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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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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
MYO extends benevolence during COVID19 crisis
The Muslim Youth Organization (MYO) which participates in Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) organized cricket competitions is the latest entity to extend acts of kindness during the current COVID – 19
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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‘Cameron wasn’t CWI Pied Piper’
(Sportsmax) Tony Astaphan, Attorney-at-Law for former Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Dave Cameron, has taken exception to the appearance of what he termed a diminished sense of ‘collective responsibility’, considering some of the accusations levelled against his client in the recent audit
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COVID-19 patients fear poor conditions at Diamond isolation unit delaying recovery
Forced to endure cramped quarters, shortages in hygiene products and the repeated disruption of their water supply, some patients housed at the government-run COVID-19 isolation unit at Diamond fear that the poor conditions are inhibiting their speedy
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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England series in CWI best interests, says Bishop
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Well-respected television broadcaster, Ian Bishop, believes it would be in the best financial interests of Cricket West Indies and regional players, to take up the England and Wales Cricket Board’s offer of the three-Test series in the United Kingdom this
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
More Latinas Are Choosing to Identify as Afro-Latina
When Aisha Cort walks into a convenience store with her rich brown skin and tiny dark locs, she knows she has the power to cause confusion by speaking
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Guyanese cricketers stranded in TT expected to return
With over 300 confirmed Guyanese stranded overseas during the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, four cricketers stranded in Trinidad and Tobago are expected to be reunited with their families at
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Rose Hall makeup artist keeps eyes on the prize despite setbacks
‘Seven years ago, Afeena Aliyah Mootoo professionally entered the makeup industry after she was recommended by a friend to her first
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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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Feeding families during COVID-19, AVA holds ‘Memorial Grab and Go Barbecue’ Friday, May 22
ST. PETERSBURG — Since 2008, Advantage Village Academy, Inc. (AVA) has been working to “educate, empower, and enhance the quality of life” for those in the south St. Pete community, providing educational support, entrepreneurial training, mentoring, and community feedings and
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CWI audit report raises questions about money laundering, conflict of interest with ex-employee
An audit report on Cricket West Indies (CWI) has raised serious concerns about a financial transaction that could appear to be money laundering and a conflict of interest with a loan pertaining to an employee  no longer with
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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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Bullen, Roland Wentworth Boniface (1944- )
Roland Wentworth Bullen was born on Carriacou, one of the six islands that comprise the nation of Grenada. The product of a prominent family that owned several businesses, including the popular restaurant “Callaloo,” Bullen arrived in the United States in 1966. After obtaining his
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The psychology of the Guyanese man and COVID-19
There has been uproar in our society about why, despite there being an information overload on the novel coronavirus, that most men still seem to be overlooking safety precautions by not wearing masks, not practicing social distancing and “liming” when they should be at
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Live: President Granger reiterates he will accept recount result
President David Granger says his government will accept the declaration of the current recount of the March 2 General and Regional
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Friends and Former Media Colleagues React to Death of Beloved Sports Journalist Roger B. Brown
As news hit on May 18th that legendary DFW sports journalist Roger B. Brown passed away days after his 61st birthday, many of his friends and former media colleagues took to social media to express their feelings about the beloved “Roger
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Sobhraj Foundation donates 1,000 COVID-19 hampers
One thousand hampers have been donated to several organisations and communities in Guyana by the Jay and Silvia Sobhraj Foundation in an effort to provide relief to persons affected by the coronavirus disease
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Sunday Brew — May 17, 2020
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Youth urge safe celebrations for COVID-tinged independence
With the COVID-19 outbreak cancelling traditional Independence Day activities, some Guyanese youth have suggestions for celebrating the day
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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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If David Granger’s character and good name is in question he has only himself to blame
If David Granger’s character and good name is in question he has only himself to blame
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West Indies Test players resume training in Barbados
(CWI) Members of the West Indies Test team returned to training yesterday at Kensington
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Stranded cricketers one step closer to coming home
Amid the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a return home soon seems to be more and more assured for stranded Guyanese cricketers in Trinidad and
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E-Sports – the new frontier?
Has the electronic sports (e-Sports) phenomenon officially arrived in
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Region Nine’s indigenous communities and miners clashing over stepped up COVID-19 restrictions
The imposition of more stringent measures by indigenous leaders in their respective communities since the first case of the deadly coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was confirmed in Region Nine has resulted in conflict between village leaders and the Rupununi Miners
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Metro Service Group: “Our Top Priority is the Safety of our Team Members”
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Friends and Former Media Colleagues React to Death of Beloved Sports Journalist Roger B. Brown
As news hit on May 18th that legendary DFW sports journalist Roger B. Brown passed away days after his 61st birthday, many of his friends and former media colleagues took to social media to express their feelings about the beloved “Roger
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Virtual Guyana Carnival parade set for Independence
The Guyana Carnival committee is set to host a virtual masquerade parade on Independence Day, May 26, after its planned celebrations were scuttled by the COVID-19
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