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Aurora Gold Mines (AGM) has already decided to delay expansion of operations if the world –price continues to plummet and remains low for some time to come, according to a senior company official. Chief Executive Officer of Guyana Goldfields, Patrick Sheridan Jr. said investors in the US$250 million gold mine on the right bank of the Upper Cuyuni River had ...

Investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred at about 8:30 Wednesday night on the Schoonord Public Road, West Bank Demerara which left one person dead. He has been identified as Mahendra Sugrim, 23 years, of Goed Fortuin, WBD. Police said that  motor pickup PRR 4600 was proceeding along the roadway allegedly at a fast rate, when the ...

Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge Wednesday night said his country would continue to speak out against Venezuela’s illegal claim to Guyana’s Essequibo region and maritime space. Greenidge made his position known a day after President Nicolas Maduro’s televised announcement that he had ordered the suspension of Georgetown’s application for Ambassador Cheryl Miles to be appointed Ambassador to Caracas. “I regret ...

Fifteen days after a domestic tourist went missing at the Kaieteur National Park (KNP), her body was transported Wednesday to Georgetown for an autopsy to be conducted later this week, the Ministry of the Presidency said in a statement.  The Kaieteur National Park has since been re-opened following the retrieval and transporting of Gyaneshwarie ‘Laleta’ Sivanand’s body to the city. ...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Wednesday said it is considering a Caribbean anti-corruption academy in Guyana where the four-month old government appears to be serious about tackling that scourge. “We were discussing options to help Guyana and one of the options was to establish a Regional Anti-Corruption Academy for the Caribbean and Central America. It ...

Experienced career diplomat, Ambassador Marilyn Cheryl Miles could soon return to Venezuela as Guyana’s top envoy if the Nicolas Maduro administration lifts its suspension to grant approval for her to take up the post. A well-placed source told Demerara Waves Online News that Miles’ name has been submitted to Venezuela for its approval. But President Maduro, citing recent remarks by ...

A travel agent and her son were robbed at gunpoint moments after returning home from the United States (US). Rowena Bowen and her 13-year old son had just exited a car at their Lot 2 Shell Road, Kitty home when they were attacked by two men who pounced on them. Bowen was not immediately available but family members believed that the ...

Guyanese school children as young as 12 years old are using marijuana, cocaine, alcohol, tobacco and other illicit substances with most of them drawn from private schools, according to a recent report by the Guyana Drug Information Network Work. Sponsored by the Organisation of American States (OAS) and the Inter American Drug Abuse Control Commission (ICAD), the report states that ...

Caracas, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro ordered the suspension of the steps taken to grant the approval of the Bolivarian Government to the new ambassador appointed by Guyana to this nation, reports the Foreign Ministry here today. According to the website of the organization, the procedures for acceptance were ongoing, but were frustrated by attacks of ...

The Commission of Inquiry (COI) established to inquire into the Public Service has reported that over 30 statements and memoranda have been received by its secretariat from stakeholders at home and from Canada, United States of America and the United Kingdom, according to the Government Information Agency (GINA). This was disclosed by secretary to the COI Geeta Chandan Edmond who ...