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Stakeout fizzles! Gunmen escape from police cordon

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…after botched robbery Gunshots rang out early yesterday morning in the quiet community of Meadow Bank, Greater Georgetown, as three bandits managed to elude the police who had staked out the area...

Forensic team from T&T visits Lindo Creek

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– Jamaica, Barbados to send investigators More than two weeks after the discovery of the remains of eight miners at a mining camp at Lindo Creek, Upper Berbice River, a high level three-man...

Unlicensed driver takes niece on deadly ride… Girl, 11, killed; brother injured

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-suspect flees scene An unlicensed driver slammed a Canter truck into a parked, sand-laden vehicle near Coverden, East Bank Demerara yesterday, killing his 11-year-old niece and injuring her...

GECOM commissioner dies in US

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Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) member, Lloyd Joseph, who was the People’s National Congress Reform nominee on that body, died on Monday. Joseph, an attorney at law, of Lot 279 Republic Park,...

Two geriatrics in court for sexually molesting 14-yr-old girl

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Walter Raleigh Tappin, aka Alton, 88, and his counterpart, retired police officer Cedric Cooke, 70, of Maria’s Johanna Wakenaam, Essequibo Island, were each placed on $150,000 bail when they...

Delta episode at CJIA… Passenger faces lifetime ban

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The head of the company responsible for the ground handling services for Delta Airlines has broken a lance with Works Minister Robeson Benn over the incident that led to the grounding of a flight out...

British training – will it work for Guyana?

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Three years ago a team of British police trainers were in Guyana. Their mission was to train members of the Tactical Services Unit to operate in a professional manner so that they apprehend criminal...

DHB to be partially closed to traffic for two weeks

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The Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) will be partially closed to vehicular traffic for approximately two weeks to facilitate some repair and maintenance work which will be done on the Retractor Span of...

Linden/Kwakwani road almost impassable

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Incessant rainfall has reduced the Linden/Kwakwani road to a trail that is virtually impassable, in some areas. This situation, apart from making a journey that was already too long and tedious, even...

Minibus fares hike experiences hiccups

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Minibus fares hike experiences hiccups The new minibus fare structure, which was implemented and endorsed by the Guyana Public Transportation Association (GPTA) on Monday, has caught many members of...

Commerce Minister silent on fare increase

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The new fare scheme implemented and endorsed by the Guyana Public Transportation Association (GPTA) and the General Minibus Association of Guyana (GMAG) yesterday attracted silence from the Minister...

Barbers/cosmetologists to become self-reliant in fight against HIV/AIDS

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In order to ensure that behavioural changes which can lend to better lifestyles remains constant in local communities, Youth Challenge Guyana (YCG) yesterday intensified its collaboration with...

Drug trafficker jailed, fined $3.7M

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Overseas-based Guyanese Percival Ross yesterday pleaded guilty to trafficking in narcotics and was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment and fined $3.743 million with an alternative of six months...

Flood waters!

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Residents of Kwakwani, especially those who live at the “waterfront” (close to the river), say that they are now at their wits end, as they battle floodwaters that have completely submerged the...

Reducing VAT rate will not ease cost of living

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Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh says that reducing the 16 per cent rate of the Value Added Tax will not in any way reduce the escalating cost of living. Dr Singh made the announcement during a...

Strong Guyana contingent leaves for Caribbean Squash Championships

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Defending Caribbean champions Alexander Arjoon, Ashley Khalil and Victoria Arjoon are among a strong squad that departed Guyana yesterday morning for the Junior Caribbean Squash Championships in...

GECOM to register prison inmates

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Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has given the go ahead for the Guyana Elections Commission to commence the registration of prisoners in all the country’s penal institutions. Yesterday the...

TCL Group three-day U-19 cricket (2nd round)…Guyanese aiming for improved batting against Windward Islands

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By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Digicel, TCL, Pepsi, Smalta, Demerara Power Company & Lifetime Realty Guyana is aiming for an improved batting performance when they battle the...

Newly appointed BIT faces uphill struggle

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The newly appointed Board of Industrial Training (BIT) yesterday met for the fist time under the chairmanship of former Minister of Education, Dr Dale Bisnauth at the conference room of the Ministry...

Intense Cellink Plus Premier League 2nd round beckons

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By Franklin Wilson Last years championship saw the winners (Alpha United) being decided on the last evening of the second and final round of competition and this year the rivalry between the top city...

National Volleyball team leave for Barbados

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– Adams to lead squad Young Achievers Captain Randy Adams has been chosen to lead a strong 13-man national team which leaves today for a friendly tour of Barbados. The tour organised by the...

Guyanese spread Carifesta fever in Brazil

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Brazilians were given a sneak preview of the excitement in Guyana during Carifesta X, when a small delegation of Guyanese performed at that country’s ‘Festa Junina’, in the neighbouring...

Pepsi National Schools’ Basketball Festival…Defending champs Kwakwani trample ‘Roses’

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By Edison Jefford Defending Pepsi schools’ basketball champions, Kwakwani Secondary, trampled St. Roses High School in their opening game of the 2008 instalment of the tournament yesterday at the...

Police probe fisherman’s death

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The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 57-year-old fisherman, Mehabood Alli, who died at the Woodlands Hospital yesterday. A police press release stated that initial...

Collins places 7th in Heat 5 at World Junior C/ships

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Guyana’s Oslyn Collins placed seventh in Heat 5 of the women’s 400m yesterday when the 12th International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Junior Championships got underway in...

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Gimme de ting wah the doctor order me!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The government’s decision to go ahead with the universal healthcare voucher scheme is... more