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    - ‘Rhoda Doxa’ launches third collection
      
      --at African Roots Fashion show AS the African Roots Week activities continued at the Queen’s College auditiorium last Tuesday night was the fashion show, and nine talented designers took the...
    - Jumo Primo celebrates children for birthday
      
      ON July 25, 2017, local entertainer Jumo Primo treated more than 200 children at his residence in observance of his birthday. The children, who came from several city wards, had a fun-filled day...
    - Buzzing this weekend
      
      PRETTY much all of the major spots are going to be jumping this weekend! And both Palm Court and Tower Suites get the ball rolling from tonight! 704 throws and all-black party in the mix on...
    - Cultural emancipaton to preserve our memories
      
      “NOTHING lasts forever/Nothing stays the same”. The lyrics of the enchanting, classic but sombre jazz piece, ‘Everything Must Change’ by Bernard Ighner. It beckons us to contemplate the...
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    - Guyana leads at Robotics contest
      
      THE Robotics team of young people, STEM Guyana, emerged on top of 165 countries at the end of the first day of the first Global Robotics Competition held on Monday, in Washington D.C. The Guyanese...
    - Min Hughes attending regional telecommunications conference
      
      MINISTER of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes is participating in the CANTO 33rd Annual Conference and Trade Exhibition in the Dominican Republic. According to a release, for ICT...
    - Region 9 authorities assessing flood losses
      
      AS farms within sections of Region Nine remain under water, the regional authorities are tallying damages, which farmers within the Rupununi have incurred as a result of the floods. Regional...
    - Bartica to benefit significantly
      
      --from Japan-Caribbean climate change partnership THE Ministry of the Presidency, through the Office of Climate Change, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), last...
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    - Chinese businessman died from strangulation
      
      A post-mortem on Chinese businessman, Liyan Jiang, 44, whose bound and gagged body was found in the lower flat of his Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo home, revealed that he died from strangulation and...
    - Venezuelan soldiers rob Guyanese
      
      …say had no food supplies in 45 days …issue apology to Joint Services RESIDENTS of White Water Village, an Indigenous community close to the Venezuela border, are calling on the authorities to...
    - 12-yr-old raped by taxi driver in Linden
      
      THE Linden police are continuing their search for a taxi driver who allegedly raped a 12-year-old girl on Saturday night. The child was a passenger of the taxi driver. According to E’ Division...
    - Gunmen blitz customers, staff of Coffee Bean
      
      TWO unmasked gunmen reportedly descended on customers and staffers shortly before lunch at the Coffee Bean Café and Eatery located at Church Street, Georgetown and carted off an undisclosed amount...
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    - Duo jointly charged with murder
      
      TWO men were on Wednesday jointly charged with the murder of 34-year-old Rawle Rodriguez, who was killed during a robbery at the Route 32 Minibus Park in January. Afabia Yankana and Akeem Hayman...
    - Taxi driver gets four years
      
      …fined $1.2M on drug trafficking charge CITY Magistrate, Sunil Scarce, on Wednesday sentenced a 40-year-old taxi driver to four years imprisonment for having five pounds of cannabis in his...
    - Teen killer remanded
      
      RYAN Singh, 30, the man who is accused of murdering his teenage girlfriend was on Tuesday, August 15 charged with her murder. Singh appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore at the Sisters...
    - Horse cart owner charged for damaging Superbet computer
      
      A 23-year-old horse cart operator who damaged a computer belonging to the gambling agency, Super Bet after being enraged over losing his money was on Monday charged with damage to property. Vandam...
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    - AG: CJ ruling vindicates President’s decision on GECOM chair
      
      …Gaskin signals intention to appeal ATTORNEY General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams SC said the Chief Justice ruling on the Guyana Elections Commission chairmanship issue has upheld...
    - Arjoon to be compensated for wrongful dismissal
      
      AFTER more than six years of legal battle, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of New Building Society (NBS), Maurice Arjoon will be compensated by the state-owned agency for wrongful dismissal by...
    - PAC hears about missing $14M in vouchers
      
      APPROXIMATELY $14M in vouchers are still to be accounted for by the Ministry of Indigenous People's Affairs while millions of dollars in equipment were procured without any evidence that contractual...
    - Education CoI recommends licensing of teachers
      
      THE recently concluded Commission of Inquiry into the local education system has recommended a license system for teachers to improve the level of service they are rendering to the system. This...
- Health
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    - 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
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    - Cuban ambassador decries Trump’s roll back of Obama policy
      
      CUBAN Ambassador to Guyana, Julio Cesar Gonzalez Marchante, described US President Donald Trump recent speech and directive as ill-advised, resulting in the roll-back of progress achieved over the...
    - US pledges support for regional energy reforms
      
      THE United States will be looking to play a more active role in supporting the energy sector in the Caribbean by providing targeted technical support to countries with the capacity and interest in...
    - Caribbean looks to creative arts to transform regional economy
      
      THE ECONOMIC potential of the creative arts industry in the Caribbean remains one which can transform regional economies which have been stagnant, Culture Minister of Barbados, Stephen Lashley, has...
    - CAL cancels flights over storm warning
      
      Caribbean Airlines (CAL) have cancelled a number of flights on Monday due to several Caribbean countries being placed under a tropical storm warning. A release from the air carrier stated: “Due to...
- International
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    - Russian warning after US downs Syrian jet
      
      - Russia has warned the US-led coalition fighting in Syria that it will view its aircraft as targets, after a Syrian military plane was shot down. The coalition said it had shot down the Syrian...
    - Theresa May condemns ‘sickening’ terror attack
      
      - Prime Minister Theresa May says the terror attack near a north London mosque is "every bit as sickening" as other recent ones to hit the UK. A man drove a van into worshippers close to the...
    - Trump-Russia inquiry: President ‘probed for obstruction of justice’
      
      - President Donald Trump is being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller for possible obstruction of justice, US media reports say. They say senior intelligence officials will be...
    - London fire: Prime minister orders full public inquiry
      
      - Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered a full public inquiry into the fire that engulfed a west London block of flats, killing at least 17 people. That figure is expected to rise, as fire chiefs...
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The Dutch Connection

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August 17, 2017

Casino owner quizzed about permission to import slot machines

Hastings-Williams to be appointed public affairs minister

19 broadcasters still to pay licensing fees

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Probing the police

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August 17, 2017

…Gov’t launches investigation into abuse, malpractice at PSC, police force GOVERNMENT has launched an investigation into accusations of abuse and malpractice within the Police Service...

Minister ties the knot

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August 17, 2017

PRESIDENT David Granger on Wednesday attended the wedding reception of Minister within the Ministry of Communities with responsibility for Housing, Ms. Valerie Patterson-Yearwood and...

Central Bank warns against illegal money changers

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August 17, 2017

THE Bank of Guyana has advised that only banks (authorised dealers) and non-bank cambios licensed under the Dealers in Foreign Currency (Licensing) Act 1989...

Sophia fire leaves four homeless

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August 17, 2017

FOUR persons are now homeless following an afternoon fire which destroyed a house at Lot E 91 North Sophia, Greater Georgetown, on Wednesday. One of...

Hastings-Williams looks forward to serving in new post

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August 17, 2017

MINISTER within the Ministry of Communities Dawn Hastings-Williams, who will assume the portfolio of minister of public affairs this month-end, is excited about her...

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Hero CPL showdown at Providence Stadium

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August 16, 2017

Amazon Warriors clash with Jamaica Tallawahs today … Maintaining the winning momentum will be the order of the day, says skipper Guptill THE Hero Caribbean...

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