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With persistent complaints from the Guyanese public over the current crime situation, the Guyana Police Force is reporting a 19% decrease in the crime rate. Police in a release confirmed that it has recorded a 19% decrease in serious crimes at the end of April this year relative to the same period last year. In the release, Police say there ...

Although a United Kingdom-based cruise company appeared to have shelved a demand for compensation because a cruise ship aborted plans to dock at Port Georgetown, strong recommendations have been made for modern training of pilots and the installation of proper navigational aids. Demerara Waves Online News was told that the cruise company, All Leisure Holdings Limited, was claiming from the ...

The Council of the University of Guyana on Tuesday announced that Professor Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith has accepted its offer to become Principal and Vice-Chancellor. “Professor Griffith was selected after an exhaustive national, regional and international search, short listing of three candidates and evaluation based on a series of lectures, the candidates’ credentials and an interview by the Search Committee appointed ...

  After Town Clerk Royston King declared that all vendors in the Stabroek Market Square and environs would be moved to a new location, the move is in jeopardy as the businessman objected to vendors with stalls. This comes even as the City Constabulary on Tuesday morning continued to seize the stalls and other vending infrastructure belonging to vendors in ...

  One of the Directors on the National Communications Network (NCN) Board of Directors, Imran Khan has resigned from the board given a decision to move ahead with the appointment of Lennox Cornette as the CEO of the state owned-company. Khan has raised strenuous objections to Cornette’s appointment in the past given that he allegedly forged the signature of a ...

As the City Constabulary continued to seize the stalls belonging to vendors in the Stabroek Market square, the gates to the land they were supposed to occupy were padlocked. On Monday the bus parks where changed with distinct modifications. Vendors could be seen still attempting to secure their belongings as officers from the City Constabulary did their work. However another ...

Serious flooding was avoided after the Ministry of Public Infrastructure and City Hall took action to clear two culverts in Queenstown, Georgetown on Monday (May 2, 2016) morning. Community Coordinator Neilson McKenzie was quoted by the Government Information Agency (GINA) as saying that the two culverts, which drained the areas surrounding to the Demerara Cricket Club Ground and Herdmanston Lodge, were found to ...

The Guyana Foundation says it has been continuing work work on various fronts in recent weeks to bring tangible relief to communities in need. Urgently-needed items were recently distributed to residents of Phillipai, Region 7, and Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara. The Foundation has also announced plans to launch its first Sunrise Center on the Essequibo Coast to improve the mental well-being ...

Two persons, including an employee of Guyana’s National Milling Company (NAMILCO), have been convicted and fined for stealing  several bags of flour from the Agricola, East Bank Demerara-based entity. They are former Dhanuk Dhari and  former Delivery Clerk, Dasrath Ramanan have been found guilty of conspiracy to steal flour from NAMILCO and fined GYD$100,000 each. Former Warehouse Supervisor, Hera Bachan ...

The Guyana Press Association (GPA) and the United States (US) on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2016 – Tuesday- are separately highlighting the importance of Access to Information and free media in propelling Guyana’s political and economic development. At the same time, the GPA cautioned against the potential entrenchment of criminal defamation should the Cyber Crime Bill be ...