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Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of Mocha businesswoman Desiree Hyman, who was gunned down last Friday in First Street, Mocha, East Bank Demerara. After a weekend of investigation, ranks acting on intelligence conducted an operation on Sunday, 20 July, between 18:00 and 19:30 hrs, which led to the arrest
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Press Release from the Guyana Cricket Board The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has named two teams to participate in a pivotal two-day Under-17 trial match scheduled for July 22 and 23 at the LBI Ground on the East Coast of Demerara. This trial fixture forms a crucial part of the Board’s early preparation for the
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Rouge Salon and Spa is sponsoring the upcoming National Junior Chess Championship Qualifiers Tournament, scheduled from July 25-29, with July 27 as a rest day. This seven-round competition, hosted by the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF), will be held at the Guyana National Stadium in Providence, aiming to select the top nine junior chess players who
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Hours after he was arrested, Shaka Phillips has confessed to shooting and killing Linden teacher, Jenel Phillips on Saturday night in Linden. Police Headquarters said that Phillips claimed that he threw the murder weapon, a gun, in the Demerara River. Investigators have since took Phillips at the area where he claimed he toss the gun
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Minutes before she was shot and killed in Linden Saturday night, Jenel Pollymore, a young mother of three, begged her ex-partner, from whom she tried to escape, to spare her life. “She started to beg. She said ‘don’t kill meh.’ He shot the first bullet to her and eventually she start run…but he run behind
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Mitchell Owen made a half-century on debut as Australia clinched a three-wicket victory over West Indies in the first T20 international in Jamaica. Owen shared an 80-run stand for the fifth wicket with fellow all-rounder Cameron Green, who made 51 off 26 balls, as the tourists chased 190 with seven balls to spare at Sabina
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Attorney Vanessa Thomas on Sunday urged supporters of the opposition APNU to look to the past for inspiration on tackling the country’s housing challenges, invoking the 1970s self-help model that gave birth to communities like Melanie on the East Coast of Demerara. Thomas, who has practised law for over two decades, mounted the APNU’s campaign
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Paul Williams, the former Deputy Commissioner of Police, says he has long dreamt of stepping forward as a leader in the People’s National Congress (PNC)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) — ambitions he says caused him to be stifled when he was overlooked for the top police job. Speaking at APNU’s rally in Melanie
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Titans All-Stars, the reigning national T10 champions, secured their spot in the Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast national finals with a hard-fought victory over Village Rams in the Georgetown/East Coast Demerara zone final. Played at the Lusignan Sports Club on Sunday, the Titans successfully defended 98 runs in a nail-biting finish. The Titans boasted
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Chase’s Academic Foundation defended their Under-14 Boys’ Football title with a commanding 4-1 victory over Three Mile Secondary on Sunday, bringing the curtain down on the sixth edition of the ExxonMobil Boys’ and Girls’ Schools U14 Football Championship. However, Chase’s hopes of a historic double were dashed as their girls’ team fell to a 2-0
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