Last Updated on Monday, 22 May 2017, 22:12 by Denis Chabrol Government Monday  rejected criticism over the Civil Defence Commission’s (CDC) handling of the current widespread flooding in Region Eight, saying it was the resources of the State that brought relief to the affected residents. This is according to Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, who today (May 22, 2017) provided an ...

Last Updated on Monday, 22 May 2017, 19:15 by Denis Chabrol The Office of the Prime Minister last year paid Beharry Automotive Sales Limited a total of $22M for three vehicles, payments which were made using money allocated to be spent the previous year as well as paid up front only for delivery to be made nine months later. “Everything ...

Last Updated on Monday, 22 May 2017, 19:15 by Denis Chabrol After failing to provide clear answers about how a Contingency Fund Advance of $11M made in January 2016 was used to pay staff of the Government Information Agency (GINA), in December the previous year, the entity’s Director, Beverly Alert, has now called on the Auditor General to re-look at ...

Last Updated on Monday, 22 May 2017, 13:04 by Denis Chabrol A suspected con artist from Trinidad and Tobago has been arrested and is to be prosecuted for a number of offences before he is deported to his home country, police said. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Superintendent Wendell Blanhum told Demerara Waves Online News that Daniel Ali was ...

Last Updated on Monday, 22 May 2017, 3:11 by Denis Chabrol In the wake of the transfer of a nurse in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) following her public disclosure that a well-known pro-government official had been accessing a very strong painkiller, Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan said people who disclose misdeeds should be encouraged. “We cannot discourage whistle-blowers. We need to promote ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 21 May 2017, 22:51 by Denis Chabrol An unidentifief man was Sunday afternoon killed and several others injured in a smash-up involving a minibus and a Tacoma pick-up. An eyewitness said the dead man’s teeth were on the ground and his neck was barely hanging on. Persons at the scene said the minibus, Bvv 5273, was ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 21 May 2017, 22:57 by Denis Chabrol A  41 year old businessman of Helena # 1, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara was Saturday afternoon arrested with an unlicensed .32 Pistol, fifty  .32 and seventeen  9 MM live ammunition, the Guyana Police Force said in a statement. Police ranks acting on intelligence swooped  down on the suspect’s home ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 21 May 2017, 4:01 by Denis Chabrol Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 11:30h Sunday on the Success Public Road, Leguan, Essequibo Island. Dead is Police Constable 23238 Shaqiel Woolford, 20 yrs., attached to Leguan Police Station and of 12 Catherine, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara. Enquiries disclosed that Constable Woolford was proceeding east ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 20 May 2017, 0:10 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger is following in the foot-steps of the founder-leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Forbes Burnham, party General Secretary, Oscar Clarke said Friday. “Dare I say, our present leader has taken that mantle and is carrying forward the ideas of Burnham today because they are ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 May 2017, 20:08 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s Civil Defence Commission (CDC) said emergency supplies are being dispatched to six flood-stricken villages in Region 8 (Potaro-Siparuni) and the Public Health Ministry would be moving to curb an outbreak of diarrhea in one of the communities, government announced. “A total of three flights with supplies were dispatched today ...