Five persons, including several children, were Sunday morning left homeless after a fire widely believed to be of electrical origin destroyed a two-flat house at 31 Gap Road, La Jalousie, West Coast Demerara. The house was owned by Parvati ‘Daro’ Bhagi. Neighbours laid the blame squarely at the feet of the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL), saying that technicians ...

An elderly Canadian man died early Sunday morning when the vehicle he was travelling fell 30 feet down the Manari Bridge in Rupununi, police said. Dead is 87-year old Brandis Kennedy. The driver of the pickup, Anthony Pellew, sustained abrasions and has been admitted to the Lethem Hospital. Police said the accident occurred at about 3:10 AM  Sunday at Manari ...

A taxi driver was shot by carjackers after he was lured by two women to Mocha Road, D’urban Backlands to pick up a man who committed the crimes. Sustaining a gunshot wound to his upper right thigh is 46-year old Phillip King. Police were up to late Saturday night still searching for his silver grey Premio bearing licence number HC ...

A Rose Hall Town businessman was shot and injured by bandits who masked themselves with motorcyclist helmets, sources said. He is 47-year old Bobby Prasad, owner of Bobby’s Boutique. The two perpetrators arrived on a black motorcycle at about 1 PM and ordered the staff to lie on the floor. Two shots were fired in the direction of Prasad who ...

Indonesia won a football game against Guyana that was played earlier Saturday in that southeast Asian nation. The first goal was scored in the ninth minute by Shaquille Agard of Guyana with a right footed shot from more than 35 yards to the centre of the goal. In the 37th minute , Ilija Spasojevic of Indonesia converyted the penalty with a right ...

Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud was Friday sent on leave “in the public interest”, ahead of his retirement at 55 years old five months from now. The substantive top cop was due to resume duty on Friday at the end of four months of accumulated annualised leave. Instead, he was sent a carefully worded letter by Minister of Public Security, Khemraj ...

Alleged sexual misconduct by a Bishop’s High School teacher is now in the hands of the Guyana Police Force after a former female student detailed her “emotional” encounter to investigators. “In the case of the Bishops’ High School teacher, Mr. Coen Jackson, the Ministry of Education Welfare Department in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Protection concluded its investigation and ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) is disappointed that President David Granger did not select its nominee for appointment as an Elections Commissioner, but the Guyanese leader said he selected Working People’s Alliance (WPA) executive member, Desmond Trotman because of his experience. The AFC was noticeably absent from Trotman’s swearing in at State House, but the President said they are not ...

Two police men , including an undercover cop and a detective, were Thursday arraigned on a charge of allegedly murdering a city businessman last month. Investigators said Detective Corporal, Derwin Eastman and intelligence policeman, Jameson Williams murdered Godfrey “Sagga” Scipio and on October 12, 2017 at Stanley Place and David Street, Kitty. Eastman, a former Best Cop, and Williams were ...

A prisoner Thursday morning allegedly called the emergency 911 number and threatened to kill the President, Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels said. Wgen contacted, he confirmed to Demerara Waves Online News that police were questioning  the inmate of the Lusignan Prison about the alleged threat that he made. “The prisoner is being questioned. The matter is being given the attention ...