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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
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January 12 12:28 AM
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
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January 12 12:26 AM
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January 12 12:26 AM
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January 12 12:24 AM
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Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:24 AM
Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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January 12 12:22 AM
Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — A senior Guyanese official has confirmed that the Caribbean Community (Caricom) country is holding talks with the United St...
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Guyana suspends 100 Brazilian miners
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) says 100 Brazilian miners have been suspended from all mining operations wit...
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – President Dr Irfaan Ali Saturday said Guyana has activated its “security architecture” after the United States bombed sever...
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Brazilian miners die in Guyana after pit collapses
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Brazilian miners die in Guyana after pit collapses
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The Guyana Police Force on Friday said that two Brazilian gold miners died after a mining pit collapsed at Chenapou, North ...
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Guyana to launch national consultation on children’s screen time and social media misuse
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyanese Government says it will launch a national consultation in January to address the growing abuse of social media...
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Guyana exporting locally produced processed goods to Caricom markets
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Guyana exporting locally produced processed goods to Caricom markets
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali says two containers of locally produced agro-processed goods are destined for Caribbean marke...
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Guyana’s non-oil sector registers growth of more than 7%
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Guyana’s non-oil sector registers growth of more than 7%
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Guyana’s non-oil economy grew by 13.8 per cent in the first half of 2025, according to the mid-year economic report. Touris...
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Suspect held in Guyana after mercury from Suriname seized
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December 23, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) -The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) in Guyana says one person is assisting its investigations after mercury, valued at GU...
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Guyana announces $100,000 cash grant to citizens 18 and over
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December 18, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The Guyana government is to provide a GUY$100,000 (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) in cash grant to citizens 18 years and...
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Guyanese man to be sentenced for murdering mother
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Guyanese man to be sentenced for murdering mother
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (CMC) - A Guyanese High Court judge has set January 6 next year as the date for sentencing Deonarine Dookhoo, a Guyanese man who w...
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Guyana to launch five-year blueprint for rapid economic expansion
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Guyana to launch five-year blueprint for rapid economic expansion
November 29, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyana government says it will soon unveil a five-year comprehensive national economic expansion and infrastructure int...
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Guyana sends more emergency relief supplies to Jamaica
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Guyana sends more emergency relief supplies to Jamaica
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Guyana has dispatched its second tranche of emergency relief supplies to Jamaica, following the devastation caused by Hurri...
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Guyana launches workplace national gender equality and empowerment seal
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Guyana launches workplace national gender equality and empowerment seal
November 27, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Guyana has become the first Caribbean country to launch a National Gender Equality and Empowerment Seal, which it says is a...
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Guyanese gov’t says local content to expand
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Guyanese gov’t says local content to expand
November 26, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyanese government says effective from January next year, it will introduce a new structured timeline for reviewing an...
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Guyana pays homage to dancehall culture with Armageddon Sound Clash
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Guyana pays homage to dancehall culture with Armageddon Sound Clash
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
November 20, 2025
Six sound systems representing Japan, Germany, Antigua, Guyana and the United States, will compete for the Armageddon Sound Clash title on January 24,...
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Guyana supports United Nations Security Council adoption of Gaza resolution
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Guyana supports United Nations Security Council adoption of Gaza resolution
November 19, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Guyana has welcomed the adoption by the United Nations (UN) Security Council of a resolution endorsing President Donald Tru...
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Antigua partners with Guyana to cut cost of living
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Antigua partners with Guyana to cut cost of living
November 14, 2025
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Antigua and Barbuda says it has reached an agreement with Guyana to collaborate on a new food import initiative aimed at re...
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Guyana’s oil production hits 900,000 barrels per day
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Guyana’s oil production hits 900,000 barrels per day
November 12, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — ExxonMobil Guyana Limited on Wednesday announced that the daily production in the Stabroek Block has increased to 900,000 b...
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Guyana and Suriname to raise US$1 billion for infrastructure projects
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Guyana and Suriname to raise US$1 billion for infrastructure projects
November 12, 2025
BELÉM, Brazil (CMC) – Guyana and Suriname are among seven  Amazon countries that have launched a new initiative aimed mobilising more than US$1 billio...
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Guyana signs production sharing agreements with international oil and gas firms
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Guyana signs production sharing agreements with international oil and gas firms
November 11, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) –  The Guyanese government Tuesday signed a  production sharing agreement for the shallow-water Block S4 offshore Guyana with...
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Guyana to introduce website to report bullying schools
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Guyana to introduce website to report bullying schools
November 10, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Guyana's education ministry has announced plans to introduce moral and civic education as part of the national school curri...
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Guyanese gov’t outlines new initiatives for increased rice production
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Guyanese gov’t outlines new initiatives for increased rice production
November 10, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) - The Guyana government says it has injected more than GUY$7.2 billion (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) in the rice industr...
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January 12, 2026
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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January 12, 2026
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