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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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    - 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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Home 2018 March

Cuyuni-Mazaruni health posts to be upgraded

March 1, 2018

HEALTH posts at Phillipai, Isseneru, Waramadong, Kako, Jawalla, and Imbaimadai, Region Seven, have been earmarked for upgrades as part of the ongoing move to...

Guyana signs revised CXC, Multilateral Air Services agreements

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March 1, 2018

GUYANA has signed the revised Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agreement which established the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), and the Multilateral Air Services Agreement on the...

Guyana appoints consul general to Haiti

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March 1, 2018

SECOND Vice-President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl B Greenidge, on Tuesday handed over the Letter of Commission appointing Marc Kinson Antoine as Honorary...

KN report on Karimbaksh misleading

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March 1, 2018

THE Guyana Police Force (GPF) has refuted claims in an article in Wednesday’s edition of Kaieteur News headlined “commander removed as investigation into harassment...

Recommit to national consciousness

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March 1, 2018

-- Ferguson urges at Region Two flag-raising ceremony GUYANESE were reminded of the significance of Guyana’s republican status, when Minister within the Ministry of Public...

Bartica Business Summit a success

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March 1, 2018

BARTICANS were exposed to a menu of business models, in addition to information on funding and challenges faced by small business operations and procedures...

Seelall goes out with pomp and ceremony

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March 1, 2018

AMID a scandal of him approving gun licences for himself, Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud on Wednesday bade farewell to the Guyana Police Force...

State to call nine witnesses in Christmas Day murder

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March 1, 2018

THE jury for the Christmas Day murder which took place at James Street, Albouystown, in 2015 was empanelled and the trial started before Justice...

Learning kits for all nursery school teachers by September

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March 1, 2018

…project to cost MoE $142M DURING her 2017 budget presentation, Minister of Education Nicolette Henry had announced that this year, greater emphasis will be placed...

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