Last Updated on Thursday, 11 July 2024, 16:47 by Writer Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken on Wednesday dismissed social media posts that a senior police officer attempted to deposit GY$16.5 million into the Guyana Police Cooperative Credit Union. “No it’s not true and I made a release already,” Mr Hicken told Demerara Waves Online News. While he insisted that such ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 July 2024, 11:36 by Writer Police on Wednesday said they were investigating an alleged armed robbery committed on a man on James Street, Albouystown, Georgetown. The victim is 28-year-old Hudson Thompson, who resides in Albouystown. He told police he was robbed of a gold and diamond chain valued at GY$2 million. The robbery allegedly occurred ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 July 2024, 11:33 by Writer A six-year-old boy was Tuesday night shot to the head by a man who attempted to shoot another man only known as ‘Crab’, the Guyana Police Force said on Wednesday. ‘The child is presently hospitalised, and his condition is listed as serious,” police said. The incident reportedly occurred at about ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 11 July 2024, 17:03 by Writer By GHK Lall I have never seen Bharrat Jagdeo running so scared. Indeed, any leader that has so many clouds and shadows hanging over him would be running scared as the impact of Nigel Hughes’ leadership presence registers. Jagdeo is vulnerable on so many fronts that scared only scratches the ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 July 2024, 11:22 by Writer By GHK Lall From the pages of the Holy Bible, we got the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The names given to them and now etched in hearts all over are Conquest, War, Famine, Death. From the sacred soil of this Motherland, Guyana, I give my fellow Guyanese, the Four ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 July 2024, 7:48 by Writer The National Assembly has approved an order to increase the University of Guyana (UG) Council from 26 to 32 members as part of a plan to pass a new law to govern that publicly funded tertiary institution, despite fears by the opposition that government was planning to tighten its political ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 July 2024, 22:43 by Writer Three Chinese persons were Tuesday arrested at a city hotel and GY$39 million as well as a handgun and ammunition were seized, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said. Investigators suspected that the trio was “part of a transnational criminal group involved in gold smuggling and other illegal activities.” In a ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 July 2024, 22:38 by Writer ExxonMobil Guyana’s President, Alistair Routledge on Tuesday said Guyana should be concerned about a protection against an oil spill in neighbouring Suriname, even as he showcased a capping stack that is on standby to shut off any well blowout offshore. “When you do the modelling, Guyana should worry more about ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 July 2024, 18:06 by Writer A woman of Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo has been arrested for attempting to murder her nine-year-old daughter after her boyfriend called them “wastes” and said he was ending the relationship, the Guyana Police Force said. Investigators were informed that on Sunday, July 7, after the man left the house, the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 July 2024, 18:01 by Writer By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus Good writers always have an exit. By this I mean that when you back yourself into a corner, you have a full repertoire of strategic or tactical moves that can bail you out. This is normal when you write regularly about politics, and especially ...