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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 ...

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) is moving apace with its scheduled engine overhauls at Anna Regina. From June 6 to July 4, 2014 an engine overhaul will be executed on the Caterpillar Unit at Anna Regina. Overhauls of the Wartsila No. 1 and No. 2 Gensets were completed earlier this year, and 2014 major maintenance on engines at ...

The Ministry of Home Affairs Thursday night announced that 24 of the Cadet officers, who were enlisted to satisfy the long-term needs of the Guyana Police Force, are tipped for promotion. “At the moment twenty four of the Cadet Officers have been found to be suitable to be promoted to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police. The requisites administrative ...

Guyana used the observance of World Environment Day on Thursday to announce that a series of national conversations on the environment will be held shortly.   The announcement was made by Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud. He said they would be made in collaboration with sister agencies. “These are not only about talking, but also hoping ...