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PNCR insinuates ‘sweetheart deal’

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…as motion to suspend Govt. sale of shares in GT&T defeated By Gary Eleazar A motion primarily calling for the suspension of the decision by Government to sell its 20 per cent shares in the...

Kwame McCoy dodges media over sex-tape allegations

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Kwame McCoy, who is caught up in scandalous allegation that he solicited sex from a 15-year-old boy, is back at his desk at the office of the President. Yesterday dodged questions about the...

Taxi driver admits to being part of robbery gang

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The taxi driver who was found with the abandoned car at Stewartville Old Road on Wednesday has reportedly admitted to being a part of the gang which robbed Bartica businessman Nezam Kassim on...

Colwyn King released on $100,000 bail

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– GTU expresses support for accused president President of the Guyana Teachers Union, Colwyn King, was released on $100,000 station bail yesterday as police continue to investigate allegations...

Sugar workers back to work

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…GuySuCo/GAWU to resume ‘talks’ After a total shutdown of the sugar industry for two days, workers countrywide are expected to resume work today. The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) and...

Dem boys seh… Radio gun deh Wild West

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Wednesday was a big day because all of a sudden nuff people believe that radio licence gun give away Wild West. Vieira get vex because de government refuse to give he a radio licence and he set up he...

The significance of Diwali

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Diwali is a unique Hindu Festival whose origin dates back to Satyug or the Golden Age. This festival is celebrated on Amawasya or the New Moon Day in the Hindu month of Kaartic. Diwali means a...

No more importing of sugar – GuySuCo

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Guyana has finally stopped the importation of sugar, with the last shipment being made during the first week of October. This is according to Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation...

NAACIE and GPL begin benefits negotiation for 2009

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With the year almost at its end the Guyana Power and Light Company has begun negotiation with the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees on fringe benefits for the...

Another Bond joins local Bar

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Another attorney at law, Joann Alexis Bond, was admitted to the local Bar, yesterday. Ms Bond had her petition presented by attorney at law Nigel Hughes before Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire. The...

Gov’t procures $207M container scanner

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Guyana has finally adhered to the calls by the American Government for containers leaving this country to be scanned. Yesterday, Government offered no objection for the release of $207 million for...

Linden Bridge accident victim sustains spinal injuries

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Wallick Liverpool, the uncle of Gavin Liverpool, said on Wednesday, that he watched petrified as a two by eight plank, measuring approximately 18 feet, slammed into his nephew’s head, knocking him...

GRA reinforces ban on firecrackers, other explosives

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Recalling last year’s squib-throwing incident on Deepavali night in Alexander Village, the Guyana Revenue Authority has reminded the general public that squibs and firecrackers are illegal. They...

City Council meeting to replace officers implicated in AG Report yields no results

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An extraordinary meeting at City Hall yesterday intended to identify replacement officers to fill the positions of Town Clerk and City Treasurer came to a bizarre end as confusion reigned among some...

Gunmen hold up Banks DIH delivery truck

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Two gun-toting youths, accompanied by another who was unarmed, stuck up a Banks DIH beverage truck yesterday afternoon, and relieved the driver of $80,000 in cash, one cell phone and a silver chain,...

Bureau of Statistics launches DevInfo

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…releases compact disk (GuyD_Info) The Bureau of Statistics is the central authority on statistics in Guyana. It supplies information on population, Crude Birth Rate, Labour Force, Net Enrollment...

Cabinet offers no objection to eight new contracts

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Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, announced eight contracts that have attracted Cabinet’s no objection over the past week. At the time Dr Luncheon was addressing members of...

World Food Day

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…Persaud says ‘quality’ off food is on the decline As Guyana joins the rest of the world in observing World Food Day today, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud is urging leaders to not only...

Nation must call on Speaker to set up tribunal to investigate

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…says Rights of the Child Commissioner Outside Public Buildings, yesterday, during the first sitting of the National Assembly after the parliamentary recess, protestors were seen with placards...

Evan Persaud suspended

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…until Special Committee finishes work A University of Guyana (UG) lecturer, under fire for allegedly hosting an unauthorized test off-campus and for using foul language in classes, has been...

Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan’s lawyer not bothered by probation recommendations

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– judge likely to follow pre-sentencing guidelines Diarmuid White, the attorney representing self-confessed Guyanese drug trafficker, Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan is keeping an open mind ahead of...

Seven rescued from watery grave in Atlantic Ocean

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…as T&HD vessel sinks trawler It was drama on the Atlantic Ocean about 23: 45hrs Wednesday when a Transport and Harbours Department passenger vessel MV Barima crashed into the right side of...

THE AFC HAS BLUNDERED

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There is now a real possibility that local government elections will be held next year. This is great news, not just because it would allow for local democracy, but because it allows for the...

Karate Federation hosts successful national camp

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Twenty six karatekas recently benefited immensely from a national camp held at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), under the auspices of the International Shotokan Karate Federation...

Digicel sponsored Honduras on the road to FIFA World Cup 2010 glory

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First Digicel-sponsored team ever to make it to this far Kingston, Jamaica – In an exciting match in San Salvador on Wednesday night, the Digicel-sponsored Honduras team beat El Salvador (also...

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The private sector were cheerleaders for foreign investment

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