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An elderly man was Tuesday granted GUY$1 million bail after he denied causing the death of a University of Guyana (UG) employee by dangerous driving. Latchman “Latchie” Sukhdeo,48, was killed on August 6, 2014 at Dennis Street, Campelville, Georgetown while he was riding to work at UG. But 69-year old Balgobin Persaud of 155 Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara denied ...

Even as Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) technicians work feverishly to restore wireline telephone and data services to a section of south eastern Georgetown, the company said it has spent more than US$3 million on repairs due to excavation and vandalism. The company said the latest severe service disruption has been caused by damage to the phone company’s buried ...

Mayor Hamilton Green, and Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green Tuesday afternoon reported that  Shawn Hinds illegally broke and entered City Hall after the Town Clerk’s doors were boarded up and locked. Green told Demerara Waves Online News that after the majority of Councillors Monday afternoon approved a motion to send Town Clerk, Carol Sooba on administrative leave, her office was secured. ...

A small-scale gold miner was Tuesday arraigned for the murder of a businessman during the course of a robbery outside the Botanical Gardens, Georgetown one week ago. Appearing before City Magistrate, Judy Latchman, 25-year old Jermaine Otto of 735 East Ruimveldt, Georgetown was not require to plea to the indictable charge. He, however, told the court that he was not aware ...

Georgetown Town Clerk, Carol Sooba is back in her office after boards were pulled down and hasp and staples ripped out from her office doors that were placed on her doors, just hours after the opposition-controlled City Council passed a motion for her to be sent on administrative leave. Sooba expressed grave concern that none of the nearby City Police ...

Guyanese gold and diamond miners are resisting getting into the mining of other precious metals and stones, according to Chairman of the Board of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Clinton Williams. He made the remarks Monday night at the opening and award ceremony of Mining Week whose theme is “Improved Recovery, Reducing Impact: Securing the Future of Mining.” ...

Public Relations Officer of the Georgetown Municipality, Royston King was Monday arraigned on a charge of forgery and he was granted GUY$70,000 bail. King,49, of Lot 3279 Canal Place, South Ruimveldt Park, Georgetown was not required to plea to the charge that was read to him by City Magistrate, Judy Latchman. The charge states that on July 12, 2012 at ...

Police were not immediately clear what was the motive behind Saturday’s night’s shooting death of a waitress behind the counter of a city restaurant but investigators were quite optimistic that they would catch the perpetrator. Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud confirmed that video surveillance footage obtained from Delicious Chinese Restaurant, D’urban and Haley Streets, Wortmanville has helped investigators to see ...

(CRICINFO).-The Caribbean Premier League’s (CPL) cricket tournament committee has ruled that match referee Denavon Hayles properly applied the relevant rules in the rain-hit CPL final on August 16, which Barbados Tridents won by 8 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method. In a release announcing the committee’s finding, the CPL also confirmed that Guyana Amazon Warriors had indeed filed a complaint – ...

A suspect, who allegedly dropped a gun and ammunition after he was shot, died at a private hospital early Sunday morning after undergoing emergency surgery for a bullet wound. Dead is is 26-year old Dexter Lindo of Shell Road, Kitty. He succumbed to his injury about 5 PM at the Balwant Singh Hospital. Family members are disputing the circumstances surrounding ...