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Bandit shot dead as luck runs out

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– recovered AK-47 was missing army weapon After eluding capture for several months while creating fear in the several East Coast Demerara communities, luck finally ran out on notorious...

Two Guyanese found dead in T&T dump

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Anguished relatives consoled each other on Sunday after being told that two young Guyanese men were found murdered in central Trinidad. The bodies of 28-year-old Narad Sookoo and 22-year-old Vinod...

Caribbean Water Operators seek regional partnership

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– Minister Irfaan Ali cites losses, aging infrastructure among challenges Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali, yesterday underscored the need for inter-agency cooperation to develop...

Chesney reels from gunmen’s deadly assault

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CHESNEY VILLAGE, ALBION – The residents of Chesney Village on the Corentyne are still trying to come to grips with Saturday night’s reign of terror. Yesterday some of them condemned the slothful...

Miner accuses police of corruption

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– seeks audience with Commissioner After learning about a boast that the police will be paid off, a city businesswoman is convinced that that is exactly what happened after investigators...

Another inmate escapes from NOC

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Even as Police on the Essequibo Coast continue their hunt for the two inmates of the New Opportunity Corps (NOC), another managed to escape from the facility. However, that escape was short-lived....

Minister Ramsammy demits WHA office

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Having served for the past year as President of the 61st World Health Assembly (WHA), Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, yesterday demitted the prestigious office. His stint came to an end at...

Region’s Nat’l Security Ministers meet in Suriname this week

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CARICOM Ministers of National Security and Law Enforcement will meet in Suriname this week to discuss ways to boost the regional agenda for crime and security as they seek to step up the ongoing...

Help on the way to fight coconut worm infestation

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Coconut farmers in the Pomeroon area are expected to get some relief this week as it relates to the massive infestation of the ‘coconut worm’ which is known to eat the blades of the coconut palm...

Patentia stabbing suspect still at large

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Up to press time yesterday the suspect in Saturday night’s murder on the West Bank of Demerara was still at large. This newspaper was told that the police, yesterday, conducted a search in parts of...

NAMILCO identifies market in Brazil

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With the completion of the Takatu Bridge, which links Guyana and Brazil, the National Milling Company (NAMILCO), has said that the company has secured markets in Brazil. Managing Director of NAMILCO,...

Headmaster peeved at newspaper reports

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– claims attempts being made to disgrace school Headmaster of the school, Sir Gurda Persaud, says that a deliberate attempt is being made to disgrace the Leonora Primary School, which has...

Food For The Poor donates computers to Berbice NGO

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The non-governmental organisation, Family Awareness Consciousness Togetherness, (FACT), of West Road, Springlands, Corriverton, has once again received a shot in the arm to execute its mandate in the...

West Demerara hosts second leg of ECHO programme

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The Environmental Community Health Organisation (ECHO) in collaboration with Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) yesterday launched the second leg of the “Schools...

Diplomats training workshop gets underway

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A two-week regional diplomatic training programme for mid-career diplomats in the Caribbean Community kicked off yesterday at Roraima Duke Lodge, Kingston, Georgetown. The workshop is being held...

UNDP representative assures GECOM Chairman of elections support

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Newly accredited UNDP Resident Representative to Guyana, Dr. Mamadou Kiari Liman-Tinguiri, on Friday last paid a courtesy call on Dr. Steve Surujbally, Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission...

Voucher theft lands woman in court

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A 34-year-old mother of eight was yesterday granted $80,000 bail after she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. It was alleged that...

Two charged for allegedly bribing police rank

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Keon Sealy and Devon Searles were both granted $25,000 bail each, yesterday by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, when they appeared to answer a charge of corrupting the police. It was...

Pomeroon man died by drowning

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A post mortem preformed on the body that was fished out of the Pomeroon River on Friday revealed that the man died by drowning. His relatives have also positively identified the man as Ofeira Malcolm...

Impressive Jordon capture three titles

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By Sean Devers Despite a late start and the no-show of Guest Speaker, Director of Sports Neil Kumar, the Guyana Amateur Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation’s (GABFF) Novice and Intermediate...

Andrew Spencer triumphs in Ministry/NSC Triathlon race

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Andrew Spencer braved the Essequibo River and endured the arduous terrain of the West Demerara thoroughfare to win the 4th Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, in collaboration with the National...

BV Inter-Block Football winners receive prizes

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Defending champions Side Line Dam who retained the title in this year’s Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport BV/Triumph Inter-Block Football Competition was presented with the winning trophy...

Alpha humiliates GFC to lead points standing

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Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United continued their good showing in the Georgetown Football Association, (GFA), GT&T Cellink Plus sponsored Premier League, football championships at the...

Assistant Superintendent accused of gun butting civilian

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NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – A civilian is claiming that an Assistant Superintendent attached to the Whim Police Station brutalized him. The man making the allegation, Allan Dummett, a 42-year-old...

Lester Alvis enjoys overseas Golf success

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Local golfer Lester Alvis was among the top performers at the recently staged Sir Garfield Sobers International amateur Golf tournament in Barbados. Alvis won the best net in his flight with 7 under...