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Return to work or face termination

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Air traffic controllers’ strike… – Minister Benn warns striking workers The Air Traffic Controllers’ strike action, now in its fifth day at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport,...

Guyana alerted to tainted peanut products

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The Government Analyst/Food and Drug Department (FDD) is continuing inspection exercises around Guyana in search of peanut butter and other peanut byproducts that originated from the US after July...

MACORP incurs $6M expense after lending excavator to M&CC

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It was intended to be a kind gesture to help the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) with addressing the city’s drainage problem, but MACORP’s lending of an excavator to the...

Derelict building collapses with occupants

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– family left homeless The occupants of a derelict Hunter Street, Albouystown house can consider themselves lucky to have escaped serious injury after the two-storey building they called home...

Woman, 40, raped and beaten at Bath Settlement

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…One in custody By Fareeza Haniff The community of Bath Settlement on the West Coast of Berbice has been hit by yet another rape. This time the victim is a 40-year-old woman from the area, who was...

Erskine vows disciplinary action following embarrassing escape

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Director of Prisons, Dale Erskine has vowed to take disciplinary action against some of his ranks following last Thursday’s embarrassing escape of inmate Surajnarine Singh. Erskine said that the...

Jagdeo secures European ally in ‘money for standing forest’ quest

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Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo is currently in Norway where he is pressing his case on climate change. The President met that country’s Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg, in Oslo yesterday where they...

Shot cologne vendor denies snatching gold band

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Kevin Williams, 23, of 41 Prince William Street, Plaisance, yesterday appeared before Acing Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to face a charge of larceny from the person. He pleaded not guilty. It...

Mother of five faces jail for cocaine trafficking

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Fabya Helkin, 32, was yesterday remanded to prison after she made her court appearance before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton. She is accused of having in her possession in excess of two grams of...

Air Traffic Controllers to seek President’s intervention

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Air Traffic Controllers, through the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), will be approaching President Bharrat Jagdeo upon his return tomorrow, to intervene in the wages dispute between themselves...

Kaieteur News dominates media awards

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– Wilson, Welch sweep print prizes Hard work and a steadfast commitment to the job were attributed as the hallmarks for success which was evidently recognised by the National Sports Commission...

Guyanese part of L&L Radio team for England series

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“Our aim is to assist regional stations” – Wilkinson Former Guyana first-class cricketer Neil Barry is set to make his International debut as a radio cricket annalist during the...

Johnson, Bess back for Guyana’s next match

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Fudadin, Garraway sent home By Sean Devers West Indies One-Day left-hander Leon Johnson and fast bowler Brandon Bess leave Guyana today for Barbados to join the Guyana team for their next West Indies...

Berbice to launch cricket season with inter zone match

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The 2009 Berbice Cricket season would be launched on February 15 with the Berbice Board hosting a special Inter-Zone match featuring West Berbice / New Amsterdam / Canje against Lower & Central...

Central issues discussed at GHB Meeting

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– plans to re-modify Diamond Mineral Water Festival With its stated intention to re-energise the game, the Executive of the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) met last Saturday to address a number of...

Guyanese Blyden, Baker shine in T&T’s 20/20 cricket

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The Guyanese pair of Travis Blyden and Elton Baker hit half-centuries in useful all-rounder performances for Trinidad club side Rouillac United (RU) last Sunday in the Twin-Island’s national 20/20...

Bishops’ eases past Marian Academy

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By Edison Jefford Obviously the stronger team against weak opposition, Bishops’ High School eased pass a young Marian Academy line–up that showed clear room for improvement as their newly...

Man charged for indecent assault of stepdaughter, 10

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A 25-year-old Bagotstown man has been charged with indecently assaulting his 10-year-old stepdaughter. The child has since been taken into protective custody by the Childcare Protection Agency of the...

RHTY&SC attracts sponsorship from Gilgeous Pawn Shop & Scotia Bank

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The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club continue to attract sponsorship from corporate Guyana for its numerous activities. On Thursday last, the club received sponsorship from Scotia Bank and...

Reon King to head GCA senior selection panel

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Lovell in charge of juniors By Sean Devers Thirty-three year-old former West Indies fast bowler Reon King will head the senior selection panel of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA), while...

Guyana, WWF sign carbon storage grant

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One of the largest environmental organizations in the world, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Guianas yesterday signed a grant totaling US$151,250 with the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) to support...

Itinerant vendors removed from Regent Street pavements

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Officers of the City Constabulary swooped down on itinerant vendors plying their trade along the Regent Street pavement early yesterday morning, in a bid to rid the M&CC reserves of the unlawful...

Ferreira James happy with sports personality award

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“I am happy to hear that I have won the National Female Sports Personality Award for the 6th time,” leading Guyanese female football referee Dianne Ferreira James told Kaieteur Sport via...

P&P Insurance assists young athlete

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To train with Mensfist Pioneer Athletics Club in T&T for Caribbean Games P&P Insurance Brokers & Consultants Limited recently made a contribution of $50,000: to Jermaine Pilgrim, an...

Gov’t still to meet GT&T on wiretapping debacle

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By Gary Eleazar It will cost some US$1M for the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) to purchase the equipment to realize the interception and storage of communication on mobile phones....