Rupununi Music and Art Festival essential tool to bridge cultural gap – Minister Allicock Page 13
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Issue No. 3139
THE BEACON OF TRUTH
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
PRICE
GECOM chairmanship
WHAT'S INSIDE:
AG finally concedes Article 161 (2) qualifies 2 categories of persons – PPP
Christians observe Ash Wednesday P13 today
…says Constitution does not accord any preference
…Jagdeo to submit new list of nominees VAT on services
“Where is the good life?”
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– concerned citizens stage multiple protests at Finance Ministry, GRA
Armed bandits beat, terrorise Berbice Page 15 teacher
4 Guyanese arrested in US$125M cocaine haul
$80 vat included
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Drug shortages hit Region 2 P16 …patients severely affected
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Linden Town Clerk to be reinstated P12
Mastermind P7 in Tain execution remanded Kato Hospital not functioning for past 8 months
– largest bust in the Atlantic in nearly 20 years US Coast Guards have seized some 4.2 tonnes of cocaine in the largest maritime bust in the Atlantic in nearly 20 years with an estimated street value of US$125 million aboard the fishing vessel Lady Michelle
Parking meter burden
Judge to determine court’s jurisdiction Page 10
Ramkarran’s assertions on Page term limits 14 “irrational”– PPP stalwart …says former party member consumed by bitterness
P11
Guyana-Venezuela border controversy
UN appoints P11 Norwegian diplomat to mediate