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    - ‘Men of Purpose’ poetry show for Sunday night
      
      - ‘Jazz & Poetry on a Stool’ aspiring to NGO status HAVING gone through quite a few rough patches in life, Jaime Mayers says poetry is what kept him going and what gave him his...
    - Living with Intention Motivational Mission and Book Tour commences in the US
      
      ON June 1, Consul General, Hon. Barbara Atherly hosted an Evening of Inspiration and Book Signing at her office in New York. This event launched Sonia Noel’s Living with Intention Motivational...
    - Father’s Day Dinner and Oldies to be hosted in Region Two
      
      By Indrawattie Natram FATHERS residing in Region Two are in for a treat this Father’s Day as Wendell Walcott aka Mighty Hunter of Queenstown Village is hosting a Dinner and Oldies on Father’s...
    - ‘Morning Drive Show’ targeting young listeners
      
      THE recently launched DJ Stress ‘The Morning Drive Show’, a new-hit radio aired on RGI 89.5 FM, is set out to target young listeners especially, those suffering from relationship problems. Paul...
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    - ‘Put people above debt,’
      
      ….Puerto Rico official urges amid Maria's devastation San Juan’s mayor urged the United States on Tuesday to prioritize “people above debt” as it helps rebuild from the devastation of...
    - Ozone Protection – 30 years later
      
      ON September 16, 2017, Guyana joined the international community in celebrating International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. This day marked 30 years since the Montreal Protocol on...
    - Air Pollution
      
      AS we continue to focus on the pertinent environmental issues, let’s turn our focus to air pollution and what laws exist to address this problem. The Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) has...
    - Know More about the EPA Part II
      
      Welcome to another week of the EPA and you! Last week, we provided answers to some frequently asked questions about our roles and processes. This week, we continue with providing answers to other...
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    - Two held after rape, robbery at Zeelugt
      
      POLICE arrested two bandits who allegedly raped a man’s wife after robbing the Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo family on Monday night. Reports indicate that the couple and their two-year-old son...
    - Bandits rob Travelspan employee at gunpoint
      
      AN employee of local travel agency,Travelspan, was on Friday robbed of the day’s takings after locking up the North Road office where he works and was about to board the company bus. Reports are...
    - Masked bandits rob city businessman
      
      THREE masked bandits armed with handguns on Thursday night robbed a 30-year-old West La Penitence businessman at his home. The man was robbed of cash, jewellery and over $100,000 in cell-phone...
    - Bandits terrorise, rob East Bank businesswoman, family
      
      THREE masked bandits, armed with guns, robbed a businesswoman and her family at their Buddy’s Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara home in the wee hours of the morning on Thursday. Reports...
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    - Boyfriend charged for allegedly killing Sasia Adams,
      
      THE 21-year-old boyfriend of the late Sasia Adams was on Monday charged with manslaughter. Adams died after she was allegedly pushed from a moving car as it was being driven by Rick Sewcharran, of...
    - Remanded for allegedly having gun and ammo
      
      A 26-YEAR-OLD miner was on Tuesday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for the unlawful possession of a gun and ammunition. Andrew Ridley, called Kevin Ridley, denied that on June...
    - Fine, community service for youth with drugs
      
      A YOUNG man on Tuesday appeared before a city magistrate charged with possession of marijuana. The charge alleged that on June 15, 2018 Simon Shepherd had in his possession 21.5 grammes of...
    - Not guilty plea follows explanation
      
      A 20-YEAR-OLD man appeared on Tuesday before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on a robbery charge. It is alleged that on June 17, 2018 between Brickdam and Cornhill Street, while being in the company...
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    - 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...
    - AG: CJ ruling vindicates President’s decision on GECOM chair
      
      …Gaskin signals intention to appeal ATTORNEY General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams SC said the Chief Justice ruling on the Guyana Elections Commission chairmanship issue has upheld...
    - Arjoon to be compensated for wrongful dismissal
      
      AFTER more than six years of legal battle, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of New Building Society (NBS), Maurice Arjoon will be compensated by the state-owned agency for wrongful dismissal by...
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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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    - 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...
    - Miguel Díaz-Canel nominated to replace Castro
      
      (BBC) Cuba's parliament has picked Miguel Díaz-Canel as the sole candidate to succeed President Raúl Castro, 86, bringing the family's decades-long rule to an end. Raúl Castro took over as...
    - Alert level rises for Kick em Jenny volcano
      
      -increased activities recorded near submarine volcano The National Disaster Management Agency (NaDMA) of Grenada on Monday afternoon reported an increase in activities of the Kick em’ Jenny...
    - CARICOM needs very concessional financing for climate resilience
      
      - Secretary-General LaRocque says The Caribbean Community’s goal of creating a climate resilient region requires significant grant funding and very concessional financing, CARICOM...
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    - 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...
    - Cuba ‘sonic attack… US tests two more Havana embassy staff
      
      The US is testing two staff members from its Cuban embassy in Havana amid concerns they may have been subjected to sonic attacks. A State Department spokesman said they were being tested for brain...
    - CNN’s Anthony Bourdain dead at 61
      
      (CNN-New York )-Anthony Bourdain, a gifted storyteller and writer who took CNN viewers around the world, has died. He was 61. CNN confirmed Bourdain's death on Friday and said the cause of...
    - Trump fires Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State
      
      (BBC)-US President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, replacing him with the director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo. Thanking Mr Tillerson for his service on Twitter,...
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Constitutional Reform Report now with PM

May 1, 2016

By Ravin Singh THE report that is likely to pave the way for the long overdue constitutional reform to come into force later this year...

Bandits terrorise Rose Hall Town family

Staff Reporter -

May 1, 2016

-- shot employee hospitalised AT ABOUT 03:30 hrs on Saturday, Vaniesha Shirkissoon, a poultry vendor who plies her trade in the Rose Hall Town and Port...

The Workers’ Day

Staff Reporter -

May 1, 2016

TODAY workers, particularly the unionised, will march and hold rallies. This annual May Day event has its genesis in workers losing their lives and...

Enforce workplace safety rules

Staff Reporter -

May 1, 2016

Dear Editor, CARPENTER Yuvraj Sewlall fell whilst working on the roof of a house in the Corentyne, and lost his life last Thursday, leaving his wife and...

This thing called death

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May 1, 2016

ONE of the worst things that can ever happen to one in this media business is to be on the job and learn that...

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Constitutional Reform Report now with PM

Bandits terrorise Rose Hall Town family

The Workers’ Day

Enforce workplace safety rules

This thing called death