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Govt radio monopoly unlawful

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All applications for radio licences must be reviewed – Chancellor Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Carl Singh, yesterday made a historic ruling. He ordered that the National Frequency...

GTU President arrested for statutory rape

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President of the Guyana Teachers Union, Colwyn King, is in hot water for allegedly having sex relations with a 15-year-old girl. At issue for the girl was some food, according to the arresting ranks....

Manickchand’s statement is terrifying – AFC leader

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Leader of the Alliance for Change, Raphael Trotman, yesterday told members of the media that the laws must be put into place to protect our children. The statement came after Minister of Human...

Fire destroys part of Old Guyana match factory building

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Fire of unknown origin yesterday destroyed part of the building that once housed the Old Guyana Match Company Limited at 25 Vreed-en-Hoop, West Bank Demerara. The building now owned by Demerara...

Dem boys seh… What is sweet in thy mouth

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Dem boys shame suh till dem can’t shame no more. One of de things that people got to protect is children. Big men like look at li’l gyal but these days because of de seriousness some of dem does...

Sugar workers on countrywide strike

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Yesterday workers at the Uitvlugt Estate who are represented by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union joined the countrywide strike action over wages increase. Workers from all the...

House collapses in Alberttown

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A house that was constructed more than 50 years ago at 105 Third Street, Alberttown, came crashing down yesterday afternoon. The occupants at the time were 91-year-old Celina Fogenay; her...

Sam Hinds is a squatter in Parliament—AFC

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Leader of the Alliance for Change, Raphael Trotman, has said that this month marks three years since the Prime Minister of Guyana, Samuel Hinds, continues to “squat” in the party’s Region Ten...

Caricom launches online statistics database

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— Highlights importance of statistics among members states In order to highlight statistics and its crucial role across a wide spectrum of activities, Statistics Day is being observed today by...

Gunmen snatch $9.5 M from Bartica businessman

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Two persons are currently in police custody assisting with investigation after gunmen made good their escape with some $9.5 M from a Bartica businessman. Reports are that the businessman, Nezam...

Santos and Sunburst Camptown to contest Chubby final on Saturday

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Get past Flamingo and Thomas United in pulsating semis By Franklin Wilson The Tucville ground was a buzz of activity yesterday afternoon into evening when the respective semi-finals of the 2009...

Entire Sugar industry shuts down

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GuySuCo does not have money to pay workers Another hard blow has hit the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo), as sugar workers across the country downed their tools in reaction to GuySuCo’s...

President Jagdeo welcomes end to cricket impasse

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Chairman of CARICOM President Bharrat Jagdeo has welcomed the seeming end to the impasse between the West Indies Players Association and the West Indies Cricket Board. The pair issued a joint...

Villagers call on Toshao to step down

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– Minister steps in on Santa Mission council row Just five months after electing a new Village Leader and Council, several residents of the Amerindian village of Santa Mission are calling for...

Govt radio monopoly unlawful

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All applications for radio licences must be reviewed – Chancellor Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Carl Singh, yesterday made a historic ruling. He ordered that the National Frequency...

National Coaches confident of success

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– Few niggling injuries affecting key players By Rawle Welch National Coaches Alton Agard and Laurie Adonis in brief comments to Kaieteur Sport last evening at the National Park said that they...

Bishun (100*), Sattaur (94) impress in E/Coast President’s Cup

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Yogeshwar Bishun (100*) and national under-15 left-hander Brian Sattaur (94) were the stand out performers in last weekend’s East Coast Board President’s Cup 40 overs round-robin cricket...

MCYS plan Day of Sports at Kuru Kuru

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The 2nd Annual Day of Sports organised by the Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport (MCYS) will be held on Saturday, at the Kuru Kuru Training Centre. Staff members from MCYS Georgetown locations...

Senior citizens get feted for ‘Month of the Elderly

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A Health Fair for the Elderly was held at the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security and several pensioners enjoyed the services that were offered. They were subjected to Blood Pressure and...

Safraz X1 among outstanding teams in Mike’s Pharmacy cricket

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Safraz XI were once again in winners row, this time defeating Shieldstown, in the first of the two quarter-final matches, when play in the Mike’s Pharmacy 15 overs, countrywide, round hand,...

South Turkeyen Sports Committee hosts Diwali Domino Competitions

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South Turkeyen Sports Committee will be staging two Domino Competitions tomorrow and Sunday at different venues. Starting tomorrow, the Committee will be hosting a nine-team Diwali tournament at the...

Snakebite teen treated four hours after entering hospital

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Fourteen year old Cassandra Dowlatram was up to yesterday afternoon unable to walk, after she was bitten by a snake last Tuesday at Susannah’s Rust. According to relatives, the child had been taken...

Officials return from Venezuela

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No definitive word from Caracas The officials who were sent to Venezuela to finalise a rice deal between the two countries have returned to Georgetown. Earlier, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud...

‘This month busiest ever for cricket in Guyana’ Singh

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GCB’s development plan taking shape By Sean Devers While the structure and success of Trinidad cricket should be an example for other Regional Boards, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is working...

Sinclair, Rickie hit tons for Rose Hall Town Bakewell

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The Rose Hall Town Bakewell pair of Jason Sinclair and Dominique Rickie hit tons as the inaugural Association Construction Service Under-23, 50-Over Knockout Cricket Competition organised by the...

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Futebol Real Brazil executive Naranda Wislon visits Guyana

The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more