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Whose lives matter in Guyana?
Gaping holes have not only been placed in the bodies of men and women in this country, but there are gaping holes where the integrity and patriotism of many of our citizens should
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Caricom dismayed at new developments in Guyana
She added further that Caricom “is concerned at reports that the chief elections officer has submitted a report to the Guyana Elections Commission [GECOM] which is contrary to the directions given by the commission, and which does not reflect the results of the recount process as certified by the
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The Lady Jaguars, Guyana’s fact or fiction
The article “Guyana reaps rich rewards for investment,” which was published on the website of the world governing body, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) on Thursday May 21st, has ignited a fierce debate on the actualities of an often contentious programme – the Lady
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Eighty-four thousand
One would do well to recall at this point that before Mr Mingo’s sleight of hand failed miserably, the voting process had been declared smooth by at least one team of international observers and free and fair by Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Justice Claudette Singh as well as
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These vehicles will significantly improve GPL’s ability to expand and maintain transmission and distribution systems
These vehicles will significantly improve GPL’s ability to expand and maintain transmission and distribution systems
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Actions of Granger and surrogates clearly demonstrate he “don’t give a damn” about preserving democratic values
In 2007, a much younger former U.S. President Jimmy Carter wrote “Beyond the White House,” about his post-presidency work with The Carter Center, an institution he and his wife help create in
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Georgetown, Guyana (1781- )
Georgetown, with a 2014 population of 239,227, is the capital, major port, and largest city of the nation of Guyana.  Since the entire nation has 769,000 people, about one third of the country’s population resides in the capital city. Georgetown sits on a flat coastal plain prone to flooding. It is
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More British travellers stranded in Jamaica to fly out next week
ABOUT 310 more British travellers will be able to return home from Jamaica on a second charter flight organised by the Government of the United
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It’s time Mr Fisher’s firm advises his client to accept the will of the Guyanese people
Of course “Guyana elections battle matters to the US” as stated in his opinion piece dated June 19th 2020 in the Washington
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Kaie Kellough’s Magnetic Equator: An Appreciation in Guyanese-Diasporic-Quarantine
The announcement Tuesday morning (May 19th) that Kaie Kellough had won Canada’s Griffin Poetry Prize—one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the world—for his mesmerizing poetry collection, Magnetic Equator —marks an historical moment in the literary histories of diasporic Guyanese and
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
It is hard to argue PNC rigging is all history when history is repeating itself at this very moment.
The reports of the 303 Committee and a memorandum by Thomas H. Karamessines, Deputy CIA Director entitled “Plans of Guyana Prime Minister Forbes Burnham, Leader of the People’s National Congress (PNC), to Rig the Elections Scheduled for Late 1968 or Early 1969” might be a good starting point for
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Norway calls for recount to be used for declaration of elections result
Norway’s Ambassador to Guyana, Nils Martin Gunneng yesterday joined the call for the national recount of votes to be used for the declaration of the result from the controversy-laden March 2nd general
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Gaskin stands by contention that coalition claims of fraud were exaggerated and meant to fool supporters
The letter by Dominic Gaskin
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Even if Lowenfield subverts process, GECOM can declare results – PPP
The opposition PPP says that even if the Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield subverts the electoral process by not submitting the correct results today for the March 2nd general elections, GECOM can act on its
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Guyanese likely to be the perennial losers again no matter who wins the elections
A casual perusal of the delivery of past campaign promises resulting in the ‘Guyanese Dream’, whether it was the PPP’s New Guyana Man or the PNC’s Small Man is the Real Man or the Coalition’s Good Life, will show that neither the PPP nor the PNC has made that dream possible for Guyanese for over
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
International environment group calls on Exxon to cease gas flaring
As ExxonMobil yesterday continued to play up its Guyana investments at its virtual Annual Meeting of shareholders, global environmental and human rights organisation, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) called on the company to heed environmental pollution warnings and immediately
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US Secretary of State urges gov’t to respect wishes of voters
In an independence day message to Guyana, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday called on the Guyana Government to respect the wishes of voters as expressed on March 2nd
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Chateau Margot accident victim identified as mother of three
The woman who died on Sunday night after she was struck down by a motor car as she attempted to cross the Chateau Margot, East Coast Demerara Public Road has been identified as a mother of
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
15 new COVID-19 cases confirmed
Guyana yesterday recorded 15 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease
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Jim Jones
Jim Jones , byname of James Warren Jones (born May 13, 1931, Crete, near Lynn, Indiana, U.S.—died November 18, 1978, Jonestown, Guyana), American cult leader who promised his followers a utopia in the jungles of South America after proclaiming himself messiah of the Peoples Temple, a San
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Chief Medical Officer warns of ‘almost runaway’ COVID-19 situation
Up to yesterday, no new case of COVID-19 was recorded in Guyana, with only one new test conducted between May 26 and 27 and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Shamdeo Persaud has warned of an “almost runaway” situation
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Providing care amid the pandemic
A child alone with an alcoholic parent, a ‘little old lady’ who just wanted something to eat and pensioner who wanted assistance in accessing her diabetes medication were among the over 200 calls received by the Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) for the month of
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Twenty-one new cases of COVID-19 confirmed
Guyana has recorded its largest spike in the  number of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, with 21 more persons being confirmed as having tested positive
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
How Kenya ended up immortalising Jomo’s buddies
In the case of two other friends with origins in the State of Guyana, Ras Makonnen and Cecil Miller, President Jomo Kenyatta gave them Kenyan citizenship, jobs and facilitated their permanent settlement in the country, where he wanted them laid to rest when the time finally
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Jones, John Melvin (1944- )
John Melvin Jones was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Guyana in 2008.  Nominated by President George W. Bush on June 30, 2008, he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and arrived in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, on October 8 of that year.  Due to health issues, the result of injuries sustained while
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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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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
COVID-19 causes major disruption to large-scale mining
Even with favourable markets, large scale mining of minerals here has suffered major setbacks due mainly to health restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and this has left hundreds without
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Non credible Region Four vote count compromised integrity of March 2 polls, EU observers say
In their final report on the March 2nd polls, the European Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) has said that the integrity of the entire electoral process was “seriously compromised” by vote count in Region Four and has cited the senior Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) officials for acting
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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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