The recent spike in armed robberies continues unabated; the latest reported incident being a home invasion on the Corentyne Coast where four occupants were terrorized. A man, who was entering the house as the four perpetrators were leaving, was shot to his face. Injured is 18-year old Dorwin Lord. He was hit by pellets to his face and has been ...

Police on Saturday said they have arrested two carjackers who have been positively identified in a number of recent incidents. “They are in police custody and will be charged shortly,” police said in a statement. Investigators said after the men were arrested on Friday, July 3, 2015, they were “positively identified as the perpetrators of two of the robberies, involving ...

Legal minds are already commenting on the proposed advertisement of the senior judicial posts of Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chief Justice, with some sides for and others against. In June Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced that the government has plans to advertise for the senior posts which are usually designated by the Judicial Service Commission in consultation with ...

by Zena Henry Ministry of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan says that he is having a hard time convincing fishermen to consider arms to protect themselves against pirates while conducting fishing operations in the countries waters. The Minister said fishermen are reluctant to take arms with them on fishing trips, but desire authorities to patrol the waters while they are working. ...

Guyana’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), which is tasked with probing money laundering, is experiencing mixed fortunes in recruiting persons who have not failed lie-detector tests, according to a senior official. Head of SOCU, Assistant Commissioner Sydney James told Demerara Waves Online News on Saturday that because of a number of fail-grades, the entity is operating with limited staff. “We ...

by Zena Henry Many party goers may be looking forward to intense “sporting” this CARICOM weekend, but they should know that the government has put in place a 02:00hours curfew from this weekend that will see drinking spots ending service at the stated time. This is according to Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan during an interview with the press ...

by Zena Henry The new government is in no way taking blame for the failure of hired contractors to fully implement and manage waste at the Haags Bosch Landfill site based on design and technical specifications. BK International and Puran’s Brothers Disposal , in a joint venture related to this project, and the government are locked in a heated court ...

The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on Friday announced that he was prepared to dispatch a fact-finding mission to Guyana and Venezuela, in the wake of that Spanish-speaking neighbour’s recent unilateral extension of its maritime border to take in the coastal waters off Essequibo. Ban says his chief of staff will meet with Venezuela’s foreign minister and might ...

Venezuela has agreed to cancel more than US$120 million in debt accumulated by Guyana for the payment of fuel supplies under the PetroCaribe agreement. The debt write-offs are linked to Guyana’s supply of quantities of rice and paddy. Preliminary information shows that the debt cancellation of US$124,463,500 covers two agreements. According to the Order Paper for the July 9,2015 sitting ...

by Zena Henry Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin has rubbished claims by the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) that Guyana is heading into a recession since the coalition government took office. Rather, Gaskin says the only problem he knows affecting the business sector in Guyana is that investors are unhappy with the way the country went about its transactions. ...