Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 13:01 by Denis Chabrol A Commission of Inquiry into the fire that killed two young brothers at the Ministry of Social Protection’s Drop-In Centre has found that there was a lapse in fire prevention and fighting systems. “The preliminary report pointed to some issues of bad policy arrangements for fire,” Minister of State, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 July 2016, 17:04 by Denis Chabrol Three visiting cub scouts from St Lucia, who are here for the Caribbean Jamboree (Cuboree), were struck down and injured Tuesday outside the Scout Association of Guyana headquarters on Woolford Avenue, Georgetown. An official of the Scout Association of Guyana told Demerara Waves Online News that since the incident ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 July 2016, 14:44 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger agrees that Guyanese should use more cassava and other gluten-free flours because they are healthier but he forecasts that his administration will face political resistance if there is no broad agreement. “I think at this stage we probably need to develop a more consensual approach,” he ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 July 2016, 9:15 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s newly-appointed Consul General to New York, Barbara Atherly says one of her major objectives is to taking up the challenge to build social cohesion among Guyanese there. Atherly, who replaces Brentnol Evans after his estimated 20 years in that position, told President David Granger that she welcomed the ...