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Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief-of-Staff, Brigadier Mark Phillips says the army and the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) are studying a recommendation that a separate registry needs to be set up for military and other security aircraft because the country is breaching international law. “That issue will be followed up with the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority. We will have to ...

The Guyana government and the governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP) appear to be increasingly talking about the need for a national alliance in the face of probably another minority government, and at least one opposition party says the time is ripe for power sharing. “Indeed, minority government may very well become a feature in Guyana of government as it is ...

Transport Minister, Robeson Benn says Guyana’s airports do not meet minimum standards, according to a statement issued by the issued by his ministry. “We are not meeting the minimum standards.” “We do not yet accorded with, mitigated to, the threats we are faced with…we need to take a hard look at ourselves,” he was quoted as saying at the opening ...

Gold miner Frederick Mc Wilfred was Monday night robbed of his gun and cash at knife-point by a lone bandit who waylaid him as he was entering his yard at Meadow Brook Gardens, Georgetown. He told Demerara Waves Online News that the robbery occurred about 8 PM moments after he returned home from night prayers at the Kitty Mosque, Sandy ...

(LAKER/LUTZ NEWS).-Guyana Development Mission International, an international relief organization created by Pasco County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Mike Mielke, will receive two refurbished ambulances formerly owned by TransCare Medical Transportation to help provide critical emergency medical services to the people of Guyana. The ambulances have been stocked with critical medical supplies and mechanical replacement parts with the help of Pasco County ...

The Janus Cultural Policy Initiative (JCPI) will be hosting Conversations on Citizenship this August 28, 29 and 30 at the Umana Yana, Georgetown, the organisation said in a statement. The JCPI believes that many of Guyana’s social and subsequent developmental problems can be solved culturally. Among these issues are ethnopoliticization and the consequent lack of social cohesion. As part of ...

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 ...