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Guyana’s candidate, Ambassador Bayney Karran, on Wednesday lost out in his bid to become the next Assistant Secretary General of the Organisation of America States (OAS) at Wednesday’s elections. The OAS said in a statement that Karran only mustered 10 votes compared to 20 by Belize’s Permanent Representative to the OAS, Nestor Mendez. It is believed in some quarters that ...

The Carter Centre appears set to observe Guyana’s general and regional elections for the first time since it 2006, although its Head- Former American President Jimmy Carter- has become rather disillusioned by the state of governance in the South American country. If the Centre decides against mounting just a targeted or focused mission, it would be the first time that ...

Hours before the mortal remains of political activist, Courtney Crum-Ewing were due to be interred, City Mayor Hamilton Green announced that intends to take steps to memorialize the name of the man who became well-known for his solo protests outside the office of the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs. Publisher of the Kaieteur News newspaper, Glen Lall also ...

The Guyana government on Wednesday said it believed that a large number of Nepalese coming to the South American country were being trafficked, in the wake of two sets of South Asians  being here in recent months. “Based on these details regarding the conduct of a number of Nepalese Nationals in Guyana and their travel patterns compared with the case ...

The global human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, expressed concern that the gunning down of political activist, Courtney Crum-Ewing, one week ago while urging residents of Diamond, East Bank Demerara to go out and vote in upcoming elections would cause greater unease in the South American country. “The killing of a political activist in Guyana during the pre-electoral period fuels fear ...

A mother of two very young children, who was widely believed to be the victim of an abusive relationship, was found dead in a clump of bushes at Charity, Pomeroon early Tuesday morning. Police identified her as 26-year old Quineza Patricia Benn of Charity, Essequibo. She was the mother of two children ages three and five years. Her common-law partner ...

A well-known lumber dealer was stabbed to his neck during an argument and drove himself to a City hospital with a knife in his neck, eyewitnesses said. Known only by his surname, Beckles, he was stabbed outside a taxi service just off Cummings and Church Streets while he was allegedly holding a weapon. An eyewitness told Demerara Waves Online News ...

Presidential candidate for the opposition coalition, David Granger on Tuesday assured the business community that if he wins the upcoming general and regional elections he would not be hunting down or sidelining political opponents but would instead create an inclusionary system to run the country. “We are not going to be an administration that is bent on revenge, that is ...

Presidential candidate for the opposition coalition, David Granger on Tuesday said his “green energy” strategy could incorporate the current government’s proposed Amaila Falls Hydropower Project that his party had up to recently rejected on grounds of transparency and feasibility. “We will also develop hydro electric power within a project, which we have identified as the Potaro Basin Development Authority which ...

At about 0130h. today Tuesday March 17, 2015, vendor Walter Drakes, 46 years, of Smyth Street, Georgetown, was riding a bicycle along Croal Street when he was held up by a man armed with two cutlasses. The perpetrator took away a bag containing confectionery and escaped. Quick response by the police on receipt of the report, led to the arrest ...