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Keishar’s donates back-to-school vouchers to Sophia students

Keishar’s donates back-to-school vouchers to Sophia students

Aug 23, 2008 News Comments Off on Keishar’s donates back-to-school vouchers to Sophia students

As the conclusion of the August vacation for students nears, some have benefited significantly from the benevolence of Keishar’s Gift Shoppe and Variety Store. On Thursday, representatives of the...
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More cocaine found at GPOC

More cocaine found at GPOC

Aug 23, 2008 News Comments Off on More cocaine found at GPOC

Ranks from the Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday intercepted another three items of mail containing a quantity of cocaine. The mail which was destined for the United States was found at the...
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CSEC yields mixed performances

CSEC yields mixed performances

Aug 23, 2008 News Comments Off on CSEC yields mixed performances

– four subject areas deemed unsatisfactory The overall performances in four subject areas at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examination are being regarded as...
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Ex-cop charged with two murders

Ex-cop charged with two murders

Aug 23, 2008 News Comments Off on Ex-cop charged with two murders

– claims he was assisting in the investigation A former policeman has been charged with the murders of Enmore businessman Akbar Alli, who was gunned down on Brickdam last month, and Ramrattan...
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Canadian seaman shot, robbed in Water Street

Canadian seaman shot, robbed in Water Street

Aug 23, 2008 News Comments Off on Canadian seaman shot, robbed in Water Street

A Canadian seaman was shot and robbed by bandits in a car at around 14:00 hrs yesterday in Water Street. The victim, identified as Christopher Olsen, 40, was shot in the right arm after being...
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Couple remanded for ammo possession

Couple remanded for ammo possession

Aug 23, 2008 News Comments Off on Couple remanded for ammo possession

A businesswoman and her common-law partner were refused bail yesterday after they were charged with illegal possession of ammunition. The two, Joanna Lopez and Philbert James, made their appearance...
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Trio jailed for stealing from employer

Trio jailed for stealing from employer

Aug 23, 2008 News Comments Off on Trio jailed for stealing from employer

Three men were yesterday sent to prison for three years each after they pleaded guilty to a simple larceny charge. The men – Joseph Evans, Devon Hollingsworth and Colin Sealy – made their...
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Cuba-based students…

Cuba-based students…

Aug 23, 2008 News Comments Off on Cuba-based students…

Parents pay additional money for their return After being stuck in Cuba for more than two weeks, some of the 212 Guyanese students have been given the opportunity to return to their homeland. Vice...
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QC student tops CAPE

QC student tops CAPE

Aug 23, 2008 News Comments Off on QC student tops CAPE

Nazana Weeks of Queen’s College has secured the top spot at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), having attained grade ones in five subject areas. According to Education Minister...
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Chubby U-14 League – day 3: Selwyn Williams’ helmet-trick highlight of the day

Chubby U-14 League – day 3: Selwyn Williams’ helmet-trick highlight of the day

Aug 23, 2008 Sports Comments Off on Chubby U-14 League – day 3: Selwyn Williams’ helmet-trick highlight of the day

By Franklin Wilson A helmet-trick by Renaissance striker Selwyn Williams has propelled his team into the lead in group B when rivalry in the Chubby under-14 league, organised by the Georgetown...
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Marshall hits record 12 ODI sixes

Marshall hits record 12 ODI sixes

Aug 23, 2008 Sports Comments Off on Marshall hits record 12 ODI sixes

Xavier Marshall hammered a record 12 sixes in an unbeaten 157 to propel West Indies to 303-4 and a 49-run win in the Canada Cup Tri-Series in King City. Marshall surpassed the best of 11 for most...
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GT&T, Gizmos Inter Association U-17 cricket (2nd round): /Town maul W/Demerara to advance to tomorrow’s final

GT&T, Gizmos Inter Association U-17 cricket (2nd round): /Town maul W/Demerara to advance to tomorrow’s final

Aug 23, 2008 Sports Comments Off on GT&T, Gizmos Inter Association U-17 cricket (2nd round): /Town maul W/Demerara to advance to tomorrow’s final

E/Bank also advance after no-result against E/Coast By Sean Devers Regardless of the results in today’s final preliminary round of the GT&T, Gizmos & Gadgets Demerara Cricket Board Inter...
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Prolific Braithwaite hit 32nd century, as rain wash out GCA/ Combermere match

Prolific Braithwaite hit 32nd century, as rain wash out GCA/ Combermere match

Aug 23, 2008 Sports Comments Off on Prolific Braithwaite hit 32nd century, as rain wash out GCA/ Combermere match

By Sean Devers Prolific West Indies under-15 opener Kraig Braithwaite looked as ominous as the dark clouds hanging over the DCC ground yesterday as he ‘carried his bat’ for a magnificent unbeaten...
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2008 Cellink Southern Caribbean Squash Championships

2008 Cellink Southern Caribbean Squash Championships

Aug 23, 2008 Sports Comments Off on 2008 Cellink Southern Caribbean Squash Championships

