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Lausanne, one of 3×3’s heavyweights, will journey to Georgetown for the One Guyana 3×3 Quest, set for April 5-6 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The tournament’s winning team will earn a coveted spot in Edmonton, Canada, one of the circuit’s most celebrated stops on the 3×3 World Tour. After a seventh-place finish at the
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Press Release from Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire Insurance Company Limited The Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire Insurance Company Limited, Guyana’s longest established and AM Best rated insurer, is pleased to announce its sponsorship towards rising squash star Emily Fung-A-Fat by covering her national coach costs for the year. This strategy reflects the company’s commitment to youth development and
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As part of its effort to eliminate the disease, the Government has been working to develop an Artificial Intelligence-based application to be used for the testing of the mosquito-borne disease, malaria. This is being done through a partnership with Harvard University. “We have been working on an app where this AI step we are developing
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Police arrested three persons, including a couple, after they allegedly stormed a Success, East Coast Demerara Chinese supermarket and carried out a brazen robbery. The suspects in custody are Cleveland Cross, a 28-year-old construction worker, 25-year-old Orwin Smith, and his girlfriend, Showana Sobers. The News Room was informed that ranks arrested Cross at his Graham
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Defending champions Guyana Defence Force (GDF) suffered a 2-1 defeat to Western Tigers in their opening match of the seventh Elite League season at the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) National Training Centre in Providence. The loss represents a significant setback for the two-time defending champions. Last season, they faced a tight title race, narrowly edging
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The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has received a significant boost from a donation of rugby kits from the UK-based charity SOS Kits Aid. British High Commissioner Jane Miller presented the equipment, a mix of new and pre-loved gear, on behalf of the charity, which aims to support rugby development globally. The donation will benefit
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Lewis Hamilton said his first race for Ferrari was “a big crash course” after he finished 10th in a chaotic Australian Grand Prix. The seven-time champion led the race briefly but an incorrect strategy call as rain hit late in the race led to him dropping down the field. Hamilton said: “It felt like I
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Lando Norris mastered treacherous, changing conditions in a dramatic, incident-packed race to beat Max Verstappen and win the Australian Grand Prix. Norris and his McLaren team made the right calls in a race punctuated by crashes, three safety cars and an aborted start as the Briton put together a statement drive at the start of
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See below the full proclamation from US President Donald Trump:  Tren de Aragua (TdA) is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization with thousands of members, many of whom have unlawfully infiltrated the United States and are conducting irregular warfare and undertaking hostile actions against the United States. TdA operates in conjunction with Cártel de los Soles,
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(Reuters) President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked a little-used wartime law to expedite the deportation of alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, saying the country was facing an “invasion” from a criminal organization that has been linked to kidnapping, extortion, organized crime and contract killings. In invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798,
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