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Lawyers for a woman and her lover, who were convicted for the murder of her 16-year old daughter and dumping her body in a creek, plan to appeal the life sentences handed down by the High Court on Thursday. Attorney-at-Law, George Thomas said he would file the appeal as early as Monday on behalf of Bibi Shareema Gopaul and Jarvis ...

Guyanese youths appear to be more interested in politics than older folks and the East Indian and other Guyanese are satisfied with aspects of the way the country is being run , according to a recent study conducted by the Latin American  Public Opinion Project (LAPOP). LAPOP Director at Vanderbilt University, Dr. Elizabeth Zechmeister told a small but broad cross ...

A High Court jury found a mother and her  former lover guilty of the murder of her 16-year old daughter, Neesa Gopaul, almost five years ago. Bibi Shareema Gopaul was sentenced to 106 years and Barry Small was sentenced to 96 years by Justice Navindra Singh.  The decomposed body of Gopaul, a student of Queen’s College, was found in a ...

A vegetable vendor was Wednesday night shot and robbed at his home at Supply, Mahaica, and two of  the four suspected bandits were caught at Unity Village, police and residents said. His only name given is “Pappy”.  He was shot to his left foot by one of the bandits. Pappy, said to be a well-known vendor at Bourda and Stabroek ...

A former Office Assistant at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, who was previously convicted for cocaine smuggling, was Wednesday afternoon caught again with two kilogrammes of cocaine that he was hoping to take to Barbados, according to well-placed sources. He is 32-year old Terry De Freitas who late last year won GUY$1 million from the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) ...

Despite a warning by Venezuela not to search for oil in a maritime area she claims as hers, United States oil giant, Exxon Mobil, will Thursday begin drilling an exploratory well in an offshore concession granted by Guyana. Natural Resources Minister, Robert Persaud told Demerara Waves Online News that the company will commence drilling on March 5, 2015 and it ...

The opposition coalition on Wednesday officially launched its campaign for the May 11, 2015 general elections, pledging to end racially divisive politics for the first time since the 1950s and root out corruption, crime and bad governance. Addressing a packed audience at the Pegasus Hotel, Prime Ministerial candidate Moses Nagamootoo said that after the 60 years Guyana was making another ...

The non-governmental pressure organisation- Blue C.A.P.S.-Wednesday morning announced the appointment Michael Leonard as its new Chairman, following the resignation of its Founding Chairman, Clinton Urling. Leonard was previously Vice Chairman. Urling, who resigned on March 2, told Demerara Waves Online News Wednesday morning that he was was now a regular member of the organisation but “he was no longer on ...

Guyana’s opposition coalition wants to cut the number of ministers to 16 or 18 and appoint three Vice Presidents that they say will not be a drain on the national treasury. Reacting to claims by the incumbent People’s Progressive Party (PPP) that the coalition’s plan to appoint three Vice Presidents would be a strain on the public purse, the coalition ...

City businessman and former President of the non-governmental organisation, Blue CAPS,  Clinton Urling  Tuesday said he would almost certainly be entering the political arena for the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections. Speaking with Demerara Waves Online News, Urling said a decision would most likely be made in less than one month from now after he would have seen ...