Guyana experience mixed fortunes in men’s competition Kristian Jeffrey put up a spirited fight but his efforts were insufficient against Southern Caribbean Squash champion, Barbadian, Shawn Simpson...
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TRADE SECRETS

TRADE SECRETS

Aug 23, 2008 Features / Columnists Comments Off on TRADE SECRETS

Day after day when in his mother’s land, Bill turns in 400 pithy words. Day after day. Where does he get his ideas and stories? In the meeja, ideas are our currency. Without them we are dead or...
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When you talk, this Government gets annoyed but…

When you talk, this Government gets annoyed but…

Aug 23, 2008 Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on When you talk, this Government gets annoyed but…

They say we must not make choices for our children. Before their thought patterns are formed, you can tell them what not to do. As they grow into adulthood, they should be left to make their own...
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THAT IMMIGRATION DEBATE… AGAIN

THAT IMMIGRATION DEBATE… AGAIN

Aug 23, 2008 Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THAT IMMIGRATION DEBATE… AGAIN

I have noticed that a debate has started up in the letter pages of another newspaper concerning the methods used by the consular section of the United States Embassy in Guyana, in determining whether...
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PNCR scrutineers at Mahdia still unpaid

PNCR scrutineers at Mahdia still unpaid

Aug 23, 2008 Letters Comments Off on PNCR scrutineers at Mahdia still unpaid

DEAR EDITOR, The PNCR scrutineers who worked on the house-to-house registration process at Mahdia are yet to be paid for the months of May and June 2008. Most of these scrutineers were women, who had...
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Is this how we intend to engage each other?

Is this how we intend to engage each other?

Aug 23, 2008 Letters Comments Off on Is this how we intend to engage each other?

DEAR EDITOR The Carifesta Secretariat and the Ministry of Culture Youth & Sport have ignored our requests for Carifesta tickets to distribute to our members. The Tourism and Hospitality...
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The EPA has more advantages than disadvantages for the region

The EPA has more advantages than disadvantages for the region

Aug 23, 2008 Letters Comments Off on The EPA has more advantages than disadvantages for the region

DEAR EDITOR Former Caribbean diplomat Sir Ronald Sanders is one of the most ardent and vociferous critics of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). In his Sunday column in the...
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Expectations of Carifesta X

Expectations of Carifesta X

Aug 23, 2008 Editorial Comments Off on Expectations of Carifesta X

Carifesta X is underway. We wish all success to this festival which we believe has the potential of becoming perhaps the most important of all regional festivals. The interest so far that Carifesta X...
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Failure to transfer Lotto funds is unashamed violation of constitution – Winston Murray

Failure to transfer Lotto funds is unashamed violation of constitution – Winston Murray

Aug 22, 2008 News Comments Off on Failure to transfer Lotto funds is unashamed violation of constitution – Winston Murray

…just a technical issue – President The non-transferral of 24 per cent of the money paid over to the government by the Guyana Lottery Company as the people’s share from lotteries over the...
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Corbin ‘nitpicking’ over Greene’s appointment

Corbin ‘nitpicking’ over Greene’s appointment

Aug 22, 2008 News Comments Off on Corbin ‘nitpicking’ over Greene’s appointment

– President Jagdeo Head of State, President Bharrat Jagdeo says that Leader of the main Opposition Party, Robert Corbin, is nitpicking and playing petty politics as it relates to the...
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Cop among three held after Canje robbery

Cop among three held after Canje robbery

Aug 22, 2008 News Comments Off on Cop among three held after Canje robbery

An interdicted policeman is among a gang of three men arrested following a high speed chase through a section of Berbice, on Tuesday, after they had committed a daring robbery at Reliance, East...
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Sports

Team Guyana ready to take on Haiti and Cayman Islands FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup

Team Guyana ready to take on Haiti and Cayman Islands FIBA 3×3...

Dec 12, 2024

Kaieteur Sports- Team Guyana is set to begin their campaign at the 2024 FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup tournament today with back-to-back matches against Haiti and the Cayman Islands in Group A qualifiers....
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Timehri Hustlers dispatch Tiger Bay as Gold is Money thrash Region Seven Ballers

Timehri Hustlers dispatch Tiger Bay as Gold is...

Dec 12, 2024

Windies Masters announce squad for Americas Cup

Windies Masters announce squad for Americas Cup

Dec 12, 2024

Stormy Victory, Morning Colors stepping up for Simply Royal stables

Stormy Victory, Morning Colors stepping up for...

Dec 12, 2024

Region 7 Edition of CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited-GTTA/MoE National Schools Table Tennis Championships underway

Region 7 Edition of CNOOC Petroleum Guyana...

Dec 12, 2024

Vergenoegen Secondary sweeps Region Three Basketball Jamboree

Vergenoegen Secondary sweeps Region Three...

Dec 12, 2024

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