City Mayor, Patricia-Chase Green on Sunday remained adamant that no permission would be granted for the seventh floor to be constructed on a building at Robb and Camp Streets, despite repeated cries by the owner that a call-centre investor might pull out and thousands of prospective jobs would be lost. “My understanding from the (City) Engineer and I have seen ...

Even as the Guyana Police Force’s Fallen Heroes Foundation continues to amass funds for the surviving family members of policemen and women who have been killed in the line of duty, Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan on Sunday called on the business community to put more cash in the initiative. “This is a larger call from beyond here to the ...

Armed bandits assaulted and robbed the owners of a supermarket at La Jalousie, West Coast Demerara, police confirmed Sunday. Divisional Commander for West Demerara, Senior Superintendent, Stephen Mansell confirmed that the incident occurred on Saturday, July 16, 2016 at C and N Supermarket. He said one suspect has been arrested. The names of the victims were not immediately available. Mansell ...

  On the occasion of the Guyana Police Force 177th Anniversary, the Commissioner of Police Mr. Seelall Persaud, D.S.M, has promoted ranks of the Regular Force, Special Constabulary, Guystac and Rural Constabulary because of their hard work and dedication to the job.   The following  are the ranks who have been promoted with effect from July 16, 2016.   TO ...

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) on Friday slammed Chairman of the Governing Board of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) for a slump in worker morale and the wanton dismissal of experienced staff. “The external interference of  Mr. Rawle Lucas, Chairman of the Governing Board of the Revenue Authority has moved the environment of the organisation to a hostile and ...

Well-known Attorney-at-Law, Sase Gunraj said Friday that Georgetown’s Mayor and Councillors do not have any legal right to impose a container tax and can only do so if the archaic colonial law is amended by Parliament. “They do not have the authority to impose that tax…”If they want to impose such a tax they have to go to Parliament,” he ...

by Gary Eleazar A European Bank has been identified to fill the void in the local financial system following the announcement of a pullout by Bank of America. This was confirmed by Bank of Guyana Governor (BoG), Dr Gobind Ganga  who, during an exclusive interview with Demerara Waves Online News on Friday, said all of the necessary due diligence measures between ...

The parents of the two young boys, who perished in a fire at the Children’s Drop-in Centre, would have to await the outcome of a Commission of Inquiry before they are compensated, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon said Friday morning. “The family would have been contacted by the Ministry of Social Protection and they would have been given some comfort ...

The Ministry of Communities on Thursday inked a contract naming Puran Brothers Disposal Inc. as new operators of the Haags Bosch Landfill facility. The contract, amounting to G$221,400,000, was signed in the conference room of the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill site at Eccles, East Bank Demerara by Permanent Secretary Emil McGarrell and Managing Director of Puran Brothers Disposal Inc, Lakenauth Puran. ...

The Guyana government is likely to make public the report of an inquiry into allegations against the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) by self-confessed drug lord, Barry Dataram. The report of the inquiry made into Dataram’s allegations will be up for discussion at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon told a post-Cabinet press briefing today. “We are willing to ...