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A 27-year old man has been accused of raping and robbing a grandmother while she was on duty at a Municipal Day Care Centre at East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, Samuel David George of East Ruimveldt was remanded to prison until April 14, 2016 by Chief Magistrate, Ann Mc Lennan. . He is accused of robbing the woman of one cellular phone ...

Despite widespread criticism about the now revoked appointment of prominent Guyanese businessman, Brian “BK” Tiwari as a ministerial business adviser, Minister of State Joseph Harmon broke his promise to hold a news conference on Friday to deal with the issue. Instead, Harmon spoke with the state-owned Government Information Agency (GINA) which issued a release and made no reference of the Chairman ...

Members of the British Royal Navy that recently arrived on the HMS Mersey docked in Ruimveldt, have taken up some humanitarian work and placed smiles on the faces of the residents of Joshua House in Georgetown. Over the past few days several members of the crew have been painting the inside of the home giving it new life. The walls ...

Even as embattled A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) City Councillor, Winston Harding declined to say whether he would give up his seat over child molestation allegations,  General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Oscar Clarke said he would have resigned if those accusations had been leveled against him. “I would resign! You know why I would have resigned? ...

After the March 18 Local Government Elections, Patricia Chase-Green was Friday, April 1, 2016 elected Mayor of Georgetown. Chase-Green who was a former Deputy Mayor will be the fourth female Mayor of Georgetown as she replaces Hamilton Green. Her nomination was made by Oscar Clarke and was seconded by Alfred Mentore both of whom are APNU Councillors. Her nomination went ...

The Chinese-owned bauxite mining company, Bosai Minerals, has been ordered to clean up used oil that the company said was accidentally released into the Demerara River and surrounding waterways, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Thursday afternoon. The EPA has instructed Bosai to immediately commence clean-up and restoration activities. Meanwhile, the EPA continues with its investigation and monitoring of the ...

The Guyana Power and Light Inc.  on Thursday announced a 20% reduction in net rates for the supply of electricity across all Tariff categories effective April 1, 2016 as a result in the fall of world oil prices during the past several months. GPL explained that the reduction would be applied as a 5% reduction on the basic rate of ...

President David Granger says he personally revoked the appointment of Brian “BK” Tiwari as ministerial advisor on business development and strongly suggested that he was recruited unilaterally. “Mr. Tiwari is not an appointee of the government. He is not performing any function and that is why the position was rescinded,” he said. Granger said the Guyana government has no use ...

President of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) Christopher Ram says that Guyana’s Constitution provides protection for persons within the Lesbian Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Community hence there is no immediate need for reforms. A number of gay rights activists and organisations have for several years been clamouring for Guyana’s constitution and the anti-discrimination law to be amended to guarantee the ...

Former Chief Planner at the Ministry of Finance, Clyde Roopchand has died, bringing two the number of prominent Buxtonians who have passed away in less than one week. Demerara Waves Online News was told that Roopchand died in New York on Thursday (March 30, 2016), three days after Haslyn Parris died at a hospital in Guyana after suffering an aneurysm. ...