Last Updated on Friday, 6 May 2016, 16:47 by Denis Chabrol The Full Court of the High Court on Friday ordered the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) to halt the sending home or re-deployment of hundreds of sugar workers stationed at the Wales Sugar Estate until they are consulted in keeping with the law. The order was secured by the Guyana ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 May 2016, 15:47 by Denis Chabrol A security guard, who was employed at the Princess Ramada Hotel, and two other men were Friday charged with an GYD$8.5 million robbery committed at the Princess Casino late last month. Appearing before Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan,  the trio Wayne Griffith, 29,  Junior Stewart, 30 of Thomas Street, ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 May 2016, 16:56 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger on Friday endorsed the clean-up of the Stabroek Market Square and called on the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown to hasten efforts to prepare and provide an alternative location for the vendors, who have been removed from the Stabroek Market Square. “I deeply regret that ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 May 2016, 13:43 by On Friday morning again the Town Clerk and City Council of Georgetown faced off in a clash and heated exchange over plans to relocate vendors outside of the Stabroek Market and restore order to the Market square. After vendors protested over the past few days over the move, the Town Clerk ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 May 2016, 8:17 by Denis Chabrol Digicel (Guyana) Limited has donated GYD$2 million to assist in financing GuyExpo 2016, at a time when there has been a cut in the budget for the annual trade fair. The donation by the mobile phone carrier includes its rental of a booth at the Sophia Exhibition Centre where ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 May 2016, 14:45 by Denis Chabrol The President of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA), Christopher Ram on Thursday lashed back at the Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the deadly prison unrest, Retired Justice James Patterson, saying that he was largely responsible for suffocating due process. The GBA withdrew its participation in the inquiry, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 May 2016, 13:58 by Denis Chabrol The High Court has issued an interim order, preventing the Mayor and City Council from removing a vendor’s  stall, goods and merchandise situated at the former Guyana Stores Bond on Water Street, Georgetown until the court hears a summons on the matter. High Court Judge, Roxanne George set May ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 May 2016, 14:59 by Denis Chabrol Red Thread, a women’s rights organisation, on Thursday accused Town Clerk, Royston King and Mayor Patricia Chase-Green of double-standards on the removal of street vendors. “When the previous Town Clerk was in office and wanted to remove the vendors, this current Town Clerk and Mayor were fighting against it. ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 May 2016, 14:06 by Denis Chabrol Caribbean Premier League (CPL) on Thursday rubbished claims by the Guyana government that Trinidad and Tobago has out-bid Guyana to hold the finals and semi-finals of CPL 2016. CPL spokesman, Peter Breen told Demerara Waves Online News that negotiations were continuing. “No decision has been yet and negotiations are ongoing with ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 May 2016, 7:30 by Denis Chabrol The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) of the Guyana Police Force is getting a deputy head, at long last although there have been objections to his appointment in some quarters. He is Retired Senior Superintendent of Police, Lawrence Kissoon. Kissoon is expected to assume duty this week, almost immediately ...