Last Updated on Sunday, 5 December 2021, 22:50 by Denis Chabrol The People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) long-awaited congress to elect a new leader and 15-member executive might be postponed, amid a variety of persistent claims and concerns, well-placed sources said late Sunday night. Mr. Vincent Alexander has since been asked to determine if Congress could be held on December ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 5 December 2021, 22:19 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun taking steps to obtain satellite images of the Atlantic Sea about 45 miles offshore Mahaica, East Coast Demerara to determine the cause of reported pollution, EPA Executive Director Kemraj Parsram said Sunday. “I need to at least depend solely on the satellite ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 5 December 2021, 15:10 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government cannot afford a 20 percent wage and salary increase because the public sector wage bill is already high and any such pay hike will reduce the purchasing power of more dollars in hand, a banking and finance analyst said. He argued that the 7 percent wage ...

Last Updated on Monday, 6 December 2021, 14:23 by Denis Chabrol A top Suriname military officer has been arrested allegedly with more than 500 kilogrammes of cocaine, Surinamese media reported Sunday. He has been identified only as 56-year old Lieutenant  Steven J.  Waterkant.net reported that about $10,000 in cash was also found and seized in the vehicle he was driving. ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 5 December 2021, 8:06 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) and the Chinese business community have transformed Main Street  Avenue into a nighttime kaleidoscope of colours for the Christmas Season. Chief Executive Officer of GPL, Bharat Dindyal told Demerara Waves Online News/ News-Talk Radio Guyana that the Chinese Association of Guyana and Main ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 4 December 2021, 21:51 by Denis Chabrol A man was arrested at a marijuana cultivation at St Cuthbert’s Mission, Linden-Soesdyke Highway while he was processing marijuana plants at one of the fields, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) alleged on Saturday. That anti-drug agency identified the man as 23-year old Shafeer Sanichar, and alleged that he was ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 4 December 2021, 21:19 by Denis Chabrol Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) on Saturday night called for tighter security of transshipped exports, even as it remained confident that about 1, 000 pounds of cocaine were not placed in the shipping container of rum before it left Guyana. The Guyana Revenue Authority and the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 4 December 2021, 8:27 by Denis Chabrol New York-based anti-government activist Rickford Burke late Friday night dismissed the Guyana Police Force’s wanted notice based on accusation that he has committed sedition, incited racial hostility and inciting public terror. Declaring again that he was not afraid of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration going after him ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 11:59 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force on Friday issued a wanted notice for New York-based anti-government activist, Rickford Burke, who has consistently labelled the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration racist, suggested the need for war and more recently has cited the need for a discussion on whether Afro and Indo-Guyanese ...

Last Updated on Friday, 3 December 2021, 7:12 by Denis Chabrol Four Guyanese and one Barbadian have been arrested in Barbados’ territorial waters allegedly with a quantity of marijuana in their possession. The Head of Guyana’s Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit, James Singh would only say that his agency has been contacted by the Barbadian authorities, the investigation is ongoing and the ...