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By Kurt Campbell Kurt@newsroom.gy Long known as a bastion of opposition support where the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) once struggled to muster even a handful of votes, Golden Grove on Tuesday evening presented a strikingly different scene, one that many see as a symbol of changing times and shifting loyalties on the East Coast corridor.
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After defeats in their first two matches in their ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League (GSL) Central Stags chalked up a 16-run win in the final over to secure bragging rights over Trans-Tasman rivals Hobart Hurricanes XI in game 7 of the competition. The Stags won the toss and batted first, making a commanding total of 167-4- the
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Four months after fleeing an accident scene, Police have arrested the driver accused of crashing into a Berbice family riding an electric bike in March this year. The tragic accident claimed the life of nine-month-old Ellie Surujnarine and her 19-year-old mother, Kavita Bedsan. Police Headquarters reported that an intelligence-led operation at at Line Path, Region
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Thirty-three packets of cannabis were found in an abandoned shop at Jonestown, Mahaica, on Tuesday. The cannabis amounted to 130 grammes, Police Headquarters said in a statement. The cannabis was found after a motorcycle patrol at Second Street, Jonestown, conducted a search on an old abandoned shop, and discovered a black plastic bag containing several
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Police are investigating a deadly shooting which occurred just before midnight on Tuesaday at Middle Walk, Buxton, East Coast Demerara, leaving two men dead and at least six others nursing serious injuries. Dead are 17-year-old Leon McFarlene of Lot 71 Middle Walk, Buxton, and 38-year-old businessman Mark Anthony Correia of Lot 75 Republic Drive, Beterverwagting.
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Bradley Sampson, also known as Doggy, is wanted by the Police for several offences committed on Tuesday. Sampson has been an organiser for the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party led by businessman Azruddin Mohamed. Videos show Sampson engaged in violent behaviour on Tuesday at the Square of the Revolution, Brickdam. It has been reported
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Residents of Parika, Region Three (Essequibo Islands – West Demerara) were on Tuesday engaged by the Ministry of Public Works as preparations begin for Phase 1 of the international port facility. The residents were assured by the subject ministers that their businesses will not stop but they may have to shift to alternative locations nearby.
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Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George has ruled that President Dr Irfaan Ali’s confirmation of Clifton Hicken as Commissioner of Police, even after he turned 55 years old, was not unlawful. The ruling, handed down in the High Court, brought clarity to the legal challenge filed by Troy Garraway, represented by attorney Dexter Todd. The applicant
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See below the full statement issued by the Ministry of Education: The Ministry of Education has noted a most unfortunate and fallacious statement issued by a candidate of We Invest in Nationhood (WIN), Amika Lewis. Her statement which questions the National Grade Six Assessment result of Adriana Younge was clearly meant to excite emotions by
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A 26-year-old man, suspected of multiple armed robberies, was fatally shot during a late-night exchange of gunfire with Police ranks in Linden on Monday. Dead is Shamar Prince, an unemployed resident of Wall Street, Amelia’s Ward, Linden, who was wanted in connection with a robbery under arms committed earlier on Monday on Long Xing, a
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