Religion and Spirituality
Religious organisations implement mix of measures to combat COVID-19
by Samuel Sukhnandan Most places of worship have reopened with strict guidelines, but Roman Catholic parishes and Hindu temples are...
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Political, religious, race relations organisations call for unity, peace on Eid-ul-Adha
As Guyana observes Eid-ul-Adha today (Friday) Guyanese leaders, political and religious organizations have all come together to call for greater...
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Guyanese Roman Catholic priest appointed Bishop in Jamaica
Bishop John Persaud Pope Francis has appointed Guyanese Roman Catholic Priest Father John Derek Persaud as the Bishop of Mandeville,...
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Eid-ul-Fit’r is Sunday… Muslims urged to help unite Guyana, pray for “courageous agents of mercy” during COVID-19
The Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG) informed all Muslims that the crescent for the month of Shawwal has been...
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Roman Catholic, Anglican churches cancel all Masses over Covid-19 fears
The Roman Catholic Church's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Georgetown and the Anglican Diocese of...
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Pandit rejects police claims that he touched girl who later committed suicide
Attorney-at-Law, Sanjeev Datadin is denying that the police ever questioned a West Demerara Hindu pandit about touching a 13-year-old girl...
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2020 elections candidate under investigation for alleged sexual offence; victim’s suicide
A Hindu priest and candidate for the 2020 general elections is being investigated for alleged violation of the Sexual Offences...
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Christian political party calls for return of death penalty, cat-o’-nine tails to fight crime
Leader of the People's Republic Party (PRP), Timothy Norton (right). The People's Republic Party (PRP), a mainly Christian political party,...
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Suspect in stabbing of Orthodox Jews in New York is of Guyanese parentage
Grafton Thomas (BBC photo) The man accused of stabbing five Orthodox Jews in Monsey, New York is of Guyanese parentage,...
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Drug treatment court to be established; Twelve Tribes Rasta group opposes immediate marijuana legalisation
Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo. Even as the Twelve Tribes of Israel Rastafarian group urged...
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