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Van West Charles faction, PNCR differ on list

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Mere hours before the 16th Biennial Congress of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) is held, and the office bearers and Central Executive Committee posts are contested, the list of persons...

Stanleytown Pump and engine

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There has been a great deal of controversy surrounding the Stanleytown Pump Station, on the West Bank of Demerara, with some interestingly misleading responses following this publication’s...

Cocaine pellets swallower tells court ‘it is a decent crime’

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Oluki Ian Lewis, of 80 Zeelugt, North, West Coast Demerara was fined $30 000 and slapped with a four-year jail term yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry to answer charges of...

Ramjattan law office attracts bizarre protest

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…police arrest one The law offices of Attorney-at-Law Khemraj Ramjattan, who is also the Chairman of the Alliance For Change, was yesterday the scene of a bizarre picketing exercise by a group of...

AG ordered return of CLICO vehicles

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– Kissoon Group’s lawyers to take issue to court Attorney General Charles Ramson ordered that the vehicles which were seized from CLICO (Guyana) be returned to the insurance firm, after...

Wiretapping law takes effect month end

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Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee on July 31 last, signed the order bringing into force the Interception of Communications Act, commonly called the wiretapping law, as of August 31. A source...

Inoperable West Demerara Theatre stymies surgeries

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— New generator to boost hospital’s operation The operating theatre at the West Demerara Regional Hospital has not been inoperable for several months, a state-of-affairs Regional Health Officer...

Agriculture Ministry investigating change in Surinamese protocol for local produce

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Suriname has for almost a week now been preventing the entry of fruits and vegetables grown in Guyana from entering its ports. This revelation was brought to the attention of this newspaper...

Unidentified female accident victim dies

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The woman who was badly injured in a motorcycle accident in Regent Street last Saturday has died without regaining consciousness. Hospital sources said that the unidentified woman succumbed at around...

AFC, PNC blast Ramotar’s polygraph statement

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“(Donald) Ramotar must be in another world,” according to the Leader of the Main Opposition Robert Corbin yesterday in an invited comment, when he lashed out at a statement made by the General...

The ERC too should be sent to Monkey Mountain, Monkey Fall and Monkey Creek

Aug 20, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The ERC too should be sent to Monkey Mountain, Monkey Fall and Monkey Creek

I first knew that there was a far away place in Guyana by the name of Monkey Mountain when I was in primary school. I read in the newspaper where Opposition Leader, Forbes Burnham accused Premier...

THE MAKING OF A PRESIDENT

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An objective assessment of the ten-year presidency of Bharrat Jagdeo is required. This column has commissioned a ten-part series that intends to examine the accomplishments of the world’s youngest...

Better late than never

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Time to setup Sports Development Council By Rawle Welch The move recently by the Ministry of Sport to assist the national Squash team’s participation at the senior Caribbean Championships should be...

Rastafari Patriarchs get sponsorship for Masters League

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The Rastafari Patriarchs Masters Football team has secured sponsorship from “Ketch-a- Fire, Guyana Inc.” The team which was established in 2005 is one of the top teams in the local Masters...

AHBF Summer Camp continues with social sessions

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The Abdullah Hamid Basketball Foundation (AHBF) Summer Camp continued yesterday with social sessions that has become a regular feature of the basketball training activity at the Mackenzie Sports Club...

Republic Bank/RHTY&SC conclude successful Summer Educational Camp

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11 year-old Nirvina Goberdhan named Best Student Eleven year-old Nirvina Goberdhan of Albion was named the Best Student of 3rd Republic Bank / Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club Summer Educational...

CRTTF selects Lowe for Pan Am Juniors

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National association receive confirmation The Caribbean Regional Table Tennis Federation (CRTTF) has selected double National Junior Sportswoman of the Year, Trenace Lowe to participate in the 2009...

Guyana claim 20 medals at 8th ISKF/CKC Karate Championships – cop 10 gold

Aug 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana claim 20 medals at 8th ISKF/CKC Karate Championships – cop 10 gold

Guyana won 10 Gold, 4 Silver and 6 Bronze medals when 16 Guyanese karetekas competed in the 8th ISKF/CKC Karate Championships which was just concluded on Sunday in St. Lucia. The National Team, with...

Fire destroys Wismar house

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Flames completely engulfed the property of 59-year-old Bertram Franklin last night at Wismar, Linden. The blaze began shortly after 21:00hrs. Franklin, the lone occupant of the small wooden house,...

Sophia Primary School students receive free gear from KEI-SHAR’S

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Some one hundred and nine (109) students of Sophia Primary School yesterday received free uniforms, stationery, socks and footwear worth over half a million dollars from KEI-SHAR’S Gift Shoppe. The...

CSTC appeals for corporate intervention

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– Rudolph Mitchell nears historic century The cricketers would refer to it as the nervous nineties when the batsman approaches that coveted century. Many an astute cricketer has experienced the...

Draughts to be drafted in as national sport

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As ministry sets up Steering Committee By Edison Jefford The popular board game Draughts will soon become a national sport since the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has established a Steering...

Cole returned unopposed as Fruta Conquerors President

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Club honours National U-15’s Pernell Schultz & Duquan Van Cooten Marlan Cole was returned unopposed at President of the Fruta Conquerors Football Club when that entity held their Annual General...

Teams gear for exciting finale

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The stage is set for what is expected to be an entertaining encounter when Dynas Bravado clash with Hillfoot Strikers in the GS&WCA 15-15 Tapeball Cricket final on Saturday at the GS&WCA...

13 local golfers for Suriname tourney

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Thirteen of Guyana’s leading golfers will compete in this weekend’s RBTT sponsored Suriname Open Golf championships in Paramaribo. The local side will feature reigning Guyana Open male and ladies...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more