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The case against a woman, who was charged with racial hostility and ill-will to President David Granger on Facebook, was Thursday dismissed by Chief Magistrate, Ann Mc Lennan. The case against Bibi Safoora Salim of Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo was thrown out after her lawyer convinced the court that the charge was void because the particulars of the charge did ...

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) on Thursday launched its Green Engineering Syllabus in Guyana Giving an overview of the syllabus at the launch held at the Theatre Guild, Parade Street, Kingston, Georgetown, subject panel member, Dr. Paulette Bynoe said the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) Green Engineering subject has two units- Introduction to Green Engineering and Application of Green Engineering ...

Hundreds of passengers travelling from Supenaam and Wakenaam to Parika were Thursday morning stranded after the ferry vessel, MV Makouria, ran aground. Among the vehicles aboard is an ambulance with a patient who was injured in a motorcycle accident. Sources said the vessel encountered difficulties at a place named Sting Ray due to very low tide coupled with numerous vehicles. ...

Although “associated” natural gas has been found along with an estimated 1.4 million barrels of oil offshore Guyana, a top official of ExxonMobil on Wednesday said because of the comparatively small gas find it would not be immediately feasible to exploit that fuel. Country Manager for Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL)- ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary- Jeff Simons explained that ...

The operations of the Chinese logging company, Bai Sha Lin, have ground to halt and the livelihoods of numerous Guyanese who sold logs to that company have been disrupted, Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman said Wednesday. “The company’s operations are at a standstill right now,” he said. Briefing the bipartisan parliamentary committee on natural resources, he said Bai Shan ...

The Guyana government on Wednesday made it clear that Venezuelans coming here legally in search of food and other necessities would not be turned back but those entering illegally would be prosecuted and deported “We have made it clear that on humanitarian grounds we will not turn back Venezuelans who come to seek help here in Guyana,” Minister of State, ...

Government is moving to remove any potential conflict between the extractive industries sector and the management of the environment by stripping the environment portfolio from the Ministry of Natural Resources and putting it under the Ministry of the Presidency. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon said there would now be a Department of the Environment of the Ministry of the Presidency. ...

A Commission of Inquiry into the fire that killed two young brothers at the Ministry of Social Protection’s Drop-In Centre has found that there was a lapse in fire prevention and fighting systems. “The preliminary report pointed to some issues of bad policy arrangements for fire,” Minister of State, Joseph Harmon told a post-cabinet news briefing. Antonio and Joshua George, ...

Three visiting cub scouts from St Lucia, who are here for the Caribbean Jamboree (Cuboree), were struck down and injured Tuesday outside the Scout Association of Guyana headquarters on Woolford Avenue, Georgetown. An official of the Scout Association of Guyana told Demerara Waves Online News that since the incident a section of that road has been cordoned off to vehicular ...

President David Granger agrees that Guyanese should use more cassava and other gluten-free flours because they are healthier but he forecasts that his administration will face political resistance if there is no broad agreement. “I think at this stage we probably need to develop a more consensual approach,” he said during an interactive session with Guyana’s newly appointed ambassadors at ...