Last Updated on Friday, 23 February 2018, 15:53 by Denis Chabrol About 40 persons were rendered homeless Friday – Republic Day- when fire ripped through several buildings at Plaisance, East Coast Demerara. Eyewitnesses said the fire started at a decades-old “Abiola Hotel” on Victoria Road just over the Plaisance Railway Embankment Road. An estimated 30 persons  lived at the hotel permanently. ...

Last Updated on Friday, 23 February 2018, 9:59 by Denis Chabrol Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud, who has been on and off the job in recent months, will be going into retirement from next Wednesday. A farewell parade is scheduled in his honour on February 28, 2018  at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary. Persaud said he would be handing ...