by Sherlena Nageer Recently, I read a news article in which the Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Clement Rohee, when asked his opinion about the case of Alex Griffith- the 15yr old boy who was taken away from his mother and shot in the mouth by Cadet Officer Franz Paul- said that he was not aware of this issue. (Exact ...

Representatives from almost every borrowing member country of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) will be participating in a stakeholders’ forum to come up with better working strategies, over the next three days. The event started today at the Ramada, Princess Hotel, East Bank Demerara. In an overview of what the event will entail, Kenneth Harvey, CTCS Network Coordinator,  said over ...

A three-lane system is being introduced from the Demerara Harbour Bridge to Houston beginning Tuesday, “in an effort to ease the traffic build-up during peak hours,” police said. The Guyana Police Force explained that the three-lane system will be from 7 AM to 9 AM and 5PM to 7 PM Monday to Friday. The police force asked ,motorists to  cooperate ...

A fisherman was early Independence Day- Monday- struck down and killed by a hit-and-run motor vehicle. He has been identified as 31-year old Fizul Houssin of Success, East Coast Demerara and 401 Foulis, East Coast Demerara. He was a driver. The dead man’s friend Kamaldin Hussain told Demerara Waves that he and Fizul had gone to fish as a hobby ...

Guyanese and Surinamese police are searching for a woman named Bibi Khan who allegedly stole a nine- day old baby from her mother, Chief of Criminal Investigations, Senior Superintendent Leslie James said Sunday. He said shortly after the incident was reported, police had received word that a woman fitting Khan’s description was seen leaving Guyana for Suriname with a baby. ...

President Donald Ramotar has announced that Guyana would be referred to the global financial crimes watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – apparently one step away from being blacklisted as a country that is doing insufficient to fight  money laundering and countering financing of terrorism. Addressing the nation from the National Park where the 48th Independence Anniversary flag raising ceremony ...

Guyana is continuing its fight against cervical cancer, which claims up to 100 lives annually, through vaccination against human papilloma virus (HPV) and early detection and treatment of cancerous cells. Dr. Narine Singh, a resident student in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology specialisation programme being run by the Georgetown Public Hospital, told a public forum at Our Lady of Fatima Roman ...

Concerns were Sunday evening raised about the slash in international funding for the fight against HIV and AIDS at 5th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial in Guyana. Addressing the event on the steps of the St. George’s Anglican Cathedral, Company Path, Georgetown; Vice Chair of the Coordinating Mechanism for the Global Fund in Guyana, Desiree Edghill. “Our funding was cut by ...

Founder member of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP), Ashton Chase has called on government to appoint a competent board to help oversee the loss-making Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco). “If the present ownership remains, the first step in this direction is the appointment by the authorities of a dedicated, experienced and productive management board,” he said. Addressing the opening of the ...

Several RUSAL workers were injured early Saturday night when a bus turned over on the Mines Road,Kwakwani, according to sources in the bauxite community. Up to late Saturday night, X-rays were still being conducted on several of the injured persons. Four of the 10 occupants were admitted to the Kwakwani Hospital for observation, a source said. Other sources said an ...