Last Updated on Sunday, 24 April 2016, 13:42 by Denis Chabrol by Dr. David Hinds Ras Michael Jeune was my friend, my mentor, my brother. In a little wooden house at Buxton-Friendship Line Top he taught me and others how to write and read poetry and how to write period. He taught us drama and storytelling and short story writing. ...

Last Updated on Friday, 22 April 2016, 23:59 by Denis Chabrol In the wake of last month’s violence at the Georgetown Prison that claimed the lives of 17 inmates, President David Granger Friday announced plans to for a “massive” movement of  a number of prisoners to the Mazaruni Prison. “The problems will not be resolved unless there is a massive ...

Last Updated on Friday, 22 April 2016, 20:25 by Two days after the President of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) Chris Ram, stormed out of the Camp Street Prison Commission of Inquiry (CoI) withdrawing the group’s participation, the Commission Chairman retired Justice James Patterson has come out swinging at Ram for what he deemed a display of childishness. At the ...

Last Updated on Monday, 25 April 2016, 7:07 by Denis Chabrol The man, who police said confessed to killing his child’s mother and dumping her body  in a canal, was Friday arraigned for the indictable charge of murder. Cleavaughn ‘Quarters’ Hamilton  of Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara was not required to plead to the charge.  After the charge was read to ...

Last Updated on Friday, 22 April 2016, 13:57 by Cadet Prison Officer and the Head of the task force that was activated to deal with rioting prisoners on March 3 had some grueling questions of his own when he appeared before the Commission of Inquiry into the Camp Street Prison disturbances on Friday. Udistair Holligan, a key respondent during the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 22 April 2016, 10:59 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force says that at about 1515h. yesterday Thursday April 21, 2016, Constable 20060 Randy Claxton and another rank were on anti-crime patrol on motor cycles at New Market Street, Rosehall, Corentyne, when they saw Keno Thomas who is wanted pending investigations into an armed robbery.   ...

Last Updated on Friday, 22 April 2016, 9:51 by Customs and Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) Head James Singh has confirmed that a popular sawmill owner, one of his employees and a broker are still in custody following a huge drug bust on Thursday. Singh confirmed that authorities intercepted 48 kilograms of cocaine with an estimated US street value of US$35,000 per ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 21 April 2016, 19:44 by Denis Chabrol Guyanese anti-drug agents Thursday discovered what is likely to emerge as a huge quantity of cocaine stashed in plywood in that was about to be shipped to the United States (US), Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Agency, James Singh said. He told Demerara Waves Online News that the Customs Anti-Narcotics ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 21 April 2016, 18:21 by Denis Chabrol The controversial Environmental Tax which saw the Government of Guyana having to pay millions of dollar to a beverage company is still haunting the Government as two other importers look to cash in with similar lawsuits. Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams at a press conference on Thursday said ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 21 April 2016, 18:17 by Denis Chabrol Demerara Waves Online News hereby retracts the insinuations, allegations and contents of a previously published article that the Minister of State, Joseph Harmon might have been involved in ordering the Cheddi Jagan International Airport transfer the GA2000 hangar to BK International. Demerara Waves hereby further issues an unqualified apology for ...