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15 Customs Officers slapped with 202 charges

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…from conspiracy to defraud to fraudulent conversion A whopping 202 charges have been leveled against 15 of the Customs Officers attached to the Guyana Revenue Authority for their alleged...

McLean, Ramlal charged with forgery, conspiracy

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Registrar of the Supreme Court, Evelyn Sita Ramlal, and former Major General of the Guyana Defence Force, Norman Mc Lean, were yesterday slapped with a number of indictable counts of conspiring to...

Corbin medivaced to New York

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After two days of medical attention at the Woodlands Hospital and at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) respectively, leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Robert Corbin, was...

Takatu Bridge not open, says Foreign Affairs Minister

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– vehicles blocked from entering, leaving Guyana Police at Lethem have erected barriers to block vehicular traffic from entering Guyana via the Takatu Bridge. This move comes in the wake of an...

Guyanese woman dies after house explodes in Queens, NY

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…family demands answers The family of a Guyanese mother killed last Friday in an explosion at a house in Queens, New York, is demanding answers from Con Edison, the company which supplies...

Mind your own……business!

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Linden Town Week kicks off

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Judging from the massive turnout at the Linden/Georgetown Bus Park on Sunday evening for the official opening of the Linden Town Week, this year’s celebrations is certainly off to a great...

Kester Lewis, Theodore Henry & Mark Seymour set new records

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By Franklin Wilson Three new records were achieved at the 2009 Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation/Banks Power Stout championship which took place on Sunday last at the St. Stanislaus College...

Immunisation Week launched with warning to scholarship students

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By Fareeza Haniff. Immunisation Week, which is being celebrated in the Americas, was officially launched yesterday in Great Falls, Linden, by Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, who sent a...

Immigrant ship display to feature at Indian Arrival celebrations

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A 120-foot depiction of the Whitby, one of the ships, which brought the first set of East Indians to Guyana under the system of indentureship, has been completed as the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha...

Linden Town Week beauty contestant alleges rape attempt

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…coordinator in custody A coordinator of the Miss Linden Town Week pageant is currently in police custody, for allegedly attempting to rape one of the delegates vying for the coveted title of...

Howard Eastman denies drug possession

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“I was setup,” said Guyana’s Super Middleweight Boxing Champion, Howard Eastman yesterday, as he pleaded not guilty at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court, West Bank Berbice, to a charge of...

Colin Mack still remanded

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Promoter Colin Mack was again remanded after he made another court appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates Court of the continuation of his...

Triumph and Backdam record opening victories

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Competition in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport Inter-Block Football tournament for 2009 kicked off at the Beterverwagting (BV) Community Centre ground with two matches accompanied by an...

CCWU to boycott May Day rallies

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– urges end to ongoing GTUC/FITUG rift The Clerical and Commercial Workers’ Union (CCWU) has decided not to participate in any of the May Day rallies, in protest of the ongoing rift within...

John Cena touted to co-host Int’l Wrestle Mania in Guyana

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According to a media release from the organisers, come this August, the Guyana National Stadium is expected to be thrown into an entertainment frenzy as arrangements are underway to hold a wrestling...

Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club to stage Labour Day meet

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As race day gets closer, most of the country’s top horses have already booked their places for the May Day horserace meet organised by the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sport facility in...

HORRORS ON THE EAST BANK PUBLIC ROAD

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Before and during the construction of the four-lane highway along the East Bank of Demerara, traffic snaked slowly during peak hours. The journey from West Demerara to the city took hours because of...

Somai hits 94 as Berbice take 1st innings points

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But Alkins (41*) leads E’bo resistance By Sean Devers in Essequibo In association with Arabian Hotel Albion left-hander Sahadeo Somai’s fell six short of a ton as Berbice took a 74-run first...

Mrs. Nadira Jagan-Brancier and Ulele Burnham

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The daughter of Mrs. Jagan, days after the death announcement of her mother, was quoted in the Chronicle as saying that she hates the people who tried to put her mother down. She then went on to say...

Junior boys and Girls Badminton start May 1

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The Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) Annual West Indian Sports Complex Junior Doubles Tournament will be played on May 1-2, at the Queens College Courts, starting from 10:00 hrs. Among the age...

Serious governance issues plague NBS

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Following the Annual General Meeting of New Building Society (NBS) on Saturday, Chartered Accountant and a member of the Committee of Concerned NBS members, Christopher Ram says that there is still a...

Guyana hires new lawyer to pursue money in Bahamas

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Guyana has now hired a new attorney, John Wilson, of McKinney Bancroft and Hughes, to fight court-appointed liquidator, Craig Tony Gomez, on the issue of Guyana’s US$34M investment in Clico...

General attitude of the girls encouraging -Fernandes

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National Coach of the Guyana female hockey team Phillip Fernandes in a telephone conversation with Kaieteur Sport yesterday said that the general attitude of the girls during training so far have...

Canada-based Vieira says he is ready

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– prefers Group 3, but worried about new rule Having travelled all the way from Canada, motor racer Paul Vieira told Kaieteur Sport that he is looking forward to the Guyana Motor Racing &...