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Carjacker nabbed in the act

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… as client overhears threat to kill driver over cell phone Police have detained a suspected carjacker and are looking for his accomplice after the men made off with a Green Ice Taxi service car on...

Guyana’s oldest is 113 today

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…offers words of wisdom to President Jagdeo (By Mondale Smith) In my 32 years of existence on planet earth, I’ve encountered and interviewed from paupers to princes but never did I imagine...

Husband drops dead after wife, son make court appearance

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Liloutie Seepersaud the woman, who along with her son, Arnold, allegedly dealt a severe beating on 23-year-old, Shaneeza Hartman, of Section ‘B’ D’Edward Village, West Coast Berbice, on Sunday...

Corbin set to resume party leadership next week – Clarke

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Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Robert Corbin, is set to return to Guyana next week and will resume full control of the party when he does. General Secretary, Oscar Clarke,...

Regional Police mull academy

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Caribbean Commissioners of Police are mulling the idea of a Regional Academy for the collective training of its officers. Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police President, Darwin Dottin of...

Ministry removes children from chronic street beggar

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Members of the Child Care and Protective Agency yesterday conducted a campaign, which was aimed at stopping the exploitation of children. In yesterday’s campaign a woman, who was described as a...

Kids First Fund takes another group to India for heart surgery

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Kids First Fund, headed by former First Lady, Varshnie Singh, is taking the sixth batch of children to India for life-saving heart surgeries, even though she has not yet raised the money for the...

GDF performs another mercy mission

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Responding promptly to a call for help, the Guyana Defence Force yesterday conducted an emergency mercy flight, which brought Richard Lopes out of Kibilibiri to Georgetown to seek medical attention....

Dave Martins to help promote tourism

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Dave Martins, internationally renowned musician, paid a courtesy call on Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad, and discussed his intentions to further promote Guyana on the...

Canadian Nationals denied bail

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Magistrate Hazel Octive Hamilton, yesterday, remanded four Canadian nationals on separate charges of attempting to export cocaine. It was alleged that on May 12, Jean-Claude Gauthier, at the Cheddi...

Digicel/GT&T ink SMS interconnection agreement

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Digicel Guyana and the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Company yesterday inked the long-awaited interconnection agreement to enable cross-network mobile texting in Guyana. Customers of each...

Rural communities to benefit from trade awareness workshops

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With the aim of sensitising stakeholders of trade opportunities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in collaboration with the European Union Trade.Com Facility will spearhead a number...

Bourda Market repairs delayed by lack of materials

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Repairs to the Bourda Market to boost security have slowed to some extent as a result of the Municipality’s inability to procure certain materials on schedule. This newspaper understands that in...

Teenage prisoner scales Camp Street prison fence

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– sustains severe injuries Theon Branche, the teenager who was recently jailed for several years for a spate of armed robberies, was said to be nursing serious injuries last night after a...

68-year-old in police custody for molesting toddlers

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A 68 year-old Sophia man has been taken into police custody after it was reported that he sexually molested two toddlers. Reports are that the man was arrested some time after noon yesterday after...

We are not at war with the citizens-ACCP President

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The region’s police forces are not at war with its citizens, says Barbados Commissioner of Police and current President of the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police, Darwin Dottin....

Colin Mack remains in jail

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Embattled local promoter, Colin Mack, was yet again refused bail, after making a court appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Yesterday...

West Demerara power outages get worse

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The continuous power outages on West Coast Demerara seem never ending, as residents are still complaining. For the past week, West Demerara has been plagued with constant blackouts, sometimes twice...

Football coaches Dover and Pearce make winning start in T&T

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Caledonia defeat W Connection 1-0 Guyanese football coaches, Wayne Dover and Kavin Pearce made a victorious start to their coaching stint in Trinidad & Tobago on Thursday with a win in the...

Inter-Ward down to Super-Eight playoffs

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Final Four to be decided this weekend By Edison Jefford If Sherwin Roberts continues his surgical sharp shooting, the South Ruimveldt ‘swingman’ will be difficult to guard this weekend in...

Edinburgh CC to make division one debut

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The second annual Tenelec Inc. sponsored Berbice first Division 50-over Round Robin Cricket Competition is scheduled to commence tomorrow from 09:30hrs with three matches. Edinburgh Cricket Club of...

Mother, son granted bail for assaulting Berbice woman

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A 56-year-old West Berbice woman and her 30-year-old son were allowed $25,000 bail each when they appeared at Weldaad Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, charged with assault causing actual bodily...

Trophy Stall 15-over Softball League reaches KO stage

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Play in the Trophy Stall sponsored, Guyana Softball League 15-over cricket competition has reached the knockout stage. Teams are expected to turn in spirited performances as they eye the latter...

Guyanese human trafficker busted in Canada

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has busted a Guyanese woman, Savita Singh, 43, believed to be working with a band of human smugglers. It is the second time that she has found herself on the...

LABA presidential hopefuls present ideas

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– Chapman, Hamid differ on development By Edison Jefford Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) Presidential hopefuls, Joe Chapman and Abdullah Hamid have presented their ideas for the...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There’s an old saying in Guyana: “You can’t put a little boy to do a big man’s... more