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After wreaking havoc in the Essequibo village of Mashabo, Region Two,for the past two months, a jaguar was shot dead Sunday morning. Residents there said they could now breathe a sigh of relief after villager, Sydney Williams, shot the animal dead by using a gun trap.’ Since mid-January, the jaguar had been reportedly terrorizing the village, killing at least 14 ...

Even as the seven-member Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) discusses the future of collaboration with the Guyana National Youth Council (GNYC) on a youth-targeted public education drive, the United States (US) denies that the project is politically partisan. Deputy Chief-of-Mission of the American embassy here, Bryan Hunt told Demerara Waves Online News that the nationwide GYNC-GECOM project is not concentrated on ...

Despite political and economic troubles in neighbouring Venezuela, that Spanish-speaking country has agreed to buy more rice and paddy from Guyana but the prices remain a secret. “The price for paddy and rice agreed on will also be similar to 2014,” said Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy without providing actual figures. He led a team last week to Caracas where ...

President Donald Ramotar says he selected Director General of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Ambassador Harper to be his prime ministerial candidate because he hoped that being a victim of domestic violence she would motivate other women to speak out. “One of the reasons that I chose Lis Harper to be my Prime Ministerial candidate is that I believe that we ...

A team of 31 immigration supervisors drawn from Guyana’s several immigration ports were Thursday sensitized about their roles and responsibilities particularly with respect to facilitating the free movement of CARICOM nationals under the CARICOM Single Market (CSM), the Caribbean Single Market and Economy Information Flows project.  The ports are Georgetown, the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Ogle Airport, Bartica and Moleson Creek. The ...

A 20-year old Barabina, North West District man met an untimely death Friday afternoon after he fell off of a tractor tray which was climbing a hill with a load of sand. According to reports, around 3:30 pm, porter Devon Valenzuela was seated at the back of the tray of the vehicle when he fell off and hit his head. ...

A gold miner from Victoria, East Coast Demerara was chopped to death in Mahdia where he had been residing for the past 15 years, officials said. Investigators are treating the death of 57-year old Charles Major as a robbery murder. Police said his body was found about 6 AM Friday along a trail at Dickman Hill, Mahdia with several lacerations.  ...

While thousands of Guyanese across Guyana were Friday morning preparing to celebrate Phagwah, three persons were seriously injured in an accident on the East Coast Demerara when the car they were travelling in slammed into a bridge. Officials identified the injured as Trevon Harper, 28, of 109 Friendship, East Bank Demerara; Quacy Elcock,34, of 480 East Ruimveldt and Krayon Braithwhaite, ...

An Accountant and a Teacher were seriously injured Thursday night when the bus they were travelling in collided on the East Coast Public Road, according to well placed sources. The injured are Accountant, 42-year old Gwyneth Webb of 11 Belfield, East Coast Demerara and Teacher, 57 year old Angela London of 84 Haslington, East Coast Demerara. Webb sustained injuries to ...

The Manager of the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (Guysuco) Skeldon Estate, Dave Kumar was Thursday arraigned on charges of riotous behaviour and assaulting a peace officer with intent to resist arrest. Kumar, who was last year at the centre of the dismissal of an employee that led to a strike,  was released on his own recognizance. Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh ordered him to ...