Last Updated on Friday, 15 November 2024, 19:57 by Writer The governing People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) expects the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will be ready by next July to hold general elections, party General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo said Thursday. “GECOM has to be ready. They should have been ready by March 2nd because that’s when elections were held but ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 14 November 2024, 20:45 by Writer The opposition has delivered a stinging backlash to President Irfaan Ali for publicly scolding a number of his ministers, permanent secretaries as well as contractors over the failure to complete works on time, but the Guyanese leader on Wednesday fended off criticisms and said it was his way of providing ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 14 November 2024, 20:37 by Writer President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday sought to justify his People’s Progressive Party Civic’s (PPPC) administration to keep the limping state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) operational in its present form, although the US$1.31 per pound cost of production exceeds the selling price of US$0.35 cents per pound. “We cannot look at ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 19:34 by Writer SBM Offshore, which has been contracted to build an offshore oil production ship, would be using Guyanese workers to fabricate parts for the vessel and shipping them to Singapore for installation, a senior company official said. Country General Manager of SBM Offshore (Guyana), Martin Cheong told Demerara Waves Online News ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 18:31 by Writer Three men were Tuesday found guilty for trafficking in 10 kilogrammes of cocaine and each jailed for more than three years and fined more than GY$45 million, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. Those convicted by Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court are Denzil Park, Ricardo Denhart and ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 18:26 by Writer The United States (U.S.) government has trained and equipped several officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) to intercept illicit firearms and ammunition, the embassy in Guyana said Tuesday. “Training topics included firearms tracing, methods of illicit export, global and regional trends in small arms ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 18:14 by Writer India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi is due to visit Guyana next week for a packed three-day agenda that would include addresses to Guyana’s National Assembly and Guyana’s Indian community, government here ann0unced 0n Tuesday. “The Honourable Prime Minister is also scheduled to address the National Assembly of the Parliament of ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 18:07 by Writer KLM Royal Dutch Airlines on Tuesday announced the addition of Georgetown, Guyana into its global network. Effective the 4th of June 2025, Georgetown, Guyana will be connected to Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with two weekly flights operating on Wednesdays and Saturdays, the airline said. KL789 (KLM789) will be operated in combination ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 17:59 by Writer A mother and her four children, perished in an early Tuesday morning fire at Number 64 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, police said. Police identified the mother as Hemwatie Singh, a 34-year-old housewife, and her children Kelvin called ‘Rovin’ and school dropout, aged 14; Brandon called ‘Ravin’ and special needs child, aged ...

Last Updated on Monday, 11 November 2024, 20:28 by Writer Three Portuguese-speaking men were arrested in neighbouring Brazil after they allegedly robbed a Chinese-owned store in Lethem and opened fire on Guyanese police during their escape across the border, police said Monday. “A Joint-Services patrol team was subsequently formed in an effort to locate the alleged suspects — all three ...