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Doctor, fiancée missing

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– car found at seawall Police are investigating the disappearance of a young doctor and his girlfriend. Twenty-seven-year-old Dr. Samsundar Lakeram, called Sarwan, who is attached to the...

11-year-old cocaine trafficker sent to NOC

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– “Auntie Kuntie gave it to me to sell” An 11-year-old boy of Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice was committed to the New Opportunity Corps by Magistrate Chandra Sohan after he was found...

Declare flood-hit areas disaster zones

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– AFC Chairman of the Alliance For Change, Khemraj Ramjattan, says that the President must declare the flood-affected areas, particularly the farmlands, to be disaster areas, wherein the...

Cuban lecturer found dead

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– suicide suspected Police on the East Coast of Demerara are investigating the circumstances that led to the gruesome discovery of the decomposing body of a Cuban national in his apartment...

Cuba pledges continued cooperation with Guyana

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On the occasion of 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution Cuba’s Charge d’Affairs, Pedro Arteaga Cardenas, has vowed continued cooperation and assistance to Guyana and other countries around...

Lawyer evicted from police station

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…prevented from accessing client Attorney-at-Law Vic Puran is peeved at what he called a breach of the Constitution of Guyana by ranks at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Eve Leary,...

Absenteeism in any form will not be tolerated

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– Shaik Baksh The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) may be guilty of attempting to aid the absenteeism of teachers in the public school system through its hosting of meetings during school hours. This...

Health aspect of flood situation has stabilised

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– Dr. Ramsammy Although the rainy season persists, Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy is confident that the health aspect of the resulting flood situation has stabilised. In an invited comment...

Decomposing body found at Stanleytown

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By Rustom Seegopaul Another chilling discovery was made yesterday morning at Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara, by a youth who went in search of a lost cow in the backdam, and instead uncovered a badly...

Girl, 12, missing

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Kendra Petrie is desperately seeking the assistance of the public to locate her daughter, 12-year-old Jennicia Petrie. According to the girl’s mother, her daughter left their 24 Sancho Street, Cane...

President Jagdeo’s media brunch

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Business entities donate motorcycles, bikes to CPGs

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Community Policing Groups on the East Bank of Demerara will be better able to patrol their communities after receiving two motorcycles, ten bikes and flashlights from three business entities. The...

Former PSC Chairman passes away

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Archibald Moore, a former Public Service Commission Chairman, has died at the age of 85. A relative told Kaieteur News that Mr. Moore, who resided at Castello Housing Scheme, passed away at the St....

Is Van West Charles trying to become Leader of PNCR?

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Dear Editor, It appears that the PNCR is again headed for yet another leadership showdown. In a number of articles in the New York-based newspapers, Caribbean Impact, I have noticed Van West Charles,...

Continuous assessment key to sustained success in school system

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– Education Minister There is need for greater emphasis to be placed on continuous assessment if successful achievements are to be sustained in the school system. Education Minister Shaik Baksh...

The big lie of 2008 lies in a sewage pipe

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The Marriott Hotel project is dead. But within its demise lies the deceit and corruptibility of power that has dissolved any historical truth the PPP embodied; not that the PPP ever had an enduring...

Constitutional reform to bring about shared governance is necessary

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Dear Editor, Mr. Emile Mervin’s letter, which was published in the Kaieteur News and SN on Thursday, December 25th.2008, is a welcome and instructive intervention in the renewed public debate on...

Frustrating year for volleyball – Shuffler

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– participation at inaugural Caribbean Games in balance “2008 can be described as a frustrating year for the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) since we are still to resolve our position for...

Rose Hall IMC looks back at 2008

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– year described as “eventful and thriving” ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYNE – Chairman of the Rose Hall Interim Management Committee, Bhadenauth Somrah, has described 2008 as being...

Sahadeo guides Ragnauth XI to victory in final

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A fine allround performance by Toolsie Sahadeo guided Chandreka Ragnauth XI to a comfortable 50 run victory over Keval Chulai XI in the final of the Belle Plaine Cricket Club 20 overs softball...

The realisation of a dream

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Dear Editor, I wish my late grandfather was around to walk across the Berbice River Bridge. This is indeed the realisation of a dream for Berbicians, going back generations. Like President Bharrat...

Road fatalities reduced in Berbice in 2008

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NEW AMSTERDAM , BERBICE – Fewer lives were lost on the Berbice roadways in 2008 as compared to the previous year. Over the weekend, Officer-In-Charge of Traffic in Division ‘B’ of the...

THE CONSERVANCY

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I get worried whenever I see the Ministry of Agriculture desperately trying to convince the nation that the accumulation on the land is mainly attributed to excessive rainfall. Just yesterday, the...

RHTYSC targets job opportunities for youths

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ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYNE – The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) on the Corentyne is intensifying its efforts to get young persons off the streets. Chief Executive Officer, Hilbert...

Jihad or Ji-hard?

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Twenty-two percent of Americans can name all five members of the television cartoon series “The Simpson Family” while only one in 1,000 knows the five freedoms guaranteed under the American...

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A call for more cultural centres

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Burnham’s decision to divert the Indian Immigration Fund towards constructing the National... more