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$400Million World Bank conservancy project on hold

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– lone bidder rejected Pre-investment studies for the engineering design of works, costing some US$2 million, for the East Water Demerara Conservancy (EDWC) has been delayed because the lone...

Despite global recession GBTI reports $536.8M in profits

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Despite the global financial crisis that has adversely affected so many countries the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Limited (GBTI) has reported an increased after tax profit as against last...

Lawyer placed on $100,000 bail

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…on joint charge for conspiracy to obstruct justice NUMBER FIFTY-ONE VILLAGE, CORENTYNE – Attorney-at-Law Murseline Bacchus was on the other side of the bench yesterday when he appeared...

Rich and poor thieving light- GPL head tells public Inquiry

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(By Mondale Smith) Stealing electricity is criminal but even as Guyana Power and Light is working out measures to stem the tide “there isn’t a street in Guyana void of at least one person...

Team Guyana leaves today for XV Annual Goodwill Swim Meet in Barbados

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Largest contingent ever to leave these shores By Franklin Wilson A total of 16 swimmers, the most to ever make the qualifying times, will leave these shores to represent Guyana today for Barbados...

IDB funded bio-fuel project now moving

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Almost a year and a half after the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved about US$1 million for a bio-fuel project, it is only now gaining ground. Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud...

New La Penitence Health Centre for September commissioning

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Construction of the new health centre that will serve La Penitence and surrounding areas is almost complete. The Ministry of Health has already selected eight staff members, including two doctors to...

Jury still out on Simels verdict

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There are indications that the jury in the case involving Robert Simels and his assistant Arianne Irving in Brooklyn, New York may still be sitting tomorrow, Friday. Yesterday was the second full day...

Rotary helps the less fortunate

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The Rotary Club of Felicity/Charlieville of Trinidad and Tobago, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Forsyth County of Georgia, District 6910, USA, has received a matching grant from Rotary...

Montrose fisherman goes missing during fishing trip

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Relatives of a Montrose man are hoping for a miracle after receiving news that the father of one reportedly feel into the Atlantic Ocean. Reports are that 28-year-old Richard Sanchara, called...

Cane Grove human torch succumbs

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A young businessman who set himself alight and then plunged through the window of his burning house two Sundays ago succumbed to his injuries over the past weekend despite the efforts of medical...

GAWU congress opens this weekend

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To address challenges facing sugar industry The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) will convene its 19th delegates’ congress this weekend, and will look at the challenges...

Hardware theft lands man in hot water

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Magistrate Priya Beharry yesterday remanded a man whom the police claimed broke and entered a hardware store and stole articles valuing a whopping $500,000. Denny Hunter pleaded not guilty to a...

Schoolboy freed of manslaughter charge

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In May 2006, a 12-year-old schoolboy was charged and subsequently remanded to prison for the murder of a fellow student. However three years later the now 15-year-old Ricky Hinds has been freed of...

Former National Basketballer Baldwin Schubert Cappel passes on

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Haynes Foundation express sympathy Former National basketballer Baldwin Schubert Cappel has passed away. According to the USA based Haynes Foundation, Schubert was not just a former Guyana basketball...

Uitvlugt residents complain of no water

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…GWI places blame on GPL Residents living in Uitvlugt Sideline Dam, West Coast of Demerara, are complaining that they have not been receiving an adequate supply of potable water for the past three...

Pespi renews sponsorship of Sonics Basketball Club

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THANK YOU!!! Management Trainee of Demerara Distillers Limited, Natasha Ramkoomar hands over the sponsorship cheque to Pepsi Sonics’ Treasurer, Holisworth Casey yesterday

Police terrorise Land of Canaan family

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A Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, family is still reeling from the frightening ordeal of policemen breaking down their door in the wee hours of the morning in search of a wanted man. From all...

‘Push-cart man’ threatens, abuses neighbour

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Mahesh Kumar, of 36 Fourth Street, La Penitence, faced Magistrate Priya Beharry yesterday to answer charges of threatening language and abusive language. On August 10, Kumar, allegedly threatened...

Trix Under-17 Legue : Battle for semi places on today

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Semi-final slots are up for grabs when the Trix/Georgetown Football Association Under-17 league continues today with quarter final matches at two venues. The lone fixture at the Camptown ground...

Cheaper foods are not necessarily safer – Health Minister

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“Food could never be cheaper if it carries the risk of making you sick and killing you,” said Health Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, when he spoke of the dangers associated with the purchase of...

GPHC begins construction of In-patient wing

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Works are ahead of schedule on the $1.8 billion modernised in-patient hospital wing, which is being constructed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). The hospital wing is expected to...

GPL experiences capacity shortfalls

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….consumers urged to conserve Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) has admitted that consumers in Demerara have been experiencing an inordinate level of unscheduled load shedding over the past...

Sour bananas cause brawl

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A vendor in the Stabroek Market appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry on two counts of assault causing actual bodily harm. It is alleged that Vanessa Samuels, of Palm Street and D’Urban Streets,...

Inter-Market quarter finals commence

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Kitty into semis; Merriman’s Mall & Golden Grove are no shows The quarter finals of the Inter-Market Football Competition begin tonight at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground. Bourda...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more