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Ganesh Dhanraj, one of the two murder accused who escaped from the Lusignan Prison last month, was recaptured
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June 12, 1963: Medgar Evers Was Assassinated
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RELATIVES of a Bulawayo man who succumbed to police assault injuries on the first day of the national lockdown in March have filed a notice of intent to sue the government for the
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Charles Drew was born on June 3, 1904 in Washington, D.C., the son of Richard and Nora Drew and eldest of five children. Charles was one of those rare individuals who seemed to excel at everything he did and on every level and would go on to become of pioneer in the field of
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Task Force approves conditional return of 300 Guyanese stranded overseas
The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) today approved the return of 300 Guyanese who are stranded overseas once they test negative for
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Mercy Hospital unveils $20m COVID-19 testing, treatment facility
The St. Joseph Mercy Hospital (SJMH)  has launched a brand new COVID-19 testing and treatment facility at the St. Paul Retreat Centre at Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast
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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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Apple Partners with LeBron James and Tom Brady for the “Greatness Code”
On the heels of debuting multiple critically acclaimed unscripted programming, including the hit documentary “Beastie Boys Story” and broadly praised docuseries “Home” and “Visible,” Apple today announced “Greatness Code,” a short-form documentary series co-produced by Uninterrupted— the athlete
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Uganda: Two Police Officers Die in Kasese Car Crash
Two police officers attached to Bushenyi police station have died in a road accident in Hima town along Kasese-Fort Portal
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Ruth Matete fights for husband’s body
Gospel musician and former Tusker Project Fame winner Ms Ruth Matete will this week seek the court’s permission to have the body of her husband released for
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25 Facts about Marcus Mosiah Garvey – Black History Studies
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Two new COVID-19 cases recorded -Ministry concerned over spread in regions One and Seven
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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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YMCA of Greater Houston announces June 1 reopening plans
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Barbara Jordan
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How death is linked to Covid-19
World Health Organization guidelines state in part that a Covid-19 patient who dies should be documented as a Covid
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Carl Crawford Speaks Out About Drowning Of Woman And 5-Year-Old Boy At His Home: ‘My Heart’s Heavy’
A small social gathering turned tragic last weekend at Carl Crawford’s Houston home when a 25-year-old woman and five-year-old boy drowned in his outdoor
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Black Freedom and Social Class in St. Louis, Missouri between the Great Depression and the Great Society
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Uganda: Public Transport to Open in June When All Ugandans Have Face-Masks, Says Museveni
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UG says not demanding tuition from students at this time
The Transitional Management Committee (TMC) of the University of Guyana today said that UG is not demanding tuition fees from students at this
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How Did King Tutankhamun Die?
Since archaeologist Howard Carter discovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, mysteries have surrounded the final resting place of the boy-king – and exactly how he got there at an early age. What put Tut in that tomb? Did his friends and family get away with murder?  Scholars have cast about any
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We have a customer service problem in Guyana, period
Her experiences of being ignored, as almost invisible, is my whole shopping experience in
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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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In 1995, career Foreign Service Officer Mosina H. Jordan was nominated by President Bill Clinton to serve as ambassador to the Central African Republic (CAR). After U.S. Senate confirmation she arrived in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic and presented her credentials on November
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