A second person was Tuesday arraigned for the murder of the owner of Hamson’s General Store, Abdul Farouk Ghanie. Charged with the indictable offence is 17-year old Kemo Tyron Evans of 1, Water Street, Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara. Chief Magistrate, Ann Mc Lennan remanded the accused to prison until January 29, 2016 when he is scheduled to make another court ...

Reproduced from The Mississauga Newsby Louie Rosella Two men have been found guilty in connection with a cocaine smuggling operation that saw close to $4 million worth of the drug make its way by sea from Guyana to St. John, New Brunswick, and then to a public storage facility in Mississauga. Justice Peter Daley found James Buttazzoni, 43, of Mississauga, and ...

The Georgetown Municipality was Monday evening rendered GYD$2 million poorer after bandits shot a City Constable and grabbed cash-filled bags from a Revenue Collector, police said. Injured are City Constable, Aaron Henderson and a bystander, Savitree Singh. Police said that at about 6:15 PM Monday November 30, 2015, revenue collector Euril Lowenfield was being escorted by Constable Henderson at Regent ...

If the Board of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has its way, there will be a major shake-up at that autonomous regulatory agency. Demerara Waves Online News was reliably informed by usually reliable sources that the GGMC’s Board last Thursday decided to express no-confidence in the entity’s Commissioner, Ricky Vieria and at least three Technical Managers. When checks ...

The man, who allegedly stabbed his estranged partner and shoved out of a car, was Monday arraigned for her murder. Alan Sim of 860 Paradise Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara was not required to plea to the indictable charge which states that on November 23, 2015 he murdered Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation dispatcher, Melissa ‘Lisa’ Skeete. Sim,51, allegedly murdered the ...

The Prosecutor in the fraud case against former Minister of Public Service, Dr. Jennifer Westford and her then Chief Personnel Officer, Margaret Cummings says their lawyer’s arguments for the matter to be put down indefinitely are being made in the wrong court. The case has been adjourned until  January 19, 2015 when City Magistrate, Fabayo Azore would deliver her decision. ...

Decision makers will eventually be able to make concrete decisions based on accurate data on employment and Foreign Direct Investment, Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin announced at the opening of Courts’ GYD$65 million dollar optical store. He said Guyana does not have any proper system to compile and regularly publish data on how well government is doing to reduce unemployment ...

The Guyana Prize for Literature and Caribbean Awards saw several well-known and new names copping awards at the event that was held Sunday night at the Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown. The newest and youngest awardee to date is Subraj Singh who was awarded Best First Book of Fiction for his authorship of “Rebelle and Other Stories.” But overall, the Best Book ...

The Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry has been given two more weeks to complete and submit its report on the bomb-blast death of the Guyanese historian and politician 34 years ago, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo said Sunday night. In a brief exclusive interview with Demerara Waves Online News, he said he was aware that a request has been made by ...

The Finance Ministry’s explanation about why it decided to re-engage Fedders-Lloyd for the construction of a Specialty Hospital has raised more questions. The Health Ministry under the then People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration had said the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) disqualified Fedders-Lloyd because of administrative deficiencies in its tender documents. The NPTAB had also cited the ...