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    - Buzzing this weekend
      
      THERE’S a lot going down this weekend, but nothing is going to be bigger that the Amazon Warrior matches at the Providence Stadium. It all started last night, when we faced the Jamaica...
    - ‘Emerge 6’ for Theatre Guild
      
      THE children participating in local entertainer Simone Dowding’s drama workshop when school is out during the July/August holiday, will get an opportunity to showcase the skills they’ve learnt at...
    - Sean Kingston signs Tommy Lee
      
      FOLLOWING an impressive performance at the recently concluded Reggae Sumfest, dancehall artiste Tommy Lee Sparta is being signed by international star, Sean Kingston. The announcement was made on...
    - Alkaline denies Kartel ‘peace treaty’
      
      ALKALINE has denied ever visiting Vybz Kartel in prison to make peace and possibly record a collaboration. On Tuesday, rumours started floating around the Internet claiming that Alkaline...
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    - Know More about the EPA
      
      THE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is aware that a public that values the environment will act to keep it safe and healthy. After all, the environment is the source of our air, water, food,...
    - Guyana leads at Robotics contest
      
      THE Robotics team of young people, STEM Guyana, emerged on top of 165 countries at the end of the first day of the first Global Robotics Competition held on Monday, in Washington D.C. The Guyanese...
    - Min Hughes attending regional telecommunications conference
      
      MINISTER of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes is participating in the CANTO 33rd Annual Conference and Trade Exhibition in the Dominican Republic. According to a release, for ICT...
    - Region 9 authorities assessing flood losses
      
      AS farms within sections of Region Nine remain under water, the regional authorities are tallying damages, which farmers within the Rupununi have incurred as a result of the floods. Regional...
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    - ‘Ganja’, other items intercepted at NA Prison
      
      THE authorities at the New Amsterdam Prison on Saturday confiscated a quantity of marijuana, among other items said to have been thrown over the institution’s walls. According to a statement...
    - Chinese businessman died from strangulation
      
      A post-mortem on Chinese businessman, Liyan Jiang, 44, whose bound and gagged body was found in the lower flat of his Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo home, revealed that he died from strangulation and...
    - Venezuelan soldiers rob Guyanese
      
      …say had no food supplies in 45 days …issue apology to Joint Services RESIDENTS of White Water Village, an Indigenous community close to the Venezuela border, are calling on the authorities to...
    - 12-yr-old raped by taxi driver in Linden
      
      THE Linden police are continuing their search for a taxi driver who allegedly raped a 12-year-old girl on Saturday night. The child was a passenger of the taxi driver. According to E’ Division...
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    - West Berbice man in court for ganja in bucket
      
      THREE months after police raided a Garnett Street, Kitty home and found almost a pound of cannabis in a bucket, a 44-year-old man was charged for the offence on Friday. Desmond Lewis of Little...
    - Man accused of attempted murder denied bail
      
      A 24-year-old man accused of attempted murder on Friday appeared before City Magistrate, Leron Daly, charged with felonious wounding. Denzil Wilson of Costello Housing Scheme, Georgetown, was not...
    - 38 months for gunman
      
      EIGHTEEN-year-old, Mark Anthony who is paralyzed from the waist down after being shot during a shootout with the police last September, was on Friday sentenced to 38 months jail for three firearm...
    - NA man remanded on drug possession charge
      
      ALMOST a month after being charged for giving false information to the police, Mark Tim was on Thursday again before the court, this time for allegedly having nearly three kilos of cannabis in his...
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    - 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...
    - PAC hears about missing $14M in vouchers
      
      APPROXIMATELY $14M in vouchers are still to be accounted for by the Ministry of Indigenous People's Affairs while millions of dollars in equipment were procured without any evidence that contractual...
    - Education CoI recommends licensing of teachers
      
      THE recently concluded Commission of Inquiry into the local education system has recommended a license system for teachers to improve the level of service they are rendering to the system. This...
- Health
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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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    - Cuban ambassador decries Trump’s roll back of Obama policy
      
      CUBAN Ambassador to Guyana, Julio Cesar Gonzalez Marchante, described US President Donald Trump recent speech and directive as ill-advised, resulting in the roll-back of progress achieved over the...
    - US pledges support for regional energy reforms
      
      THE United States will be looking to play a more active role in supporting the energy sector in the Caribbean by providing targeted technical support to countries with the capacity and interest in...
    - Caribbean looks to creative arts to transform regional economy
      
      THE ECONOMIC potential of the creative arts industry in the Caribbean remains one which can transform regional economies which have been stagnant, Culture Minister of Barbados, Stephen Lashley, has...
    - CAL cancels flights over storm warning
      
      Caribbean Airlines (CAL) have cancelled a number of flights on Monday due to several Caribbean countries being placed under a tropical storm warning. A release from the air carrier stated: “Due to...
- International
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    - Russian warning after US downs Syrian jet
      
      - Russia has warned the US-led coalition fighting in Syria that it will view its aircraft as targets, after a Syrian military plane was shot down. The coalition said it had shot down the Syrian...
    - Theresa May condemns ‘sickening’ terror attack
      
      - Prime Minister Theresa May says the terror attack near a north London mosque is "every bit as sickening" as other recent ones to hit the UK. A man drove a van into worshippers close to the...
    - Trump-Russia inquiry: President ‘probed for obstruction of justice’
      
      - President Donald Trump is being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller for possible obstruction of justice, US media reports say. They say senior intelligence officials will be...
    - London fire: Prime minister orders full public inquiry
      
      - Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered a full public inquiry into the fire that engulfed a west London block of flats, killing at least 17 people. That figure is expected to rise, as fire chiefs...
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Heads of Missions confab opens on Monday

March 31, 2017

THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be hosting a Heads of Mission Conference (HOMC) from April 3-8, 2017, at the Pegasus Hotel, under the...

Sexual activity, not rape

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March 31, 2017

ALVIN Rudder was on Thursday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment after a 12-member jury found him guilty of the first of two counts of...

Professor Harris talks up education transformation

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March 31, 2017

-- at opening of 32nd COHSOD on Youth and Culture THE SUCCESS of a regional strategic plan to transform the education sector within the Caribbean...

Guyana celebrates World Storytelling Day

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March 31, 2017

GUYANESE storytellers joined the global storytelling community to observe World Storytelling Day 2017 under the theme “Transformations”. The event which was held at the Umana...

e-Government agency, NDMA officially merged

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March 31, 2017

AS part of its overall mandate to transform Guyana into a nation driven by Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Government has fulfilled its promise...

US$33M Three-Phase baseball home likely for Guyana

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March 31, 2017

… MLB/World Baseball officials set for May 25 visit CABINET is considering approval for a three-phase facility to be the home of baseball locally, according...

Windies to take the attack to young leggie Shadab

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March 31, 2017

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Head coach Stuart Law has hinted at West Indies batsmen taking the attack to leg-spinner Shadab Khan in...

NAMILCO joins the party as Petra Futsal moves into quarters

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March 31, 2017

… Sparta, Tucville advance THE National Milling Company (NAMILCO) is on board with the Petra-organised Futsal Championships as the tournament heads into the quarter-finals following...

Milo Quarter-final action today

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March 31, 2017

… Bishops’ High to face Sir Leon’s Lessons; Morgan tackle Carmel QUARTER-FINAL action is on today and tomorrow in the Petra-organised Milo Schools Football Festival,...

Berbice beat Essequibo to take NSS title

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March 31, 2017

BERBICE Combined produced an all-round performance to outclass Essequibo Combined by 10 wickets to win the final of the National Secondary Schools (NSS) Combined...

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