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With the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) moving towards qualified coaches travelling with national teams from January 2026, the South American Federation (FESUPO) has started to ensure that its affiliates fall in line with this requirement. Preceding the 2024 edition of the South American Women’s and Men’s Classic Powerlifting Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the IPF
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See Press Release issued by Cricket West Indies Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Friday announced the re-election of Azim Bassarath to the role of Vice-President of its Board of Directors. Pursuant to the CWI Articles of Association, a Special Meeting of Members was convened on Friday, September 20, 2024, for the sole purpose of electing
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Quai Craft Chocolate, a Guyanese small business, recently copped an award at the 2024 Latin/ South America and Caribbean competition of the International Chocolate Awards. Quai’s 70% cinnamon sorrel chocolate bar copped a bronze award. “It is the first time in the history of Guyana that a locally crafted chocolate is being recognised on such
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On Friday, a heartwarming initiative unfolded as nine trainee teachers with disabilities inclusive of current and recent graduates of the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) Special Education Needs Programme, were gifted laptops. This generous contribution came from the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD), with support from the Church of Latter-Day
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In a tragic incident at the G2 Minerals Guyana Inc. compound in Oku Backdam, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, 30-year-old mammologist Meshach Pierre was found dead on Thursday. His body was discovered in a shared accommodation just before the afternoon work shift was set to begin. Police said Pierre had been conducting a mammal survey at the site since
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A radio host who was arrested with just over 30 lbs of marijuana earlier on Friday on the Weldaad Public Road has made her first court appearance. Shaima Muna, 27, a radio host and singer from Charlestown, Georgetown, appeared at the Weldaad Magistrates’ Court, where she was charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose
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President Dr. Irfaan Ali has called on overseas large-scale operators and investors to explore opportunities in Guyana’s tourism sector and consider partnerships with local businesses. “(We want to) bring in the large-scale tourism operators and tourism investors so they can see the product we have because we are investing in the hinterland, in airstrips, in
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A $261 million pump station has been commissioned in Cozier, Lower Pomeroon, Region Two, bringing improved drainage and irrigation to hundreds of farmers in the area. The rehabilitation project benefits approximately 5000 acres of cash crop, and entailed rehabilitation of the existing structure and installation of an additional pump that suffered damages some years ago. The wooden sluice
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A female radio host was arrested early Friday morning during a police stop-and-search operation on the Weldaad Public Road. Shaima Muna, a 27-year-old radio personality and local singer from Charlestown, Georgetown, found herself in a precarious situation when officers from the Weldaad Police Station noticed her visibly anxious demeanor while driving the vehicle, registered as
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The Government of Guyana invited qualified firms to submit proposals for a second natural gas-fired power plant at Wales, West Bank Demerara (WBD). According to the Request for Proposals (RFP), published in the Friday edition of the Guyana Chronicle newspaper, the government wants an investor to design, finance and operate the project. It is part
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