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Guyana will soon enact legislation as part of a process to help guarantee the welfare of former soldiers after a Veterans Commission examines the conditions under which ex-servicemen and women live, President David Granger announced Sunday. Addressing a Remembrance Day reception organised by the Guyana Legion, Coghlan House, Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces also announced the return ...

President David Granger is Monday expected to lead a three-member delegation to Saudia Arabia for the 4th Summit of the South America and Arab countries (ASPA). The Ministry of the Presidency says he will be accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge and Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Audrey Waddell. The summit is scheduled for Tuesday, November ...

Beginning in November, the Global Shapers Community ­ Georgetown Hub will be championing a Mental Health project in a bid to address pressing issues which affect the life of almost every Guyanese.  The project, “Mental Health Yourself”, aims to increase awareness of mental health, improve understanding of mental health issues and develop support systems for those who live in communities ...

House Speaker, Dr. Barton Scotland was among several persons including members of the Disciplined Forces who fainted Sunday morning during the Remembrance ‘Poppy’ Day Ceremony at the Cenotaph, Georgetown. As the National Anthem was being played, Scotland was placed in a chair next to Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan. A number of other persons came to his assistance, loosened his ...

Prime Minister, Moses Nagamoootoo says none of the cash-strapped Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (Guysuco) estates would be closed, and hinted that there could be a greater role for the private sector in the industry. Based on his reading of the Sugar Industry Commission of Inquiry’s report, he said definitively that none of the seven estates would be shut down. “I can ...

A woman perished early Sunday morning after a produce-laden truck plunged into the Demerara River while the driver reversed to pick up a bag of boulanger that fell off the vehicle. She is 22-year old  Gangaday Persaud  of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo. She was a mother of one. Her partner, known only as Ravi, has been taken into police custody. ...

Guyana’s former facilitator in the border controversy with Venezuela, Ralph Ramkarran has claimed that former President Bharrat Jagdeo had proposed a juridical settlement to his then Venezuelan counterpart, Huge Chavez 10 years ago. Ramkarran noted that that contrasted with Jagdeo’s recent concerns that a juridical settlement might scale back the role of the United Nations (UN). “Mr. Jagdeo never mentioned, ...

Sugar workers have abandoned plans to stage another strike to press demands for the management of the Guyana Sugar Corporation and the unions to begin wage negotiations. A senior official of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) confirmed to Demerara Waves that the workers would not be going on strike Sunday. That decision to remain on the job ...

A male detainee at the West Ruimveldt Police Outpost is believed to have committed suicide earlier Saturday. Police have confirmed that 38-year-old Sham Harrinauth died sometime after 17:00hrs on Saturday. Demerara Waves understands that Harrinauth was arrested on Friday evening after his children reported him to the police. The two children alleged that their father ran them with a cutlass. ...

A veteran Caribbean agriculturalist Friday disagreed that agricultural development banks offering subsidized interest rates do not help farmers to grow into big businesses, even as he cautioned Guyanese authorities against poor management of its agri-financial institution when it comes on stream. “I will tell them to stock it with agriculturalists who understand agriculture and not necessarily people who only have ...