Last Updated on Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 22:06 by Denis Chabrol Guyanese police and officers of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) are to be deployed to Chinese Landing in Region One (Barima-Waini) to suspend all gold mining to deal with concerns by the Indigenous Carib community, in response to precautionary measures that have been issued by the Inter-American ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 18:04 by Denis Chabrol The Turks and Caicos Islands-headquartered InterCaribbean Airways has been asked by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to explain why passengers were being inconvenienced by flight delays and cancellations, and Aviation Minister Juan Edghill on Wednesday said the carrier promised to reply this week. In a letter dated July ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 11:40 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall Dr. Roger Luncheon has long been gone from the public limelight, that which he occupied with some distinction in both the last and this century.  He spanned more than centuries; Roger Luncheon, on occasion, bridged the expanse that ruptures this country in so many ways.  Now, ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 9:54 by Denis Chabrol A shopkeeper  has been stabbed to death at ‘Mer Meria’ Backdam, Surinamo Landing, Middle Mazaruni River, police said on Wednesday. Dead is 55-year-old Andrew Harris, called “Shortman”. Investigators said a 34-year old man, who is Harris’ co-w0rker, has been arrested in connection with the incident that occurred between July ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 7:48 by Denis Chabrol The Police Commander of Region Four sub-division 4(b), Superintendent Mahendra Singh was injured in an accident on the East Bank Demerara Public Road on Wednesday morning, Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken said. He told Demerara Waves Online News briefly that Mr Singh sustained a “couple of lacerations” and that officer ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 8:03 by Denis Chabrol Veteran People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Executive Member and former Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon died early Wednesday morning, his party confirmed in a brief statement. “A true son of the soil who helped to shape the lives of many, Dr. Luncheon left a rich legacy of ...