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Prashad Nagar drains need desilting - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, I seek your indulgence by way of this very short letter to ask the Mayor of the City of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine to please look into having the drains in Prashad Nagar desilted. The article Prashad Nagar drains need desilting appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Bandits rob Alexander Village businesswoman in smash and grab attack - Stabroek News
A businesswoman was on Tuesday robbed of over $800,000 in cash and other valuables after bandits broke into her car. The article Bandits rob Alexander Village businesswoman in smash and grab attack appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Chief Election Officer directed to prepare report using recount results
Chief Election Officer to prepare report in keeping with Section 96 of the Representation of the Act, Chapter 1:03; paving the way for official declaration of Election Results
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City Chamber calls on Granger to congratulate Ali on winning presidency - Stabroek News
Based on the vote tally from the national recount of votes from the March 2 elections, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday urged caretaker president David Granger to initiate formal congratulatory messages to the winner, PPP/C presidential candidate Irfaan Ali, ahead of
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Twenty-eight homeless after fatal Cummings Lodge apartment fire
The Cummings Lodge fire that claimed the lives of a family of three on Saturday also left 28 persons
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Reconstruction of burnt Lusignan Prison building unlikely - Ramjattan - Stabroek News
The reconstruction of the structure that was torched at the Lusignan Prison on Sunday appears unlikely, according to de facto Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan, who says that expansion works at other prison facilities will create the capacity for the housing of more
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‘Tripee’ among NY-based Guyanese who succumbed to COVID-19 - Stabroek News
Guyanese cook Maurice Gordon, known as ‘Tripee,’ who founded the Tripee’s Caribbean Restaurant in New York, lost his battle to the deadly coronavirus in the United States of America last month. The article ‘Tripee’ among NY-based Guyanese who succumbed to COVID-19 appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Rupununi Chamber wants Brazil border to remain closed for next three months
The Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) today called on the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) to ensure that the Guyana Brazil border remains closed at least for the next three  months or until such time as it is safe to reopen to regular
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Stabroek Sports’ Boxing’s Hall of Fame
A funny thing happened in 1964. Two sons of the soil were born months apart with no inclination that they would not only feature in the same sport at which they would both excel but that their paths would cross in the ring and one of them would be the
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Lindsay Guion Named President and COO of Music Industry Quarterly (MIQ)
Music Industry Quarterly announces the appointment of media executive Lindsay Guion to the positions of President and Chief Operations Officer. Los Angeles, CA The influential print publication and online []
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City-based Santa Rosa residents funneling support to COVID-19 ravaged village - Stabroek News
Even when the community they are residing in wasn’t considered a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hotspot in Guyana, residents of Santa Rosa had made known their struggles with the restrictions that were implemented to keep the Indigenous village
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Clarity needed on NIS Life Certificates for pensioners living overseas
Can the Guyana Post Office Corporation and the National Insurance Scheme please provide some clarity regarding international mail acceptance/delivery and NIS Life Certificates for pensioners living
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Believe Black Patients: The Fight For Equal And Fair Healthcare Treatment - Blavity
Medical practices and physicians have a historically violent relationship with Black bodies. When we speak of reform, we need to include healthcare as well.
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Bourda Market to be sanitised tomorrow - Stabroek News
The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (MCC) yesterday announced that the Bourda Market will be sanitised tomorrow. The article Bourda Market to be sanitised tomorrow appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Caricom SG says last four months exceptional for region | New York Carib News
Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque said yesterday that the past four months have proven to be the “most exceptional periods” for the 15-member regional integration movement.
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A Sweet Tooth, Some Bad Math, and a Pair of Red Underwear: An Explanation of Persistent Ethnic Voting and Two Party Dominance in Guyana (Part 1) - Stabroek News
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Freezing of oil funds among possible sanctions if will of the people subverted - Stabroek News
Jose Cardenas, a political consultant based in Washington, DC, yesterday said that Guyana’s current political situation is “troublesome” and it paves the way for sanctions to be imposed and restrictions can also be placed on the country’s oil funds if the will of the people is not
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Corentyne woman charged with child stealing - Stabroek News
Beverley Gomes, the 50-year-old Corentyne resident who is accused of stealing a baby from its mother about four months ago was yesterday charged and remanded to prison. The article Corentyne woman charged with child stealing appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Port Kaituma Hospital commissioned
The long-awaited $959m Port Kaituma Regional Hospital was commissioned today by de facto Minister of Public Health Volda
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Ambassador’s statement on George Floyd killing opens way for reset for American diplomatic engagement here
A public response by US resident Ambassador to Guyana, her Excellency Sarah-Ann Lynch on the US Embassy’s Facebook page decrying the murder of Mr George Floyd by a Minnesota police officer was drawn to my
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Police to take action over APNU+AFC protests on Caricom Day - Stabroek News
The police will be taking action against supporters of the incumbent APNU+AFC coalition, who breached the COVID-19 measures by participating in a number of protests across the country on Monday. The article Police to take action over APNU+AFC protests on Caricom Day appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Exxon gas could have been put to good use – Mangal
ExxonMobil’s flaring of over nine billion  cubic feet of natural gas could have been avoided had a proposed  gas-to-shore pipeline project been implemented but it was stalled because a plan to determine the best location was rejected by government officials as some wanted to handpick a site, former
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Moruca man is 11th COVID-19 fatality
As Guyana registered its 11th death from COVID-19 yesterday, six more residents of the Palms Geriatric Home have tested positive  and patients have begun occupying the still under-construction sanatorium at the Ocean View Hotel after a shocking incident on Saturday at the Diamond isolation facility
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Juvenile remanded over murder of security guard
The teenager who cannot be named for legal reasons appeared before Magistrate Dylon Bess at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court. Another teenager, who was arrested by the police last Thursday remains in custody.
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Rainey, Joseph Hayne (1832-1887)
In 1870 Republican Joseph Hayne Rainey became the first African American to be elected to the United States House of Representatives and take his seat.  Others were elected earlier but were not seated.  Rainey was born in Georgetown, South Carolina, on June 21, 1832. His parents had been slaves but
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Thomas, Gerald E. (1929- )
Former Naval officer Gerald Eustis Thomas served as United States Ambassador to Guyana and Kenya. Born in Natick, Massachusetts on June 23, 1929 to Walter and Leila Thomas, President Ronald W. Reagan appointed Gerald E. Thomas to both
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Soldier succumbs after motorcycle accident
A 24-year-old rank of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday after being involved in an accident on Vlissengen Road, Georgetown, according to the
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Three persons held after attempting to smuggle nine Brazilians to Georgetown - Stabroek News
Three Guyanese including a couple were arrested by the police on Sunday after they were caught attempting to transport nine Brazilian nationals, who had illegally entered the country, to
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