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By Rawle Toney On May 29, 2004, she etched her place in Guyana’s history, becoming the first female World Champion following a 10 round Unanimous Decision victory over American Kathy Rivers at National Park and today, Gwendolyn O’Neil still sits on the throne of the World’s Heavyweights. The Women International Boxing Association (WIBA) considered as […]
(US Embassy) Five students and one mentor representing several regions of Guyana have embarked on a three week exchange program to the United States known as the Youth Ambassadors Program (YAP). The YAP group arrived in Denver, Colorado Sunday, October 6, and will travel to Washington D.C. before the program concludes October 29, 2013. Representing Guyana […]
The 19-year- old Albouystown man, Mario Gouveia who was shot to the face by the Police two Saturday nights ago and died at the Georgetown Hospital last Monday may not have died from his gunshot wound, raising new questions about how the suspected bandit passed away at the Georgetown Hospital. Relatives say a post-mortem examination carried […]
The Personal Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela, Mr. Norman Girvan met with officials from the two countries last week in wake of the arrest by Venezuela of an oil exploration vessel that was in Guyana’s waters. The meeting with the UN Good Officer was described by […]
The US Embassy in Georgetown announced on Monday that Ambassador D. Brent Hardt recently met with Volunteer Youth Corps. Head, Goldie Scott upon her return from the United States after participating in the prestigious Embassy-sponsored International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) exchange. According to the Embassy, Scott, who is Chief Executive Officer of the Volunteer Youth Corps […]
The Guyana Defence Force on Monday morning announced that it has set up a Board of Inquiry to report on any breaches of the Standard Operating Procedures for the handling and accounting for ammunition at the Colonel John Clarke Military Training School at Takama. The decision by the GDF comes in wake of the discovery […]
Police on Friday afternoon shot a suspected bandit dead at Good Faith, Mahaicony after a home owner found two men breaking into his house and summoned the Police. According to reports just after 1 o’ clock on Friday afternoon, Mahaicony resident Veerapen Jebode returned home and fount that his home had been broken into and […]
Three persons who were passengers in a Route 72 Mahdia bus, died on Friday morning when the bus slammed into a heavy duty truck at Coverden on the East Bank of Demerara. The accident took place just after 10 am. Persons in the area recalled hearing the loud impact before noticing persons scattered to the […]
Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Irfaan Ali, is urging all businesses to petition the U.S Department of Transportation to allow Fly Jamaica to operate direct flights between Guyana and New York. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Minister Ali reiterated the need for all stakeholders, including the business community to rally in support of the […]
(CARICOM Secretariat) The Caribbean Community is deeply concerned by the ruling of 23 September 2013, of the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic on nationality which modifies retroactively legislation which bestowed citizenship on persons born in the Dominican Republic during the period 1929-2010. As a result of the ruling, which considers migrants entering the […]
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