The Wales sugar estate has been in a sinking economic state, and over the years, finances were shuttled from the estates which were performing to support that West Demerara estate. This was made clear by Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Errol Hanoman during a televised interview on the National Communications Network (NCN) Tuesday evening, hours after Opposition ...

Guyanese authorities were Tuesday night probing reports that three Guyanese drowned after the boat they were returning in from Venezuela capsized and sank. Residents and Coast Guardsmen said information was sketchy, but they learnt that the incident occurred either late Monday or Tuesday afternoon in Venezuelan waters in the vicinity of the Orinoco bar. “The boat went down,” one official ...

Magistrate Fabayo Azore Tuesday overruled the defence submission on the grounds that the court has no jurisdiction to deal with executive abuse in the former Public Service Minister Jennifer Westford’s fraud case.  She explained that the court only has jurisdiction to deal with abuse by the prosecution and delays in trials.  Secondly, she said he statement made by Minister of ...

Non-governmental and religious organisations, government and  United Nations (UN) agencies are now expected to play a major role in helping suicidal persons cope with stress and reduce access to several means by which they could kill themselves, the Ministry of Public Health said Tuesday. The Suicide Emergency Plan, which is in line with Guyana’s 2015-2020 National Suicide Prevention Plan, emerged ...

Reproduced from Offshore Engineer Digital. Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas and Tullow Oil subsidiary companies entered into a 10-year agreement with the government of Guyana to explore the deepwater Orinduik block, offshore Guyana, South America. Subsidiaries Eco Guyana and Tullow Guyana will hold 40% and 60% working interest in the block, respectivley, with Tullow Guyana as operator. Tullow will reimburse ...

The parlous state of the sugar industry is common knowledge, the government announced through its Information Agency (GINA) Monday afternoon. The new Board of Directors and the Interim Management Committee, appointed in July and June respectively, were charged with, inter alia, bringing a greater level of discipline to bear on the financial operations of the business.  The team confirmed the Government’s ...

The Georgetown Public Hospital and a doctor at the Suddie Public Hospital  are being sued for alleged botched deliveries that resulted in the death of a baby and multiple injuries to a teenage mother and her baby. In a case filed by a battery lawyers, Parbattie Ramdat, in her capacity as the mother and next friend of Arveer Ashok, has ...

A newly-formed Canada-headquartered solar energy company has signed a Letter of Intent with the Guyana government to supply clean electricity, the Chief Executive Officer of Greenheart Tree Energy, Esmonde Klass. “We were given a letter of interest from Minister (of Public Works David) Patterson and now we are waiting for the bidding process,” he told Demerara Waves Online News. Klass ...

Fire fighters and staff members of the Bank of Guyana averted what could have possibly been a major fire at the country’s Central Bank. The minor incident occurred at about 9:30 Saturday night. Governor of the Bank of Guyana, Dr. Gobind Ganga told Demerara Waves Online News that fumes emitted after an electric wire got into contact with an air ...

A man, who was recently released from prison after serving a jail sentence for wounding, is now wanted for allegedly murdering a man early Sunday morning. “The suspect has not yet been arrested. He was recently released from prison where he had served a sentence on a charge of wounding,” police said. His identity was not released. Guyana Police Force ...