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Doubles pair Priyanna Ramdhani of Guyana and Chequeda de Boulet of Trinidad and Tobago copped bronze in the Costa Rica Future Series, losing their semi-final match in the Women’s Doubles on Friday. The pair lost in straight sets, 21-10, 21-11, to Fernanda Munar and Rafaela Munar of Peru to end their campaign in the tournament.
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Special development zones, which could have tax-free incentives for investors, are being developed by the government in key areas across Guyana and President Dr. Irfaan Ali said these spaces could be identified in the 2025 National Budget. This venture is part of the government’s plans to diversify the economy, with a specific focus on the
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An unidentified female of mixed ancestry died Friday morning after being struck by a lorry on Lusignan Railway Embankment Road, East Coast Demerara. The fatal accident occurred around 7:45 hrs in the vicinity of the Lusignan Prison Road. The accident involved motor lorry GAE 3066, driven by 29-year-old Brian Aron Lee from Burma, Mahaicony, East
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DB Schenker, the globally-recognised logistics company, has entered the Guyanese market through a partnership with local company, HugSol Logistics. HugSol falls under the CKHL Shipping and Logistics Group umbrella. The company hopes to offer significantly enhanced logistics services in Guyana. “The arrival of DB Schenker is not merely a corporate expansion. “It represents a vote
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Cristiano Ronaldo has hit one billion total followers across his various social media accounts, making him the first person to reach that mind-boggling figure. The number is calculated by combining his total number of followers across Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Chinese social media sites Weibo and Kuaishou. It does not equate to one billion
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The fraud trial into the 2020 General and Regional Elections has been beset by numerous delays and on Thursday, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo questioned whether some of the accused persons and parties were benefiting from preferential treatment from members of the judiciary. Jagdeo, the General Secretary of the governing People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C),
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Following media reports of ITEL Guyana’s plan to cease operations locally, affecting more than 400 hundred workers, the Ministry of Labour has since engaged the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company. During an interview on Wednesday, Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton said his ministry is working with the call centre at Camp & Robb Streets, Georgetown,
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Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan has said his son Azam‘s confidence has taken a beating because of the inability of the Pakistan selectors and team management to give him a consistent run in the side. Moin took the example of the T20 World Cup earlier this year in the West Indies and the USA, Azam’s most recent appearance
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Director of Projects at the Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) Marlon Daniels has said that within the next two to three years, new water distribution lines would be installed across the entire City, replacing the ones that were installed as way back as the 1930s. That process has commenced. He spoke to the News Room about
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Elizabeth Albares Nabaro, a 32-year-old Venezuelan doctor at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, sustained severe head injuries in a serious road accident Thursday morning. The incident occurred around 7:50 hrs on Forth Canje Public Road, Berbice. Nabaro, who works in the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit, was struck by a motor lorry while crossing the
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