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by Zena Henry Minister of State Joseph Harmon has warned senior public servants to take their leave when it is due or risk losing it. He made the announcement as it has become clear to the government that some persons had been manipulating the leave system.  Harmon made the disclosure Wednesday July 22 just as he explained what is taking ...

President David Granger on Friday warned that if the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy is not brought to a speedy resolution  ot could threaten the survival of his country, a former British colony on the north-east coast of South America, and create instability in the Caribbean. “Guyana, at the moment, is facing a challenge to its survival by a larger State. The ...

Caribbean governments have been informed of increased activity at the Kick em’ Jenny underwater volcano, but scientists say there is no immediate need to worry  that a potentially deadly sea wave called a tsunami may be triggered by an eruption. The Seismic Research Centre(SRC) at Trinidad’s St. Augustine Campus states that “The UWI-SRC wishes to advise that at this time ...

(DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE).- Guyanese pilot Khamraj Lall, who was caught with more than US$600,000 aboard his private jet while on a technical stop in Puerto Rico in November 2014 has now been charged with cocaine trafficking. Federal authorities announced on Thursday they have indicted a New Jersey man for his participation in a Rochester-based drug trafficking operation. Khamraj Lall, a native ...

Close associates of late Guyanese politician and renowned historian, Dr. Walter Rodney want at least three key witnesses to testify before the Commission of Inquiry before the probe team begins analysing evidence and compiling its report. The call by the Justice for Walter Rodney Committee  comes days before the three-member commission is due to begin hearing submissions from lawyers for ...

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Thursday distanced himself from a former bodyguard who is being questioned by police in connection with the gunning down of political activist, Courtney Crum-Ewing. Nandlall said Rajput Narine was hired about five days after Crum-Ewing was shot dead on March 10, 2015 at Diamond, East Bank Demerara.  The prominent Attorney-at-Law said  Narine was then ...

Present rainfall is expected to continue, intensifying into the evening. Residents of low lying communities such as Albouystown, sections of Queenstown, South Cummingsburg in Georgetown and others across the coastland, are asked to take precautions. Please call 226 1117, 226 1027 or email: infor@cdc.gy or kestercraig@hotmail.com if you need assistance or to share information on rising flood waters. Present rains are expected to continue, intensifying into the ...

Retired Assistant Police Commissioner, Steve Merai has been implicated in the gunning down of political activist Ronald Waddell by self-confessed death squad member, Shawn Hinds. Merai rubbished the accusation and said he would be contacting top police officers. “Two policemen were in the vehicle when Waddell died. A man named Patrick Denny and a man named Steve Merai,”  Hinds  told ...

Self-confessed death squad member, Shawn Hinds is wanted by police to assist them in their probe into a “serious offence.” Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superintendent, Wendell Blanhum told Demerara Waves Online News that Hinds was expected to surrender in the company of a lawyer but so far he has not. Instead, he appeared Tuesday night on the ...

Police were Wednesday afternoon examining footage of an altercation that led to the shooting death of gay sex worker in the city during the pre-dawn hours, police said. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superintendent Wendell Blanhum told Demerara Waves Online News that no one has been arrested in connection with the incident that occurred in the vicinity of ...