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    - Soca and Wine kick starts journey to Guyana Carnival 2020
      
      Guyana Carnival team is wasting no time with their preparations for next year, as they are hosting a grand high class event on Sunday September 29, to start enticing the minds of patrons and build up...
    - “Queen Amazonica” Miss Earth Guyana set for National competition
      
      Miss Earth Guyana 2019, Faydeha King is set to represent at the National Costume Competition in the Philippines on October 26. During the National Costume Competition, King will be wearing a...
    - Tracy Smith to represent Guyana at Miss Global International Pageant
      
      Guyana is making its return this year to the Miss Global International Pageant in Jamaica, and the multilingual beauty, Tracy Amanda Smith was announced as this year’s representative. Guyana...
    - Jelena DaSilva sets eyes on Miss Indigenous Heritage 2019
      
      18-year-old Jelena DaSilva from Karrau Creek, Cuyuni Mazaruni (Region Seven) is on a quest to make her region proud, by copping the Miss Indigenous Heritage 2019 title. The young woman told ‘The...
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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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    - Miner killed at Kurubrung backdam
      
      A 27-year-old miner succumbed to chop wounds he sustained during an altercation at Kurubrung Backdam in the Potaro-Siparuni region last evening. Dead is Mark Jacobus, who hails from the Aranaputa...
    - UPDATED: Bandits shot dead on Norton Street
      
      Gunfire erupted and disturbed the peace on Norton Street , Lodge this evening as several bandits were shot dead by the police during a standoff. Two of the men have been identified as Shawn Browne...
    - Man dies one month after beating
      
      ONE month after being rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he remained unconscious and on a life support, 48-year-old handyman, Terry Persaud, died on Thursday. His death was confirmed by...
    - Miner killed in Cuyuni
      
      A 19-year-old miner, Dave Boyal, was allegedly murdered by a close relative who was also his employer on Friday. Boyal of Batavia, Cuyuni River, was murdered at Blackwater Island Backdam in the...
- Courts
  - Court Stories
    - Taxi driver remanded for possession of illegal firearm
      
      A 44-year-old taxi driver, charged for having an illegal firearm, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates' court on Thursday, September 19, 2019. Leon Anthony Welcome of Patterson, Turkeyen,...
    - Challenge of SARA against QAII fixed for December 5
      
      THE challenge brought by the State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA), seeking Civil Recovery Orders against Queens Atlantic Investment Inc. (QAII) has been adjourned until December 5, 2019, due to a...
    - Minibus driver who threatened traffic rank remanded to prison
      
      A 30-year-old minibus driver was, on Wednesday, remanded to prison on several charges including threatening the life of a traffic rank. Tavid Ahmad appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the...
    - ‘Child of God’ to spend three months in prison for assault
      
      A 48-year-old Barber appeared before Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and pleaded guilty to the charge which stated that, on September 16, at Regent Road...
- 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
    - 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,...
    - CAL CEO says safety is a priority in B737 Max purchase
      
      (T&T NEWSDAY)- Caribbean Airlines Ltd CEO Garvin Medera said safety is the company’s priority in any decision to upgrade the airline’s fleet to the Boeing 737 Max 8. “We will put safety...
- International
  - International Stories
    - China’s Ambassador to UK condemns terrorism in Hong Kong
      
      China's Ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming said China's central government hopes the Hong Kong situation will end in an orderly way. The Ambassador reiterated at a news conference that Hong Kong is...
    - Foreign officials, experts condemn lawbreakers’ violence in Hong Kong, support actions by gov’t
      
      BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Foreign government officials and experts have recently expressed their condemnation of the violence perpetrated by radical demonstrators in Hong Kong. Emphasizing the...
    - Hong Kong residents visit injured reporter, call for end of violence
      
      HONG KONG, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- More than 100 of Hong Kong residents came to the hospital on Wednesday, where a reporter assaulted by violent protesters last night at the Hong Kong airport received...
    - President Xi hails Sino-Brazilian ties on their 45th anniversary
      
      President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that he stands ready to make joint efforts with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to lift the comprehensive strategic partnership to a higher level to benefit...
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Lead Stories

‘Somebody will pay’

Vanessa Braithwaite -

September 21, 2019

Drug lord Roger Khan returns amid tight security

Parties roast ‘lawless’ PPP

Cops on high alert for PPP disruption

News

Reinstated McBean among four senior officers promoted

Staff Reporter -

September 21, 2019

FOUR officers of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) were, on Thursday, promoted by the Police Service Commission (PSC), paving the way for the retirement...

Autopsy reveals US-based chef was murdered

Staff Reporter -

September 21, 2019

-- friend remains in police custody AN autopsy on US-based Guyanese, Andre Gordon, whose body was found in his Kitty, Georgetown apartment last Sunday morning,...

AFC urges PPP to go back to parliament to extend life of government

Staff Reporter -

September 21, 2019

…says diplomats’ statement unfortunate THE Alliance For Change (AFC) said that the position of the U.S., UK and EU is unfortunate since the Caribbean Court...

Port Kaituma residents satisfied

Vanessa Braithwaite -

September 21, 2019

-- concerns addressed during gov't outreach THE majority of residents from the Matarkai sub-region in Region One, who sought assistance from the government agencies that...

Need for maintenance work on the Berbice river bridge

Staff Reporter -

September 21, 2019

MINISTER of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, in an interview on Friday, stated the government’s current position as it relates to the Maintenance works to...

Sports

Kamarang and Kako register opening wins in Heritage football

Staff Reporter -

September 21, 2019

REGION Seven teams Kamarang Tunnel Tigers (females) and Kako (males) registered contrasting wins to kick off the 2019 Heritage Games football competition yesterday morning...

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