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    - Pearson stuns in Couture show
      
      A dramatic slow stride down the runway by the towering Natasha Alder in a stunning floor-length, strapless dress, with a dramatic tulle train left a lasting impression with patrons when it brought a...
    - Ready for Mash!
      
      Several Ministries launch Mash bands this week By Alisa Lashley Several Government Ministries in a vivid display of colours, officially launched their Mashramani this past week. The...
    - Republic Golden Jubilee exhibition launched
      
      By Alisa Lashley THE National Museum was on Tuesday, transformed into a cultural extravaganza as the Ministry of the Presidency, Department of Social Cohesion, launched its Republican Golden Jubilee...
    - Guyana, 50 years a Cooperative Republic!
      
      - What does that mean to the people? On Sunday Guyana will commemorate another milestone in its development. On this day, it will be 50 Golden years since Guyana became a Cooperative Republic,...
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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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    - Rose Hall man ‘busted’ with cocaine
      
      POLICE attached to the Whim Police Station in ‘B’ Division, Region Six, have arrested a trader who was found with a quantity of crack cocaine hidden in his toilet. The item weighing...
    - 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...
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    - Sri Lankans fined for illegal entry
      
      CHIEF Magistrate Ann McLennan, on Wednesday February 26, 2020, fined four Sri Lankans $40,000 each, or, in default, eight weeks in prison for entering Guyana illegally. Anthony Jeyaraj, thambirasa...
    - Prison Officer further remanded
      
      ON Wednesday, February 26, 2020, prison officer, George Selman, was further remanded to prison for two weeks by Magistrate Faith McGusty, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The prison officer,...
    - 33-year-old West La Penitence resident fined and granted bail
      
      A 33-year-old West La Penitence resident, Shevion Rodrigues, was brought before Magistrate Faith McGusty on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on three...
    - Businessman accused of assault and threatening language granted bail
      
      A 41-year-old businessman of Duncan Street Campbellville, Vishnu Budhan, was, on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, brought before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, on two...
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  - 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
    - Brexit: UK leaves the European Union
      
      (BBC)-The UK has officially left the European Union after 47 years of membership - and more than three years after it voted to do so in a referendum. The historic moment, which happened at 23:00...
    - Massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes near Jamaica,Cuba
      
      A massive earthquake struck off the north-western coast of Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon. According to the Jamaica Gleaner,The United States Geological Survey revised the intensity and epicentre of...
    - 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...
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“Don’t let us go back to the dark days”

Staff Reporter -

February 27, 2020

Stabroek News distances self from fake exit polls on joint services vote

‘If we have to fetch people on our backs we will do so’

‘Coalition Gov’t has my ‘X’

News

Guyana begins search for company to market its crude

Staff Reporter -

February 27, 2020

GUYANA has commenced a search for a company to market its crude entitlement and those interested must have at least five years’ experience in...

Desmond Trotman, Gerry Gouveia settle differences before ERC

Staff Reporter -

February 27, 2020

WITH the assistance of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Captain Gerald Gouveia and Commissioner of the Guyana...

Drilling at Orinduik Block could be pushed to 2021

Staff Reporter -

February 27, 2020

- as companies seek to further understand geological make-up of area THE need to better understand the geology of the Orinduik Block offshore Guyana could...

GPSCCU staffers get paternity leave, pension and medical schemes

Tamica Garnett -

February 27, 2020

- in new Collective Labour Agreement By Tamica Garnett PATERNITY leave and the introduction of pension and medical schemes are some of the new arrangements that...

Public Service Credit Union AGM scheduled for August

Staff Reporter -

February 27, 2020

HEAD of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) overseeing operations of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU), Trevor Benn, said the body’s Annual...

Sports

Fernando, Mendis crush Windies to clinch ODI series win

Staff Reporter -

February 26, 2020

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka (CMC) – Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis belted hundreds as an uninspired West Indies suffered their heaviest-ever defeat to Sri Lanka...

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