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The Night of Legends Concert promises to be a night to remember with artists like Eddy Grant, Terry Garaj, Mighty Rebel and Dave Martins, set to grace the stage on August 9 at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence. The Guyana Festival Committee on Monday announced the more than 16 artistes who would be performing at the concert as part of the inaugural Guyana Festival – set to be the country’s showcase – during a launch at the Housing Ministry’s boardroom. Acting Tourism, Industry and Commerce Minister Irfaan Ali stated that…

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Minister within the Agriculture Ministry Alli Baksh said young people are gravitating to gold mining as they are not too interested in farm labour. According to Baksh, this is a major problem facing the agricultural sector today, noting that if it is not addressed, it will negatively impact the sector in the not so distant future. The Minister was at the time speaking at the Guyana Agricultural Producer’s Association (GAPA) Regional Conference, attended by scores of farmers on Friday, at the Anna Regina Town Council. The conference was held under…

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Guyana is to soon begin a fierce lobby for its current Ambassador to Costa Rica Bayney Karran to be given the nod by Caricom for the position of Assistant Secretary General (AGS) of the Organisation of American States (OAS) when the position becomes vacant next year. However, Karran will be up against Belize Ambassador to the US Nestor Menez, who has also expressed an interest in the post. Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett said Guyana will be hoping that at the level of Caricom, there will be broad support for…

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After taking it upon himself to pour methylated spirits on the hands of a 19-year-old boy and then setting them alight at the Sparendaam Police Station, the aberrant police officer got the father of the teen to sign a document for Gy$100,000, which was handed over to him. This publication was informed that the intention of the police officer was to induce the relatives of the young man to consider it as a form of compensation, thus persuading them from pursuing the matter in court. However, attorney-at-law Dexter Todd told…

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Less than a week after being crowned Miss World Guyana, 22-year-old Rafieya Husain is already promoting her platform of domestic violence, and promises to build a shelter for abused victims in her native Essequibo County. On a recent visit to Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam, she met with Regional Chairman Parmanand Persaud and Regional Executive Officer (REO) Sunil Singh and outlined her plans. Husain is presently trying to identify the land and, once that is secured, then construction of the building will commence. She intends to raise funds to help in the…

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Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar has refused to sign into law an opposition-approved amendment to one of the Local Government laws that would have seen Local Government elections held in another two months. Using their one-seat majority, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) earlier this year approved an amendment to the Local Authorities (Amendment) (Elections) Bill 2014 for the holding of local government polls on or before August 1, 2014. But President Ramotar on May 30 wrote House Speaker, Raphael Trotman informing that he was…

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… will be sent to President Ramotar on June 21 With two months to go before Guyana and other members of the Caribbean Community observe African Emancipation Day, Guyana Reparations Committee Chairman, Eric Phillips has since disclosed that the committee’s report has already been drafted and will be handed over to President Donald Ramotar on June 21. In an exclusive interview with Guyana Times International, Phillips in providing an update on the committee’s report which was supposed to have been completed by June 1, stated that the date was not…

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The two police officers, Roslyn Tilbury and Devin Singh accused and charged for assaulting and causing actual bodily harm to Colwyn Harding made their second court appearance before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Providence Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday morning. Speaking to Guyana Times International via telephone, the defendants’ lawyer, Attorney Leslie Sobers (he represented the number one accused Devin Singh in the absence of his lawyer), related that the Police Prosecutor assigned to the case, Sergeant Shelon Daniels informed the Court that she wished to recuse herself from prosecuting her…

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The Guyana government on Sunday expressed deep concern at the decision by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to relocate the 3rd Test Match with New Zealand and denied the governing body’s assertion that the recently passed Cricket Administration Bill would result in governmental interference in the management of the game. The government also accused the WICB of seeking to violate Guyana’s sovereignty. “It is hoped, that the arrogance and contempt assumed by the WICB, as it purports to give directions to a sovereign Government of a CARICOM member state,…

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– witness testifies to voting multiple times The Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday heard how the party of the late Forbes Burnham allegedly practised  vote-rigging during elections, with a former executive of the People’s National Congress revealing that he and others were transported by bus to various polling stations to vote multiple times. Joseph Hamilton, a former priest of the House of Israel- a notorious religious cult allegedly used by the PNC back in the 1980s to beat up political opponents-testified that the Government then had frequently been…

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