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Jamaicans in shock at positive drug test for Veronica Campbell-Brown

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 09:44
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaicans have been left in shock after confirmation came last night that track star Veronica Campbell-Brown has been tested positive for a banned substance. The International...

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Ramotar puts GPL tariff hike on hold

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:30
President Donald Ramotar announced yesterday that he had instructed the board and management of the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) to stand down the proposed 26.7% tariff increase until the...

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Two Berbice fishermen feared dead after pirate attack

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:27
Two fishermen from the No. 66 Fisheries are feared dead after they were tortured and thrown overboard on Tuesday evening by five armed pirates who burnt their boat. The captain, known as ‘Fine Man’...

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Parliamentary team finds poor conditions at West Dem hospital

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:26
A parliamentary team yesterday found expired drugs and poor delivery of health care among a host of problems during a tour of two West Demerara hospitals and the emergency room at one was described...

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Very little selling at underused market tarmacs

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:25
Ten market tarmacs which cost over $3 billion to develop are grossly underutilised—where they are used at all—and citizens are of the view that government has carelessly spent taxpayers’ money on...

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Jailed drug mule thought cocaine was baked into suitcase

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:24
A businessman, who thought cocaine given to him to take to New York was baked into his suitcase, received a three-year jail sentence after he admitted to trafficking in the illegal drug when the...

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Kuru Kururu man charged with murdering wife

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:23
A seemingly catatonic Shameer Ali, accused of murdering his common-law wife and then slitting his own throat at Kuru Kururu Squatting Area on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, was yesterday arraigned on...

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QC compound killer jailed for 30 years

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:22
Noel Adonis, who was charged with murdering Ishroutie Deonarine at the Queen’s College compound in 2007, was sentence to 30 years imprisonment by Justice Navindra Singh after a jury found him guilty...

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Guyana’s plantain exports fell 100% after Sigatoka disease took hold – FAO

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:21
Two technicians from Guyana are among a group to undergo intensive training in managing the Black Sigatoka, disease which the United nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says led to the...

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Opposition blocks bill to rename police force

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:20
With nary a word on Thursday night, the opposition voted against the second reading of a bill intended to change name of the Guyana Police Force to the Guyana Police Service. Government members...

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Miner chopped to death at Big Creek

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:19
A miner was yesterday chopped to death at Big Creek Backdam, in the North West District (NWD) of Region One and the suspect has been detained. The dead man has been identified as Oral Norton, 22, of...

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Decomposing body of soldier found in Lamaha Springs home

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:18
The decomposing remains of a Guyana Defence Force corporal was early yesterday morning found in his home at Lamaha Springs, two days after he was not heard from or seen; foul play has not been ruled...

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House votes for inquiry into North West illness, deaths

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:17
The National Assembly on Thursday voted to set up a Commission of Inquiry to be appointed to investigate the gastro-like illness in the North West District, since there are several outstanding...

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West Indies eliminated after remarkable tie with South Africa

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:17
CARDIFF, Wales,  CMC – Gutsy West Indies were eliminated from the Champions Trophy in remarkable and unfortunate circumstances after their rain-marred Group B match against South Africa ended in a...

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Whitmore had to go, says Burrell

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:16
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Jamaica’s football chief, Captain Horace Burrell, says results of World Cup Qualifying matches were too poor for Theodore Whitmore to stay on as coach of the Reggae Boyz for...

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Log fetching by Kato pupils was regular occurrence –councilor

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:16
Region Eight councillor Neim Mohammed Gafoor, who publicised that Kato primary school children were made to carry logs for meals, is insisting that this has been a regular occurrence and that the...

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Ramotar calls for level heads to make country competitive

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:15
President Donald Ramotar yesterday called for level heads among the country’s political leaders as he once more appealed for support for large infrastructure projects, such as the Amaila Falls...

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Beenhakker is back as T and T head coach

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:15
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Dutchman Leo Beenhakker, whose coaching skills helped Trinidad and Tobago to the 2006 FIFA Men’s World Cup, will take up a two-month assignment with the senior national...

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Harper optimistic about Team Guyana’s chances in the CPL T20

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:13
Despite the dearth of firepower in the bowling department, Team Guyana’s Head Coach Roger Harper is optimistic about doing well in the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 tournament when the...

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Postal service working to speed up pension payments

Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:13
The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) says it is working to speed up the processing of payments to pensioners. Pensioners were made to spend long periods in lines earlier this month at post...

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