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    - Local Designer to showcase at Suriname fashion week
      
      Local designer Mark Junor is set to debut his newest collection “She Killed Death” at Suriname Fashion next week, which runs from October 23-28. The line consists of eight pieces, comprising a...
    - Feed the Flames to hold Halloween-themed ‘Border Clash’ Concert
      
      Local Heavy Metal band, Feed The Flames, is all set for what will be the biggest Rock Concert here in Guyana in recent history, as they continue to raise the bar for Rock n Roll in Guyana. 'Border...
    - Buzzing this Weekend
      
      IT’S time for the weekend again, people! There are quite a few big events going off this weekend with a particular DJ celebrating his birthday. The Circus continues tonight and throughout the...
    - Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha to host countrywide motorcades Diwali set for November 6
      
      By Indrawattie Natram AS Hindus across Guyana are preparing for the festive holiday Deepavali, the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha will be hosting countrywide motorcades commencing from November 2-5,...
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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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    - Senior cop granted bail in Boerasirie Bridge fatal accident
      
      DEPUTY Superintendent of Police, Patrick Todd was on Tuesday charged for causing the death of a 64-year-old pedal cyclist, following an accident on the Boerasirie Bridge on West Demerara last...
    - Teen charged with murder of Corentyne man
      
      On Friday, 19-year-old Sasenarine Somai was charged with the murder of 24-year-old Mahendra Sooknandan whose battered body was found at the head of a street at Number 69 Village on Monday 8th...
    - Corentyne man fatally stabbed
      
      Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 21-year-old man of Number 69 Village, Corentyne whose body was found with multiple stab wounds on Monday morning. Mahendra...
    - Ann’s Grove man murdered in Puruni backdam
      
      A father of six of Ann's Grove, East Coast Demerara was brutally killed at a Pununi mining area in the Cuyuni/Mazaruni between Sunday evening and Monday morning. Dead is Kelvin Royston Daly whose...
- Courts
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    - Partners-in-crime turn on each other
      
      - as drug deal goes awry FOLLOWING a sting operation conducted by Custom Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks, two persons were on Thursday hauled before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and charged for...
    - ‘Psych’ evaluation for Yarrowkabra man
      
      - with penchant for baring his ‘privates’ CHIEF Magistrate Ann McLennan on Thursday remanded a 47-year-old Yarrowkabra man to prison for showing a woman his penis. Mark Phillips appeared...
    - Five to stand trial
      
      - for Berbice murder-for-hire FIVE men were on Wednesday committed to stand trial at the High Court for the murder of Berbice carpenter, Faiyaz Narinedatt. Magistrate Charlyn Artiga, at the...
    - Convicted confidence trickster gets 30 years for rape
      
      CONVICTED fraudster Troy Webster was on Wednesday afternoon sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment for sexually penetrating a girl without her consent on November 21, 2015, in the Sexual Offences...
- 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
    - TT oil refinery to close
      
      …‘Petrotrin buying oil to process not profitable’ THE Government has decided to shut down the refinery of State oil company Petrotrin. The country can no longer afford to continue to refine...
    - CDB to help pay Haiti’s 2018-2019 catastrophe insurance premiums
      
      The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a grant of US$3 million to cover Haiti’s 2018-2019 insurance premiums with CCRIF SPC—the company that provides parametric insurance coverage to...
    - Gov’t seeking forfeiture of over $203M from businesswoman
      
      JAMAICA GLEANER - THE Assets Recovery Agency is seeking the forfeiture of over $203 million dollars from businesswoman Lan Yan which it alleges she obtained by illegal means. The agency has filed a...
    - 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...
- International
  - International Stories
    - Venezuela leader ‘survives drone attack’
      
      (BBC)-Venezuelan officials say explosive drones went off as President Nicolás Maduro was giving a live televised speech in Caracas, but he is unharmed. Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez said...
    - Private aircraft bearing Venezuelan registration detained at CJIA
      
      An investigation has been launched into the landing of a private chartered aircraft at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Monday afternoon with suspected false registration number and connections...
    - Judge blocks release of Former Brazilian President Lula
      
      (BBC)- A Brazilian judge has overturned an order passed earlier by another judge for the immediate release of ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, better known as "Lula". Judge Joao Pedro Gerbran...
    - Guyana and Vietnam to strengthen trade
      
      President David Granger, who is currently attending the Sixth Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, had a bilateral meeting withthe Prime...
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PM Modi’s visit postponed

Staff Reporter -

October 20, 2018

Enterprise Busta SC receive ECCC/Bargain Supermarket T20 cheque

Construction worker granted bail for alleged rape of teen

Popular promoter remanded following Stabroek Market drug bust

News

In Essequibo:Ex-soldiers released on $300,000 bail each on rape charge

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October 19, 2018

Two ex-soldiers, who allegedly raped a woman last Saturday night in front of her boyfriend, were on Friday released on $300,000 bail each after...

Bachelor’s Adventure man wounded in drive-by shooting

Staff Reporter -

October 19, 2018

A 31-year-old shopkeeper of Bachelor's Adventure, East Coast Demerara (ECD)was hospitalised on Thursday evening following a drive-by shooting at the Paradise Housing Scheme. Reports are that...

Prison escapee Travis Evans recaptured

Staff Reporter -

October 19, 2018

Police on Friday morning recaptured one of the three prisoners who escaped the Lusignan Prison on October 15 ,2018. Twenty-three-year-old Travis Evans of ‘C’ Field...

PPP loses appeal

Svetlana Marshall -

October 19, 2018

…as Appeal Court upholds appointment of GECOM chair …says President could have activated proviso after first list THE Court of Appeal on Thursday unanimously...

No uncertain future

Alva Solomon -

October 19, 2018

- President assures sugar workers in wide-ranging address to Parliament ASSURING Guyanese that the government recognises the importance of the sugar industry, President David Granger...

Sports

$20B golf facility confirmed for Guyana

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October 19, 2018

A $20B golf facility has been confirmed for Guyana, after the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) and the Jack Nicklaus Golf Design group inked an...

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