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As Finance Minister Winston Jordan prepares to present Guyana’s budget in the National Assembly on Monday, August 10, a non-governmental organisation wants government to plough money into agriculture and the development of Black businesses. “I think if the government were to do that as a first step we can begin the long journey towards making sure that we have a ...

Prominent executive member of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Dr. Veerasammy Ramayya has quit the party over the failure of the party to find lucrative jobs for hardworking campaigners, but party leader Khemraj Ramjattan on Monday ruled out “jobs for the boys.” “It is about serving the people rather than looking for money…I thought that he wanted to serve and ...

‎President David Granger on Sunday urged Guyanese to kick-start village economies through agriculture and manufacturing rather than rely on salaried jobs and merely using their communities merely as “dormitories.” “Unless you change the economy, create entrepreneurship and manufacturing, we will always be victims of people who make decisions for us,” he told a forum on the State of African Guyanese ...

One person was shot and injured during a robbery at a supermarket at Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara. A senior police officer in the East Coast Demerara Division confirmed there was a shooting but he did not have any details.The incident occurred at about 9 PM. However, a resident in the area told Demerara Waves Online News that she learnt ...

Guyana’s Foreign Minister, Carl Greenidge on Saturday said even if Venezuela makes a legally acceptable challenge to the 1899 Arbitral Tribunal Award of the land border between the two countries,  the mineral and forest-rich Essequibo Region would not be handed over to its Spanish-speaking automatically. “If it is able to make its case, it would not follow that it would ...

by Zena Henry  The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has sent the file involving possible misappropriation of state funds (PetroCaribe) by Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) to the Attorney General and the Ministry of Public Security for advice. This update was given by Minister David Patterson as he held a press conference at his office ...

by Zena Henry Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson says an amicable solution has been reached with China Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC) over the Cheddi Jagan International Airport expansion project that will not see the project exceeding the initially proposed US$150 million. Patterson, during a press conference Saturday August 8 at the Ministry’s headquarters, said that last Tuesday Cabinet provided ...

Fire destroyed two buildings and killed an elderly woman at Bella Dam, Pouderoyen, eyewitnesses said. A Citizen Reporter on the scene told Demerara Waves Online News that the fire engulfed the wooden house that was occupied by the woman, who was there alone, and quickly spread to Puran’s Waste Disposal Services’ office building. Police identified the dead woman as Princess Tinnamon, ...

United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon is calling on the international community to help improve the health and well-being of  Indigenous Peoples across the world. He listed them as inadequate sanitation and housing, lack of prenatal care, widespread violence against women, and high rates of diabetes, drug and alcohol abuse, youth suicide and infant mortality. Ban issued the call ...

Reproduced from Barbados Advocate Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Freundel Stuart, met yesterday with His Excellency Jorge Arreaza, Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The Vice President was in Barbados as part of a regional tour to discuss Venezuela’s territorial and maritime claims in the region. During their discussions, Prime Minister Stuart emphasised the need to maintain peace ...