The Officer in Charge of Operation at the Guyana Fire Service Compton Sparman has testified that he felt that his wellbeing was at stake while tending to fires lit by inmates at the Camp Street Prison on Wednesday March 3. Sparman, testifying at the Commission of Inquiry into the Camp Street Prison riot, told the Commissioners that the prisoners were ...

The APNU+AFC Administration has been accused of bullying the private sector to make donations to special projects and more specifically to make contributions to the 50th Anniversary Jubilee celebrations. Sources have reported to Demerara Waves that the administration is asking that businessmen donate as much as $5M to the Jubilee Festival expected to get into full swing in May. As ...

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Friday donated a grand total of $1M to the Golden Jubilee Celebrations which will be specifically used for a local fashion show. Over at the Ministry of Telecommunications and Tourism, Minister Kathy Hughes was on hand to receive the donation and thank the company for its support. The Minister detailed that the ...

The Telecommunications Ministry and the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) have struck a major deal which would see major upgrades to Guyana’s cellular networks and WiFi hotspots at strategic locations across the Georgetown in time for the 50th Anniversary celebrations. Telecommunications Minister Cathy Hughes on Friday announced that the Government has partnered with the telephone company to ensure that ...

The APNU+AFC Administration is  maintaining that it acted within the confines of Guyana’s constitution when Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan moved to appoint the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Mabaruma and the Chairmen of five Neighbhourhood Democratic Councils across the local government sphere. This follows a ruling by Justice Diana Insanally; who on Wednesday quashed the appointment of a Mayor the new ...

A former inmate of the Camp Street Prison, Patrick Narine has testified that the Officer in Charge of the Camp Street Prison, Superintendent Kevin Pilgrim is unfit to direct the affairs of a penal facility. Narine gave the opinion while testifying at the Commission of Inquiry into the Camp Street Prison riot on Thursday, April 7. Under cross examination by ...

  Four persons were today charged at the Sparendaam Magistrates Court for the murder of Roger Manikam who was found dead on the Coldingen Public road at the weekend. Manikam’s daughters 19-year-old Nalini Manikam and her 12-year-old sister along with two males were jointly charged with murder before Magistrate Zamina Ali-Seepaul. According to prosecution facts, the murder plot was masterminded ...

With the swearing in of the Mayors and Deputy Mayors of the nine towns in Guyana, President David Granger has affirmed that there will be no show of favouritism on the part of central government because a particular political party may have won the municipality. Granger made the comment on the heels of growing concern about whether the scales would ...

  Camp Street Prison inmate Roy Jacobs has testified that daily publication of two of Guyana’s largest newspapers – Kaieteur News and Stabroek News, are banned from the prison. Jacobs, on his second day of testimony at the Commission of Inquiry into the Camp Street Prison Riot, was at odds to explain when the ban was implemented but he said ...

  The Editor in Chief of the Guyana Chronicle will soon be proceeding on leave subsequent to a decision by the Board of Directors. The Editor in Chief, Nigel Williams was found responsible for the publishing of a doctored photograph of President David Granger in the National Park. As explained, the imaged was photoshopped to remove two Afro-Guyanese children replacing ...