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KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Caribbean Premier League organisers say the initial response to ticket sales for the Florida leg of the Twenty20 tournament have been encouraging and point to a successful hosting of the matches there. Six games in the CPL will be played at the Lauderhill Stadium in Fort Lauderdale from July 28-31, marking the first time fixtures have been carded outside of the Caribbean region. “What’s interesting is that we went on sale with tickets [approximately two weeks ago] and already we’ve sold close to 5,000 tickets. That’s…

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In the face of the tremendous challenges that rice farmers countrywide have experienced as a result of the El Niño conditions which have resulted in them suffering major losses, they are yet to receive assistance from Government. This information was revealed to Guyana Times International by rice farmers who are yet again calling for assistance. Farmers related to this publication that the General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) and representatives from the Rice Producers Association (RPA) visited a number of rice farmers in Leguan and Wakenaam (Essequibo)…

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-Police hoping to make breakthrough soon as 4 persons remain in custody By Kristen Macklingam An employee of the elderly couple who were burnt to death in their Good Hope, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) home on Sunday night, along with a resident of the same village, is among the four suspects being detained by the police in relation to what many have described as the most “brutal and barbaric” act. Meanwhile, the two other persons in police custody hail from villages close to the home of the dead couple, Mohamed…

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As she waved from a World War II era jeep to onlookers lining the tiny streets of the New York City suburb she now calls home, a sense of pride overcame Faudia Ali-Silletta as she relished in the Saint Patrick’s Day festivities and being crowned  Mrs. New York International 2016 earlier this year. “I am so honoured to take part in such a wonderful American tradition, especially with my family rooting for me,” expressed Faudia. The beauty will next represent New York in her quest for the title of Mrs.…

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Former Leader of the British House of Lords and Director of The School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Baroness Valerie Amos will be a Guest of Honor at the Guyana Independence Celebration in New York. The Celebration which takes place from June 4 – 12, 2016 is being held to commemorate Guyana’s 50th Anniversary of Independence.  Baroness Amos hails from Wakenaam Island, Guyana. She was the first black woman to serve in the British Cabinet as Secretary for International Development in 2003.  Baroness Amos was subsequently…

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… in sex offenders crackdown Forty-four individuals, inclusive of Guyanese nationals, convicted of crimes against children were arrested in New Jersey during the U.S Government’s “Crimes against Children” operation held between April 4 and April 8 this year. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Newark Field Office executed this operation recently as part of the agency’s public safety efforts. According to a release from the U.S. agency, the persons arrested were nationals of Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Guatemala,…

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By Kristen Macklingam Amid widespread reports of discrimination and ‘witch hunting’ by the APNU/AFC Government since its assumption to office just over 10 months ago, Opposition Leader Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has warned that his Party is taking note of all such claims and complaints  and storing them in a specially created ‘database’ for future reference and action. He also made it clear that public officers who practice unlawful and discriminatory acts by taking illegal instructions from political authoritative figures (their seniors) will be in ‘hot water’ if they cannot provide…

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The biological and adopted daughter of 64-year-old Roger Manikam whose gagged body was found along the Coldingen Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara (ECD) were on Thursday jointly charged along with two other males for murder. Manikam’s 12-year-old daughter, his 18-year-old daughter, Nalinie, her 24-year-old boyfriend Veeram Lall aka Adam Dias and his friend 23-year-old Devon Brown appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, ECD, for the indictable offence. The four accused of the heinous crime were not required to plead to the charge when it was read to them by Magistrate…

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Long-standing rivals Barbados Tridents and Guyana Amazon Warriors will clash in the historic opening game, when the Hero Caribbean Premier League hosts matches on United States soil for the first time this year, reports CMC. Lauderhill Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, will play host to the night contest, carded for July 28, and which features the two finalists from the 2014 edition of the tournament. Tridents emerged champions that year and were also good enough to return to the final last year before losing to Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel…

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