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Ramkarran rules out returning to active politics

Former senior member of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Ralph Ramkarran is currently not interested in returning to active politics, in the wake of expectations that he might endorse the opposition coalition. “I can’t predict that now. It will be a sea-change for me to have to change my mind to do something that I have not planned to do,” ...

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Top Cop Laurie Lewis ordered passport issuance to Gregory Smith in fake name

A former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) electronics expert, implicated directly in the bomb-blast death of Working People’s Alliance (WPA) co-leader Dr Walter Rodney 34 years ago, was given a passport in another name in 1999 under the directive of a previous Police Commissioner. Shortly after Rodney was killed in the explosion on June 13, 1980, Sergeant Gregory Smith left Guyana ...

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Opposition coalition courting Ralph Ramkarran

Former long-serving member of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Ralph Ramkarran is being courted to endorse A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC). Co-Campaign Manager, Raphael Trotman told Demerara Waves Online News at a news conference that informal talks have been held with Ramkarran, a former Speaker for the incumbent PPP until 2011 when that party lost ...

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Bank of Guyana launches 50th anniversary coin

The Bank of Guyana (BoG) on Friday launched a gold plated silver coin minted in Norway, to mark its 50th anniversary in service to the nation. The design, taken from an in-house logo competition, displays the theme and emblem, reflecting the work of the bank for the past five decades. Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh, who was presented with ...

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Qualfon’s new call centre will employ thousands

Qualfon, a Mexican-headquartered call centre that serves companies around the world, on Thursday opened a US$12 million campus that would eventually see at least 6,000 jobs being generated. The facility, the third by Qualfon in Guyana, is located at Providence, East Bank Demerara “You have transformed lives by employing literally thousands of persons and improving their lives,” Finance Minister, Dr. ...

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Updated: Head, torso found but still unidentified

Guyanese police up to late Thursday did not identify the semi-nude body of an Afro-Guyanese female who was found in the vicinity of the Buxto foreshore early in the day. Demerara Waves Online News was told that a 22-year old woman from East Ruimveldt has not been seen since Monday and she has not been answering or returning calls. Family ...

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Nude body of woman found on foreshore

The nude body of a young woman was Wednesday morning found on the East Coast Demerara foreshore in the vicinity of UG (University of Guyana) Road. The body was found on boulders that are part of the sea defence structure. It is unclear whether the body was thrown of washed up there. Only recently, the body of a man was ...

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Digicel appeals for help for cyclone-battered Vanuatu

Port Vila, Vanuatu: Digicel has officially launched an appeal for donations to collect much-needed funds to assist with the relief efforts in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu. Partnering with Save the Children Australia, Digicel is collecting funds via SMS and online. The nation of Vanuatu was hit by a category 5 cyclone in the early hours of Saturday 14th March. With winds of ...

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American Rotarians raise $48K for South American drinking water project

(PORT CITY DAILY) More than 1,000 people in the village of Coomacka, in the small South American republic of Guyana, don’t have to depend on a polluted river for their drinking water any longer after a delegation of Wilmington Rotarians, with $48,000 to work with, helped to correct that problem, according to a news release from the Wilmington Rotary Club. ...

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