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April 30, 2009
Guardian: For 26 years the main story in Sri Lanka has changed little: bombs, bullets, carnage and suffering. LTTE suicide bombs on buses, at train stations, suicide trucks at the Temple of the Tooth, the Central Bank, the assassination of one president, the wounding of another, and government military campaigns with increasing firepower and increasing […]
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April 30, 2009
April 30, 2009 | By knews | Filed Under Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon
It is a fascinating thought to imagine the inside of the mind of the people who would lead our opposition parties. Every week, every month, the government comes up with a policy decision and/or legislative action that is/are obnoxious, indecent, undemocratic […]
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April 30, 2009
- Edge Pele 2-1 in final
By Franklin Wilson
Sunburst Camptown are the 2008 Milo under-21 champions, defeating Pele 2-1 in the final contested on Tuesday evening at the Tucville ground.
The win for the Campbellville-based club was their second championship in as many weeks following victory in the final of the Banks Premium Beer competition.
Pele, who replaced […]
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April 30, 2009
By Edison Jefford
Superiority must be consistently proven and that is what Victory Valley Royals want Ravens to confirm in an imminent return grudge game tonight at Mackenzie Sports Club’s basketball court as part of the Linden Town Week celebrations.
Ravens thrashed Royals in the recent Next Level Entertainment final but the Linden unit was not satisfied […]
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April 30, 2009
to facilitate travel to T&T
Alisha Fortune moved one step closer to realising her Caribbean Games dream when the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) sponsored her for the Trinidad and Tobago phase of an upcoming tour to attain the Games’ qualification standard.
The nation’s leading female sprinter will compete in Trinidad on May 23 after competing at the […]
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April 30, 2009
Upgraded bocce court commissioned
By Michael Benjamin
The dreams of those desirous of participating in the 2011 Special Olympics in Athens, Greece, was given a fillip following the commissioning of a new and upgraded Bocce Court at the National Gymnasium, yesterday afternoon.
The court, measuring 60 feet by 20 feet, was handed over to the Special Olympians […]
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April 30, 2009
Approximately 3,000 persons attended the second annual GT&T/Friends Inc Grass Track for Charity Race Meeting which was held recently at the Ogle Community Centre ground.
According to a release from the organisers, the event was blessed with good weather and excellent track conditions for grass track racing, and the competitors did not disappoint as they thrilled […]
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April 30, 2009
The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) has accepted an invitation from its Suriname counterpart to participate in a goodwill tournament between the two countries over the coming weekend. According to an official from the GVF, the tournament will serve as a warm-up for the Dutch team which is currently preparing to participate in World Cup preliminaries […]
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April 30, 2009
– becomes first team to keep lien trophy
Mackenzie High School eased to its third consecutive championship title in the final of the fifth Victory Valley Royals schools’ competition yesterday afternoon at the Mackenzie Sports Club basketball court in Linden.
Most Valuable Player, Akeem Kanhai continued his prolific form in the tournament when he amassed 25 points […]
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April 30, 2009
The Guyana Chess Federation’s third tournament of the year gets underway today at the Keishar’s Sports Club at Camp and Hadfield Streets, Georgetown.
The DDL-sponsored event, being contested under the Swiss system and consisting of eight rounds, commences with a single round today from 5:00pm. Four rounds are set for tomorrow, starting at 10:00am, while the […]
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April 30, 2009
With the growing increase in domestic violence, mostly being committed against women, a group of men joined the many voices in condemning the scourge by …
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April 30, 2009
-Kanhai named MVP
A vociferous crowd at the McKenzie Sports Club hard court in Linden yesterday hailed the McKenzie High School (MHS) as they blew away …
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April 30, 2009
-tells them it’s shutting down
Once-thriving furniture establishment, Precision Woodworking Limited yesterday sent home its workers after being hit hard by the effects of the global …
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April 30, 2009
-in superseding indictment
Drug smuggler Roger Khan’s spy computer remains a hot issue, featuring in two of the 14 new charges against his former lawyers.
Robert Simels …
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April 30, 2009
A second remand prisoner, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2003 shooting death of Corentyne teacher Saisnarine Ramnauth, as well as to armed robbery, …