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Police on Monday said hey were probing why a man entered a house at Pafaite Harmonie and set it ablaze, killing a man named Jason. Crime sleuths hoped that a man they arrested could assist them in solving the crime. Investigators said his charred remains were found in a house at 201Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, at about 2 O’clock Monday ...

Police were still questioning a 22-year old man who accused House Speaker, Raphael Trotman of sexually molesting him when he was 13 years old and showering him with goodies to hush up. Chief of the Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superintendent Leslie James said investigators were checking aspects of the report before deciding whether to question Trotman. “We must exhaust what ...

Three men posing as policemen Sunday night tied up a family and visiting relatives at their Providence, East Bank Demerara home. The incident occurred about 7 PM at the Leungs home at Buddy’s Housing Scheme, Green Acres. Melanie Leung, whose husband is a gold miner, said the gun-toting bandits carted off two computers, two Samsung Galaxy s4 Active, one Samsung ...

Popeyes branch on Vlissengen Road was Sunday night robbed for the second time in one  month. The staff members were ordered to lie on the ground. At least one bullet was fired and narrowly missed one of the customer service attendants. “No one was injured but the staff was shaken,” said a source. A staff-member said the bandits barged through ...

The recently acquired Britten Norman Trislander  was damaged Sunday as a result of a hard-landing at Kaieteur, according to well-placed sources. The 16 tourists, who were aboard the aircraft, were not injured. They were flown to the city by another domestic carrier, said one of the sources. One of the aircraft’s wings was damaged in the incident that occurred about ...

At least 50 members and supporters of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Sunday staged a candlelight vigil outside State House, the official residence of President Donald Ramotar, to press demands for local government elections. After several rounds of walking along Main Street near the gate to the residence, a senior police officer told APNU member James Bond that the ...

A Dental Technician on Sunday stabbed his common-law wife to death at Hague, West Coast Demerara before attempting to commit suicide and escaping several miles away to the East Bank Demerara. She has been identified as 24-year old Rajkumarie Persaud. The assailant, Seudesh “Amit” Makeram was taken to the Georgetown Hospital Corporation to be treated for poisoning by the ingestion ...

Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman on Sunday denied sexually molesting a man who has levelled such accusations on Facebook. “As a true patriot of Guyana, I will not allow the office of Speaker of the National Assembly to be compromised or be denigrated by false accusations for political expediency.  There is absolutely no truth in the allegation, and ...

A shady character, who was recently released from prison, was Saturday night gunned down in Albouystown, Georgetown. He has been identified as 28-year old Adrian Bishop of 188 Campbelville Housing Scheme and 66 Garnett Street, Newtown-Kitty, Georgetown. Preliminarily, Demerara Waves has learnt that the man was involved an alteraction with a female who is a Detective. Guyana Police Force spokesman, ...

In the wake of Opposition Leader David Granger’s announcement that A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) would resort to public protests to pressure the government into holding long-overdue Local Government Elections, President Donald Ramotar on Saturday said he remained opened for talks. “As such, I again extend to you an opportunity at your convenience to meet on these critical issues,” ...