Last Updated on Friday, 10 February 2017, 16:18 by Derwayne Wills Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase-Green confirmed today with Demerara Waves Online News that vehicles will not be clamped as of today, February 10, 2017, until public consultations are completed on the parking meters project. Chase-Green said consultations with commercial banks will take place on Monday. Today, a number of religious ...

Last Updated on Friday, 10 February 2017, 14:27 by Derwayne Wills Although the public procurement commissioners were appointed by President Granger and paid monthly super salaries since last October, the Commission remains inactive due to the lack of staff for its work. Once the commission comes into being, it will assume Cabinet’s responsibility of granting No Objections to multi-million and ...

Last Updated on Friday, 10 February 2017, 12:37 by Derwayne Wills The clamping of vehicles, and fining of motorists under the parking meter project will be suspended pending post-implementation consultations, according to Cabinet Secretary and State Minister Joseph Harmon today. Harmon said City Council, following a meeting between the Georgetown Mayor and Town Clerk, and President Granger, had decided to ...

Last Updated on Friday, 10 February 2017, 9:41 by Denis Chabrol The University of Guyana (UG) has announced that it will be hosting its inaugural Diaspora Engagement Conference from July 23 to 28 2017, in Georgetown, Guyana, under the theme: “Dreaming Diaspora Engagement, Doing Diaspora Engagement.” The Conference is expected to attract several hundred participants. “Hosted by the University of Guyana ...

Last Updated on Friday, 10 February 2017, 9:33 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Social Protection through a collaborative effort with UNICEF, is training police ranks on how to handle cases of sexual and domestic violence. At the opening of the training workshop, Minister of Social Protection, Amna Ally, said violence against women is a violation of their freedom, dignity, ...

Last Updated on Friday, 10 February 2017, 9:20 by Denis Chabrol poking fun at the Parking Meters… Guyanese need to get real and get down to brass tacks.  That should be taken literally, as what is planned by Big Brother is down low, and promises to be sharp and piercing. Citizens have to stop harping and complaining and protesting about ...

Last Updated on Friday, 10 February 2017, 7:49 by Denis Chabrol A fire early Friday morning destroyed a liquor restaurant and two other houses on Sandy Babb and Owen Streets, Kitty, Georgetown. Fire Chief Marlon Gentle two fire fighters sustained minor cuts and bruises. Initial estimates are that at least 10 persons are now homeless. A  liquor restaurant, which included ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 9 February 2017, 22:15 by Denis Chabrol Just days after the Bank of Guyana began controlling foreign exchange rates at Cambios and commercial banks for the first time since 1989, concerns are being raised about the legality of that move even as forex traders on the streets are offering more than the officially prescribed rates. Cambios ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 9 February 2017, 18:20 by Derwayne Wills Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan today confirmed to Demerara Waves Online News that Region 9 Regional Executive Officer, Carl Parker, will be removed from duty, with immediate effect, following a charge of sexual assault against him today in the Georgetown Magistrates’ court. A replacement has not yet been determined, Bulkan ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 9 February 2017, 18:04 by Derwayne Wills The Movement Against Parking Meters continues to build its support as hundreds gathered today once again outside the Georgetown City Hall to protest the implementation of a parking meter system deemed “burdensome.” Noticeably, there were no counter-protesters at this action, as compared to the last protest earlier in the ...