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Though disappointed that no assault rifle is among the 13 illegal weapons that have been turned in so far, authorities are patting themselves on the back of taking off the few deadly weapons and ammunition off the streets so far. “Each one of these could represent the loss of a life. The fact that they have been surrendered to the ...

Miramar, Florida, September 14- The US airline Jet Blue has initiated discussions with the new Government of Guyana about its interest in introducing service from America to Guyana. The initial talks were held last Thursday here on the sidelines of the Florida Conference on Current Caribbean Issues: The Diaspora Discussion at which both Guyana’s Vice President and Minister of Foreign ...

A section of the Muslim community is calling for a thorough probe into the attempted murder of former Broadcaster and Magistrate, Fazil Azeez who remains bed-ridden. The call was issued in the presence of President David Granger at recent special function hosted by the Anna Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC) and the Guyana United Sad’r Islamic Anjuman where the National Islamic ...

Authorities on Sunday confirmed that the body sighted at the bottom of Kaieteur Falls is that of Gyaneshwarie Sivanand, according to a well-placed source. A senior official said police and soldiers were expected to retrieve the body later Sunday. Routinely, an autopsy would be performed on the remains. “Police and army are going in and the park is being closed temporarily ...

A self-employed beautician, who was heading to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport,  was arrested Friday evening allegedly with 13 kilogrammes of  cocaine on powdered milk, a senior anti-narcotics agent said. The agent said a taxi was intercepted in the Soesdyke-Timehri area said when the driver and the woman were taken to Georgetown and a further search was carried out, cocaine ...

Authorities are Sunday expected to probe an object that was spotted at the Kaieteur National Park where the downgraded search for the missing woman continues. The usually reliable source stressed that there was no immediate confirmation, and that would be done Sunday, September 13, 2015. The source would only say “what appears to be a body” has been spotted “in an area ...

Fire Saturday night destroyed a two-flat wooden house on William Street, Kitty, Georgetown, leaving 10 persons homeless. One of the occupants, Ronell Griffith, told Demerara Waves Online News that he was relaxing with his children upstairs when he saw smoke going through the floor ofd the house located at 79 William Street, between Alexander and Pere Streets. Griffith said he ...

An inquiry has found that deadly mining pit collapses have been due to negligence in digging pits and that regulatory agencies like the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission are too weak to uncover breaches in technical and Occupational Safety and Health laws. “The principal causes of the pit failure accidents were a result of a neglect of safe mining practices. ...

 The Guyana Police Force on Friday reported  a steep increase in serious crimes including rapes, robberies and murders. The statistics in relation to the offences of murder and robbery under arms at the end of August2015 with corresponding statistics for the same period in 2014 are attached. At the end of August 2015 the Guyana Police Force recorded a 12% ...

Georgetown, Friday, September 11 2015: A Leyland DAF Truck bearing Surinamese licence plates was intercepted at # 5 Villages, West Coast Berbice after four hundred (400) boxes of smuggled chicken with an aggregate value of over $2.8M, were discovered. The truck and its contents were detained by officers from the Guyana Revenue Authority’s (GRAs) Law Enforcement and Investigation Division (LEID) ...