Residents of East Street , North Cummingsburg have rejected the implementation of a paid parking system by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC). M&CC recently moved to implement the system between Middle and New Market Streets along the avenue of East Street. Today, vehicles were parked in clustered manner outside of the zone adopted by the City Council and very ...
Read More »News
Two charged with murder of businessman, wife
Two men were Wednesday arraigned for allegedly murdering a businessman and his wife at their Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice home. Appearing before Magistrate Rhondell Weaver at the FortWellington Magistrates’ Court were 18 year old Gocoul Madan Paul also known as Clown of 175 Block ‘B’ Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice and 19-year old Nazamadeen Raffick also called Shazam of ...
Read More »PPP MPs, former PM interrogated by SOCU
Three Parliamentarians of the People's Progressive Party (PPP) and Former Prime Minister Samuel Hinds have been interviewed by the Guyana Police Force in connection with a recent audit report on NICIL. The parliamentarians include PPP Chief Whip Gail Teixeira, Nigel Dharamlall and Irfaan Ali. While only the three have been interrogated thus far, others are expected to appear before investigators ...
Read More »GCAA’s new board yet to meet; several critical issues to be addressed
The eight-member board of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has been named with a new Chairman, but it is yet to meet to begin addressing a number of key and critical issues for the aviation sector. Appointments to the Board of Directors for two years with effect from December 7, 2015 to December 6, 2017 have been gazetted since ...
Read More »NCN prepares for management shake up, new programming
The National Communications Network (NCN) is preparing to hire a new Chief Executive Officer who will oversee a new management structure that will deliver a new brand of programming at Guyana’s state-owned radio and television broadcaster. “The strategic direction now set has necessitated several changes. This includes changes at the administrative level of the organization based on revised terms of ...
Read More »CAL to brand planes with 50th anniversary logo
Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has taken a decision to brand three planes from its fleet of aircraft with Guyana's 50th Independence logo as activities for the anniversary intensify. The decision announced by Sales Executive Dion Inniss at a press conference on Tuesday is aimed at providing Guyana with some crucial advertising for the calendar of events planned by the organising committee. ...
Read More »Guyana-born pill-pushing New York doctor sentenced in bogus prescription case
Reproduced from New York Daily News BY VICTORIA BEKIEMPIS A pill-pushing physician who used bogus Bronx clinics to run a massive oxycodone ring will spend 12 years in prison, a federal judge decided Monday. Dr. Kevin Lowe was convicted in May for operating a chain of Astramed clinics that, for three years, wrote around 35,000 fraudulent prescriptions for some 5.5 ...
Read More »Ramjattan shuns calls for CoI into botched SOCU op; says Coroners Inquest is enough
Vice President and Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan is not in support of calls made by sections of civil society for a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into a Special and Organised Crimes Unit (SOCU) operation that went horribly wrong, Sources have told Demerara Waves Online News that the GDF operatives had been staking out the home of Alana Seebarran and ...
Read More »NCN’s CEO resigns
The Chief Executive Officer of Guyana’s state-owned National Communications Network (NCN), Molly Hassan resigned Monday. Chairman of the Board, Bish Panday declined to comment immediately on the resignation. Hassan would only confirm that she resigned voluntarily and that she was not asked to do so. It was not immediately clear who would take over responsibility for NCN since the position ...
Read More »Fire destroys Liana Cane furniture factory
Liana Cane furniture factory, widely regarded as a shining example of social entrepreneurship, was destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning. Millions of dollars in equipment have been destroyed and at least 50 persons who were employed directly by the company are now jobless. Sources said the blaze started at about 3: 30 AM at Victoria Road, Plaisance. The Head of ...
Read More »