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    - Talking music with Akeem Alexander
      
      --who aspires to make it big one day MUSIC has always been a ‘go-to’ for many young people, including 19-year-old Akeem Alexander, who hails from Diamond, East Bank Demerara. Akeem is a...
    - ‘Dream big; live by faith’
      
      --aspiring ‘superstar’ urges fellow young Guyanese seeking fame and fortune on the music scene HE aspires to make it big on the international music scene, but he does not plan on eating his...
    - ‘Block Party’ makes a comeback
      
      --tomorrow night @ de Racquet Centre ALL roads lead tomorrow night to the Racquet Centre on Camp Street, as Drew Thoven brings back the ‘Block Party’, which grew into the most anticipated event...
    - ‘I always wanted to come; to see home’
      
      --says ‘Haves and Have Nots’ star, Gavin Houston By Gabriella Chapman IT’S no question that Guyana is home to a plethora of undiscovered talents. Similarly, it is also a home away from home...
- 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...
- Crime & Security
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    - 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...
    - Guyanese to be charged for drug trafficking
      
      A 23-year-old Guyanese is facing drug trafficking charges after excreting over 25 pellets of cocaine from his stomach. The man was identified as Kester Anfrany Johnson. Reports indicate that...
- Courts
  - Court Stories
    - Man sentenced to six months in prison for stealing toilet bowl
      
      “I DID not break the place, the place been done bruck so I just took the things,” were the words of 30-year-old Leonard Shaw, when he appeared before Magistrate Dylon Bess, at the Georgetown...
    - Pensioner who allegedly fondled six-year-old released on bail
      
      A 66-year-old man, who allegedly fondled a six-year-old girl, was, on Friday, November 15, 2019, arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. Reuben France appeared at the Georgetown...
    - Homeless man sentenced to nine months in prison.
      
      A HOMELESS man, charged for break and entering a church, was, on Friday, November 15, 2019, arraigned before Magistrate Dylon Bess. Paul Ramsawatt appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates' Court and...
    - Five jointly charged with murder of Corentyne fishermen
      
      THE five men, who allegedly murdered four Corentyne Fishermen between October 5-13, were jointly charged for the murders on Thursday. The joint charge came after Police Prosecutor, Althea Soloman,...
- 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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‘The grass is greener here’

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November 17, 2019

Central Rupununi village harvests its first rice crop

Serious crimes down

Tourism sector records 8% growth

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Mabaruma residents propose the cutting down of historic rubber trees

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November 17, 2019

- massive tree-planting exercise proposed CITING safety as the key issue at hand, residents of the town of Mabaruma have thrown their support behind the...

Five parcels of cannabis seized from taxi; domestic worker arrested

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November 17, 2019

RANKS on duty at the Berbice River Bridge police checkpoint on Saturday around 07:15hrs stopped and searched a hire car and found five parcels...

Disorderly miner arrested

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November 17, 2019

-- after airline refuses to carry unsecured corpse A forty-six-year-old miner of Crane, West Coast Demerara was, on Saturday, arrested at the Port Kaituma airstrip...

Veterans anticipate conferral of legal status

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November 17, 2019

VETERANS are anticipating the tabling and enactment of the Veterans Act 2020 and the establishment of a Veterans Commission as recently announced by Commander-in-Chief...

Bandits rob city business employees

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November 17, 2019

FOUR employees attached to a paint establishment located on Water Street, Georgetown, were robbed by three armed bandits Saturday morning. The incident occurred sometime around...

Sports

Maloney resets Radical SR3 Qualifying time

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November 17, 2019

REIGNING British F4 Champion and Barbadian Zane Maloney reset the qualifying record for the Radical SR3 Caribbean Cup during the first of the two-day...

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