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Minister Benn sacks Air Traffic Controllers

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– vacancies to be advertised regionally Minister of Public Works and Transport, Robeson Benn, yesterday made good on his promise to terminate Air Traffic Controllers of the Cheddi Jagan...

2009 Budget to be presented Monday

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…aimed at cushioning effects of Global Financial Crisis – Dr Singh The 2009 National Budget aimed at restarting and sustaining growth in ways that are achievable and attainable in the...

TSU ranks nabbed collecting bribe from drug suspect

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TSU ranks nabbed collecting bribe from drug suspect Four Tactical Service Unit (TSU) ranks, including a Lance Corporal, were under close arrest last night after they were nabbed attempting to collect...

Caribbean aviation safety body commissioned in Guyana

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…will mobilize regional pool of aviation inspectors The Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS) was launched yesterday at the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretariat,...

GTUC will provide leadership when populace reaches boiling point

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…as Witter issues ultimatum to Benn, GuySuCo management General Secretary (ag) of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), Norris Witter, yesterday said that in light of the alarming...

GCAA to intensify training of Air Traffic Controllers – Minister Benn

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Over the next two years, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport will be working towards ensuring that an adequate number of Air Traffic Control Operators are trained in order to address the...

Linden woman claims political victimisation

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…house stoned, garden burnt After living under what she is terming ‘political marginalization’ for some 30 years, Lucille Oudkerk, 64, of Wismar, Linden, has said that she has reached her...

Police say ‘there were no strippers at Mahaica night club’

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The Guyana Police Force in a press release in response to an article, “‘Strippers’ arrested after police raid Mahaica club,” in the Monday Edition of Kaieteur News, stated that there were no...

Action amounts to blackmail – Prime Minister

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By Nadia Guyadeen Prime Minister Samuel Hinds yesterday described the Air Traffic Controllers’ strike action as blackmail. According to him, dismissal of the persons who have taken strike action is...

Suspected cattle thief lands in jail

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Wayne Castello, also known as “Satan”, of Central Rupununi, yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson charged with larceny of cattle. On July 26, 2007 at Pirara Ranch,...

Robbery accused must post $170,000 bail

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Haim Nauth, also known as “Fine Man”, of Lot 3 Shell Road and Alexander Street, Kitty, yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on a charge of larceny from the dwelling...

Gordon Gilhuys’s absence places burden on other magistrates

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With the Magistrates’ Courts already under significant burden, a number of lawyers are complaining about the way their Preliminary Inquires (PI) are been handled. According to one lawyer, the...

Houston school gets furniture from Republic Bank

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Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited handed over 60 pairs of desks and benches to the Houston Community High School, East Bank Demerara, yesterday. The donation was made under the bank’s Power to Make a...

Monument to go up for Bartica massacre victims

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An overseas-based exploration company is currently finalising plans to erect a monument in memory of the 12 persons who were slain on February 17 last in Bartica. Guyana Gold Fields Incorporated, a...

FBI offers $2M for Thompson’s killers

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is offering $2M for information leading to the arrest of the killers of US citizen, Hubert Daniel Thompson, who was bludgeoned to death in his Le Meridien,...

Caribbean U-15 champ Fung-A-Fat survives thriller

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Caribbean Under-15 girls champion Mary Fung-A-Fat (+10) had to recover from a set down to defeat Brian Yong (+8) 12/15, 17/15, 17/16 as the Bounty Farm Handicap Squash Tournament opened Tuesday...

2-day trial match for Berbice U-15 cricketers this weekend

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Castrol team to be named on Monday Berbice under-15 cricketers will continue preparations for the upcoming Castrol Inter County tournament with a two day trial match at the Rose Hall Canje ground...

Christopher Holder to defend Mash 40-mile Road Race title

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On Sunday morning the roadways on the West Coast of Demerara will welcome back Guyana’s leading cyclists when the first road race for the 2009 season comes off. It will be the annual Mashramani...

Ramnaresh Sarwan Player Diary

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As the West Indies plays England in the Digicel Series 2009, Windies batsman, Ramnaresh Sarwan, shares his thoughts on his personal performance and expectations for the Digicel Series. Ramnaresh...

Guyana considers Caribbean Basketball Championships

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– will not participate if event is held in US territory By Edison Jefford Because of the difficulties usually associated with the procurement of United States visas for locally–based national...

Linden woman booked for embezzlement

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Emilla Cumberbatch, 20, of 12 Waterly Road, Christianburg, who allegedly defrauded Jacquelyn Osborne of $1,461,800, yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to face the...

Cyclists lose out again as RBC forced to call off race

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Sponsors disgusted By Franklin Wilson Once again local cyclists have been left to hold the wrong end of the stick as a result of administrative lapses and poor decision making. USA based Tony Chung...

Local fighters up their activities for various engagements

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The Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Boxing Gym was transformed into a hive of activity yesterday afternoon as several of the country’s top professional pugilists stepped up activities for various...

Speedboats get new regulations

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Speedboats operating between Vreed-en-Hoop and Georgetown now have to comply with new regulations issued by the Maritime Administration, in an effort to ensure the safety of everyday passengers. The...

President College, Bishops’ clash in today’s final

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In a clash of junior national basketball titans, Yannick Dundas will square off against his counterpart, Richard Mohandatt today when the curtains come down on the inaugural President’s College...

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The third parties will not survive this year’s elections

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The fate of third parties in this year’s general and regional elections is as predictable... more