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    - Kandytopia opens its doors
      
      WE HAVE a love affair with sugar. Sweet treats bring us joy and make the world feel brighter, if just for a moment in time. Now Guyanese have a new option to satisfy their sweet tooths with the...
    - Carnival is culture
      
      By Vishani Ragobeer Carnival in Trinidad, by every definition, is culture. Whether it is the fete after fete (after fete, after fete), or the tangible pieces of Trinidadian heritage preserved each...
    - Parika Backdam girl looking to restart stand-up comedy Plans to re-launch ‘Sauce it up’
      
      LEZA ‘Radika’ Singh is currently working to resuscitate her stand-up comedy career, and to re-launch her radio programme which created quite a buzz, “Sauce it up.” The ‘Parika Backdam’...
    - 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...
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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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    - Ali’s questionable qualifications still in focus
      
      “ACADEMIC qualifications are not a requirement for being President or presidential candidate.” This is according to People’s Progressive Party /Civic (PPP/C) party member and former...
    - Man accused of killing Police Sergeant for trial March 3
      
      FOUR years after Police Sergeant Leonard La Rose was killed in the line of duty, the trial into his murder commenced on Thursday, February 27, 2020, before Justice Sandil Kissoon and a 12-member...
    - 19-year-old miner of Mahdia placed on $50,000 bail
      
      ON Thursday, February 27, 2020, nineteen-year-old, Dwight Lewis, was placed on $50,000 bail by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Lewis, a miner of Mahdia, was...
    - Eccles Landfill worker further remanded
      
      ON Thursday, February 27, 2020, Eccles Landfill worker, Ryan Lowe, was further remanded to prison by Magistrate Leron Daly, at Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Lowe was remanded to prison by Chief...
- Politics
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    - 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
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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
  - 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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Minibus driver succumbs following shooting at Mahdia

Staff Reporter -

February 28, 2020

First Lady lays out path for reelection of President Granger

‘You’ll achieve greater heights’

Elections Day declared public holiday

News

Aurora gets $40.3M modern police station

Staff Reporter -

February 28, 2020

By Indrawattie Natram PUBLIC Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan, on Thursday, commissioned a state-of-the-art, two-storey police station at Aurora, Region Two. The station was constructed...

‘No compromise on private polling places’

Staff Reporter -

February 28, 2020

…major parties, GECOM undertake to address polling places complaint REPRESENTATIVES from the coalition and the main opposition party visited areas on Thursday where claims have...

Ali’s questionable qualifications still in focus

Staff Reporter -

February 28, 2020

“ACADEMIC qualifications are not a requirement for being President or presidential candidate.” This is according to People’s Progressive Party /Civic (PPP/C) party member and...

Woman kills husband in drunken brawl

Staff Reporter -

February 28, 2020

A 41-year-old man succumbed at the New Amsterdam Hospital, on Wednesday morning, after he was reportedly chopped by his reputed wife during an argument According...

Woman killed, Linden ‘Spoil child’ injured in shootout

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February 28, 2020

A shooting incident in Amelia's Ward, Linden, on Thursday afternoon, has left a woman dead and her reputed husband, former cop Teon Allen, known...

Sports

Government rescues Olympic hopeful boxers with $25M

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February 27, 2020

By Rawle Toney THE Government of Guyana, through the National Sports Commission (NSC), has come to the aid of the country’s top boxers, who are...

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