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A boat carrying Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds up the Canje River, Berbice was Friday afternoon involved in a minor incident but no one was injured, a senior regional official said. The official explained that the captain of the 250 Horsepower fiberglass boat “banked a turn too rash” and ended up in the bush on a river bank. However, the mission ...

Security personnel and four armed bandits exchanged gunfire, leaving one of the thieves injured during an attempted robbery at a mining camp at Issano, sources said. The incident occurred shortly after 7 AM Friday at S &S Barakat Mining Inc’s mining camp at 72 Miles Issano, Kaburi. Up to Friday evening, security guards were pursuing the men in the forested ...

An armed robbery convict, who was recently released from prison, was found badly beaten and dead with a quantity of stolen items and cash in his possession, police said. He has been indentified as 25-year old Eldon Sampson of Craig, East Bank Demerara. His body was found with “multiple injuries” on the roadway at Samantha Point, Grove, East Bank Demerara ...

An employee of Barama Company Limited (BCL) drowned Friday during Barama Cricket Day held at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara. He has been identified as 19-year old Sean Hopkinson of Fire Station Road, Timehri, East Bank Demerara. Police said his body was discovered late Friday afternoon. Sources said the man, who is employed as a labourer, and several other ...

The Turkish-born Australian manager of Princess Hotel’s Casino has been charged with assaulting city businessman, Paul James at the casino earlier this year. Muammer Pirinçcioğlu,47, denied that the charge that he unlawfully assaulted James on May 24, 2014 at the Providence, East Bank-Demerara-based casino. City Magistrate, Judy Latchman granted the accused GUY$20,000 bail and ordered him to  return to appear ...

The body of the nude woman that washed up on the Kitty Foreshore, Georgetown Wednesday afternoon has been identified and investigators have so far ruled out foul play, a senior police officer said Thursday. After hearing that a woman’s body was found near the seawall, her brother identified her as 45-year old Sharon Forde of West Ruimveldt, the police officer ...

Police appear to be targeting bandits in Sophia who prey on persons on the lower East Coast and Georgetown  seawall. Arrested and charged are two young men and a male teenager for allegedly robbing Roy Voix of one HTC mobile phone and two silver and gold rings with a total value of GUY$37,000 as well as one Toyota Spacio motor ...

TORONTO, Aug. 28, 2014 /CNW/ – CGX Energy Inc  announced Friday that CGX Resources Inc. (“CGX Resources“), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, obtained an order from the High Court of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Guyana upholding the injunction from the Commercial Court of Guyana restraining Repsol Exploracion, S.A. (“Repsol“) from proceeding with any proposed farm-out of the Kanuku petroleum prospecting license (the “Kanuku PPL“) ...

Consultations between President Donald Ramotar and Opposition Leader, David Granger concluded on the reconstitution of the service commissions on August 22 and the stage is now set for the swearing in of members.             The four service commissions are: the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), Teaching Service Commission (TSC), the Public Service Commission and the Police Service Commission.       ...

The state-owned Guyana Chronicle has been directed to take People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary, Clement Rohee off its front page but a senior official has denied this Demerara Waves Online News (www.demwaves.com) was told that the instruction was issued last week by the Office of the President.  The senior news editors have been made aware of the instruction, according ...