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Demerara, Berbice set up title showdown via contrasting wins - Stabroek News

GCB U17 Inter-County Championship

The stage is set for a thrilling finale in the 2025 Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-17 Inter-County 50-Over Tournament, as unbeaten teams Demerara and Berbice prepare to face off in a decisive final-round clash tomorrow at the La Bonne Intention (LBI) Community Centre Ground.

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Nelson Mandela-founded group calls for swift declaration based on recount results

The Nelson Mandela-founded global peace and human rights non-profit organization, The Elders has also joined the call for a swift electoral declaration based on the national recount

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Guyanese Fr John Persaud appointed Bishop of Mandeville

Guyanese Priest, Father (Fr) John Persaud, was on Friday appointed as the Bishop of

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Marcus Bisram agrees to stay in Guyana pending DPP’s appeal of overturned committal

Former murder accused Marcus Bisram has undertaken not to leave Guyana pending the appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack, of the judgment granting him his

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Eddy Grant says it’s time to demand reparations

Guyanese singing star, Eddy Grant, has added his voice to the ongoing protests over the killing of an African-American man by a cop in the United States but says that while black lives have always mattered, it has only become fashionable because white people can now hang their own personal grouses

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Roberts says Hetmyer erred for opting out of England tour

(SportsMax) West Indies fast bowling great Andy Roberts believes Shimron Hetmyer erred when deciding to forego the West Indies tour of

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Man, 42, dies from COVID-19

Guyana has now recorded its 13th death as a result of the novel coronavirus even as three more positive cases were

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African Americans in New York City

African Americans constitute one of the longer-running ethnic presences in New York City. The majority of the African American population largely claims descent from West and Central Africa by way of importation to the American South via the Atlantic slave trade (and a rarer presence of those

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Untruthful imputations of corruption were made against the ERC Chair

The Ethnic Relations Commission, (ERC), undeniably supports an articulate and free press which contributes to the good tenets of a democratic

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Caricom team has reinforced our negative electoral conduct

When President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo along with Caricom and GECOM’s Chair signed the “aide memoire”, the document that stated the terms and conditions of the recount and verification of the votes cast in the ten electoral districts in the country, it was followed by

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Granger endorses Lowenfield chopping of 115,000 votes

President David Granger last evening endorsed a controversial report by Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield which invalidated the votes of 25% of Guyanese

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Court of Appeal majority ruling on valid votes may have little impact

The Guyana Court of Appeal by majority decision has issued an order that the words “more votes are cast” as per Article 177 (2) (b) of the Constitution of Guyana should be interpreted to mean “more valid votes are cast” in keeping with the definition of valid votes as outlined in Order 60 of 2020

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GECOM chair urges dismissal of case seeking to stop declaration

Underlining the supremacy of the Constitution, GECOM Chair Claudette Singh yesterday urged the dismissal of a case before the Guyana Court of Appeal seeking to stop the declaration of results for the March 2nd general

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CDC provides aid to flood-hit Coomacka

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) was commended for its timely response to the flood-affected community of Coomacka, Upper Demerara- Upper Berbice (Region 10), on

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2017 study identified Clonbrook as best location for natural gas pipeline

While identifying Clonbrook, Mahaica on the East Coast of Demerara, as the best location for bringing natural gas to shore for domestic use, a 2017 desk study done for the APNU+AFC government put the cost of doing this at US$304 million at

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Guyana Goldfields announces phase two of workforce reduction

Guyana Goldfields Inc today announced phase two of the reduction of its workforce at the Aurora Gold Mines in Region

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New Lowenfield count seeks to declare APNU+AFC elections winner

Following a ruling by the Appeal Court, Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield has submitted what he claims to be a report of the “valid and credible votes” at the March 2 polls to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), showing a victory for the incumbent APNU+AFC after invalidating almost

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Recent developments suggest that Guyana is about to go down the wrong road

I submit this, because second, the coalition has gone on record to state that the CCJ has no jurisdiction on what is before

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Any advice tendered to GECOM by Chief Election Officer utilising unverified and unreconciled votes will transgress recount order

They range from ensuring that an entry is made in the poll book attesting to the fact that upon the first opening of the ballot box, there were no ballot papers or other papers therein (section 68(a) to placing the different category of ballots into separate envelopes section 83(5), (6) to making

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Rich countries enjoy huge tech advantage in global COVID-19 war

As the still rampaging coronavirus pandemic persists, compelling companies to consider and increasingly, implement work-from-home policies, rich countries are, in more ways than one, reaping the benefits of their technological

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Change Guyana calls on Granger to concede

Change Guyana, which contested the March 2nd general elections, today called on President David Granger to concede defeat and allow the inauguration of PPP/C presidential candidate, Irfaan

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EQUAL Guyana marks first anniversary of empowerment mission

Today marks one year since the Empowering Queers using Artistic Learning (EQUAL) Guyana organisation was launched with the intention of utilising art to empower the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender

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Afro-Caribbeans are Caribbean people who trace at least some of their ancestry to West Africa in the period since Christopher Columbuss arrival in the region in 1492. Other names for this ethnicity include African-Caribbean (especially preferred among the United Kingdom branch of the

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This could well be the PNC’s last hurrah

These words do not, perhaps, go far enough to depict what we are all witnessing as the PNC and its collaborators in APNU, the AFC, GECOM, the Guyana Police Force, and elsewhere try to carry out their plan to steal an entire election before the watching

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Sophia family loses home in fire

A family of three was displaced yesterday afternoon after a fire destroyed a Sophia

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US-based Guyanese recounts COVID-19 recovery, ‘miracle’ resuscitation

Mervin, who ended up spending some 14 days in a New York hospital, spoke to Stabroek Weekend in an interview about his experiences with COVID-19, which include his 36-year-old son being declared dead while being treated for the virus before later startling a health official when he woke

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Adonis displeased with CrossFit CEO’s remarks

Gregg Glassman, CrossFit’s CEO has stepped down after telling staff on a Zoom call, “We’re Not Mourning For George Floyd,” and Guyana’s fittest woman and CrossFit star athlete, Delice Adonis, has weighed in on the saga which has since sparked

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GBTI staff donate 25 units of blood

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Limited (GBTI) on Thursday hosted its annual blood drive at its Water Street branch and its staff donated 25

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GDF will support democratically elected gov’t

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will support a democratically-elected government, newly-appointed acting Chief Staff, Brigadier Godfrey Bess yesterday

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COVID tapers oil-driven economic growth

Due to the COVID-19 impact globally, especially on the oil market, Guyana’s projected 2020 growth rate has been revised from 87% to 57%, Governor of the Bank of Guyana Dr Gobind Ganga said on Friday, while also confirming that the non-oil sector is headed to negative

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ICJ hearing set for today on jurisdiction in Guyana-Venezuela border controversy

For three hours this morning, a legal team from Guyana will attempt to convince the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that it has the jurisdiction to decide that the 1899 Arbitral Award between Guyana and Venezuela is

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