Last Updated on Thursday, 14 April 2016, 11:18 by There needs to be some additional investigation into the deaths of at least two of the 17 inmates that died in the Camp Street Prison Riot on March 3, says Fire Chief Marlon Gentle. The Fire Chief made the statement while testifying for a second day at the Commission of Inquiry into ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 21:45 by Dear Editor, The sitting Commissioner of Police, Mr. Seelall Persaud, in a recent interview published by “Demerara Waves” sought to do the following: Disrespect a Cabinet decision of the PPP/C administration. Besmirch the character of the then Minister of Home Affairs; Clement J. Rohee. Denigrate the efficacy of the Strategic Management ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 17:51 by Denis Chabrol The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Wednesday announced that Attorney-at-Law, Nigel Hughes has put his resignation as party Chairman on hold until a review is conducted, following a meeting with party leader, Khemraj Ramjattan. “After a most productive working session it was agreed that Chairman Hughes’s resignation will not ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 15:41 by Fire Chief Marlon Gentle has testified that anything could have happened during the Camp Street Prison riot – citing the possibility of a major prison escape at the principal penal center in Guyana. Gentle made the statement while giving testimony at the Commission of Inquiry into the Camp Street Prison disturbances ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 14:12 by Denis Chabrol Political analyst, Dr. Henry Jeffrey is urging that State Minister Joseph Harmon’s powers be looked at in a manner that is sensible and beneficial to the Guyana. Dr Jeffrey, in an invited comment, told Demerara Waves Online News that at least one of the portfolios that Harmon now presides ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 13:32 by Denis Chabrol Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan on Wednesday dismissed stakeholder concerns pertaining to “strange” administrative recommendations made by Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud- virtually stating his confidence in the Police Chief. “He (Commissioner) is not abusing  anything,” Ramjattan insisted when asked his opinion on the scrapping of the Strategic Management Department (SMD). ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 12:29 by Denis Chabrol The Netherlands will later this year begin mapping the drainage system in flood-prone Georgetown, Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson announced. Four doctoral scholars, he said, would be going to Guyana  in July under the auspices of the Dutch Risk Reduction (DDR) Team to lay the groundwork for effective drainage ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 11:56 by Denis Chabrol Guyana and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on Wednesday launched a US$30 million sea defence rehabilitation project that is aimed at protecting at least 45,000 persons in several areas from floods and help improve investor confidence especially in agriculture. Officials said the Barbados-based CDB would contribute US$25 million and ...