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Brazil murder probe leads to Chevy car being seized near Lethem

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Authorities in Lethem, Region Nine, have seized a Brazilian-registered car that was suspected to be involved in a murder investigation. While details of the murder, said to have occurred last week in...

Survivor recovering well, police await PM results

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Shawn De Souza, one of the two survivors of last Tuesday’s deadly Charlestown cutlass attack, is said to be recovering well at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Up to press time yesterday De Souza...

Post mortem inconclusive, samples taken for testing

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A post mortem examination conducted on Charlene Amsterdam has failed to uncover what really caused the woman’s death. The former nurse, who was attached at the Georgetown Public Hospital, died last...

Citizens mount protest over Neesa Gopaul’s death

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Approximately three weeks after the discovery of Neesa Gopaul’s partially decomposed body several public-spirited citizens, said to be members of the People’s National Congress Reform, PNCR,...

Rex McKay files motion to jail GCC execs

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Prominent lawyer, Rex McKay, S.C., has filed a motion of contempt to have three executive members of the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) jailed for allowing loud music to be played at the Bourda ground...

Dem boys seh…Ramson mouth stick pun president

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De Attorney General is a man who like to be by heself. When he wukking he by heself and when he relaxing away from home he like to be by heself. De only thing is that he forced to be alone. Dem boys...

City Constable arrests aggrieved man in M&CC compound

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The sale of a truck to the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) was reportedly the basis of a physical altercation between an officer of the City Constabulary and the vendor yesterday. The...

GEA observes National Energy Week

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Under the theme “Working to Secure a Clean Energy Future for Guyana” the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) will be hosting its National Energy Week during the period October 25 to October 31, 2010....

CC Nicholson Hospital now has doctors

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The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Regional Administration Health Sector, has lauded efforts to proper facilitate and maintain a quality of standard at the Dr CC Nicholson Memorial...

‘Trigger man’ picked out during ID parade

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An eyewitness to the killing of Guyana Power and Light security boss, Clifford Peters, has positively identified the alleged trigger man behind Peters’s death a year ago. The suspect, known as...

M&CC introduces new measures to improve revenue collection

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New measures will be introduced at the commencement of next year to help improve the revenue collection of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown. The measures which come as part of the...

Buxton Health Centre gets facelift

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The Buxton Health Centre, located on the East Coast of Demerara was recently renovated after being sponsored with $1.5 M, an allocation by President Bharrat Jagdeo through the Ministry of Health....

Companies look to confront IT fraud, other risks

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Internal auditors of public and private sector agencies are meeting in Georgetown to confront risks to their entities, including IT fraud. More and more companies in Guyana are moving to computerise...

Wife beater heads to jail again

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– “Please give me another chance I love she” Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo yesterday sentenced Outar Shivpersaud, 44, to six months in jail for beating his wife, Lalita Bedessie, to which he...

Parika Backdam residents peeved at road damage by contractors

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Residents of Parika Backdam are claiming that the contractors working in that area are destroying the roads more than they are building. They add that it appears as if the Government has forgotten...

Litterbug fined $9,000

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Just when it seemed that nothing was being done to curb the littering behaviour of persons around Georgetown, the Mayor and City Council arrested Cecil Seymour of Lot 687 East Ruimveldt Housing...

Housebreaker nabbed, friend at large

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Police have captured one man and is currently searching for another after the two allegedly broke into a school teacher’s home in Berbice. According to reports, it was around 15:00hrs, yesterday...

Police Inspector injured in hit-and-run

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A police inspector is currently being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was struck down during a hit and run accident on the East Bank of Demerara. Reports are that the accident...

Mothers’ Union reaches out to fire victims

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The membership of the Holy Trinity Mothers’ Union, Anna Regina, has made a financial contribution, to rural constable, Orin Belfield, who recently lost his home to fire. The fire has added a...

78-year-old joins Lindeners on cancer run

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On Sunday, several Lindeners donned their running shoes and gear, and participated in the Town’s tenth annual cancer run, under the theme, ‘’let’s make Cancer history.’’ The event which...

Carolan Lynch misses court again

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Once again former beauty queen, Carolan Lynch, has failed to present herself in court, forcing the matter to be adjourned until November 9. The state has reinstituted a charge of murder against her....

Media operative wins $100,000 from Courts vault promotion

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Under the theme “Many will try but only one holds the key”, Courts (Guyana) yesterday, at the Main Street branch, launched its new promotion called “The Courts Vault”. And members of the...

President Jagdeo visits USS Iwo Jima

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Guyana President Bharat Jagdeo paid a visit to the US Navy ship USS Iwo Jima here in Guyana as part of the programme named Continuing Promise. On board, the President met with the Continuing Promise...

Chinese photographic exhibition hosted in Linden

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…in honour of 61st independent anniversary of China As part of celebration to mark the 61st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the Chinese Embassy staged a...

Leguan Post Office renovated

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The Leguan Post Office has been renovated and is back to its full mode of operation. The building underwent extensive renovations in the wake of infestation of termites and bats. Recently, the...

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