(NEW YORK DAILY NEWS).- A Guyanese national nabbed smuggling cocaine inside cans of diced fruit came up with story that’s nuttier than a fruitcake. Colin McKenzie allegedly told the feds that he thought he was smuggling diamonds. McKenzie, 48, and his two suitcases were selected for inspection Friday by Customs and Border Protection officers after he stepped off a Caribbean Airlines ...

The People’s Progressive Party Civic’s Prime Ministerial candidate, Ambassador Elisabeth Harper is still on the job as Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs although she has begun campaigning for the incumbent party. Two weeks after she appeared at the PPP’s Headquarters to reveal her candidacy and last weekend appeared on a staged soft interview on state-run TV, Harper ...

Fire erupted at the Georgetown Prison Monday night during a small prison riot, resulting in a total lockdown of the correctional institution by police and prison service personnel. Fire Chief Marlon Gentle confirmed that a mattress was set on fire during the fracas. A high-ranking police officer in ‘A’ Division told Demerara Waves that two rival gangs began the unrest ...

The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Dr. Steve Surujbally on Monday defended the decision by the elections management authority to engage a youth organisation in pushing for more young people to vote in the upcoming general and regional elections. Surujbally told Demerara Waves Online News that there was no need for the seven-member commission to bless GECOM’s partnership ...

The unions of the University of Guyana (UG) today called off all forms of industrial actions following the signing of two agreements with the university’s administration. Classes and other operations that had been affected are to commence on Tuesday, March 3, 2014. This development effectively brings an end to more than five weeks of industrial action, which included marches, picketing, ...

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday registered its strong objection to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) partnering with an organisation to motivate more youths to vote in the upcoming general and regional elections, saying that the role of an American-funded project smacked of interference. “As far as the PPP is concerned, this youth grouping is a creature of external ...

Just days before University of Guyana (UG) workers were due to discuss agreements brokered by their unions to end a five-week long strike, the Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Nigel Harris has called for a “national conversation” to tackle problems plaguing the local institution. “I think this is a moment, not right now, maybe ...

The opposition coalition of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) has agreed to a symbol for the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections. Sources said that the symbol, obtained exclusively by Demerara Waves Online News, was agreed to by both sides last week and would be unveiled at Wednesday’s launch of the APNU-AFC ...

The Ministry of Health voices it absolute consternation at the unethical and disingenuous exposure of private medical details, concerning selected government officials. According to the ministry, certain media outlets and personnel, in taking ‘cheap shots’ for political mileage, have revealed not only their political biases, but also an insensitive and inimical culture of journalism, towards the Government of Guyana and ...

A Guyanese mother of a young child was arrested Sunday shortly before boarding a flight to New York after a search revealed that she was allegedly carrying more than two kilogrammes of cocaine, according to a senior drug enforcement agent. Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), James Singh said two other persons were arrested from an East Coast Demerara ...