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A construction worker was Tuesday jailed for two years for robbing a police intelligence officer and another man at knifepoint at the Promenade Gardens earlier this year. Neil Clark of 164 East Ruimveldt, Georgetown was found guilty of robbery under arms and attempt to commit  a felony by City Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan Clark pleaded guilty to the offences that ...

A Guyanese mother of three, who wanted to travel to Barbados, was Tuesday convicted and fined GUY$40,000 for falsely signing a declaration to obtain a Guyana passport. Sealy Munroe,35, told the court that she had signed a declaration stating that she was Elena Bacchus to obtain a passport. She confessed that with intent to defraud she had signed the document ...

A Haitian, who entered Guyana illegally from neighbouring Brazil, was Tuesday fined GUY$30,000 or he would have to spend one month in jail if he fails to pay. Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry convicted 24-year old Jonathan Joseph after he pleaded guilty to entering Guyana without presenting himself to an immigration officer. Speaking through an interpreter, he acknowledged that between March ...

The cash-strapped Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco) may be unable to pay wages and salaries very soon if the Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) does not transfer or lend GUY$3 billion to the Housing Ministry to buy land from the state-owned sugar producer. A source close to the GGMC’s Board told Demerara Waves Online News that the decision-making body of that ...

Even as the opposition coalition condemned the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) for exploiting racial divisions earlier this week, former President Bharrat Jagdeo denied that was his motive and instead said it was his part of his anti-racism crusade. “I take offence at someone saying let us throw these people out, let’s throw these coolie people out so when I want ...

In the wake of public criticism of a GUY$361 million on medical expenses for mostly government officials, the Guyana government plans to set up an insurance-based system to ensure that future bills are not funded exclusively by the State. The announcement was made by Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo at a news conference held at Freedom House, the headquarters of the ...

Even as President Donald Ramotar prepared to Tuesday afternoon swear in Mr. Seelall Persaud as the substantive Police Commissioner, the Opposition Leader David Granger said he was not consulted. “I’ll be advised by Counsel. This is a legal matter now because it has moved from an administrative zone into a legal zone,” Granger told Demerara Waves Online News. Granger said ...

Guyana should be alert for increased Venezuelan sabre rattling over its claim to the Essequibo Region following Monday’s declaration by the United States’ (US) of that Spanish-speaking country as a national security threat, according to a University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor in International Relations. Senior Lecturer at the UWI’s Institute of International Relations, Dr. Mark Kirton  said Venezuela ...

A Wakenaam man was hacked with a cutlass about his body during an altercation Saturday night on that Essequibo Island. His assailant was arrested Monday and taken off island by investigators. Police said 27-year old Lillvamnauth “Dinkey Boy” Dhairam was chopped about his body after he pursued his attacker twice who left a barbecue at Meer Zorg after the first ...

A businessman was Monday robbed of GUY$2.5 million shortly before he was about to purchase a quantity of fuel from the Guyana Oil Company’s (GuyOi) fuel depot at Providence, East Bank Demerara, police said. The robbery victim, 58-year old Jaiprashad Ketwaroo of Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara , told investigators that about 12:20 PM, he was in his motor ...