At about 0820h. today Monday September 07, 2015, Karim Shivratan, 17 years, was shot to his chest as he went to the assistance of two persons who were being robbed at gunpoint by two men, one of whom was armed, at Agricola Public Road. The two perpetrators had joined a mini-bus at Diamond, EBD, and requested to get off at ...
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Jump-start for long delayed IDB-funded GPL project
Less than one month after Bharat Dindyal was fired from the post of Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL), the power company is about to a revive a US$45 million Inter American Development (IDB)-funded project that is geared at improving efficiency. Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson announced that Colin Forsythe has been appointed Project ...
Read More »Guyana donates rice to storm-ravaged Dominica
Guyana is donating a large quantity of rice to Dominica which is slowly recovering from the ravages of Tropical Storm Erika. The Ministry of the Presidency said rice was identified as one of the needs following an assessment by Guyana’s Civil Defence Commission (CDC) and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDEMA). Minister of State Joseph Harrmon announced that Guyana ...
Read More »Govt takeover of Berbice Bridge will be too expensive- Patterson
The Guyana government on Monday ruled out taking over controlling interest of the Berbice Bridge, while maintaining that it was keen on fulfilling its promise to lower the cost of crossing the river mainly by children and the elderly. Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson said it was not as easy as adding up the millions of dollars that government ...
Read More »Fire leaves four homeless in Linden; children rescued from burning house
Fire Sunday night destroyed a house at Victory Valley, Linden, leaving five persons homeless. Marlon Gentle, Fire Chief told Demerara Waves Online News that the blaze occurred shortly after 8 PM. There were no reported injuries. Neigbours said a woman only known in the neighbourhood as Samantha locked her three young children in the house and went to play dominoes. ...
Read More »City Hall demolishes illegal structures, cleans Regent Street drains
Municipal workers were Sunday busy demolishing illegal structures such as sheds on buildings along Regent Street while vendors, volunteers and other municipal workers cleared severely clogged drains. The operations were being supervised by Town Clerk Royston King, Chief Constable Andrew Foo and Mayor Hamilton Green. Green said the sheds, which were attached to several buildings and protruding over the pavement, ...
Read More »APNU, AFC resolve differences; Nagamootoo heads national govt negotiating team
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on Saturday announced that his Alliance For Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) resolved a number of differences, and that he would be heading a team to meet with the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) on forming a government of national unity. “We are a serious government and we work in consultation. ...
Read More »Special Forces find no trace of missing woman in Kaieteur Falls gorge
The team from the Special Forces of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), today (Saturday, September 5) continued the search to locate a female visitor who was reported missing at Kaieteur National Park (KNP) on Tuesday September 1, 2015, the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. As of 15:00 hrs this afternoon, reports indicate that the search of the gorge has ended, ...
Read More »Ramjattan to turn “bad man” after gun amnesty ends
Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan on Saturday warned people with illegal guns and ammunition to surrender them now or face the full force of the law after the gun amnesty ends on September 30. “If you people out there know of some friend or family that got some illegal lil piece out there, I want you to beg them, tell them to carry ...
Read More »Opposition protesters greet PM Nagamootoo at Whim village
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo was Saturday afternoon greeted in his home village of Whim, Corentyne by a group of anti-government protesters who held placards attacking him and his government. Under the watchful eyes of senior and junior police officers, the more than 20 persons let known their positions which are almost identical to the main opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP). ...
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