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    - Festival of Plays for Theatre Guild Nov 24-26
      
      A THREE-day festival of plays, featuring big topics that are current and appealing to a wide cross-section of Guyanese, is billed for Theatre Guild during the period November 24 to 26. Festival...
    - Keep this article on copyright and explore from where it stands
      
      THE opposition to copyright legislation becoming effective in Guyana echoes from a peculiar pool of ignorance, coupled with a comfortable way of doing business that regulates a large percentage of...
    - Rose Hall gears up for carnival-style celebration
      
      As Miss Berbice Pageant collaborate to showcase town The organisers of the ‘Miss Berbice I am a big deal pageant’ have residents of the ancient county counting down the days to their first...
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      IT’S time for the weekend again, people! There a few big events going off this weekend including one that wants to help you celebrate the best you. So don’t stay cooped up at home. Today If...
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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...
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      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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    - Whim man fatally stabbed during argument
      
      A HANDYMAN of Whim Village, East Berbice, Corentyne was stabbed to death during an argument with a teen on Saturday. While the details of the incident are sketchy, the Guyana Chronicle understands...
    - Pork-knocker confesses to killing lover
      
      The paramour of a 23-year-old woman has admitted to killing her in Eye Lash Backdam, North West District (NWD) between October 1 and November 15, 2018. Dead is Patricia David, 23, of Eye Lash...
    - Farmer busted with over five kilos of cocaine
      
      A 50-year-old poultry farmer of Smythfield, New Amsterdam, Berbice was arrested at the Moleson Creek Ferry Stelling at about 09:25hrs on Friday for possession of narcotics for the purpose of...
    - Man confesses to murder of Parika woman
      
      THE police have been able to secure a confession statement from a 37-year-old man in the murder of 22-year-old Romeza Sukdeo whose decomposing remains were found in a clump of bushes on Sunday...
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    - Acid-throwing policewoman granted bail
      
      A PREGNANT policewoman, who allegedly threw acid in her boyfriend’s face, appeared on Thursday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court to answer to the charge. Cassandra Vulture, 30, of School...
    - US fugitive to know fate Nov. 30
      
      --when extradition hearing resumes MAGISTRATE Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus is expected to rule on a submission made by the defence counsel of Troy Anthony Thomas, who is wanted in the United States (US) in...
    - Man remanded for ganja possession
      
      A 26- year-old man was on Wednesday remanded to prison for allegedly having in his possession 76 grams of Marijuana. Peter Patterson, an operator appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman in the...
    - Timehri man in court for unlawful possession of ammunition
      
      A Timehri resident was on Wednesday released on $60,000 bail when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates ' Court charged with unlawful possession of ammunition. Sunil Roopnarine appeared before...
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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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    - 1978-2018: China’s import history through the lens
      
      When put under the lens of history, the China International Import Expo (CIIE) that concluded in Shanghai last Saturday might be a milestone amid China's transition from an export powerhouse to an...
    - Singles Day achieves new sales record
      
      Chinese consumers shrugged off any concerns over a slowing economy by snapping up goods and services from home and abroad during the Singles Day online shopping gala, which falls on Nov 11 each...
    - WB President: China’s poverty reduction experience deserves world attention
      
      China's 40 years' reform and opening up has made it the second largest economy in the world, and the country is now within striking distance of eliminating extreme poverty, said World Bank President...
    - China’s import expo opens, Xi urges building an open world economy
      
      Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the opening of the world's first import-themed national-level expo in Shanghai on Monday, calling it a "trail-blazing" move in the history of international...
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Guyanese strike bronze at CAREBACO Individual

August 31, 2015

THE Guyanese players at the CAREBACO (Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation) snapped up bronze medals when the tournament wrapped up in the Dominican Republic last...

GHB embarks on fund-raising website

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August 31, 2015

IN AN effort to raise funds to return to international outdoor competition for the first time in eight years, the national men's hockey team...

Jamaica team lament distance-relay defeat but already eyeing Rio

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August 31, 2015

BEIJING, China (CMC) – Jamaica’s distance relay team were left hurting after missing out on a medal on the final day of the IAAF...

Reggae Boyz to enter qualifiers with confidence, says Mattocks

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August 31, 2015

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Reggae Boyz striker Darren Mattocks says the squad’s confidence is soaring ahead of next Friday’s opening 2018 World Cup qualifier...

MOE/DCYS/NSC/GTTA summer camp concludes

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August 31, 2015

The Ministry of Education (MOE)/Department of Culture, Youth and Sport (DCYS)/National Sports Commission (NSC) seven-week table tennis `Teach Them Young’ summer camp that was...

India, South Africa to play Gandhi-Mandela series

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August 31, 2015

ALL FUTURE bilateral series between India and South Africa, including South Africa's forthcoming tour of India, will be called the Mahatma Gandhi-Nelson Mandela series,...

Morgan leads England to dramatic T20 win over Australia

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August 31, 2015

CARDIFF, (Reuters) - England held their nerve to beat Australia by five runs in a thrilling finish to a one-off Twenty20 international yesterday.Captain Eoin...

Nishikori, Ivanovic out as U.S. Open starts with upsets

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August 31, 2015

NEW YORK, USA (Reuters) - Kei Nishikori was back in the U.S. Open spotlight yesterday but for all the wrong reasons as last year's...

Djokovic races into second round of U.S. Open

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August 31, 2015

NEW YORK, USA (Reuters) - Top-seeded world number one Novak Djokovic raced into the second round of the U.S. Open with a 6-1, 6-1,...

Man Utd set to sign Monaco forward for £36M

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August 31, 2015

Manchester United are set to complete the £36M signing of Monaco forward Anthony Martial. The 19-year-old, who has been linked with Arsenal, was allowed...

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