Based on previous studies, former Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, is adamant that the government’s “gun amnesty is bound to fail.” He said even President David Granger is aware of this but Ramjattan is out to prove him wrong. During the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) press conference Monday August 31, Rohee shot down any success at the government’s upcoming one-month ...

Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced Friday August 28 that government is considering a media policy, but has not fully completed the process. The minister was at the time answering questions at Cabinet’s weekly press briefing when he explained that media is an important element in governance which has to enact a level of responsibility. Harmon was also addressing a ...

A man well-known as Red Cap was stabbed to death in the north-western Georgetown area known as ‘Tiger Bay,’ police said. Police have since arrested the prime suspect in the incident. Following is a statement from the Guyana Police Force on the incident: Investigations are being conducted into the circumstances surrounding the death of a man so far identified as ...

In an effort to stem the brain-drain, Cuban-trained Guyanese medical doctors no longer have to complete five years of service before they become eligible to pursue post-graduate studies, Health Minister Dr. George Norton announced Saturday night. “The need for higher training in clinical areas in post-graduate certification in the clinical specialties is becoming more pressing here in Guyana because of ...

Well-known Guyanese realtor, Anthony ‘Tony’ Reid has died after a long battle with diabetes, according to well-placed sources. He was in his 60s. Reid of Tony Reid’s Realty, Duncan Street, Bel Air Park, Georgetown died at a city hospital on Thursday, August 27, 2015. Demerara Waves Online News was told that Reid was injured with a bottle fragment. His situation ...

Guyana’s legal fraternity on Saturday chided the Guyana Manufacturers Association (GMSA) for calling on government not to pay a US$6 million compensation awarded to a Surinamese beverage company, Rudisa, by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), even as that business organisation grapples with a serious rift over the unauthorised issuance of a statement on the matter one week ago. Former ...

A United Nations (UN) will from Saturday begin a fact-finding mission to Guyana to explore another way of settling the decades-old border controversy with Venezuela, the Foreign Ministry announced Friday night. The UN Mission is led by Chief of the Americas Division, Department of Political Affairs of the United Nations. The mission, which will meet with top government and opposition ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has announced that an Emergency Relief Grant of USD 200,000 is being made immediately available to the Government of Dominica in the wake of Tropical Storm Erika. Heavy rains from Erika impacted the island on Thursday causing loss of life and widespread devastation. The grant is being provided in accordance with the ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says government has promised to pilot legislative changes through the National Assembly to pave the way for the holding of Local Government Elections (LGE). The elections management authority says government has also promised to issue an order for the Local Authority areas where the polls will be held and also widen the boundaries to take ...

Finance Minister, Winston Jordan on Friday announced that government could soon be going into the Consolidated Fund to bail out the cash-strapped National Insurance Scheme (NIS). Contributing to the debate on the amendment of the Income Tax Act, he said it would be a “real struggle” to find GUY$5 billion to put back into the social security scheme to which ...