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Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/07/2013 - 21:21

NTSB releases interim factual report on JAL 787 battery fire investigation and announces forum and investigative hearing

787 Battery

WASHINGTON - Today, the National Transportation Safety Board released an interim factual report and 499 pages of related documents in its ongoing investigation of the Japan Airlines 787 battery fire in Boston. Additionally, NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P.

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Submitted by Maggie Reece on Sat, 02/23/2013 - 21:06

Guyana seeks bids to build 330-kW Kato micro-hydro project

The government of Guyana seeks bids to construct the 330-kW Kato micro-hydro project and its related irrigation system on Guyana's Chiung River.

Registration is due March 1 for a March 19 bidders meeting and a March 20 mandatory site visit. Questions must be submitted by April 2, with bids due April 23.

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Submitted by Pamela Snow on Fri, 02/22/2013 - 11:59

Guyana Telephone (GT&T) taps Mahindra Comviva for mobile financial services

Mahindra Comviva

Telecom Lead Asia: Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GT&T) has tapped Mahindra Comviva to offer mobile financial services.

Mahindra Comviva is offering its mobiquity mobile financial solution to enable GT&T to offer mWallet services in Guyana.

READ Mobile World Congress 2013 HERE

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Submitted by John Gimlette on Wed, 02/20/2013 - 00:21

The history of the Wild Coast in ten objects - 7

Ariane space rocket

This monstrous thing is the Ariane space rocket. It's an odd one to find on the Wild Coast, but it explains a lot.

With the final closure of the penal settlement in 1963, French Guiana took on a forlorn air. The economy was completely supported by France, and there seemed little future for the colony.

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Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/22/2013 - 13:11

Female developers in Guyana lead the way - By Adrian Bridgwater

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Intel developer blog blogger Wendy Boswell has been busy bemoaning the lack of female developers in Western nations and pointing to some (arguably) insightful (if a little dated) figures.

Women are (as we know) unfairly underrepresented in the STEM category i.e (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).

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Submitted by John Gimlette on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 10:39

Guiana thrusts forward in the Space Age

European Space Agency (ESA) launch site in Kourou, Guyane

Last month, the European Space Agency (ESA) met in Naples and agreed to spend 10 billion euros over the next five years. This puts ESA into the big leaugue, just behind NASA but ahead of China.

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Submitted by Pamela Snow on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 05:16

Dr. Wilfred Chan: Natural Products Chemistry Pioneer

Dr. Wilfred Chan

"He was internationally recognised and was considered the leading organic research chemist in the English-speaking Caribbean from the mid-60s to the mid-80s. Just about every natural products chemist at UWI across the region and outside can trace his/her lineage to Professor Chan." Professor Anderson Maxwell

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