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Residents of Vilvoorden and neighbouring Fairfield on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two, say they are “living in ashes” — choking daily on thick clouds of dust and smoke from the Vilvoordeen Investment Inc’s rice mill, an operation they have accused of destroying their quality of life and refusing to heed to years of complaints and…
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Local businesses were on Tuesday urged by Senior Minister with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh to invest and expand amid Guyana’s rapid emergence as a global trade player. Speaking at the official launch ceremony of the World Trade Center Georgetown, a first of its kind in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM, Dr. Singh said country’s…
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The trial into the March 2020 General and Regional elections resumed on Tuesday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts following the last hearing on September 26. At the start of the proceedings, Magistrate Faith McGusty informed the court that she received a letter from defense attorney Eusi Anderson stating that he would be absent this week…
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Akeal Hosein reached his hotel room in Dhaka at 4:00am on Tuesday. The West Indies selectors summoned him for the second ODI, following two injuries in the squad. Hosein joined the team in the bus to the Shere Bangla National Stadium around noon. By the end of the night, he was bowling the Super Over for West Indies, defending 10 runs….
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(NBC 6 NEWS)- Tropical Storm Melissa formed in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday and could become a hurricane later this week, forecasters said. Melissa had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph and was moving west at 14 mph about 300 miles south of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, according to the first advisory from the National Hurricane Center…
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West Indies prevailed over Bangladesh in the Super Over, beating the home side in Dhaka by one run. Akeal Hosein delivered an imperfect final over in extra time, defending 10 runs, but he kept Bangladesh in check with several dots mixed with wides and no-balls. Saif Hassan, Soumya Sarkar and Najmul Hossain Shanto couldn’t do the…
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A superb all-round performance from Nityanand Mathura and a four-wicket haul from off-spinner Devindra Krishnalall highlighted a commanding eight-wicket victory for Everest against Diplomats on Sunday (October 19) in the Georgetown Cricket Association’s NBS Second Division 40-over cricket competition. In the other match last weekend, Guyana Defence Force (GDF) lost a close, high-scoring encounter against…
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Tributes are pouring in for Indian actor Govardhan Asrani, who died this week at the age of 84. Asrani, popularly known by his last name, was suffering from a brief illness and died at a hospital in Mumbai city on Monday, his manager told BBC Hindi. Over a career spanning more than 50 years, Asrani…
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A theatre in Mumbai is celebrating 30 years of screening a much-loved Bollywood romance that has become India’s longest-running film. On Monday (October 20), Maratha Mandir theatre in Mumbai, the financial capital of India, marked three decades of daily screenings of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (The Bravehearted Will Take the Bride), which shot actors Shah…
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See below the full statement from the AFC:   The Alliance For Change (AFC) has noted reports in the media regarding the arrest of former AFC Member of Parliament, Mr. Devin Sears, and another individual in connection with the discovery of a quantity of suspected marijuana. We note that another individual who was in the…
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