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Jagdeo did assure 2000 policy holders

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Globe Trust liquidation… – Christopher Ram By Gary Eleazar President Bharrat Jagdeo during a recent press briefing told media operatives that he never gave a guarantee to the policy holders...

Identify recipients of CLICO sale of bonds

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– PNCR motion Determine whether there were related party dealings and/or the misuse of insider information that led to the speedy dissipation of the $2.6B received by Colonial Life Insurance...

One-armed man goes berserk

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…stabs ex-lover, burns her house, turns knife on self Bernadette Jackson, a 52-year-old ex-army rank, was stabbed twice in her neck last evening, by her former reputed husband, 65-year-old Clinton...

Woman douses younger lover with hot oil

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A woman who is said to be in her 40s is currently in police custody after she openly admitted to dousing her 29-year-old lover with boiling oil. Around 03:00 hours yesterday 29-year-old Keith Cox, of...

Man stabs friend, 61, over romantic attachment to wife

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Alfred Hope, 61, of 37 Norton Street, Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara, is counting his lucky stars after he was attacked, yesterday, and stabbed by a man who had accused him of being...

Greene gets three-year extension as Top Cop

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Commissioner of Police Henry Greene has been granted three more years as head of the Guyana Police Force, ostensibly because of the administration’s confidence in his tenure. Greene reached the age...

South Ruimveldt youth charged with Geddes Grant N/A robbery

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– operation was planned in Stanleytown house The suspect in last Thursday’s robbery of two staff members of the New Amsterdam Branch of Geddes Grant (Guyana) Limited has fingered a Berbice...

President’s College to transfer staff

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– funding not available, some employees to pay for meals Approximately 30 persons on the auxiliary staff of President’s College are slated to be transferred from the institution to the...

GRA sets up tax sites in G/town

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The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has set up three tax sites in Georgetown, to educate and sensitize the public on the importance of filing their tax returns. These sites will be functioning until...

Incest accused remanded

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A 53-year-old man, of Karawab, Lower Pomeroon River, who admitted to police officials on the Essequibo Coast that he impregnated one of his nine children, a 16-year-old, who is carrying his child,...

We may not be top contenders, but I expect a few medals – AAG President

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President of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) Assistant Superintendent Colin Boyce told the media that while he knows that Guyana will not be top contenders to secure the most medals due to...

Top coaches laud West Indies performance at World Sevens

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– Players call for more international exposure Rawle Welch “It is fair to say that the performance of the West Indies team at the IRB World Sevens Series in Hong Kong recently did...

Ministry Inter-Block football to commence April 18

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Play in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports Inter-Block football tournament will commence for this year on April 18 at Beterverwagting (BV). Kaieteur Sport contacted Parliamentary Secretary...

AAG names IGG Track and Field team

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– Caesar, Whaul among field athletes By Edison Jefford After their rain affected trials on Sunday, the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has identified 28 junior track and field athletes, 14...

P&P Insurance Brokers supports Trenace Lowe

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P&P Insurance Brokers & Consultants Limited will sponsor the air ticket at a cost of USD$548 for Trenace Lowe to represent Guyana at the Junior Caribbean Table Tennis Championships scheduled...

GTTA in last minute rush for funding

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–The Medicine Chest supports Bryan By Edison Jefford Funding for local athletes is a known nuisance in sport and up to yesterday, the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) was enthusiastically...

North and South Bartica win on opening night of Regatta Football

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Bartica Regatta Football tournament organised by the Bartica Football Association (BFA) and Bartica Regatta Committee kicked off on Monday night at the Bartica Community Centre ground with North and...

Man attempts suicide over unfaithful wife

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Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital were up to press time, yesterday, trying to save the life of an Enterprise, East Coast Demerara man who ingested a large amount of gramoxone. The man,...

Regatta 2K9 sports events up and running

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Football, dominos, swimming, cycling, athletics & power boat racing By Franklin Wilson The 2009 sports programme for Regatta 2K9 is off and running and according to head of the Organising...

Digicel introduces ‘prepaid bundles’

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Digicel, has introduced what it considers a new affordable and convenient alternative to pre-paid services. Pre-paid Bundles gives Digicel customers the option of choosing a convenient package of...

BCB congratulates Deonarine on West Indies Test recall

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The President, Executive and members of the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) has extended congratulations to Narsingh Deonarine on his recall to the West Indies Team for their tour of England...

South Turkeyen Sports Committee plans two-day sports extravaganza

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The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Ground, Thomaslands, will come alive today when the Smith Turkeyen Sports Committee hosts the first of a two-day athletic meet and other events, for schools and...

Guyana submits proposal to export rice to Venezuela

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Guyana is exploring possibilities of entering the Venezuelan rice market as there is a shortage of paddy in that country. Yesterday, a Guyanese delegation visited Venezuela’s Commercial Officer to...

Winners Connection and Netrockers to clash in final

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Winners Connection and host Netrockers will face off in the finals of the Netrockers FC/Linden Town Week under-19 football tournament. In pulsating semi-final play, Winners squeezed past Eagles...

Fifth UA&GS 11 race cycling programme on this Saturday

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Cyclists will be back in action this Saturday when they compete at the 5th annual Universal Auto & General Supplies 11-race cycling programme set for the inner circuit of the National Park. A new...