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    - South Africa’s Dynamq Sound to compete at Armageddon Clash 2020
      
      THE country’s biggest Sound Clash, Armageddon, was officially launched on Sunday last in Mango Lane, East Ruimveldt, and judging from how things went down, ‘clash’ fans will be in for a treat...
    - Hungry? Come have breakfast with Vanilla!
      
      IN the recent past, many may have noticed that local artistes are raising the bar with their quality of music, and Melissa "Vanilla" Roberts is high on top of that list. She has proven herself a...
    - ‘Elemental’ for the Courtyard Mall this Sunday
      
      DESCRIBING herself as a person who breathes Art and Culture, 23-year-old Godlyn Lyte is hosting her debut fashion show in Guyana at the Pergola Restaurant at the Courtyard Mall on Robb Street on...
    - Guyana Carnival 2020 set to launch Sunday
      
      AFTER two years of success, Guyana Carnival is returning next year, and is anticipated to be another successful year for the team. Wasting no time to build the momentum for what is probably now one...
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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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    - Sea bandits charged for murder of Corentyne fishermen
      
      ONE week after being arrested in Suriname, wanted pirates, Ricardo Fraser called “Shines” and Anonth Boodrage called “Andy”, have been placed before the court and charged with the capital...
    - Bandits rob miner of gold chains, cash
      
      TWO armed bandits robbed a 24-year-old miner at Uitvlugt Bus Shed Street, West Coast Demerara (WCD) on Thursday evening. The victim was identified as Akeem Ford of Bagotville, WCD. Reports...
    - Another pirate confesses to deadly attack
      
      Police on Wednesday arrested a third pirate who was wanted for the brutal murder of the four fishermen between October 5 -13, 2019. The man, identified as Lenox Grimond called “Breeze” was...
    - Guyanese to be charged for drug trafficking
      
      A 23-year-old Guyanese is facing drug trafficking charges after excreting over 25 pellets of cocaine from his stomach. The man was identified as Kester Anfrany Johnson. Reports indicate that...
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    - Guyana Times to pay millions to Ceres for libel
      
      JUSTICE Fidela Corbin-Lincoln on Wednesday awarded judgement in default against privately-owned Guyana Times Inc and Tusika Martin, Editor-in-Chief. Martin and the publication had a $200M lawsuit...
    - Labourer sentenced for biting security guard
      
      MAGISTRATE Faith McGusty, on Wednesday December 11, 2019, sentenced a Labourer to three months in prison for wounding a man. Mark Thompson appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates' Court and pleaded...
    - Man found guilty of a series of offences to be sentenced December 30
      
      MAGISTRATE Sherdel Isaac-Marcus, on Wednesday December 11, 2019, remanded a 21-year-old man to prison, on a series of charges. Daquan Robinson appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was...
    - Businessman accused of forging invoices at GRA granted bail
      
      MAGISTRATE Faith McGusty, on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, granted $140,000 bail to a Businessman who allegedly forged invoices at the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA). 39-year-old Darwin David of...
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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...
- Regional
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    - Ex St Kitts Prime Minister arrested in UK
      
      …while trying to leave Britain with £70,000 in cash THE DAILY MAIL, December 8, 2019- A CARIBBEAN politician made a Privy Counsellor by David Cameron for his 'loyal service' to Queen and country...
    - Barbados spared major damage from Dorian
      
      No major incidents, damage or injuries were reported across Barbados following the passage of Tropical Storm Dorian last night and early this morning. And, the public service is set to resume...
    - 23 Venezuelans trying to reach Trinidad, feared dead
      
      (Trinidad Express)-At least 23 illegal immigrants, including women and two children, are feared drowned after their boat overturned early Wednesday morning off Venezuela. The ill-fated fishing...
    - Venezuela crisis: Guaidó aide faces terrorism charge
      
      A top aide to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó is being charged with terrorism after he was arrested by President Nicolas Maduro's government. Mr Guaidó's chief of staff Roberto Marrero,...
- International
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    - ‘It must have been love’ singer dies
      
      (BBC)-Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson has died aged 61, her manager has confirmed. The Swedish star achieved global success in the 1990s with hits like Joyride, The Look and It Must Have Been Love,...
    - End rape : An intolerable cost to society
      
      By Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (UN Women Executive Director) If I could have one wish granted, it might well be a total end to rape. That means a significant weapon of war gone from the arsenal of...
    - China’s Ambassador to UK condemns terrorism in Hong Kong
      
      China's Ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming said China's central government hopes the Hong Kong situation will end in an orderly way. The Ambassador reiterated at a news conference that Hong Kong is...
    - Foreign officials, experts condemn lawbreakers’ violence in Hong Kong, support actions by gov’t
      
      BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Foreign government officials and experts have recently expressed their condemnation of the violence perpetrated by radical demonstrators in Hong Kong. Emphasizing the...
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TV stations red-flagged for breaching licence

March 30, 2018

…GNBA notes sensational, lewd content THE Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) has reported that broadcasters continue to breach the amended Broadcasting Act. According to a press...

Women accomplices sentenced to death

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March 30, 2018

… for 2012 murder of US citizen home on vacation JUSTICE Sandil Kissoon on Thursday imposed the death penalty on Hemwattie Abdulla, 42, of Ozone...

Body fished out of Pomeroon River identified

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March 30, 2018

THE body of the man discovered in a decomposed state at Grant, Lower Pomeroon River, was on Wednesday identified as Orlando Naughton, 26. He was identified by...

Let’s help to reduce unemployment

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March 30, 2018

-- Min. Harmon urges at GCCI annual general meeting THE Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Thursday held its 128th Annual General Meeting...

Gov’t ready to start work on Stabroek Market wharf

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March 30, 2018

--but City Hall still dithering on relocating vendors GEORGETOWN Mayor Patricia Chase-Green has lamented recently that there are still some vendors who are living on...

Trade union movement needs ‘new blood’ — says Christopher Ram

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March 30, 2018

THERE is need for “new blood” in the trade union movement said Attorney-at-Law, Christopher Ram, adding that the youths need an opportunity to make...

Fisherman missing after boat capsizes in Pomeroon River

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March 30, 2018

INGESUS SIMONS, 56, a fisherman of Karwab, Upper Pomeroon River is feared drowned after the boat in which he was travelling capsized in the...

Apologise to me, King commands Duncan

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March 30, 2018

TOWN Clerk Royston King has sent a lawyer’s letter to Alliance For Change (AFC) Councillor Sherod Duncan demanding an apology for newspaper articles that...

WPO looks back with fond memories

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March 30, 2018

--as Region 2 pays homage to the Jagans FOUNDER-leader of the Women’s Progressive Organisation (WPO) and former President of Guyana, Janet Jagan was remembered at...

Police searching for armed robbery suspect

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March 30, 2018

A BEL AIR, Georgetown resident who was on Thursday morning robbed by two bandits, quickly reported the matter to two policemen on motorcycle patrol...

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