Fifty Guyana Police Force ranks were encouraged, by Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan, to utilise the training provided by a one-day Noise Management Course, to “understand the various compartments under which certain rules and regulations apply.” The course, which is being facilitated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was formally declared opened by Minister Ramjattan. Government’s Department of Public ...

A stove flare-up at Church’s Chicken  (Bartica branch) was Monday night quickly put out by staff and fire fighters, and the building was not damaged, an official said. The official said the fire ran along the duct. The outlet was filled with thick black smoke during the blaze. Other sources said a stove exploded at about 8:30 PM. The three-story ...

El Dorado Offshore, a Guyana-registered company, on Wednesday stated categorically that seafarers who it hires to work on oil industry related vessels offshore Guyana, could disclose their wages to trade unions, ministry responsible for labour or any other legal entity. “Every employee in Guyana has a legal right to engage directly with their Trade Union, Ministry or any other legal ...

Guyana Telephone and Telegraph’s (GTT) landline subscribers  will from next year have to pay for subscriber call blocking activated services, according to a decision by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). The company said that currently there are 36,368 subscribers who currently use the service free of charge. The regulator said between now and February 2019 when the rates would take ...

President David Granger and his wife, Mrs. Sandra Granger Tuesday night returned to Guyana from the Republic of Cuba after spending approximately three weeks . In a government-issued photograph, the President was seen wearing a surgical mask to minimize the chances of contracting any infective agent. The President who was accompanied by his wife, travelled to the Republic of Cuba ...

A domestic dispute between two Stabroek Market wharf stallholders ended with a man being stabbed and burning of his stall that quickly spread to others, sources said. The name of the Male fish vendor has been given as “Chop Up”. He was treated at a hospital and sent away. City Police sources told Demerara Waves Online News that the Guyana ...

The opposition People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) efforts to have the National Assembly approve the Parliament Office’s request for GYD$1,845, 416 instead of the Finance Minister’s cut to GY$1,700,271 was defeated. Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo failed to persuade House Speaker, Dr. Barton Scotland to reject the motion for approval of the GY$1.8 billion sponsored by PPP Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira. Nagamootoo ...

The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) objected strenuously to efforts by House Speaker, Dr. Barton Scotland to cut the number of hours allocated for consideration of 2019 budget estimates for constitutional agencies and the Parliament Office’s failure to provide details of the proposed expenses for those entities.l Before calling on Finance Minister, Winston Jordan to begin presiding over the estimates, ...

President David Granger is expected to return to Guyana on Tuesday after receiving treatment in Cuba for cancer, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo announced Monday. Nagamootoo said Granger’s condition would be monitored by his physicians. The Cuban embassy in Guyana said Granger has “received the first round of chemotherapy treatment and, according to the medical team, has responded very well.” The ...

Finance Minister, Winston Jordan announced that Monday, November 26, 2018 is the date on which the 2019 National Budget would be presented. He made the announcement at the commencement of Monday’s sitting of the National Assembly. Jordan’s announcement came one day after he indicated in a letter to the media that government employees would receive increases in salaries for 2019 ...