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Amazon Warriors among big winners in Guyana’s Independence Float Parade

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Georgetown, Guyana: Two-time finalists of the Caribbean Premiere League (CPL) T20 Cricket, the Guyana Amazon Warriors team was named first place winner in the ‘Semi-Costume’ category of Guyana’s Float and Costume Band Parade which was held on May 26, 2016 as part of activities to celebrate the country’s 50th year of Independence. The Ministry of Education, on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, announced the winners of various categories of the national event which saw twenty–nine groups participating. With two fully loaded trucks on the road, hundreds of cricket fans and supporters…

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Guyanese teen killed in NY apartment told cops who shooter was

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…moments before she died A bleeding Guyanese-born Brooklyn baby-sitter shared the first name of her cold-blooded killer with cops before taking her final breath, police sources said Wednesday. A barely conscious Shemel Mercurius, lying on a toy car in her family’s Brooklyn apartment in New York, died from gunshot wounds shortly after fingering her killer, the New York Daily News reported. Cops withheld the suspect’s name as a video surfaced showing a man armed with an assault rifle coercing his way inside the home where the 16-year-old was babysitting her…

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Mahaica woman hacked to death by jealous husband

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Residents in Chelsea village, Mahaica, have plunged into a state of mourning and are still in disbelief after learning of the details leading up to the gruesome murder of 31-year-old Candacy Pitt who died at the hands of her husband. For the past 13 years Candacy and her now 41-year-old husband, Athlone Pitt, had their shares of ‘ups and downs’ like any other married couple but as time passed the intensity of their arguments escalated.  This eventually led to Athlone publicly insulting his wife and even telling neighbours and family…

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Jagdeo warns ‘economy could hit rock bottom’

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… says Govt must focus on well planned out approach urgently Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has warned the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change  (APNU/AFC) Government that Guyana’s economy could soon hit rock bottom – a situation that would affect every citizen – and that a well planned out approach is urgently needed to keep this from happening. He made this pronouncement on Wednesday, even as he called on the Administration to “wake up” and acknowledge the problem so that a remedy could be derived. Jagdeo was at the…

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Amazon Warriors hoping to lift CPL title

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– 2016 fixtures announced The Guyana Amazon Warriors have announced their fixtures for the forthcoming 2016 HERO Caribbean Premier League (CPL) campaign and will open the home series of matches with an evening clash against Jamaica Tallawahs on Thursday, 7 July. On the weekend of 9 and 10 July they will then host St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots and Trinbago Knight Riders before completing the block of matches with a final home game against St. Lucia Zouks on Tuesday, 12 July. The Warriors will be led this year by New…

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Gov’t should send strong message against corruption – David Hinds

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Political commentator Dr David Hinds has said while he agreed with President David Granger that it might be difficult to persecute every person found culpable in the reports of the recently concluded State Audits, Government should go after some instances of corruption to send a very stern message. Speaking with Guyana Times International in an exclusive interview on Tuesday, Hinds, an executive of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), one of the partners in the coalition Government, said there have to be some cases of “blatant corruption”, carried out by some…

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‘Time to go plastic’ – Ramjattan urges citizens as robberies increase

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In light of a number of armed robberies that involved victims who would have just exited commercial banks, the need to carry less cash and more credit or debit cards is again coming to the fore. The Government Information Agency (GINA) quoted Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan as the most recent public official to call for more persons to ‘go plastic’. Minister Ramjattan made the call as he was responding to questions about the role of citizens in the crime fight. The Minister, while speaking at the Golden Jubilee National…

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‘No new vendors permitted within Georgetown’ – M&CC declares

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The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) today reiterated that “no new vendors are permitted within the city”. The M&CC in a statement said “it was recognised that new persons are applying to become vendors, while others seem to be taking advantage of the relocation situation”. Mayor Patricia Chase-Green, in her announcements during Monday’s Statutory Meeting, informed Councilors that the Municipality had received numerous complaints from vendors about new persons occupying spots where they once vended before their relocation. She said that new persons are also turning up to say that…

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President Obama’s representative meets with President David Granger

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Mr. Juan Gonzalez, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, United States Department of State, on Wednesday met with President David Granger at the Ministry of the Presidency. He was accompanied by United States Ambassador to Guyana, Mr. Perry Holloway, Commander Michael White of the United States Embassy in Guyana, Captain Robert Landolfi, US Coast Guard and Ms. Dawn Leavitt. Mr. Gonzalez is in Guyana for the Golden Jubilee Anniversary of Independence Celebrations. In an invited comment, Mr. Gonzalez said that it was an honour to be in Guyana…

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Barbadian PM to be bestowed the ‘Order of Roraima’

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President David Granger, on Wednesday, received a courtesy call from Prime Minister of Barbados, Honourable Freundel Stuart, Q.C, M.P., at the Ministry of the Presidency in Georgetown, Guyana.  Prime Minister Stuart is in Guyana for the observance of the nation’s Golden Jubilee Anniversary of Independence. President Granger will, on Thursday, bestow upon the Prime Minister the Order of Roraima at an Investiture Ceremony to be held at State House. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Carl Greenidge also attended the meeting. The Hon. Freundel J. Stuart, Q.C., M.P., has been described…

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