Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 11:40 by Denis Chabrol Corrected to mean Venezuelan troops on their side of the border (not Guyana as was previously reported) in paragraph 5, line 3. Demerara Waves regret the error The President of Brazil, Luis Inacio ‘Lula’ Da Silva will skip Thursday’s meeting in St Vincent between President Irfaan Ali and the ...

Last Updated on Monday, 11 December 2023, 20:09 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Revenue Authority Monday night said its Customs and Law Enforcement Officers seized 24 packs of suspected marijuana that were concealed between several bed sheets that were imported in a parcel from the United States (US). However, the woman to whom the package was addressed, fled the Mackenzie ...

Last Updated on Monday, 11 December 2023, 17:46 by Denis Chabrol A female prison officer, who allegedly attempted to smuggle marijuana into the New Amsterdam Prison, has been arrested with 289 grammes of the narcotic, the Guyana Police Force said. She was arrested after another female prison officer abided by the Standard Operating Procedures  that all prison service personnel must ...

Last Updated on Monday, 11 December 2023, 17:19 by Denis Chabrol Even as Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Monday confirmed that he would meet with President Irfaan Ali in St. Vincent on Thursday, Guyana’s co-agent to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Sir Shridath Ramphal called on Guyanese to support their leader’s participation in that dialogue. “I welcome direct dialogue, ...

Last Updated on Monday, 11 December 2023, 11:54 by Denis Chabrol The United States Army and the Florida National Guard have assessed the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) military communications network, the American Embassy here said. That assessement was conducted from December 5 to 7, according to the US Embassy, as part of the United States’ and Guyana’s continuing military-to-military partnership. ...

Last Updated on Monday, 11 December 2023, 5:47 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Sunday said he would be confining his discussions this week with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to the need peace and respect for international law. “I don’t want to preempt what we will do or preempt what will be the outcome of the discussion but we ...