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    - Guyana Carnival Committee hosts week-long virtual Carnival events
      
      May 2020 was largely anticipated by many Guyanese. It was expected that this year’s Carnival would’ve been the biggest one the country has seen since it has officially started celebrating the...
    - ‘It’s the perfect time to for a little hair care’
      
      KOKO pushes self-care with #dontrush natural hair challenge As the entire world and Guyana continues to grapple with the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, self-care remains fundamental in keeping one’s...
    - Local pageant queen to represent Guyana in virtual pageant
      
      Eminent pageant queen and beauty enthusiasts, Arian ‘Dahlia’ Richmond is expected to grace the virtual stage of the Miss Emerald International to represent Guyana in all its glory. Richmond...
    - Timehri Film Festival goes online
      
      This year has been a challenging year for everyone and like most of the creative industry, the annual Timehri Film Festival has been challenged by the Coronavirus. This challenge though, is not...
- Business & Environment
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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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  - Latest on Crime
    - Woman killed by son-in-law
      
      A 56-year-old woman was, on Monday afternoon, stabbed to death, at her South Vryheid's Lust, East Coast Demerara home. Dead is Velma Pickering of Lot 257 South Vryheid's Lust ECD who was allegedly...
    - ‘Baby-in-bag’ investigation ongoing
      
      AS the probe continues to find the perpetrators who left a dead ‘new-born’ baby in a plastic bag at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, investigators are now making efforts to review CCTV footage in the...
    - Man stabbed to death over old grievance
      
      A 33-year-old man was, on Saturday, May 9, 2020, stabbed to death at Gobin Dam, Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EBD) by another man, over an argument about a stolen cellphone. Dead is Marlon...
    - Labourer and reputed wife arrested for drug possession
      
      A LABOURER and his reputed wife are in police custody after a parcel of cannabis was found in their Ankerville, Corentyne, Berbice home. According to the police, acting on information received on...
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    - Man who, allegedly, killed brother remanded
      
      A 41-year-old man was, on Friday, May 29, 2020, arraigned in court for the gruesome murder of his younger brother. Wensley Williams called ‘Poohbear’of lot 411 Buzzbee Dam, Craig, East Bank...
    - Auchlyne couple charged with drug possession
      
      DEREK Narine Munsami, 40, and his wife, Christiana, 26, of Auchlyne, Corentyne, were jointly charged on Monday with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. The pair appeared...
    - Suspected teen bandit fatally shot by police
      
      A 19-year-old Sophia resident was on Monday morning shot and killed by police during a high-speed chase at Victoria Road, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara. Dead is Kevin 'Cross Eye' Thomas, 19, a...
    - Businesswoman’s killer still to be apprehended
      
      IT has been one year since bandits attacked and killed popular Albouystown businesswoman, Nalinie Persaud, called ‘Nalo’, at her James Street residence. The police are yet to make an...
- 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
    - Digicel files for bankruptcy
      
      (TRINIDAD EXPRESS)-Regional telecommunications giant Digicel has filed for bankruptcy before the Bermuda courts, but it insists that its day-to-day operations will not be affected by the...
    - Barbados under curfew from Sunday
      
      (Nation News)-Barbados will be under a curfew from Saturday March 28 to Tuesday, April 14, 2020. And Prime Minister Mia Mottley is warning residents that the Royal Barbados Police Force will deal...
    - 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...
- International
  - International Stories
    - Scholar says national security legislation to bring stability, prosperity for Hong Kong
      
      ISLAMABAD, May 27 (Xinhua) -- A draft decision on improving the legal system and enforcement mechanisms of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) will bring long-term stability, peace...
    - “Two sessions” convey confidence to world development — foreign party leaders
      
      BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- The convening of the "two sessions" has shown that China's all-out war against the COVID-19 epidemic has achieved significant strategic results, injecting confidence and...
    - Brazil’s daily COVID-19 death toll hits 1,000 for first time
      
      (BBC)-Brazil has reported more than 1,000 deaths in a single day from Coronavirus for the first time amid warnings the outbreak is weeks away from its peak. The country has 271,628 confirmed cases...
    - Over 80 pct of exhibition area at China’s import expo booked
      
      SHANGHAI, May 15 (Xinhua) -- More than 80 percent of the planned exhibition area has been booked for the third China International Import Expo (CIIE) slated to take place in November, according to...
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Police Commissioner presents immigration data to GECOM

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June 1, 2020

‘200,000 votes affected by fraud’

Three win battle against COVID-19

Circuitville squatters want to be regularised

News

Follow-up EITI report now due March 2021

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June 1, 2020

--one year later than initial deadline due to COVID-related, other technicalities THE deadline for Guyana’s second Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) report has been postponed...

Local NGOs collaborate in fight against COVID-19

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June 1, 2020

…with hamper-distribution exercise OVER the weekend, three local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) banded together to bring relief to the less fortunate and slow the spread of...

Workers want credible elections outcome

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June 1, 2020

DESPITE the views of the country’s two main political parties, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) demands that every valid vote be counted for...

Several arrested for breaking ‘6-to-6’ curfew

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June 1, 2020

--expected to appear in court shortly DURING the past week, Officers of the City Constabulary Department have had cause to arrest 41 persons for flouting...

Police destroy large ganja cultivation in Canje

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June 1, 2020

POLICE, acting on information received, went to a location at Vryheid, West Canje, Berbice on Saturday, about 15:00hrs and found about an acre of...

Sports

“It hurts us tremendously”- Jacobs on COVID-19 fallout

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June 1, 2020

--Cricketer/entrepreneur says uncontracted players will feel brunt of COVID-19 By Clifton Ross IN the wake of the ongoing pandemic, local cricketer/entrepreneur Steven Jacobs said COVID-19 will...

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