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The Guyana government has sued the Indian firm, Surendra Engineering, for almost GUY$1 billion in damages for alleged breach of contract and alleged corrupt or fraudulent transaction in connection with the failed construction of the US$18 million Specialty Hospital. The writ claiming an estimated GUY$991,371,520 was filed on October 16 and the company has been given until December  3 to ...

Guyana has banned persons travelling from Ebola- affected West African countries, in an effort to stave off the deadly disease that has already claimed thousands of lives, government announced on Thursday. “The Cabinet strongly supported the restrictions and those restrictions apply to arrival from the affected West African States… their arrival, they will not be provided with visas to enter ...

Police were this week due to seek advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) about the sexual assault allegations by a young man against House Speaker, Raphael Trotman but already investigators do not believe that there is sufficient to charge him. Senior police officers familiar with the probe told Demerara Waves Online News that although the Police Force’s Legal ...

Chile has decided to open an embassy in Guyana but no time-frame was announced by that South American nation’s Ambassador, Fernando Schmidt on Wednesday. The Government Information Agency (GINA) said the Guyanese leader welcomed Chile’s plans to do so. Chile and Guyana established diplomatic relations in 1971. The announcement was made by the envoy of that Spanish-speaking country when he ...

A youthful gold miner died by drowning in the North West District and his body was recovered on Wednesday, sources said. He is 17-year old Orel Fordyce of Paradise Village, West Coast Berbice. The sources said that he went missing on Tuesday after he fell into an old mining pit that was filled with water at Arakaka. He was crossing ...

An Essequibo River woman was early Tuesday night killed in a boat collision while going to pick up her brother at Bartica, triggering a call for persons to take abide by marine safety rules and for the Maritime Administration (MARAD) to set up a permanent presence at Bartica. Regional Chairman Gordon Bradford urged residents of the riverain communities to wear ...

Lightning struck an airborne COPA Airlines plane shortly after it departed Panama Monday, but it continued its journey and landing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) without incident, the airline said in a statement. Just under 100 passengers, who were due to leave Tuesday afternoon for the Central American country, have been stranded until Wednesday afternoon. They are being ...

A man was Monday convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment for stealing a number of items from the office of Attorney-at-Law, Emily Dodson. Twenty-four year old Gary Kanhai of Thomas Street, Georgetown was convicted for break and enter and larceny committed between October 11 and 12, 2014 at her office located on the same street. After Kanhai vehemently denied ...

A mother and her son were Monday arraigned for allegedly bribing an employee of the United States (US) embassy for a tourist visa. Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry granted Bibi Parmanand, 49,  and her 19-year old son Parmesh Parmanand GUY$100,000 bail each after they pleaded not guilty to the charge. They were ordered to return to court on October 24. While ...

A 20-year old Brazilian woman was Monday arraigned for allegedly uttering a passport containing forged immigration stamps. Cassia Santos of 18 Laluni Street, Queenstown, Georgetown pleaded not guilty and was placed on GUY$50,000 bail by Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. The woman returns to court on November 10 The prosecution’s case is that on October 13 at Ogle International Airport, with ...