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Judicial Manager declares CLICO (Guyana) insolvent

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…worse case scenario liability outweighs assets by more than $11B By Gary Eleazar Judicial Manager of Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Guyana, Maria Van Beek, in a report to the High Court,...

Fireworks could spark at AGM over NBS Berbice Bridge investment

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– rumours of insider trading in CLICO bail out surface Fireworks are expected to erupt at this month’s Annual General Meeting of the New Building Society (NBS) with allegations of irregular...

Another 50,000 gallons of GPL fuel contaminated

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Some 50,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil out of a shipment of 120,000 gallons that was shipped to the Skeldon Generation plant have been found to be contaminated. This newspaper has learnt the vessel...

Suspect confesses

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Lusignan murder… A Lusignan Pasture man who was detained by police on Monday has reportedly confessed to clubbing Victor Persaud to death early Sunday morning. Persaud succumbed hours after he and...

NIS declares pensioner dead, although man proves otherwise

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A pensioner who was declared ‘dead’ by officials of the National Insurance Scheme [N.I.S] is still alive and well, and says that five months’ benefits are due to him. Shabeer Khan, of Lima,...

Taxi driver shot during robbery

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– lone gunman escapes with $1.3M Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital are closely monitoring the condition of a taxi driver who was shot by a lone gunman during a brazen robbery....

Port of Spain akin to being under house areas

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Prelude to Summit of the Americas By Tusika Martin With two days before the opening of the Summit of the Americas, preparations are moving apace for the highly anticipated event in the twin-island...

Poultry farmer finds egg within an egg

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When Davindra Laurie went into his pen and saw an oversized egg, almost the size of a cricket ball, his first thought was that some snake had penetrated the cage and left the tell tale signs of his...

Cheating partner lands man in lockups

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By Rustom Seegopaul Coming home to discover his reputed wife in bed with another man left Dwain Moore in the La Grange lockups for the better part of yesterday, while his reputed wife and her...

Guyana female Hockey squad continues preparation

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When Kaieteur Sport visited their training session at the GCC ground yesterday, they were hard at work as they fine tune their skills for upcoming engagement. Here members of the national female...

Chattergoon hits 5th first-class ton as Guyana end worst ever season with a draw

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By Sean Devers Sewnarine Chattergoon registered his fifth first class century on his Guyana captaincy debut, while leg-spinner Nikolai Charles grabbed a maiden five-wicket haul for Barbados on the...

Defending champions, Guyana off to impressive start

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By Edison Jefford Defending overall champions, Guyana was off to an impressive and promising start in the 2009 Caribbean Cadet and Junior Table Tennis Championships when the event opened on Monday at...

GCA must investigate racial allegation against Travis Dowlin

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Says Sean Devers Insularity and internal politics among many local cricket administrators is becoming common place at a time when our cricket is at an all time low with Guyana finishing ‘dead...

GCB Female Inter County bowls off today

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The 2009 Guyana Cricket Board female Inter County 50 overs tournament is set to bowl off today at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary from 9:30hrs. Given the opportunity to set the tone for the...

Human Services to take legal custody of over 600 children

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The Child Care Protection Agency of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security is currently pursuing the legal route of acquiring custody of over 600 children who do not have...

Central/Upper Corentyne to face West Berbice in final

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Lower Corentyne claim 3rd The Blairmont Community Centre ground will come alive with competitive action today when Central/Upper Corentyne tangle with West Berbice in the final of the Diamond Fire...

Early morning car crash rattles D’Urban Street

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Some residents of D’Urban Street, Werk-en-Rust, were awakened from their sleep early yesterday morning, after two cars collided at D’Urban and John Streets, (opposite the Camp Street prison.)...

Troy Mendonca to contest for vice President post at imminent GFF elections

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As the Guyana Football Federation elections loom, President of the Georgetown Football Association, Troy Mendonca has accepted a nomination by executives of his entity for the position of 1st Vice...

Popular promoter held in yet another rape probe

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A popular city promoter has once again landed in hot water, this time for allegedly raping a woman. And once again his confederates are offering money as an inducement to settle the matter out of...

Mobile phone use in Guyana above Latin America’s average

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An International research of Guyana’s mobile, telecoms and broadband has found that the local fixed-line tele-density is about average for Latin America, while mobile penetration is slightly higher...

RHTY&SC congratulates Royston Crandon and Shermaine Campbell

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Players hit maiden tons at national level The President, Executive and members of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) has offered congratulations to Royston Crandon and Shermaine...

Annual Hat Show for this weekend

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The Inner Wheel Club of Georgetown will be hosting its annual Hat Show and Garden Party at the Promenade Gardens on Saturday. Charter Member of the club, Gem Eytle, told Kaieteur News yesterday that...

Milo finalists to be determined tonight

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GDF play Pele, Sunburst Camptown oppose Fruta Conquerors By Franklin Wilson

Pedestrians killed at Grove, Kuru Kururu

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An elderly pedestrian was killed at around 21:45 hrs on Monday night at Grove, East Bank Demerara and another lost his life yesterday after being hit by a truck near Kuru Kururu on the...

Agricola gang terrorizing household

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The stoning of the home of Leonard Redman and Maureen Fernandes, which took place at approximately 1:00 hour yesterday, is just another action of a gang, based in Agricola, which has been terrorizing...