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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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      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...
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      …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...
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      …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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      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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    - Chef jailed for cocaine ‘meal’ in stomach
      
      A 34-year-old chef attached to the Guyana Pegasus will be stirring the pot for the next four years behind bars after he was jailed on Monday for drug trafficking. Hosania Moses of Fort Street...
    - Palm Court assault accused ‘contacted’ victim’s relatives
      
      …in alleged attempt to have case dropped The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has granted attorney-at-law Latchmi Rahamat fiat to prosecute the case involving Abdul Imran Khan who is...
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      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...
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      …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...
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      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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      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...
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      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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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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