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Birthday celebration ends tragically

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Just hours after holding a party to celebrate his birthday, 35-year-old Dirk Pollard died in a car crash, at around 04:30 hrs yesterday, near Eccles, on the East Bank Demerara public road. Pollard, a...

Bandit runs out of bullets, and into residents

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Residents of Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara showed their bravery and intolerance for banditry when they apprehended an armed bandit after he had discharged all the bullets from his weapon in his...

AG report recommends… Town Clerk, City Treasurer demit office

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After several months of intense investigation into the financial affairs of City Hall, the Office of the Auditor General has completed and presented its report, which reveals major improprieties....

Magistrate Gilhuys may lose firearm licence

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The Police have launched an investigation following disclosures that Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys did not use the weapon he was licenced to carry to shoot policeman Constable Mark George last Thursday...

Bills tabled for… Foreign law enforcers to work in Guyana

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The Visiting Forces Bill and the Status of Visiting Police Officers Bill were on Thursday laid in Parliament, this time to be firmly entrenched in the local laws. The two pieces of legislation were...

My statements were taken out of context – Top Cop

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Acting Police Commissioner Henry Greene is denying that he implied that the late signing of a warrant by Magistrate Yohhannseh Cave may have been a factor in the escape of multiple murder accused...

Mining camp slaughter… Miners Association calling for answers

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In wake of the recent mining camp killing, the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association is calling for a thorough and speedy investigation of the incident. According to Executive Director of...

Gunmen cart off $2.5M construction site payroll

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Pandemonium broke loose at a construction site on Camp Street, Georgetown yesterday, after two gunmen struck, successfully escaping with a weekly payroll for employees amounting to some $2.5M. When...

Results of National Grade Six assessment to be released tomorrow

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The Ministry of Education will tomorrow reveal the results of the National Grade Six assessment written by 17, 630 students in April. Minister of Education Shaik Baksh yesterday confirmed that he...

Five-storey office complex for CARICOM staff soon

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The new five-storey office complex, located obliquely opposite the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara, will soon be open. The facility will house about 125...

Sugar shortage hits Berbicians hard

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– prices more than double – no sugar in the hospitals Despite assurances from the Government and the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) that there is no sugar shortage, Berbicians are...

PNC/R reiterates call for independent inquiry into mining camp killing

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Leader of the main opposition party, the PNCR’s Robert Corbin, says that he is still not convinced that there would be an independent commission of inquiry into the Lindo Creek mining camp...

Chopping in Bartica… Police refute relatives’ claims of negligence

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The Guyana Police Force is refuting claims made by the relatives of battered woman Simone Fiedtkou, which stated that the chopping attack by her lover could have been avoided had the Police taken...

St Ignatius Secondary gets computers

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Dead Project Trust volunteer credited At a touching yet simple ceremony held in the computer room of the St Ignatius Secondary School, seven computer systems were officially handed over to the school...

Unidentified body found in Alberttown

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Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an unidentified man, whose body was found yesterday morning at Fifth Street, Alberttown. Police found the body at around 11:30 hrs...

Fourth CARICOM 10k race set for Antigua today

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Morgan aims for 4th consecutive title and Guyana 10k record By Sean Devers The 108sq mile Island of Antigua will host the fourth annual CARICIOM 10k race this morning (June 29) and defending female...

Jeffrey tames Fernandes in Men’s semis

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– sets up final with Robert Fernandes Kristian Jeffrey emphatically put an end to Nicolette Fernandes’ run in the men’s draw on Friday evening as the GT&T sponsored National...

Guyana Softball League/Banks DIH competition continues today

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Play in the Guyana Softball League 15-over cricket competition sponsored by Banks DIH will continue today with several matches. Starting at 10:00am: Industry Front XI take on Trophy Stall XI at the...

Guyana U-19’s preparation again affected by rain

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Confident team depart for Barbados on Wednesday By Sean Devers The final day of the final practice match for the Guyana under-19 cricket team which will defend its Three-Day title in Barbados from...

Sunday cartoon – June 29, 2008

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Banks DIH/Guyana Softball League 15-over Cricket…Den Amstel cruise into quarter-finals

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Den Amstel sailed into the quarter-final of the Banks DIH sponsored Guyana Softball League 15-over Cricket competition following results of last Sunday’s matches. In full results from the...

Earl Vigilance Memorial Scrabble on today in Linden

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Most of the country’s top word-formers will converge at the Linden Economic Advancement Programme (LEAP) Office in the Mining Town today to contest the Earl Vigilance Memorial Scrabble Tournament....

Blame the government – Carelessness erodes the best intentions

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There has been another prison escape and, once more, the people are left to wonder whether the money going to the Police and the security services is well spent. Over the past three years, the...

Preparing to celebrate, to what end?

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During the past week, parents all over the country began clamouring for the release of the results of what used to be the Secondary Schools Entrance Examinations. Rumours began flying that the...

GFF calls U-17 players to trials for CFU tourney

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The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) in preparation for Guyana’s participation in the upcoming Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Boys Under-17 Qualifiers to be played in Trinidad and Tobago in August...

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The wait is over, all roads lead to KMTC for their Grand Boxing Day Horse race meet

Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more