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One man was shot and two others were caught unhurt during an exchange of gunfire with police at Stewartville Public Road Wednesday night. He has been identified as Atiba Gardner, 39 years, of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, and is under guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. Police also recovered one .32 revolver with five rounds and one spent shell. ...

Fire fighters and police were Wednesday evening probing an attempted arson on one of the buildings housing the Ministry of Communities (formerly Ministry of Local Government) Fire Chief Marlon Gentle confirmed to Demerara Waves Online News that fire fighters found a small fire on a chair and a flammable substance in a locked building. Although no smoke or flames were ...

The National Assembly seems poised to be fitted with its own legal department and legal counsel under the David Granger administration. If this department is set up it will be a welcomed development for Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs who, along with former Speaker, Raphael Trotman and the then opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and Alliance ...

by Zena Henry Having averted a total shut down of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) the government is now assessing the actual amount necessary to keep the ailing industry afloat until the end of the year. The recently established A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) government has no national budget to work with, but the cash strapped ...

The University of Guyana is expected to sign a Cooperation Agreement with the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia on Thursday, June 4 as the two academic entities seek to strengthen ties through various programs. Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine met with a delegation from the Peoples’ Friendship University Wednesday, June 3 where the foreign university proposed cooperation between the two ...

by Zena Henry The Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Industry (GuySuCo) Dr. Rajendra Singh was on Wednesday June 3 dismissed from his post, while the industry’s Board of Directors has been directed to resign for its poor management of the ailing sugar industry. Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder told Demerara Waves today that Cabinet took a decision Tuesday ...

The convening of the National Assembly has been slated for Wednesday June 10 at 2PM now that the Clerk of the National Assembly is in receipt of the President’s proclamation delivered today Wednesday June 3. The Clerk, Sherlock Isaacs confirmed this information stating that President David Granger has made the formal pronouncement via proclamation. As it stands preparation of the ...

The Ministry of Education is currently probing the recording of students engaged in sexual activity at the Charlestown Secondary School, Georgetown. When contacted, the Principal of that school told Demerara Waves Online News that the Principal Education Officer was dealing with the matter and she could not comment further. Efforts to contact that Education Officer proved futile because the official ...

by Zena Henry European Ambassador Robert Kopecky has viewed the country’s local fishing industry as possibly the next major economic phenomenon, but says being unable to meet international standards is the major humbug to Guyana being internationally competitive. This issue was also addressed by Dr. Susan Singh –Renton, Deputy Executive Director of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism during her presentation ...

Police were Wednesday probing a suspected murder suicide on the Corentyne Coast. At about 0510h. today Wednesday June 03, 2015, the bodies of Parbatie Vyraum, 34 years, and her reputed husband Ramdat Persaud, 56 years, were found in their home at Tain, Corentyne, Berbice. Parbatie Vyraum was found lying on a bed with stab wounds to the body, while Ramdat ...