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Fire early Sunday morning destroyed the Subs and Salads branch located in the Shell filling station , Regent Street, Georgetown. The stove, kitchen, air conditioning units, surveillance recorder and other valuables were destroyed and severely damaged by the blaze. The fire started about 4:20 AM. Guyana Fire Service investigators were not ruling out arson based on the evidence at the ...

A father and a son were shot Saturday afternoon in Georgetown in an attempted robbery‎ moments after they closed their business for the day. Well-placed sources said the father been identified as 65-year old Inshan Ally of 20 Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara. He sustained a gunshot wound to his left palm. His son was shot to his abdomen and ...

A policeman attached to the Den Amstel Police Station was Saturday under close arrest after he was caught during a sting operation when he had allegedly gone to collect the remainder of a bribe from a man he had arrested one day earlier. The probe into “corrupt transaction” is being conducted by the Police Office of Professional Responsibility. Police said that ...

Caribbean nationals being trained in medicine are expected to complete their final year of training in Guyana, Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsaran said Saturday. Addressing the opening of the 10th Scientific Conference by the Cuban Medical Brigade, he announced that Guyana would use the 170 Cuban doctors, nurses, technicians and administrators to create a “hub” for the training of Caribbean ...

The Ministry of Education on Saturday regrettably informed that there will be no transfers for students whose parents wish for them to move to a school which require higher marks than was earned by the student at the 2014 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA). All placements of students were made based on the performance of the students and the capacity ...

Former Guyana and West Indies cricketer, Ivor Mendonca died on Saturday after a battle with cancer. He was 79. Compton Mendonca confirmed that his brother died Saturday morning at the Davis Memorial Hospital, D’urban Backlands, Georgetown. Secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board, Anand Sanasie paid tribute to the former wicketkeeper and right hand batsman who passed away as a result ...

Police were Saturday probing the circumstances that led to the shooting of a deportee in War Lock, East Ruimveldt late Friday night, a senior police officer said. Sources said 19-year Kellon Hinds of 465 East La Penitence was shot to his left side abdomen. A high-ranking police officer said that “on the surface” investigators do not believe Hinds’ claim that ...

A market vendor, who was involved in that Corentyne hit-and-run rampage earlier this week, was Friday arraigned for killing three pedestrians and drunken driving. Nakash Persaud, 18, of 121 Number 51 Village, Corentyne was charged with three counts of causing death by dangerous driving and seven other offences. He was not required to plea to the indictable charges and he ...

The body of 17-year-old taxi driver Dhanraj Latchman has been found in a canefield at Ruby Backdam in the Parika area. Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud told Demerara Waves Online News that the youth’s body was found some two miles from where his vehicle was discovered on Thursday. Someone, who visited the scene, said the body was swollen, a sign that ...

The University of Guyana (UG) on Friday indicated that it is making moves that might see tuition fees increased from the new school year starting in September. Talks on increasing the fees have been in the pipeline for some time now and Vice Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi had told Demerara Waves Online News last September that it was a government decision. ...