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Regent Street fire destroys three businesses, one house

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(By Mondale Smith and Neil Marks) Fire believed to be of electrical origin razed through three business houses and also destroyed a cottage on Regent Street, Georgetown yesterday. The fire which...

UG Lecturer relieved of duties

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– Student files complaint for death threat A University of Guyana (UG) lecturer, who is under fire for allegedly using sexually explicit language during class and holding exams off-campus...

Palms Administrator commits suicide

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– was depressed over kidney ailment Mohamed Fazloor Yasin, the Administrator of the Palms, committed suicide at his East La Penitence home yesterday. Yasin, who was also a former manager of the...

Drug addict stabs father to death

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(By: Brushell Blackman & Andrunie Harris) A mid morning argument between a drug addict and his father yesterday, ended in the death of Clement Petrie also known as Clement Solomon, and...

Peter Morgan’s sentencing deferred

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Guyanese businessman Peter Morgan who is facing sentencing on a drug trafficking charge in the United States of America will have to wait a while longer to know his fate. Morgan was scheduled to be...

Dem boys seh…Rohee hand over defective fire tenders

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Imagine people hardly getting electricity and de power company got so much power that dem can bun down three buildings in Regent Street, yesterday. But even before that, dem boys suspect that people...

Dem Boys Seh…Rohee hand over defective fire tenders

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Three vehicles smash up on Main and Middle Street

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A three-vehicle crash at the intersection of Middle and Main Streets left the drivers of a Nissan Titan, a Toyota Carina and a Merino counting their losses. From eyewitness accounts, the accident...

Teachers end two-day Science, Mathematics workshop

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Recognising the need to improve the teaching of Science and Mathematics in the education system, the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Caribbean Academy of Sciences sponsored a science...

DPP, COP to show cause in witness tampering case

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…as lawyer accuses prosecution of manipulating justice system By Gary Eleazar Former Magistrate and prominent Attorney-at-Law Murseline Bacchus, yesterday secured an order demanding Commissioner of...

Busta 20/20 Division 2 cricket starts on October 18

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Old School vs. GT X1 match set for day of final By Sean Devers The 2nd annual Busta 20/20 cricket competition was launched yesterday at the head office of the Guyana Beverage Company in Diamond and...

El Dorado Inter County final set for Stadium

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Demerara put title on the line against Berbice today By Sean Devers The Ramnaresh Sarwan led Demerara side will put their El Dorado 50-over Inter County cricket title on the line from 13:30hrs today...

Amateur boxers for Barbados Goodwill tour

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Eustace Cuffy appointed Defacto President of GABA By Michael Benjamin First Vice President, Eustace Cuffy has recently assumed the position of President of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association...

NSC brief parents of IGG national athletes

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– stress need for discipline in Suriname By Edison Jefford National Director of Sport Neil Kumar assured parents of the junior national Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) athletes yesterday that their...

Strongest men in the land set to collide October 25

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– at GAPLF Senior Championships, International officials to visit The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall will be transformed into an international arena come October 25, 2009 when the Guyana Amateur...

Man steals canned milk from sno-cone man

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…Sells three tins to buy Chinese food A man, who stole six tins of condensed milk, appeared yesterday before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court, and...

Several races on the chart as CS&TC closes successful season

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The Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club (CSTC) has enjoyed a successful season, the highlight being Rudolph Mitchell’s sterling accomplishment of achieving the 100 race unbeaten streak. That...

A. Khan Lumber Yard U-19 Cricket Final set for tomorrow

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The long awaited A Khan Lumber Yard under-19 cricket final between Cornelia Ida [CI] and Parika Warriors will be played this Sunday at Meten-Meer-Zorg West. The two Zone (B) teams will once again...

Suspected horse ‘lover’ released

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…owner and horse now in custody In a twist of events, the owner of the ‘E’ Field Sophia horse, which was reportedly sexually violated by another resident of the area, is now in police custody....

Suspected horse ‘lover’ released

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Money Transfer Law now in effect

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The Money Transfer Agencies (Licensing) Act, which provides for the licencing of money transfer agencies and money transfer agents came into effect on October 1. Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh,...

Gafoor, McDonald, Collins face off in highly anticipated scrabble tourney

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The nation’s top scrabble players will be engaged in a battle of wits and words in an effort to ascertain the configuration of the best ten local players. This showdown will occur tomorrow morning...

Africans in Guyana to remember Holocaust

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Africans in Guyana will on Monday mark another anniversary of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade which resulted in the deaths of millions. “Their bones are at the bottom of the sea,” said Norma Clark...

GFA tournaments continue this weekend

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Chubby U-13 and Western Union Div. 1 League Following a number of tough group engagements in the Chubby Under-13 league in the city over the past couple of weeks, the eight teams that have advanced...

Power Stout Tapeball cricket starts at Thirst Park on Thursday

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The recently formed Guyana Tapeball League has collaborated with the Guyana Softball League to host the Banks DIH sponsored Power-Stout 6-over cricket competition from Thursday at the Thirst Park....

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National basketball team down to 15 after intense trials

Members of the National Assembly should exercise civility towards their peers

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The following column was published two years ago in response to the same controversy that... more