio.com

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana - How much is the lush forest in the South American country of Guyana worth? At least $30 million, if you ask Norway's government.

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  8. GUYANA- Cops accused of setting boy's genitals on fireRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | The Voice

    ... wounds sustained from severe beatings despite a senior officer being reportedly in charge of the investigation,' the Guyana Human Rights Association told Caribbeannetnews.com. The case has caused uproar in the country, with a lawyers' group urging a ...

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  9. Guyana could get as much as US$250 million to support LCDS implementationRead the original story w/Photo

    Yesterday | Caribbean Net News

    With the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Guyana and Norway to protect Guyana's tropical forests Monday at the bucolic Fairview village, Region Nine on the banks of the mighty Essequibo River, Guyana could receive as much as US$250 million by 2015 to support the implementation of the Low-Carbon Development Strategy .

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  10. Surgeon ignored abuse in torture of teen a " GHRARead the original story

    Yesterday | Stabroek News

    The Guyana Human Rights Association has accused Police Surgeon Mahendra Chand of ignoring the abuse of a teen who was tortured while in custody and yesterday called for him to be relieved of duties in the police force and the prison service.

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  11. PYARG celebrates 11th anniversary with 679 new graduatesRead the original story

    Yesterday | Stabroek News

    Six hundred and seventy-nine young people graduated from the Presidenta s Youth Award Republic of Guyana programme as it celebrated its 11th anniversary at a ceremony held two Saturdays ago at the National Cultural Centre.

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    Related Topix: South America, World News, Bharrat Jagdeo, Samuel Hinds

  12. Norway offers up to US$250M under new forests pact with GuyanaRead the original story w/Photo

    Yesterday | Stabroek News

    Guyana and Norway yesterday signed an agreement that will see Oslo paying US$30 million next year and potentially up to US$250 million by 2015 for Guyana to preserve its forests.

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  13. The elephant in the room Dear Editor,Read the original story

    Yesterday | Stabroek News

    ... statedA "I am not interested in Roger Khan" when he was arrested in Suriname. A She also makes it clear that the Guyana Police at the time of Khan's arrest were conducting their ownA investigations, and that no one could question her commitment to ...

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  14. Social activism is needed now more than political activismRead the original story

    Yesterday | Stabroek News

    ... drug-pushers. Indians occupied two areas - " the sugar industry and the rice fields. Nowadays if you ask someone in Guyana to recommend a good mason or carpenter note whose name pops up. Over the years, Africans did most of the heavy lifting in the ...

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  15. Guyana should have - University on the Air' againRead the original story

    Yesterday | Stabroek News

    Dear Editor, I am always amused by the histrionics I witness almost daily in Guyana's media.

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  16. Economic operation - " a call to actionRead the original story

    Yesterday | Stabroek News

    Minister of Tourism Manniram Prashad was very proud of an external report which said that Guyana has had the highest rate of tourism growth in the region.

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    Yesterday | The Norway Post

    Guyana and Norway have entered into partnership to protect Guyana's tropical forests.

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  18. Norway offers Guyana up to $250m to save forestsRead the original story

    Yesterday | The Peninsula

    OSLO: Norway agreed yesterday to pay Guyana up to $250m by 2015 to preserve forests in the South American nation as part of a scheme to slow climate change. 2 comments

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  19. Jagdeo urges Caricom to pay attention to cement situationRead the original story

    Monday | Stabroek News

    ... land and we are not getting rentals for the thing too - we have a dispute, it's a big irony," he added. TCL and TCL Guyana Inc (TGI) had accused the Guyana government of breaching the Revised Treaty of Chaguara-mas by unilaterally suspending the CET ...

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  20. 18 South Central Rupununi residents complete skills training programmeRead the original story

    Monday | Stabroek News

    ... ibbean Development Bank and the Canadian International Development Agency.A The organisation has been in existence in Guyana since 1993, providing infrastructure, skills training and reaching out to the poor, the release added.

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