Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 21:13 by Denis Chabrol Two high-altitude balloons were flying over Guyana on Wednesday and at least one of them was spotted over northern sections of the South American nation. Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation (GCAA), Retired Lt. Col. Egbert Field told Demerara Waves Online News that the balloons are launched from Puerto ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 17:43 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s growth rate for 2017 will be further revised downwards due to a more than 45,000 ounce shortfall in gold declarations, but Finance Minister Winston Jordan is confident that the country’s production of the yellow metal would climb again this year due to good prices and improved access to ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 16:17 by Denis Chabrol The New Building Society Limited (NBS) on Wednesday said it would take steps to “safeguard” the GY$59 million in pension benefits paid by cheque to its former Chief Executive Officer, Maurice Arjoon who was dismissed as a result of a fraud probe. “While the Society paid over the said ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 11:13 by Denis Chabrol As the Ministry of Social Protection (MoSP) continues its efforts to digitise the old age pension system in coastal regions, the exercise will see information technology being utilised to eliminate pension books. It will also establish a system where seniors will be allowed to use their National Identification (ID) ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 11:27 by Denis Chabrol Two Brazilian women were among four persons nabbed following a shootout Tuesday night in Lethem, as police probed an armed robbery earlier in the day that led to the arrest of three Brazilian men. “Acting on information, ranks went to a house at Tabatinga, Lethem about 22:30hrs last (Tuesday) ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 10:31 by Denis Chabrol Two Guyanese were among 46 foreign nationals taken into custody during a five-day operation in western New York, in the latest reported crackdown on at-large criminal aliens, illegal re-entrants, and other immigration violators, the United States’ Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said. The agency indicated that the Guyanese man and woman ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 10:01 by Denis Chabrol Urging sacked sugar workers to get registered in the right districts to vote for the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) at the 2020 general election, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo accused the David Granger-led administration of sending them home because of racial and political reasons. In a swift response on Wednesday, ...