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    - ‘2 to 2’ coming to Jumo’s Club 592 soon
      
      GUYANESE own ‘Jumo’ Fitzpatrick Primo, well known as 'Mr. Rubber Waist', wants to bring back the days at Club 592 when people would turn up just for an after-work lime, and even a party. With...
    - Creating a different sound wave
      
      - in the local music industry YOU may be familiar with the famed line “A nice snow-cone from Uncle Jerry or Dougla, have sip on this I-cee or Busta” or probably “Ease off, gimme some...
    - Guyana to host first-ever Miss Guyana Culture Queen pageant
      
      FOR the first time, Guyana will be hosting a national pageant to select Guyana’s representative to the Annual Caribbean Culture Queen Pageant slated for August 2020 in St. Kitts and Nevis. Under...
    - Tough competition ahead
      
      - for 2020 Chutney Monarch participants SOME 17 singers are set to contest this year’s Mashramani Chutney Monarch Competition, with many promising that defending champion Steven Ramphal is going...
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    - Westfield Prep girl tops at NGSA
      
      Nalia Rahaman of Westfield Prep Primary School- a private school located at 120-121 Parade Street, Kingston, Georgetown topped this year National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) with a score of 529...
    - Two terms only
      
      …CCJ checks Jagdeo’s third term ambitions In the case of the Attorney General of Guyana v Cedric Richardson, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled that an amendment, that barred...
    - CCJ upholds Presidential limit
      
      …nixes Jagdeo third term bid The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) by a 6-1 majority upheld the constitutional amendment on term limits for Presidential Candidates in Guyana and overturned the...
    - CCJ rules against third term
      
      The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) by a 6-1 majority upheld the constitutional amendment on term limits for Presidential Candidates in Guyana and overturned the decisions of the Guyana...
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    - Sea bandits charged for murder of Corentyne fishermen
      
      ONE week after being arrested in Suriname, wanted pirates, Ricardo Fraser called “Shines” and Anonth Boodrage called “Andy”, have been placed before the court and charged with the capital...
    - Bandits rob miner of gold chains, cash
      
      TWO armed bandits robbed a 24-year-old miner at Uitvlugt Bus Shed Street, West Coast Demerara (WCD) on Thursday evening. The victim was identified as Akeem Ford of Bagotville, WCD. Reports...
    - Another pirate confesses to deadly attack
      
      Police on Wednesday arrested a third pirate who was wanted for the brutal murder of the four fishermen between October 5 -13, 2019. The man, identified as Lenox Grimond called “Breeze” was...
    - Guyanese to be charged for drug trafficking
      
      A 23-year-old Guyanese is facing drug trafficking charges after excreting over 25 pellets of cocaine from his stomach. The man was identified as Kester Anfrany Johnson. Reports indicate that...
- Courts
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    - Miner charged with possession of marijuana remanded
      
      ACTING Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, on Friday, January 17, 2020, remanded a 32-year-old miner to prison for possession of marijuana, for the purpose of trafficking. Lenox Jackman of...
    - Middle-aged security guard accused of rape remanded
      
      A 45-year-old security guard was, on Thursday, January 16, 2020, remanded to prison for allegedly raping a 13-year-old school girl. Sandy Fraser called ‘Bull Dog Adolph’ of Two Friends Ann’s...
    - Duo moves to Appeal Court to have conviction and sentence overturned
      
      TWO men, who are currently serving a 75-year sentence for the 2013 murder of Enterprise businessman, Kumar Mohabir, have moved to the Appeal Court to have their conviction and sentencing...
    - Teen accused of larceny granted bail
      
      ACTING Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, on Thursday, January 16, 2020, granted $50,000 bail to a teenager accused of larceny. Roberto Perez, 18, of Kumaka, appeared at the Georgetown...
- Politics
  - Politics Stories
    - Two terms only
      
      …CCJ checks Jagdeo’s third term ambitions In the case of the Attorney General of Guyana v Cedric Richardson, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled that an amendment, that barred...
    - CCJ upholds Presidential limit
      
      …nixes Jagdeo third term bid The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) by a 6-1 majority upheld the constitutional amendment on term limits for Presidential Candidates in Guyana and overturned the...
    - Venezuela opts out of border case at ICJ
      
