In the wake of the transfer of a nurse in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) following her public disclosure that a well-known pro-government official had been accessing a very strong painkiller, Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan said people who disclose misdeeds should be encouraged. “We cannot discourage whistle-blowers. We need to promote persons out there who are prepared, who have the courage to ...

An unidentifief man was Sunday afternoon killed and several others injured in a smash-up involving a minibus and a Tacoma pick-up. An eyewitness said the dead man’s teeth were on the ground and his neck was barely hanging on. Persons at the scene said the minibus, Bvv 5273, was traveling east along D’urban Street, Georgetown when the pick-up, GRR 8350, ...

A  41 year old businessman of Helena # 1, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara was Saturday afternoon arrested with an unlicensed .32 Pistol, fifty  .32 and seventeen  9 MM live ammunition, the Guyana Police Force said in a statement. Police ranks acting on intelligence swooped  down on the suspect’s home about 22:55hrs and conducted a search, during which the illegal weapon ...

Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 11:30h Sunday on the Success Public Road, Leguan, Essequibo Island. Dead is Police Constable 23238 Shaqiel Woolford, 20 yrs., attached to Leguan Police Station and of 12 Catherine, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara. Enquiries disclosed that Constable Woolford was proceeding east along the road on Motor cycle CH1860 when another motor cycle ...

President David Granger is following in the foot-steps of the founder-leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Forbes Burnham, party General Secretary, Oscar Clarke said Friday. “Dare I say, our present leader has taken that mantle and is carrying forward the ideas of Burnham today because they are relevant to what is happening in this country even now,” Clarke ...

Guyana’s Civil Defence Commission (CDC) said emergency supplies are being dispatched to six flood-stricken villages in Region 8 (Potaro-Siparuni) and the Public Health Ministry would be moving to curb an outbreak of diarrhea in one of the communities, government announced. “A total of three flights with supplies were dispatched today to Chenapau and Orinduik. The CDC is establishing a Forward Operations ...

The man, who allegedly stabbed to death his wife, was Friday afternoon captured but not before he was shot because he allegedly attacked police, the Guyana Police Force said. “During the ensuing process of effecting the arrest, the 35 year old pork-knocker who violently attacked the ranks, was shot once to his left leg,” the law enforcement agency said. His ...

Two opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) parliamentarians and four other supporters were Friday each granted GYD$500,000 bail for allegedly omitting from the general ledger of the Guyana Rice Development Board a total of GYD$362 million while they were board members of that entity. The prosecution’s case is that they committed the offences during each of the calendar years of 2012,  2013, 2014 ...

One employee of the drugs bond at Diamond Hospital has admitted to stealing GYD$100,000 worth of supplies from the East Bank Demerara facility and one has resigned with immediate effect, the Ministry of Public Health said in a statement. The ministry added that several others, who were released from police custody , have not reported for duty. “They are on strike” ...

Hundreds of residents in scattered villages in Region 8 (Potaro-Siparuni) are facing a “grim” situation as a result of severe flooding due to heavy rainfall, a reconnaissance mission conducted Thursday by  Guyana’s Civil Defence Commission (CDC) revealed. “I would say the situation is grim,” Director General of the CDC, Retired Col. Chabilall Ramsarup told Demerara Waves Online News. He said six ...