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Deal began after Simels’s indictment

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Roger Khan’s plea bargaining… The deal that has led US Prosecutors in the case against Guyanese businessman Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan to accept a guilty plea commenced in earnest following the...

CLICO (Guyana) ‘chose to not represent self in Court’

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… Corbin says decision infers breach of fiduciary duties A senior official within Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Guyana has said that the relevant authorities within the company have taken...

Delay in appointing judges creates backlog—lawyers

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Statistics acquired from the Supreme Court shows that 6037 civil cases were filed for 2008. Of those, 4,448 were concluded, leaving 1,589 pending. The remaining cases will be added to the 21,366...

Central Bank’s high liquidity represents lack of investment opportunity

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– Franklin During the recent debate in the House on Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Guyana, Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali, lauded the government’s management of the financial...

NBTS still low on blood

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The situation at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) seems to be getting worse on a daily basis, as the bank is still pleading for voluntary donors. Currently, the NBTS is still...

Injured inmates transferred to Mazaruni

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– prison officials concerned about info leak Following revelations of brutal beatings of prisoners by prison officers at the Georgetown Prisons, officials of the prison service have transferred...

Homeowner’s jewellery costs man three years in jail

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A 20 year-old man, who admitted to stealing two gold chains and two gold bands, as well as one gold broach, from businessman, Kennard Jones, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by Magistrate...

Escape from NOC proves costly

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Three Berbician youths who were serving a one-year sentence at the New Opportunity Corps, and who subsequently escaped from the facility, each received an additional one-year sentence from Magistrate...

Missing Bagotville teen reunited with family

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After allegedly being held against her will for the past four days, 16-year-old Dashawna Small, of Bagotville, West Bank Demerara, has been reunited with her family. According to the teen’s sister,...

Phagwah attracts 25,000 in New York

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Floats carry beauty pageant winners, businessmen, and religious and political leaders down Liberty Avenue and over to Smokey Oval Park, where there is always a concert. Indians who came to the...

Keeper’s position for ODIs ‘open’ says Davies

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Coach Flower says series very important to England By Sean Devers After making his International debut for England in last Sunday 20/20 fixture in Trinidad with a cameo 27 at the top of the order,...

Standard Operations in effect

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– Guyana may not participate in tennis By Rawle Welch President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) K.A Juman Yassin told the media that Guyana will be represented in three of the five...

Deonarine surprised at Windies ODI omission

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Aims to become first to score 1000 runs in a regional tourney By Sean Devers Twenty-five year-old left-hander Narsingh Deonarine is enjoying the form of his life and has so far scored 863 runs...

Dr Anthony to visit Alpha footballers today

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Minister of Culture Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony will visit and interact with the players of Alpha Football Club today at the Guyana Defence Force Camp Seweyo base on the Linden Soesdyke...

Williams, Surujpaul, Ramdeen, Hemraj impress in first national U-15 cricket trial

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By Sean Devers Guyana’s preparations for the 2009 West Indies 50-overs under-15 cricket tournament here next month commenced yesterday with the first of three scheduled trial games. Played in...

Bridgemohan in Guy Under-19 female team 20-member squad

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By Sean Devers National senior team all-rounder Marina Bridgemohan has been included in a 20-member national under-19 female cricket squad which will begin a 10-day encampment period on the...

Tucber Park post record 506, Sean Baksh slams 138

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The Spready’s Bakery under-19 cricket tournament in the Ancient County of Berbice continued last weekend with two rounds of matches, the leading highlight being a brilliant century from Tucber...

Unserved Areas Electrification Programme on schedule

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…Recent withdrawal of IDB funds of no consequence – Dindyal As the second phase of the Unserved Areas Electrification Programme (UAEP) continues, several communities throughout Guyana are...

GGMC takes over Omai Gold Mines

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‘IAMGOLD,’ the parent company of Omai Gold Mines Limited (OGML), has stated that Omai site has been handed over to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) with effect from March 1, 2009....

NRC hosts successful seminar on role of 4th official

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The National Referees Committee (NRC) of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) in conjunction with the Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC) successfully conducted a Seminar on the Role of the 4th...

125 minibus operators charged in new campaign

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Following the clampdown on public transportation vehicles, enforced by the Police Traffic Department, on Monday last, a total of 125 minibus operators have been charged with operating their vehicles...

Cheddi Jagan 50 miler set for West Demerara on Sunday

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The second of three cycle road races in memory of the late President Cheddi Jagan is set for the West Demerara on Sunday pedaling off from the Wales Police Station proceeding to Bushy Park on the...

Coca Cola/GFA U-15 round-robin tournament commence

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Competition in the Banks DIH sponsored Coca Cola under-15 round-robin tournament organised by the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) got underway on Sunday with a number of matches at the Camptown...

Netherlands-based Guyanese slapped with $300,000 fine

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Mohabir Persaud, a 50-year-old Guyanese residing in the Netherlands, was yesterday fined $300,000 or an alternative of two years’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to uttering a forged document...

Teen dies in Rupununi accident

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Michael Hinds, a 14-year-old boy, succumbed, at the Aishalton Hospital, to injuries he sustained when he got into an accident, while riding his bicycle. The accident occurred at approximately 19:00...

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The private sector were cheerleaders for foreign investment

Peeping Tom… “The private sector were cheerleaders for foreign investment” Kaieteur News – The cries... more