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    - The Circus is coming!
      
      GUYANA get ready because from September 28, D’Urban Park is going to come alive with some thrilling and stunning performances of the Suarez Brothers Circus, which officially announced earlier this...
    - 96.1 FM for official launch soon
      
      AFTER submitting at least 10 radio license applications over a 20-year period, Blackman and Sons Inc. is happy that the company has finally secured a license; and is all set for an official launch of...
    - SASOD Closes ‘Spectrum 14’ with Films on Desire and Experimentation
      
      Guyana’s Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD Guyana) film festival, “Painting the Spectrum 14,” ends next week with two screenings that focus on experimentation. Pushing...
    - Rupununi Music & Arts Festival Director awarded MBE at Buckingham Palace
      
      DIRECTOR of the Rupununi Music & Arts Festival, Dr. Bob Ramdhanie has been awarded ‘the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire’ (MBE) for his contribution to the arts in the United...
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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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    - Pensioner robbed, killed in Annandale home
      
      A 72-year-old pensioner was robbed and killed in his home at lot 149 Annandale South, East Coast Demerara on Monday evening. Dead is Krishnachand Dabee, a father of three. The body was taken to...
    - Warder finds cannabis during walkabout
      
      A PRISON warder, who was walking around the inner perimeter of the Camp Street prison compound on Tuesday, saw two small parcels of suspected narcotics taped with transparent scotch tape. When he...
    - “Plucky”, “Frankie” arrested for series of East Bank Demerara robberies
      
      At least three robbery victims have identified two men as the perpetrators of a series of robberies committed on members of the public at Agricola and nearby areas on the East Bank of...
    - Police investigating suspected double murder at Craig Street
      
      Police are investigating the deaths of a father and son whose lifeless bodies were found at a house in Craig Street, Campbellville this morning. Other reports suggest that the case may be a...
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    - High Court upholds DPP decision to discontinue PPP private criminal charges
      
      Attempts to quash the decision of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to discontinue the criminal proceedings brought against Public Health Minister, Volda Lawrence and Minister of Social...
    - Fazal Shaheed PI | Magistrate to make ruling next Friday
      
      THE preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder of 58-year-old Fazal Shaheed, who was shot and killed during a break-in at his Freeman Street, East La Penitence family home, last year, is winding down...
    - Court to fix PI commencement date on Tuesday
      
      - into Craig St father, son murder PRINCIPAL Magistrate, Judy Latchman is expected to set a date for the commencement of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of the Craig Street,...
    - Campbellville man takes a chance
      
      - but lives to rue it A 53-year-old Craig Street, Campbellville man was on Thursday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for narcotics trafficking after being busted with cocaine in...
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  - 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...
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  - 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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The Church must remain vocal in promoting the truth

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September 30, 2013

THE Church must remain vocal in promoting the truth on the most pressing issues of the day IN a recent interview...

Things aren’t right at GUYSUCO Training School

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September 30, 2013

I believe that it should be every parent’s dream to have their children succeed in life and so when my son was selected during...

Airports are engines of economic development

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September 30, 2013

The nexus of efficient international airports and economic development is a logical and obvious outcome as the volume of air...

Education ministry mulls over moving national sports from November to March – ...

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September 30, 2013

CHIEF Education Officer Olato Sam has said that the education ministry is considering the possibility of moving national sports from November to March in...

What transpired at Lusignan must never recur -AG at Pitri Paksh observance

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September 30, 2013

ATTORNEY General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall last week attended the Annual Pitri Paksh Sangam at the Lusignan Mandir Compound in...

Zaida Joaquin is first local elected to World Scout Bureau

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September 30, 2013

CHIEF Commissioner of the Scout Association of Guyana, Mrs. Zaida Joaquin, was, on September 20, elected a member of the Inter-American Scout Committee, the...

Sports Ministry to release $25.6M for development of sports grounds in Region Two

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September 30, 2013

MINISTER of Culture, Youth and Sports, Dr. Frank Anthony, addressing representatives of some twenty sports grounds across the Essequibo Coast on Saturday in the...

Digicel puts $1M into renovation at Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre

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September 30, 2013

DIGICEL Guyana presented a $1M cheque to Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre on Thursday for the renovation and furnishing of the dining room.The presentation took...

Radha Krishna Mandir holds blood drive to support the NBTS

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September 30, 2013

THE Radha Krishna Mandir of the Guyana Pandits Council, in collaboration with the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), on Saturday hosted a blood drive...

“Expressions of Our Heritage” exhibition ongoing at National Museum

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September 30, 2013

THE Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport in collaboration with the National Trust of Guyana recently opened its annual Heritage Exhibition at the Guyana...

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