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    - Buzzing this Weekend
      
      There’s a lot to do this weekend and the top of the list is CPL semifinal and final cricket matches with several spots hosting viewing parties. There’s also the Tasha Cobbs concert on tonight, so...
    - Making music his life | Chris Ove
      
      YOU may not know the name Chris Ove, but in a few months you just might be hearing a lot more about this talented singer and if you give his single “Another Lover” a listen, you’ll see...
    - Hebrew Family youth bringing back the culture of drumming
      
      THE sounds of the drums are the sound of life for the young drummers of the Hebrew Family. Despite living in a western society where 21st century music has been embraced by most millennials, these...
    - ‘Club Privilege’ set for grand opening in Berbice
      
      ALL roads lead to New Amsterdam, Region Six (East Berbice – Corentyne) tomorrow night as Club Privilege officially opens with Naila Blackman and KI and the Band in the house. The club is located...
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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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    - Two cops under internal investigation
      
      - for running ‘red-light’ bar, assault TWO serving members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) found themselves on the wrong side of the law on Tuesday when they appeared before Chief Magistrates...
    - ‘Mule’, alleged recruiter remanded
      
      -for attempting to traffic ‘coke’ to J’ca A 35-year-old woman, who was recently busted with over $1.1 M worth of cocaine in her suitcase at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), was...
    - ‘Birthday Boy’ remanded until October
      
      - for Annandale pensioner’s murder WHAT should have been a joyful occasion was quite the opposite for a lad who turned 16 on Tuesday, as it is the very day he found himself before the Cove and...
    - 52-year-old amputee gets life for raping child
      
      A 52-year-old man was on Tuesday jailed for life after being found guilty of raping a five-year-old girl back in 2014. Deosaran Narine was jailed in absentia at the Sexual Offences Court which was...
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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...
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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...
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    - 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...
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    - 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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Windies still confident as preparations start for India

February 28, 2015

PERTH, Australia, (CMC) – West Indies arrived in Perth yesterday still smarting from Friday’s heavy loss to South Africa but hoping to regroup ahead...

Jamaica, T&T open CONCACAF U-17 campaign with losses

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February 28, 2015

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras – English-speaking Caribbean giants Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago took a tumble on the opening day of the CONCACAF Under-17...

AUSTRALIA Innings

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February 28, 2015

A. Finch b Southee 14 D. Warner lbw b Southee 34 S. Watson c Southee b Vettori 23 M. Clarke c Williamson b Boult 12 S. Smith...

India cruise to easy win over UAE in Perth

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February 28, 2015

PERTH, (Reuters) - Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed four wickets to lead a strong Indian bowling performance as the defending champions eased to a nine-wicket...

Rooney ends goal drought as United go third

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February 28, 2015

LONDON, (Reuters) - Wayne Rooney ended his eight-game Premier League scoring drought with a brace as Manchester United climbed back above Arsenal into third...

Crowe inducted into ICC Hall of Fame

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February 28, 2015

…New Zealand's greatest batsman honoured in Auckland NEW Zealand great Martin Crowe was inducted into Cricket's Hall of Fame on Saturday with the terminally-ill, former...

Will The Undertaker return for WrestleMania?

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February 28, 2015

Bray Wyatt has thrown down the gauntlet. After weeks of airing intense messages aimed at a mysterious figure, The Eater of Worlds rose from...

‘I DREAM OF KRISHNA’

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February 28, 2015

The dark, godly prince whose divine smile so entranced Radha, the little girl sitting in the temple, her hands clasped in prayers, she uttered...

Police launch manhunt for alleged rapist of eight-year-old niece

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February 27, 2015

THE eight-year-old girl of 6 Miles Arakaka, North West District, who has accused her step-father’s brother of raping her, is said to be in...

First Burma Road tragedy victim for cremation Sunday

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February 27, 2015

EIGHT –YEAR- OLD Martina Persaud, one of the six children who died in a tragic road accident on the Burma Road last week Friday...

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