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Guyana modifies extradition law

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Attorney General and Minister of Affairs, Charles Ramson, is gearing to table in the National Assembly, the Fugitive Offenders (Amendment) Bill that will allow Guyana to lawfully extradite fugitives...

Gunman shoots two on Norton Street

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Two young men, Christopher McLean, 17, and Richard Philadelphia, are currently in the Balwant Singh Hospital having undergone surgery for gunshot wounds sustained last night on Norton Street, Lodge,...

Coast Guard trade bullets with hijackers

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– rescue fishing crew Members of the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard traded gunshots with the occupants of a speedboat coming from neighbouring Venezuela yesterday, shortly after rescuing...

Teen killed in freak accident

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…Pinned by father’s truck that slipped off jack A 17-year-old boy from Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara, was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital, minutes after he was crushed by...

Garbage crisis… City Hall pays $5M to contractors

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City Hall was yesterday able to pay contractors $5M of the amount owed to them for garbage disposal works. However the payment, which represents a fraction of the actual amount, owed will not be...

Another woman stabbed by spurned lover

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– broken blade lodged in abdomen One day after the country witnessed yet another domestic violence case that had a fatal ending, a 34-year-old woman was rushed to the hospital yesterday...

Doodnauth Singh being evacuated

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Former Attorney General Doodnauth Singh is being flown out to the United States to undergo immediate heart intervention. Mr Singh was admitted to Balwant Singh Medical Centre last week suffering from...

New North West Organics coffee hits local shelves today

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Amidst promises of a $325,000 packaging vacuum from the Agriculture Ministry, another all natural organically produced product was launched yesterday to add to the local coffee variety available on...

President Jagdeo assents to new law securing his financial future

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On May 28, last, Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo assented to the controversial Former Presidents (Benefits and Facilities) Bill bringing it into to law, securing his financial and other benefits when he...

Warder lands in jail for taking drugs into prison

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He was supposed to be a part of the team responsible for reforming prisoners but instead Glen Lewis had other ideas.The former Prison Officer of Cumberland Village was on Monday last sentenced to a...

DFID’s £5M Trust Fund to boost C’bean growth

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The British government’s Department for International Development (DFID) has established a Trust Fund for £5 million to boost growth and reduce poverty in the Caribbean. The announcement came from...

Ramsaroop criticises IMF report

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…claims critical issues not addressed Recently recruited Chief Executive Officer of the Alliance For Change, Peter Ramsaroop, yesterday slammed the recently released International Monetary Fund...

NGOs highlight need for sexual offences bills to be tabled in Parliament

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On Tuesday last, Red Thread, in conjunction with Help and Shelter, again dealt with the issue of the need for the Sexual Offences Bill to be tabled in Parliament. This decision they say should be in...

US citizens remanded for drug trafficking

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Two US citizens were remanded to prison on Tuesday last after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton. It was alleged that the two 24-year-olds, Tracy-Ann Samuels and Asha Smallwood, on...

Taxi service owner granted bail on abduction charge

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Taxi service owner, Fazil Ali, also known as ‘Yuppie’, was granted $250,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Tuesday, on a charge of abduction and assault. It was alleged that...

Etwaroo Dhanraj – a relic from Bath sugar estate

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He is a sprightly old man living at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice. His name is Etwaroo Dhanraj but he is better known as Cheddi Basil. He joined the Staff at Bath Estate in 1935 at age 12 as a...

Brother charged with attempted murder

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Sadar Sukdeo, aka Rakesh or Hangman, was on Tuesday last remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. It is alleged that on May 23, at Uitvlugt, he unlawfully and maliciously...

Father, children escape injury in two-vehicle collision

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…other driver critical in hospital A driver is reportedly critical, and another and his children escaped serious injury, after two vehicles collided on the Port Mourant Public Road yesterday...

Foreign company uses bogus Demerara Sugar label

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Six years have passed since a company has been using Guyana Sugar Corporation’s label ‘Demerara Gold’ to dupe overseas-based Guyanese into buying sugar purported to be made in Guyana when in...

South R/veldt man shot during early morning robbery

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A South Ruimveldt resident is nursing a glancing gunshot wound to the upper part of his body following an attack on a shop at Mandela Avenue and Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, by three gunmen early...

“Not a three-headed baby…”

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Newborn has Meningocele – Medical Practitioner By Jenelle Carter A Medical Practitioner has stated that the baby that was delivered at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation last week,...

GT&T monopoly has held back Guyana’s economy – Dr. Luncheon

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The monopoly held by Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has hindered Information Technology from making the kind of contributions to Guyana’s economy that have been made in other...

Essequibo residents disgusted by constant escapes from NOC

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Even as police on the Essequibo Coast continue to grapple with the increasing number of escapees from the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) more delinquents are freeing themselves by any means possible...

Businessman on $1M bail

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Businessman, Haresh Narine, 58, of Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice was yesterday placed on $1M bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, on a...

President Jagdeo warns ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur to cooperate with NCN Board

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President Bharrat Jagdeo has warned NCN Chief Executive Officer, Mohamed ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur, to work along with the Board of Directors. Yesterday, the Head of State summoned the members of the Board...

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