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In the wake of concerns that the minority government is refusing to give into a number of demands in exchange for the opposition’s support, President Donald Ramotar on Saturday feared that such a system could destroy democracy. “What it will introduce will hurt poor people even more. It creates lobbying, creates heavy lobbying into politics and who will be able ...

Gold miners appear to be hoarding huge quantities of the precious metal in the hope of a spike in the world price, President Donald Ramotar said Saturday. Well-placed sources said Saturday that there has been estimated 10 percent reduction in gold declaration as of May 31st 2014 compared to the corresponding period in 2013. He told a news conference that there ...

President Donald Ramotar on Saturday hinted that he might be forced to call early general and regional elections if Guyana’s eventual blacklisting by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) begins biting the country hard. “I don’t know what will happen if the impact of this anti money laundering bill hits home very, very hard on our economy and whether we ...

President Donald Ramotar on Saturday explained his rapid weight-loss, saying that he has decided to go on a diet to generally keep fit and ease the weight on an old knee injury. He told a news conference that he has reduced his protein intake and eating less at meal time. “I have just decided to cut back on quantities of ...

The home of former Peoples National Congress (PNC) parliamentarian, Dunstan Barrow, at Richmond Hill, Linden was Friday night  razed by fire, a family member confirmed. His son, Dunstani Barrow, told Demerara Waves Online News that based on an eyewitness account, he believed that the fire was the work of an arsonist. He said there was no electricity connection to the ...

An ex undercover policeman, who said he was hired to infiltrate the Working Peoples Alliance (WPA) as a bodyguard for co-leader Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, on Friday testified that he had discouraged then Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Sergeant Gregory Smith from giving party co-leader Dr. Walter Rodney a bomb that killed him 34 years ago. Robert Gates recalled to Rodney Commission ...

A jailed fraud convict, who has been allowed to attend Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry, on Friday testified that he had been part of a plot to kill co-leader of the Working Peoples Alliance (WPA), Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine and bug that party’s headquarters in the months leading up to Rodney’s death Robert Gates said he was hired and paid more ...

Former radio and television broadcaster, Roger Moore died early Friday morning in the United Kingdom (UK) after a prolonged illness. He was suffering from diabetes and several related complications including kidney failure. Moore entered radio in the 1980s at the now defunct Guyana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) where he served until after the change of government in 1992. A harsh and ...

A 14-year old Berbice Education Institute (BEI) student,  was Wednesday night murdered by her 23 year old boyfriend Kellon Sam before before he committed suicide. The gruesome discovery was made around 5:15 Thursday morning by the teen’s foster father at Sister’s Village, East Bank Berbice. Speaking to a senior detective close to the investigations, Demerara Waves was told that the ...

Five men were Thursday arrested in connection with armed robberies at Tuschen Housing Scheme. Police are hoping that from among the five, they would be able to charge two of them who carried out the robberies within almost three hours of each other. Investigators said that about 4:15 AM two men armed with a handgun and a knife entered the ...