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Daily Archives: Saturday, 19 August 2023, 22:48

Venezuelan woman confesses to stabbing miner to death; two men arrested -police

Last Updated on Sunday, 20 August 2023, 20:22 by Writer A Venezuelan woman on Saturday admitted to the stabbing death of a man at Kumung Kumung in Region 7 (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) hours after her refusal to dance with him had sparked off an altercation, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said. Investigators said Orianma Naomi Silva Figuera of Puerto Ordaz, a Venezuelan ...

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Descendants of UK owner of enslaved Africans in Guyana coming to apologise, to fund UG project

Last Updated on Saturday, 19 August 2023, 15:38 by Denis Chabrol As part of the University of Guyana’s launch of its International Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies, family members of John Gladstone, who had owned enslaved Africans in Guyana, will be here next week to apologise for their ancestor’s role in that most dehumanising period of world history. John ...

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Former Mocha residents challenge removal from land; seek title to land, GY$200 million damages

Last Updated on Saturday, 19 August 2023, 13:40 by Denis Chabrol Three residents of Mocha are asking the High Court to declare that several of their constitutional rights were violated last January when government crushed their dwellings and other properties and forced them off an area of land near a new East Bank Demerara Road. Demerara Waves Online News understands ...

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