      Venezuela has declined to participate in the court action filed by Guyana to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with respect to age old territorial controversy between the two...
    - Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe resigns
      
      Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has resigned, parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda has said. A letter from Mr Mugabe said that the decision was voluntary and that he had made it to allow a smooth...
- Health
  - Science & Tech Stories
    - Region Five gets ‘smart’ health centres
      
      REGION Five (Mahaica/Berbice) is slated to receive two new health centres designed and constructed in keeping with the concept of “smart medical facilities.” One centre will be constructed at...
    - Support for Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre
      
      IN observance of National Rehabilitation Week 2017, Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, on Wednesday pledged government’s support to the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre in helping to...
    - GPHC pain medicine goes missing -male nurse suspected
      
      DURING the course of last week, staff of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) discovered ten vials of the pain medicine, pethidine missing from a cabinet. Reports are that the hospital...
    - 60 cervical cancer tests conducted during U.S. Embassy outreach in Linden
      
      SIXTY cervical cancer tests were among a range of tests conducted by a United States Embassy outreach in the mining town of Linden recently. According to the embassy , the Humanitarian Assistance...
- Regional
  - Regional Stories
    - Ex St Kitts Prime Minister arrested in UK
      
      …while trying to leave Britain with £70,000 in cash THE DAILY MAIL, December 8, 2019- A CARIBBEAN politician made a Privy Counsellor by David Cameron for his 'loyal service' to Queen and country...
    - Barbados spared major damage from Dorian
      
      No major incidents, damage or injuries were reported across Barbados following the passage of Tropical Storm Dorian last night and early this morning. And, the public service is set to resume...
    - 23 Venezuelans trying to reach Trinidad, feared dead
      
      (Trinidad Express)-At least 23 illegal immigrants, including women and two children, are feared drowned after their boat overturned early Wednesday morning off Venezuela. The ill-fated fishing...
    - Venezuela crisis: Guaidó aide faces terrorism charge
      
      A top aide to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó is being charged with terrorism after he was arrested by President Nicolas Maduro's government. Mr Guaidó's chief of staff Roberto Marrero,...
- International
  - International Stories
    - Undocumented Guyanese murder accused was spared deportation from NY
      
      (New York Daily News)-Federal immigration officials, after blaming the city’s sanctuary policy for a 92-year-old woman’s rape and murder, were blasted Tuesday by City Hall for using the...
    - US bases in Iraq targeted with ballistic missiles
      
      (BBC)-At least two airbases housing US troops in Iraq have been hit by more than a dozen ballistic missiles, according to the US Department of Defence. Iranian state TV says the attack is a...
    - US kills top Iranian general in Baghdad air strike
      
      (BBC)-Iran's most powerful military commander, Gen Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq. The 62-year-old spearheaded Iranian military operations in the Middle East as head of...
    - Trump is impeached
      
      ...becomes third US President to face Senate trial (BBC)-Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate...
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Guyana celebrates first oil

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January 18, 2020

ERC probing 12 complaints of discrimination

GFC to advertise revoked, surrendered concessions

Sharma Solomon wows Amelia’s Ward residents

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Abrams Creek Primary School gets library, computer centre

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January 18, 2020

POMEROON Trading, a coconut growing and processing enterprise with operations on the Pomeroon River, officially opened a new library and computer centre at Abrams...

Focus to be placed on training drivers, minibus Operators

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January 18, 2020

By Dillon Goring AMIDST the growing concerns expressed by citizens, particularly the elderly, with regard to the conduct of minibus operators, the Ministry of Business,...

Councillor waiting on gov’t subvention

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January 18, 2020

-- for repairs to East Ruimveldt Market roof, better lighting WHILE stallholders at the East Ruimveldt Market are grateful and happy for the road works...

Reputable companies among Jamaica trade delegation

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January 18, 2020

AMONG the delegation of companies from Jamaica coming to Guyana on a trade mission this month are companies specialised in banking and financial services,...

‘ERC to ramp up monitoring’

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January 18, 2020

…warns parties against sowing seeds of division’ …says code of conduct yet to be signed on to THE Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has warned political...

Sports

PM Mitchell fetes West Indies cricketers

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January 18, 2020

(CMC) – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has welcomed the return of veteran all-rounder Dwayne Bravo to the West Indies Twenty20 squad, following...

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