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Guyana to get more aid to fight drug trafficking

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– US Ambassador Guyana will definitely benefit from increased assistance from the United States of America to fight the drug trade. This assurance was given by newly appointed US Ambassador...

Controversial Economic Partnership Agreement…

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Implementation cost, revenue loss yet to be determined – President Jagdeo With 11 days left before Guyana accedes to the controversial Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) or face the Global...

Minister Manickchand seeks to update archaic divorce law

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By Gary Eleazar For decades, lawyers have struggled to convince judges, using the present Matrimonial Causes Act (divorce law) that was first enacted on December 30, 1916, that there was reasonable...

An unforgettable assignment

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“Was it fate that made me switch buses?” By Nadia Guyadeen Quite a few things have occurred in my life that I think I will never be able to forget. But last Saturday I had an experience that...

Media trip turns deadly…

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“Where’s my mommy?” – Akila’s daughter Relatives struggle to come to grips with death of loved ones Fighting to hold back tears in dealing with the death of her youngest...

Did silence killed Akila Jocobs?

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By Michael Jordan I knew Akila Jacobs; maybe not as well as some of her other colleagues, but enough to have gotten an understanding of her personality. What I remember more than anything else was...

Need for emphasis on public education and awareness on road safety – GPA

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GT&T pledges support for Jacob’s relatives Saturday evening’s accident involving media practitioners should serve as a wake-up call to journalists that greater emphasis needs to be placed on...

Venezuela arms cache escalates

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– to buy Russian tanks, armored vehicles Reports in the Venezuelan media suggest that that country is currently gearing to purchase Russian-made T-72 battle tanks and armored reconnaissance...

Media trip turns deadly…

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‘I kept calling Akila, but she just wasn’t responding,’ – survivor By Tusika Martin She placed her feet up on the engine of the minibus to make herself comfortable as she geared herself for...

Car leaves gaping hole at Houston Bypass

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At approximately 19:40 hours last evening, a car (PKK 6788) slammed into the fence of a house at Lot 6 Houston, East Bank Demerara. The driver of the car apparently tried to make his getaway on foot,...

Police prosecutors have an unenviable job

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While the Guyana Police Force is scoring some successes in apprehending criminals, the increasing number of criminal matters taken before the courts is taking its toll on prosecutors. On any given...

Vieira feels RX 8 best car in the Caribbean

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Finding himself in an unfamiliar position of trailing with one Race Meeting to go, before the end of the season, 2007 champion Mark Vieira vowed to destroy all and sundry come November 2, at the...

Forde becomes Guyana’s most decorated SA 10k athlete

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– wins first stage of 2008 race in SurinameCleveland Forde became Guyana’s most successful South American (SA) 10k Road Race Classic athlete after winning the first stage of the 2008 challenge...

Cellink Premier League

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Alpha silence Sunburst Camptown, GDF arrest Pele By Franklin Wilson Defending champions Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United is one game away from successfully retaining the Cellink Premier League (CPL)...

GCF names 6-man team for 8th Elite Caribbean Cycling Championship

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Shameer Baksh, Steven Edwards and Raymond Perez make cash donations By Franklin Wilson The Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) has named a six member team to represent this country at the National...

Le Meridien Pegasus Open Tennis Championships

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Lalbachan, Correia both advance to next roundJoshua Lalbachan and Alan Correia both advanced to the next round in the 14 and under division as play in the 2008 Le Meridien Pegasus Open Tennis...

Kevin Worrel Memorial Basketball Championship

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Nets trap CPS ‘A’ to take inaugural titleBy Edison Jefford Nets’ overlooked All–star candidate, Triston Tulloch took Saturday night’s final against Courts Pacesetters’ (CPS) Basketball...

Tie breaker employed to separate chess players in keenly contested finals

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Errol Tiwari and Ronuel Greenidge ended on 7 points apiece, but Greenidge was adjudged overall winner after the tie breaker rule was employed, on the final day of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF)...

Andrew Lewis Boxing Gym always open to amateur boxers

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– says caretaker Caretaker of the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Boxing Gym (ALBG), Brian Barker, is livid over remarks reportedly uttered by Mayor Hamilton Green after he (Green) visited the...

Hand-in-Hand KO cricket G/Town zone

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Everest beat MSC in rain-hit semi-final TSC/GCC semi to be re-played this weekend Malteenoes’s recent disappointing run in local cricket continued yesterday when they lost to Everest in the...

A low-blow to the already sensitive underbelly of democracy in Guyana

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DEAR EDITOR, The freight-train-like enactment of the contentious wire tapping law represents another low-blow to the already suffering underbelly of democracy in Guyana. Lord Acton observed that...

Careless driving results in accident at Houston bypass

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The University of Guyana needs to take its mandate seriously

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DEAR EDITOR, The University of Guyana (UG) needs to take its mandate seriously. I find it appalling that Guyana’s principal tertiary institution cannot get its act together. It has been over a...

‘Sleeping policemen’ needed at this critical junction

Oct 20, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on ‘Sleeping policemen’ needed at this critical junction

DEAR EDITOR, I am the proprietor of Lachmansingh Drug Service, which is located at the corner of Camp and Norton Streets. Over the past years there have been many accidents at this spot, which have...

Police refute battered woman’s claims

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The Guyana Police Force has refuted claims by an abused Lethem woman that the law enforcement agency refused to respond to her desperate calls for help. The woman made the claims in an article...

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The President’s pipe dream

Kaieteur News – The effusive optimism of President Irfaan Ali in proclaiming Guyana as poised to become a major manufacturing... more