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Daily Archives: August 16, 2024

August 16, 2024
August 16, 2024
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SECOND TEST: Markram and Verreynne help South Africa wrestle control

The decisive second Test, which initially seemed set to end in three days, has now been returned to some semblance...

August 16, 2024
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Cemetery Road fully operational, hundreds of vehicles traversing it daily

After more than a year of work which was stalled on several occasions after facing numerous challenges, Cemetery Road in...

August 16, 2024
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Fatal Bartica fire caused by overheating fan

The Guyana Fire Service has confirmed that the fire which devastated a home in Bartica on July 24 was caused...

August 16, 2024
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Free resource maps launched to boost mining and forestry sectors

The Ministry of Natural Resources has launched its Mineral Mapping Resource Allocation Map and its Forestry Resource Allocation Map that...

August 16, 2024
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‘Great opportunities’ for investors as Guyana & Suriname twin development

Neighbouring Guyana and Suriname are supporting each other’s development and Dr. Peter Ramsaroop believes this collaboration presents more opportunities for...

August 16, 2024
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GWI to implement smart meter programme later this year

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is currently upgrading its services with the use of technology and later this year, the...

August 16, 2024
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Labourer arrested with improvised firearm at street party

A 24-year-old labourer of Block ‘F’ North, Sophia, Greater Georgetown was arrested just after midnight on Friday with an orange...

August 16, 2024
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Kriya yoga introduced to Guyana, future programmes to come

The Kriya Yoga Institute brought its work to Guyana recently, providing a free lecture to the public on the ancient...

August 16, 2024
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Security guard to spend six years in jail for larceny, escaping police custody

Jamal Halley, a 19-year-old security guard of Sophia, Georgetown was sentenced to six years imprisonment on Thursday after being charged...

August 16, 2024
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Police seize suspected stolen motor blowers during operation in Black Bush Polder

During a joint police operation conducted on Thursday between 10:00 and 14:30 hrs, law enforcement officials seized three motor blowers...

August 16, 2024
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Police disrupt planned protest in Sophia

Police intervened Thursday morning in response to a protest that blocked Denis Street, Sophia and managed to remove the obstruction,...

August 16, 2024
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Businessman arrested with 6.3 grams of cocaine

A 37-year-old businessman was arrested on Thursday evening after he was found with 6.3 grams of cocaine. Yancy Garraway was...

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