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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 ...

The Guyana National Youth Council (GNYC) Tuesday sought to dispel accusations by the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and its youth arm, Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO), that it was a biased entity with no track record in youth affairs. “The Council’s membership is inclusive of Guyanese across the diverse political, geographic and ethnic spectrum and the leadership intends to continue ...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on Tuesday said it was sticking to its rules in approving and disbursing loans for Guyana on the eve of the country’s general elections and sees nothing wrong with doing so. The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) expressed concern about the recently approved US$17.6 million loan for Strengthening of the Environment Sector and a US$17.16 million ...

(NEW YORK DAILY NEWS).- A Guyanese national nabbed smuggling cocaine inside cans of diced fruit came up with story that’s nuttier than a fruitcake. Colin McKenzie allegedly told the feds that he thought he was smuggling diamonds. McKenzie, 48, and his two suitcases were selected for inspection Friday by Customs and Border Protection officers after he stepped off a Caribbean Airlines ...

The People’s Progressive Party Civic’s Prime Ministerial candidate, Ambassador Elisabeth Harper is still on the job as Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs although she has begun campaigning for the incumbent party. Two weeks after she appeared at the PPP’s Headquarters to reveal her candidacy and last weekend appeared on a staged soft interview on state-run TV, Harper ...