Last Updated on Monday, 7 October 2024, 21:17 by Writer Assistant Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken cannot be promoted to the position of police commissioner because he has already reached retirement age, Human Resources Consultant, Earl John said Monday. “There is no precedent for it in which you could get promoted while you are actually retired,” Mr John told Demerara Waves ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 October 2024, 18:42 by Writer Guyanese police on Sunday found a plane with purported Brazilian registration markings on an illegal airstrip at Bashaizon Village, South Rupununi. Police said a man fell off a pickup and was arrested, but the pilot fled the scene in a vehicle across the Takatu River and into neighbouring Brazil. Investigators ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 October 2024, 18:33 by Writer by GHK Lall The appointment of a substantive commissioner of police is a done deal, save for the formalities. In normal circumstances, I would be the first to say a word of goodwill to the incumbent in waiting, Mr. Clifton Hicken. Most citizens would agree that there is nothing normal ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 6 October 2024, 21:13 by Writer The National Art Gallery (Castellani House) has not had a management committee for more than two years, resulting in approvals being done by the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Charles Ramson in consultation with the curator, officials said Sunday. Mr Ramson did not respond to calls and messages by ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 6 October 2024, 16:15 by Writer Well-respected and prominent Guyanese multi-talented artist, Stanley Greaves on Sunday said he has scrapped plans to hold an exhibition of work in the National Gallery of Art (Castellani House) because he would not be asking the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson’s permission due to his behaviour. “My ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 6 October 2024, 16:02 by Writer The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Saturday said the High Court could soon be asked to rule on the credibility of the voters list and draft legislation would be tabled in the National Assembly to empower the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to clean up that list. “There’s an argument being ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 5 October 2024, 17:54 by Writer Banks DIH Limited’s more than 1,000 unionised workers will now get a 25% salary increase plus a monthly cost of living allowance of GY$17,000, President of the General Workers’ Union (GWU), Norris Witter said Saturday. “Given the extenuating circumstances, it is a satisfactory deal,” he told Demerara Waves Online News. ...

Last Updated on Friday, 4 October 2024, 22:48 by Writer President Irfaan Ali seemed set to appoint Assistant Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken to the substantive position of police commissioner, effectively discarding concerns by Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton about his suitability for the top law enforcement position. Mr Norton told Dr Ali that there should be “continued dialogue on the search ...

Last Updated on Friday, 4 October 2024, 20:13 by Writer New United Nations Resident Coordinator to Guyana, Ms. Jean Kamau, recently presented her credentials to President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, at the Office of the President. The UN Office in Guyana said on Friday that the presentation signaled the official start of Ms. Kamau’s mandate in Guyana. Ms. Kamau, who is ...

Last Updated on Friday, 4 October 2024, 20:08 by Writer New York-based opposition political activist, Rickford Burke on Friday demanded GY$100 million in compensation from Guyanese city businessman, Roshan Khan, for allegedly libeling him in a Facebook post titled “In the Raw: Submachine Guns everywhere”. Attorney-at-Law, Nigel Hughes demanded from Mr Khan an apology for his September 10, 2024 Facebook ...