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The Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission (GWCMC) recently posted online the closed seasons for wildlife in
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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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Spelman College Students Selected As Presitgous Schwarzman Scholars | Atlanta Daily World
Spelman College recently announced that two students have been selected as Schwarzman Scholars, one of the world’s most prestigious graduate fellowships. As part of the program, the 150-student cohort will spend a year in Beijing, China, earning a fully funded master’s degree in Global Affairs from
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Liberia: Representative Tarponweh Raises Red Flag Over Slow Works On Ria Road Expansion Project
[FrontPageAfrica] Margibi County -- Representative Tibelrosa Summoh Tarponweh of Margibi-Electoral District #1 has expressed grave concern over the slow pace of work which is being carried out on the expansion of the Robert International Airport Road.
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A movement once famous for its values and Rodneyite principles is now deeply involved in attempt to rig 2020 elections
I was the WPA’s Counsel along with Moses Bhagwan (in absentia) and took my instructions from Tacuma Ogunseye, Jocelyn Dow, Dr. David Hinds, Desmond Trotman, Eusi Kwayana and to a lesser extent Dr. Rupert
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Grant, Bernie (1944–2000)
Born on the 17th of February 1944 in Georgetown, Guyana, Bernie Grant was elected to the British House of Commons in 1987 to serve as one of the country’s first black Members of Parliament (MPs). With a head teacher for a father and a teacher for a mother, Grant, the second of five children, was
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The “jumbie jamboree”
The recount exercise at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre is repeatedly confirming that the Returning Officer (RO) of the largest constituency, Region 4, Clairmont Mingo inflated numbers for incumbent President David Granger’s A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change
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[SAnews.gov.za] Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille says the Small Harbours Repairs and Maintenance Programme has brought much needed infrastructure improvements to harbours thereby benefitting coastal communities.
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Gov't to launch US$237-m national broadband initiative
THE Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET) is looking to secure US$237 million for the roll-out of the country's national broadband initiative that is expected to form a key part of its economic recovery efforts from the devastation brought on by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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International community has critical role to play in reducing inequalities here
The US message stated, ‘The United States stands with the people of Guyana, who want their voices heard’, with reference to the current
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Two new COVID-19 cases recorded
Two new COVID-19 cases recorded -Ministry concerned over spread in regions One and Seven
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Guyanese boy missing in Barbados
He is Joshua Dexter Nurse, a native of Guyana, who lives at #6 Buttals Tenantry, St George and is a Fifth Form student of the St George Secondary
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Guyana to benefit from UK COVID-19 aid to PAHO
Washington D.C., May 22, 2020 (PAHO)— The United Kingdom has agreed to contribute 3 million Pounds (USD $3.8 m) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help eight countries of the Caribbean – Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent
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Parker, Maurice S. (1949- )
Ambassador Maurice S. Parker is a career Senior Foreign Service Officer with the rank of Minister-Counselor at the U.S. Department of State.  On April 30, 2007 Parker was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Swaziland.  After U.S. Senate confirmation, Parker
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CARICOM mourns passing of Miles Stoby
The Caribbean region is mourning the death of one of its most highly respected international public servants, Mr Miles Stoby, who retired from the United Nations Secretariat after decades of service, most of it in the area of economic and social
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Earth Today | New water project adopts lessons learnt
THE NEW CReW project is to take lessons learnt from the last effort, while building on its gains, in pursuit of better wastewater management in the
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Four-dimensional motivation for education in Tobago, 1828-1838 - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Dr Rita Pemberton THE QUESTION of education for the African population assumed importance when it became clear that the intolerance of the enslaved population across the region had become elevated to such levels that it would be impossible to maintain peace in the region. By 1830 it was c
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Influenza vaccines are now available in Guyana as international health authorities continue to urge that vaccinations for the seasonal malady continue during the current COVID-19
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More Latinas Are Choosing to Identify as Afro-Latina
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CARICOM team says Guyana election results reflect the will of voters | New York Carib News
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — A Three-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) team that monitored the recount of the ballots cast in the disputed March 2 regional and general elections in Guyana, says it did not “witness anything which would render the recount, and by extension, the casting of the
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Nandlall says no injunction has been granted against GECOM or CEO, meeting can proceed
60  of  2020  and  the  amended  Order  dated  the  29th day of  May,  2020,  in  that  the  GUYANA ELECTIONS COMMISSION  has  failed  to  determine a final credible count and or  the  credibility  of  the result  of  the  General  and  Regional  Elections held on the 2nd day  of  March,  2020,  as
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Le Parlement européen lève l’immunité de quatre élus polonais pour « incitation à la haine » contre les migrants - Haiti24
Un nouveau bras de fer peut-il s’ouvrir entre Bruxelles et le parti national conservateur polonais Droit et justice (PiS) ? Jeudi 9 novembre, le Parlement européen a voté la levée d’immunité de quatre eurodéputés polonais : deux membres du PiS, Beata Mazurek et Tomasz Poreba, ainsi que deux de
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Tanzania: Samia, Nyusi Root for Growth
[Daily News] MOZAMBIQUE President Filipe Nyusi has outlined four critical areas aimed at enhancing trade and investment between Tanzania and Mozambique and emphasized the potential for both countries to leverage opportunities presented by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
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Dr Hinds is attempting to create an elections narrative that has no empirical basis
Dr. Hinds’ letter covered three broad themes and, at this time, I am limiting my response to the narrative he seeks to establish with respect to the credibility of the March 2, 2020
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Aide Memoire binds Claudette Singh and GECOM to a declaration based solely on the recount
I refer to a letter of Monday, May 25 by Kit Nascimento (`If David Granger’s character and good name is in question he has only himself to blame’) in the Stabroek
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Multipurpose centre at Hermanus Harbour will boost local economic development, create jobs, says De Lille | News24
The centre was launched to allow greater access to the harbour for traders and the fishing community, in order to boost their operations and contribution to the local economy.
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Granville needs an overhaul – Kerr-Jarrett
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Liberia: South Korea Donates 10 Vehicles to Liberia
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